yeah. Dave Roberts is David Boreanz’s father.
And Roz from Frasier is Jim Obrien’s daughter.
And, that particular Penacoli rumor existed long before he left Channel 3. I always thought of it as a school yard thing - we called the hamsters “Jerry’s Kids”. So, I doubt it was started by them.
Penacoli has been all over the place since leaving Philly. I think he was on a couple of LA stations as well. I am pretty sure he is on EXTRA now. So, that goofy rumor affected him about as much as it affected Richard Gere.
I put that there on purpose. I did it to add a pause to make the title sound a little more dramatic. The only other way I can think of to do that would be "Those who shall be… forever mocked, " but that doesn’t look good either. I guess it didn’t have the desired effect. Oh well.
That’s because there’s no single fuckup he will be noted for. All his misdoings were equally over the top. It’s the otherwise unremarkable or supposedly unflawed people who will be forever condemned for one single thing that makes people point and mock, whether it actually happened or not.
So tell me, what’s this underarm bowling you Down Unders are talking about?
Here in Toronto, former mayor Mel Lastman will forever be remembered for calling out the army to deal with the results of a heavy snowfall. Even today, if we’re talking about the weather and there’s snow in the offing, and I’ve mentioned at some point that I’m from Toronto, someone will bring this up.
[sub]Mind you, we did have an awful lot of snow, and regular ambulances couldn’t get through the streets for a time, and the army’s Bison armoured vehicles could, so it actually made sense for a couple of days, but that’s not how it’s remembered…[/sub]
Given that the saying is based on the biological definition of a man, I don’t think a politically correct emotional definition of a man invalids that kind of statement.
Not necessarily- I was born & raised in NZ and this thread is the first I’ve heard of the incident being mentioned as an “embarrassment” that someone is still trying to live down. It was 28 years ago. Most people don’t care anymore- in fact, I don’t think the incident is that well known to most people who aren’t huge cricket fans. I’m only vaguely aware that it happened and there was a bit of a brohaha about it at the time, but I’ve never heard it brought up in conversation as a “Yeah, well, at least we didn’t bowl underarm during the 1981 Test Series!” countepoint to an argument type thing.
