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Without wishing to trivialise your valid and well-made point, I'd just like to say that Spotlight is a great film about the Catholic Church scandal. And to try to highlight how Toast's OP differs from your example, the Boston Globe is a privately owned company and what their owners choose to spend their money on is up to them. But the BBC is funded by the licence fee, paid by British citizens. I guess her argument is whether this is a worthwhile use of that money. I'd argue yes, but understand why others might think not.

10/3/2023 36 B-52's — Love Shack +2 34 Luciano Pavarotti — Nessun Dorma -5 33 James — Sit Down 28 Adventures Of Stevie V — Dirty Cash 27 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 27 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This 26 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart +1 26 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 26 Crystal Waters — Gypsy Woman 24 Kylie Minogue — Better The Devil You Know 24 Amy Grant — Baby Baby 23 Seal — Crazy 23 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral 21 Heavy D And The Boyz — Now That We Found Love 20 Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 — Mona 20 Nomad — (I Wanna Give You) Devotion 20 Salt-N-Pepa — Let's Talk About Sex 18 Extreme — More Than Words 18 Diana Ross — When You Tell Me That You Love Me 16 Madonna — Crazy For You (Remix) 14 New Kids On The Block — Step By Step +1 14 Kim Appleby — Don't Worry 13 Deacon Blue — Four Bacharach And David Songs EP 12 Technotronic Ft. Ya Kid K — Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) 12 Scorpions — Wind Of Change 11 Bobby Vinton — Blue Velvet -1

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE NESSUN DORMA IS NOT NINETIES.

Are those the Futurama jars behind him, for his head when he goes?

Aw, now this, just as I saw some activity in the main Monty Python thread

I'd consider it. The only reason I have that rule is because you need 3 cast members to enter + 1 sub. So basically you need a minimum of 4 cast members alive to begin with. Originally I wanted 2 subs and switched to 1 before I created this game, that's where the #5 came from. Can I ask why 5 is an issue? I'm definitely open for discussion on any rule changes.

Went to Disneyland with his wife today. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx6IGZdh7Wa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Chubby Checker is 82.

I think it's great to know that the UK isn't the only political basket case in the developed world. You've got Trump coming out and saying he didn't commit fraud, when the Court has found he did. He says the Banks got paid and made loads of money. Fair enough, but the US taxpayer seems to have been defrauded of millions of dollars. The same taxpayers that he is asking to vote for him? Then you have Matt Gaetz attempting to oust Kevin McCarthy. The same Matt Gaetz who was alleged to have had relations with minors? How's that going anyway? And then he says this is all about Congress passing laws, when what he is doing is stopping that process. Incredible! It's all a very new low. Imo.

Yes in the 1990s-2000s. I had best friends who worked there, but also best friends who regularly "joked" about how many steps they could take into the store without being kicked out for being too ugly/brown. Their shopping bags had photos that are all suggestive shots of naked men. This is a company that sells khakis and rugby shirts. Ofcourse their principal photographer has also been sued for sexual assault several years ago. I'm a woman who does not wear khakis; I really should not have in-depth knowledge of this fucking clothing store but it was their mission to harass teenagers 20 years ago so I do. I think all journalists need to have ethical investigative skills, regardless if their position is the morning show, weather, red carpet, etc. Otherwise, why even bother watching them? Just look up an illiterate airhead on tiktok. My local newspaper, Boston Globe, has won several awards for playing detectives: exposing the FBI/Mafia crime network, as well as the Catholic church pedophilia. Both of these topics impacted everyone in Boston. I think the collapse of supporting the local journalism industries leads to a collapse of democracy; you just get Rupert Murdoch dictating what you cover. The press are referred to as the 4th estate as they have such an important role.

In fact this gives @Toast the win?

Rosemary Squires straight to QO: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/02/rosemary-squires-obituary A @Gooseberry Crumble favourite, so probably a DDP hit.

Thomas Danneberg, one of the most famous and well-known voice actors in Germany, has died at the age of 81 (September 30, 2023). He is best known for dubbing over Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, John Travolta, Terence Hill, Adriano Celentano, Nick Nolte, John Cleese and many others. https://www.focus.de/kultur/stars/synchronsprecher-thomas-danneberg-im-alter-von-81-jahren-verstorben_id_217067233.html A candidate from our long long list. Otherwise a hit on our main list would be nice... Edit: + John Cleese

That Gnarls Barkley track was huge at the time. No.1 for 9 weeks iirc. Still sounds good now, in fairness, and you can’t say that about many songs that were played as much as Crazy.

Various reports that Joy Webb of The Joystrings has died (probably October 1):

Congrats Diego  1923   Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat / Jack Burke jr 1924 Jane Morgan /  David Ferry 1925 Lucine Amara / Leo Esaki  1926  Rowena Jackson / Stanley Baxter  1927 Genevieve Page  / Frank Sedgman  1928 Yvonne Furneaux / Joss Ackland    1929 Lady Pamela Hicks / Stuart Hall 1930 Sara Jane Moore  / Robert Wagner  1931 Claire Bloom / Robert Duvall  1932 Shirley Conran / Dennis Skinner 

Congrats @diego 1923 Vic Seixas/Ida Vitale 1924 William Russell/Eve Marie Saint 1925 Pete Murray/Ysanne Churchman 1926 Timothy Dudley-Smith/Kitty Hart-Moxon 1927 Sandy Gall/Leontyne Price 1928 Tom Lehrer/Queen Ratna of Nepal 1929 John Woodvine/K.M.Peyton 1930 Douglas Hurd/Edna O'Brien  1931 Ken Bates/Leslie Caron 1932 Roy Hattersley/Prunella Scales

Tue 3 Oct 37 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy -2 36 Gorillaz - Dare -1 20 Nelly Furtado - Maneater +4 16 Britney Spears - Toxic 14 Lady Gaga — Bad Romance 0 Kylie Minogue - Can Get You Out Of This Game -3

I'd be up for Round 2.

Nikolai Dobronravov dead at 94.

It wasn't a dig at you in any way. In fact, grateful for the information. There's a more general assumption here that if they look ok, they have a decent chance of longer survival (esp in the over 80s). Which is the lie given by the immortals thread which is where you see the sickest frailest people outliving their healthier looking counterparts. So I don't care how much tap dancing Dick Van Dyke does and how great he looks, anything can happen at an advanced age. That's all I'm saying.

Publishing memoir in October: https://bestclassicbands.com/sly-stone-memoir-thank-you-book-3-22-233/

AS Roma veteran Sebino Nela had a fight against cancer. I can't find out exactly what happened from my phone, but it seems he's okay for now: https://it.eurosport.com/calcio/sebino-nela-racconta-la-sua-lotta-contro-il-cancro-ho-pensato-al-suicidio_sto7662419/story.shtml (yeah, I WAS looking for Vialli news originally)

The last dance for Mata Hari on this day 100 years ago, aged 41.