# Holy sweet jeebus tell me this is NOT Eddie Van Halen! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685 "2006-03-17T01:41:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/1 "2006-03-17T01:41:56Z")
[Link](http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/oscars/2006/afterparties?pg=42) , no no no no. This guy was pretty hot not 20 yrs ago, come on! ---
**Author:** ![deevee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@deevee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deevee)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/2 "2006-03-17T01:50:06Z")
Yep. [This is him too!](http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/9506/ed6cu.jpg) It’s sad. Looks like a really bad case of meth-mouth. He’s had a bout with cancer but a dentist should really be able to look after that. It’s just really freaking sad. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/3 "2006-03-17T01:50:49Z")
That’s not Eddie Van Halen – that’s his grandmother. Who’s a zombie. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/4 "2006-03-17T01:52:02Z")
> [@deevee](#): > > Yep. [This is him too!](http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/9506/ed6cu.jpg) It’s sad. Looks like a really bad case of meth-mouth. He’s had a bout with cancer but a dentist should really be able to look after that. It’s just really freaking sad. Not meth mouth > **[Dwyer & Michaels](https://97x.com/2dorks/)** > > Dwyer & Michaels ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/5 "2006-03-17T01:57:06Z")
I saw the first picture several days ago, and I was horrified. I’ve forwarded it to my friends. I know he went through cancer, but damn! That blew me away. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/6 "2006-03-17T01:58:20Z")
He’s a mad scientist! ---
**Author:** ![deevee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@deevee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deevee)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/7 "2006-03-17T01:59:50Z")
> [@beagledave](#): > > Not meth mouth > > [Dwyer & Michaels](http://www.twodorks.com/gallery/eddie06/index.htm) I hope not but that audio clip wasn’t all that convincing. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/8 "2006-03-17T02:05:20Z")
The opening of that link elicited a verbal “Holy Shit!” from me. Then I made my husband look, and he said “Jesus Christ!”. Out loud. In front of our four year old. Our four year old said, “Who’s that old lady?” Poor Eddie. He looks like he needs to be written in as part of Cartoon Network’s \* Ed, Edd, and Eddie\*. He could be a grandpa Eddie or something. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/9 "2006-03-17T02:09:44Z")
Man, that’s kinda sad and kinda scary. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/10 "2006-03-17T02:27:10Z")
You think that’s bad? I take it y’all haven’t seen [Axl Rose](http://www.goanddomichigan.com/images/20040715/8384_512.jpg) lately. ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/11 "2006-03-17T02:29:51Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > You think that’s bad? I take it y’all haven’t seen [Axl Rose](http://www.goanddomichigan.com/images/20040715/8384_512.jpg) lately. Holy god. Was hot not 10 years ago, wtf, hole in the ozone??? ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/12 "2006-03-17T02:33:04Z")
Good Lord, please, have mercy on him :eek: If I saw him on the street, I’ll give him a dollar. As for Axl, there’s only one reason why he might be wearing that bandanna. And it ain’t fashion. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/13 "2006-03-17T02:33:56Z")
Boy George [![](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41283000/jpg/_41283036_boy_body.jpg) ](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41283000/jpg/_41283036_boy_body.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![deevee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@deevee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deevee)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/14 "2006-03-17T02:36:34Z")
Axl paid a doctor to look like that. Eddie paid a dealer. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/15 "2006-03-17T02:40:00Z")
No comparison. I see guys that look like Axl all the time. I only see guys that look like Eddie in my nightmares. ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/16 "2006-03-17T02:41:46Z")
Anyone got a recent pic of Robert Plant? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/17 "2006-03-17T03:15:02Z")
See what happens when you divorce Valerie Bertinelli? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/18 "2006-03-17T03:22:08Z")
Let me try to understand this: he was in one of the most popular rock groups of its time. Their catalogue is still selling. He’s still getting airplay and royalties. And he looks like this now? Does chemotherapy do that to your teeth? It’s costing 20G to fix my mouth. You’d think that’d be sort of like pocket change for Ed… ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/19 "2006-03-17T03:29:12Z")
Eddie used to drink so much it took him two years to realize he no longer had a hip. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685/20 "2006-03-17T03:34:59Z")
If I was a kid, I’d stay off his lawn. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-sweet-jeebus-tell-me-this-is-not-eddie-van-halen/348685.md?page=2)