2017 Dead Pool

I heard this on the radio when I was driving home from work today. Thought it was a brilliant story about Roger Moore:





A SWEET story about a seven-year-old boy’s encounter with Roger Moore has gone viral.

In the wake of the English actor’s death at 89 from cancer, Marc Haynes took to Facebook and revealed what happened when he first met the star who played James Bond in seven films between 1973 to 1985.

“As a seven-year-old in about 1983, in the days before First Class Lounges at airports, I was with my grandad in Nice Airport and saw Roger Moore sitting at the departure gate, reading a paper,” Haynes wrote.

“I told my grandad I’d just seen James Bond and asked if we could go over so I could get his autograph. My grandad had no idea who James Bond or Roger Moore were, so we walked over and he popped me in front of Roger Moore, with the words, ‘my grandson says you’re famous. Can you sign this?’


“As charming as you’d expect, Roger asks my name and duly signs the back of my plane ticket, a fulsome note full of best wishes. I’m ecstatic, but as we head back to our seats, I glance down at the signature. It’s hard to decipher it but it definitely doesn’t say ‘James Bond’. My grandad looks at it, half figures out it says ‘Roger Moore’ — I have absolutely no idea who that is, and my hearts sinks. I tell my grandad he’s signed it wrong, that he’s put someone else’s name — so my grandad heads back to Roger Moore, holding the ticket which he’s only just signed.

“I remember staying by our seats and my grandad saying, ‘he says you’ve signed the wrong name. He says your name is James Bond.’ Roger Moore’s face crinkled up with realisation and he beckoned me over. When I was by his knee, he leant over, looked from side to side, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said to me, ‘I have to sign my name as ‘Roger Moore’ because otherwise ... Blofeld might find out I was here,’ He asked me not to tell anyone that I’d just seen James Bond, and he thanked me for keeping his secret.

“I went back to our seats, my nerves absolutely jangling with delight. My grandad asked me if he’d signed ‘James Bond.’ No, I said. I’d got it wrong. I was working with James Bond now.”

Haynes had another encounter with Roger Moore many years later when he found himself working on a UNICEF recording that featured the famous actor.

“He was completely lovely and while the cameramen were setting up, I told him in passing the story of when I met him in Nice Airport,” Haynes wrote on Facebook.


“He was happy to hear it, and he had a chuckle and said, ‘Well, I don’t remember but I’m glad you got to meet James Bond.’ So that was lovely.

“And then he did something so brilliant. After the filming, he walked past me in the corridor, heading out to his car — but as he got level, he paused, looked both ways, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said, ‘Of course I remember our meeting in Nice. But I didn’t say anything in there, because those cameramen — any one of them could be working for Blofeld’.”

Haynes ended his post by calling Moore as “a tremendous man”.

Former dictator of Panama Manuel Noriega dead at 83. And for EvenBob's benefit since he is fascinated with "ugly" faces, I note his nickname was "Old Pineapple Face" because of his scarred bumpy complexion.

Roger Ailes's obese corpse is attempting to role in its grave, but it's so fat that it's stuck.

Rasmussen is reporting CNN is #1.

Dah na na na na na na....

Batman has died.

http://hollywoodreporter.com/news/adam-west-dead-batman-star-832264

Adam batman West passed away
He was 88

I remember when batman was on TV back in the 60's
I was a huge huge fan
I recall it came on twice a week, maybe Tues and Thur
Tues show always left you on a cliffhanger
as kids, we always talked about last nites episode in school excitely

Quote: Ibeatyouraces

Dah na na na na na na....

Batman has died.

That show was on twice a week in primetime
when I was in HS. It was great fun, there
was nothing like it on TV. And I had to see
it in B/W, no color TV till 1970. When I
finally saw reruns in color, I was stunned at
what we'd missed.

Something nobody since then has experienced.
Growing up on B/W and then getting a color
TV. It was Xmas every day for at least a year.
All those 60's show's that were made in color,
even the 50's show Superman, that I saw in
B/W, I now got to see in gorgeous living
color. We were enchanted and mesmerized
for a long long time.

RIP Batman. Adam West had quite a second career doing voice work for animated shows. He was all over the place.

RIP

Quote:

 "It's obvious. Only a criminal would disguise himself as a licensed, bonded guard yet callously park in front of a fire hydrant."

"A reporter's lot is not easy, making exciting stories out of plain, average, ordinary people like Robin and me."

"It's sometimes difficult to think clearly when you're strapped to a printing press."


Robin: "You can't get away from Batman that easy!"
Batman: "Easily."
Robin: "Easily."
Batman: "Good grammar is essential, Robin."
Robin: "Thank you."
Batman: "You're welcome."

"Robin: Where'd you get a live fish, Batman?"
Batman: "The true crime fighter always carries everything he needs in his utility belt, Robin."

What did Batman say to Robin before getting in the Batmobile?

"Robin, get in the Batmobile."