# KHAAAN! is 88 Today

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaan-is-88-today/474411
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 25, 2008, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaan-is-88-today/474411 "2008-11-25T10:17:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author: ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2008, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaan-is-88-today/474411/1 "2008-11-25T10:17:18Z")

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[Ricardo Montalban was born on Nov. 25th in 1920.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001544/) Hard to believe that the man was in his 60s when he inspired [this comment from Shatner.](http://www.khaaan.com/)

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### Author: ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2008, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaan-is-88-today/474411/2 "2008-11-25T10:19:05Z")

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DE PLAAAAANE! DE PLAAAAANE! Happy birthday, Mr. Roarke.

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### Author: ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaan-is-88-today/474411/3 "2008-11-25T11:42:38Z")

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May your day be filled with rich, Corinthian leather.

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### Author: ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2008, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaan-is-88-today/474411/4 "2008-11-25T11:59:13Z")

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> [@ASAKMOTSD](#):
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> May your day be filled with rich, Corinthian leather.

That’s actually [“soft Corinthian leather”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinthian_leather).

(I now have the lead for SDMB nitpick of the day.)

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### Author: ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaan-is-88-today/474411/5 "2008-11-25T15:17:57Z")

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Wikipedia is our source of truth?

(Nevermind - plenty of evidence in the youtube of the actual commercial - soft, Corinthian leather it is)

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### Author: ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaan-is-88-today/474411/6 "2008-11-25T15:57:21Z")

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Happy Birthday, Khaaaaaaaan! 😃

Montalban is without a doubt one of the coolest, most macho dudes ever.

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### Author: ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaan-is-88-today/474411/7 "2008-11-25T16:14:02Z")

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But. . . Quien es mas macho?

Fernando Lamas o Richardo Montalban?

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### Author: ![Umbriel2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4af34b/32.png) [@Umbriel2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbriel2)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaan-is-88-today/474411/8 "2008-11-25T16:37:46Z")

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> [@Carl\_Corey](#):
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> But. . . Quien es mas macho?
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> Fernando Lamas o Richardo Montalban?

As I recall, Ricardo Montalban es un pecito mas macho.

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### Author: ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaan-is-88-today/474411/9 "2008-11-25T19:58:42Z")

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Happy Birthday to you.  
Happy Birthday to you.  
Happy Birthday dear **KHAAAAAAAAAAANNNN!**  
Happy Birthday to you.

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### Author: ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaan-is-88-today/474411/10 "2008-11-25T20:28:12Z")

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I hope he has a wonderful birthday Freak Out!
