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RIP Shirley Temple

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Steak Snabler, Feb 11, 2014.

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  1. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Times obit is good, and covers her entire life: nyti.ms/1dfrNnY
     
    YankeeFan, Feb 11, 2014
    #13
  2. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Who is they?
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Feb 11, 2014
    #14
  3. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    "Victim" in quotation marks. Classy.
     
    Dick Whitman, Feb 11, 2014
    #15
  4. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    They being the person that wrote and edited that story unless I missed. it.
     
    93Devil, Feb 11, 2014
    #16
  5. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Who.
     
    YankeeFan, Feb 11, 2014
    #17
  6. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    First base.
     
    93Devil, Feb 11, 2014
    #18
  7. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    "Who" as opposed to "that".

    ... the person "who" wrote...
     
    YankeeFan, Feb 11, 2014
    #19
  8. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Shirley Temple the child actress is one of those things about American history I just don't get. Those movies were insanely popular, and when I watch them, I just think they're borderline insane examples of insipidness on the grand scale.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Feb 11, 2014
    #20
  9. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I applaud you, Gee, for ever having sat through a Shirley Temple movie.

    My first thought when I saw the news this morning was Cindy Brady singing the "Good Ship Lollipop" when she wanted to be the next Shirley Temple. That's all I really have.

    RIP.
     
    The Big Ragu, Feb 11, 2014
    #21
  10. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    It was the Depression. People wanted comfort food, to be cheered up. About $500 million box office in today's dollars. Pre-global box office, pre-multiscreens. And of course, back then. An average movie ticket cost .23 cents - using the same inflation calculator, the average ticket price today SHOULD be $3.72. So figure about $1.5 billion in box office over five years.
     
    DanOregon, Feb 11, 2014
    #22
  11. Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!

    Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! Well-Known Member

    You mean like on the Fast and Furious Scale? Or Friday the 13th?
    Different tastes for different generations, but mindless entertainment nonetheless ... Not that there's anything wrong with that.
     
    Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!, Feb 11, 2014
    #23
  12. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Car wrecks and sexy teens getting slashed make a low-rent kind of sense as entertainment. A little kid singing and dancing? I still don't get it unless you're the kid's parent.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Feb 11, 2014
    #24
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