I wonder how many people remember Howard Cosell? Sure, he died in 1995, but he was probably the most famous announcer in the 70s. He did football, baseball, boxing. He had his own variety show. He hosted segments on ABC’s Wide World of Sports. He showed up on many other TV shows and in movies. He even attempted serious news commentary. He was often imitated and parodied. He became a larger-than-life personality. But today, he’s hardly mentioned.
There was a spate of Cosell mentions when Muhammad Ali died, mostly about how they were very good friends.
She played Cyclops’ teacher in X-Men Apocalypse.
Michelle Meyrink was never that huge a media star. She did a few movies - my favorite is her performance as Jordan in Real Genius, which is a dumb but fantastic movie - and then decided that Hollywood wasn’t for her. She left acting in '89 or so.
Last I heard, which was in the early '00s, she was living on a small island near Vancouver with her husband and their three children, practicing Zen Buddhism. The article had some photos of their place, which… looked like you’d think a Zen garden in Canada would look like.
And played a serial killer in a few episodes of “Psych”
That makes me think of this “Robot Chicken” bit.
He was also a GI Joe action figure.
I’ve not seen any reference to her as a dominatrix, but I’d love to see her in the outfit. She has been acting recently appearing in a film from 2015.
I was gonna say that! Loves me some Muskrat Love:cool:
Yeah, he was a staunch defender of Ali. He was one of the first to refer to him by his chosen name. He even notified Ali when the Supreme Court ruled in his favor.
My favorite story told by him is he was walking by a construction site, the workers recognized him and started heckling him. Since he was on the way to see Ali, he asked the champ to go back to the site with him, which he did. They were awestruck, of course, and ended up having a nice chat with both of them.
You can’t put Charo on a list like that without including Zsa Zsa, Willy Tyler and Lester, and Mummenschanz.
I think she’ll always have at least some sort of “mind space” so long as The Simpsons are still around.
Before hosting his long-running TV series, he was a popular radio personality, so he was hardly just “famous for being famous.” My parents certainly knew him from when he was on the radio.
I used to watch his show whenever I was home from school. It was actually pretty entertaining. He always started things off by interviewing some TV or movie star, like Robert Conrad or Jack Lord.*
*Look 'em up if you don’t know who they are!
Isn’t there a Muppet based on Howard Cosell? 
One of his most popular segments was when he was interviewing kids. He compiled several books of kids’ remarks under the title “Kids Say the Darndest Things.”
This was mentioned in another thread recently. Charo is hardly just famous for being famous. She’s an exceptional flamenco guitar player, among other talents.
She was arguably one of the top flamenco guitarists in the world. I’m not sure where she falls now, but even quite recently (the 2010s) she was still amazing. She’s actually a protege of Andres Segovia, which doesn’t get much more serious in the classical guitar world.
After seeing some of those old “Looney Tunes” cartoons, it’s really obvious why so many of them aren’t shown on broadcast TV nowadays, and I was horrified that I thought they were so funny when I was a kid. They are chock full of racism, sexism, animal cruelty (especially towards cats), and other not-nice things.
I mentioned Robert Young at a meetup a while back, and pretty much everyone there under the age of 50 had no idea who he was. His name came up because I told them how this local facility, which used to be free-standing, got its name.
Here’s a short bio.
https://www.unitypoint.org/quadcities/services-about-robert-young-center.aspx
TL : DR - At the height of his career in the 1950s, when he was doing “Father Knows Best”, he was a really bad alcoholic, and when he decided to dry out, he came to this area, where a childhood friend who was a psychiatrist resided, because he wanted to do so in privacy. He was so grateful to the city for what they did for him that he provided the seed money for this clinic. 
Cary Grant died unexpectedly at the other big hospital in that town about 30 years ago.
Well, that bad ol’ Puddy Tat deserved it, don’t you think, always chasing after that cute li’l Tweety Bird. And any cat that can’t tell a mouse from a kangaroo just ain’t cut out for survival.
Yes, it’s called “slapstick.” Definitely not intended for today’s Alan Alda–Phil Donahue types.
And don’t get me started on Daffy Duck trying to get Bugs Bunny shot when it’s really duck season.
No, it’s RABBIT season!