kelownabomberfan

ha ha I remember when Robert Bean's wife got on and just started hammering everyone who was putting Mr. Bean down for his shitty play. That was fun.

I'd like to see Lias Andersson on the team just in case they win the silver so that I can watch him huck another medal over the glass.

Nice to have, but probably not going to happen.

Brian Jack was tried three times in Christine’s killing. In 1997, three appeals later, Jack walked away a free man, despite being convicted of manslaughter, after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled it would be an abuse of process to try him again. http://winnipegsun.com/2013/12/15/she-was-everything-to-me-says-sister-of-christine-jack-25-years-later/wcm/8900f403-1a56-418b-8a96-199824f3b4a8 Tough to achieve a guilty verdict without a body. It can be done, but you need some kind of evidence. That's how they were able to charge that guy who murdered those old people in Alberta a few years ago, even though they never found the bodies.

if we did, it would be very reminiscent to me of the signing of Roy Dewalt by the Bombers in 1988. Great vet and mentor but extremely past his prime.

Elliot Friedman was saying on Saturday that the Rangers are pretty fed up with their core and realize that they don't have what it takes, and so will be selling off pieces. OEL might work for the Rangers.

another celebrity brush...

That could have been it - was it on St. Mary's road? I believe it was close to the old CKND headquarters. EDIT - the Comedy Oasis - sounds right.

because of drugs?

yes, when a musician dies suddenly, it's always easy to jump to drugs.

Dano, Petan and a first, done and done.

what are the Coyotes looking for?

not to go too off topic, but man talk about the Milton Miracle for the Vikings tonight!

One more story. I was working in Calgary in the mid 1990's with a guy whose cousin was a lighting guy for hire for movies filmed in Calgary. He calls up my buddy one night and says "a few of us are going drinking tonight" and my buddy invites me along, and I stupidly say no for some reason. So my buddy goes out and the next morning he says "we ended up hanging out with the guy who was Elliot in ET all night!! Henry Thomas!! It was so cool!!! And I'm like feeling jealous, but then he said "and there was this other actor that came along too, long-haired guy, never really heard of him...he's in the movie too....Brad something or other...really nice guy.... DOHHHH So the next time his cousin calls, I say I'm in. We head down to the Ship & Anchor, which was the place all the movie guys hung out at in Calgary in the 1990's. My buddy's cousin introduces us to this bald dude, who I quickly realize is Goose from Top Gun, Anthony Edwards. He was a super nice guy - he had us laughing all night with Clooney stories.

Speaking of New York, 2016 we're in New York and we're walking through Greenwich and suddenly there are all these old cars on the street and people wearing old clothes, and we realize that we are walking through a live movie set. Some guy motions us to keep going as they are between takes. We stop to look around a bit on the set and the wife says "I wonder if anyone famous is in this movie" and from behind us a familiar voice goes "yes, in fact there is" and we turn around and there's Kevin Spacey standing there. Our mouths drop, and he takes off on one of those scooter things down the street to his trailer. Then Nicolas Hoult walks by us and the wife says "that guy looks familiar" and I said yeah I think that's the dude from that Mad Max show. They were filming "Rebel in the Rye". The Spacey story isn't as cool now unfortunately.

If that counts then every single concert I've been to in my life counts as a brush with celebrities. But if it's just stand-up, the coolest stand-up I ever saw was in New York at a comedy club, when Amy Schumer jumped on stage totally unannounced and did a new set, 10 feet in front of me. That was pretty neat. Best stand-up routine I ever saw was Gilbert Gottfried, performing at some comedy club in Winnipeg in 1989. It's probably not around anymore. I can't even remember what it was called or where it was. It wasn't Rumors, that's all I remember.

was it Brian Jack, and was he carrying something over his shoulder in a body bag?

ARCHIE WOOD! I watched Uncle Bob every day! Right after Sesame Street.

they also showed him in the crowd with a beard and a camo hat on. Apparently he still goes hunting at 90 years old. I wish when they show him and go on about his coaching history they'd mention his success north of the border, but that would require admitting that Canada exists, a no-no on US broadcasts.

Moose getting a big boost with Roslo, Hutch and Lemieux coming back. Expect the Moose domination to resume....

and Taco seemed to always draft a few CFL players into his NFL Fantasy team every year too, including Joffrey Reynolds. The actor who played Taco was a Canadian, not sure if that was a coincidence.

Splitting hairs - totally. Did you at least get the Peanuts joke? Hint - Charles Schultz.