Gino!

[rosiep]

OK.... how about.... Baby Boomer Music. Or maybe a little younger than that.... how that???

Its just so sad for me though, because I love all these bands, Elvis, The Who, Simon & Garfunkle, Janis, Pearl Jam, Moody Blues, etc, but all I get to listen to is Hannah Montana and HSM!!! And whats even worse is I know all the words and sing them even louder than the kids!!!
Do you think we can start some support group for that?

It never goes away either. I still sing "childrens" songs all the time...what's worse is I have some on my Ipod. My kids are in their 20's!!!!!! Heh heh heh heh.

 

[donald...really]

Ok... back to Gino. This was reported in the Boston Globe a few weeks ago:


If you’ve been to a Celtics game, you know the phenomenon that is Gino.

And if you haven’t: At each game, when the Celtics appear on the verge of victory, the team plays a video clip on the JumboTron from a late-1970s American Bandstand show featuring, among others, a disco king in a Gino Vanelli T-shirt. The fans — some in their own “Gino” T-shirts — roar whenever “Gino” appears on screen, and the JumboTron then shows them dancing in Gino-like fashion.

With the Celtics in the NBA Finals, Gino-mania is at an all-time high and the Wall Street Journal set out to find the man in the Gino shirt, a man who’s the star of what has become Boston’s basketball version of its baseball team’s “Sweet Caroline.” Alas, it discovered that the dancer — Joe Massoni of Rialto, Calif. — died of pneumonia in 1990 at the age of 34.

“ ‘Gino’ has provided a lot of enjoyment for our fans,” said Celtics president Rich Gotham, “and his spirit will live on during the NBA Finals.”

 

[rosiep]

Ok... back to Gino. This was reported in the Boston Globe a few weeks ago:


If you’ve been to a Celtics game, you know the phenomenon that is Gino.

And if you haven’t: At each game, when the Celtics appear on the verge of victory, the team plays a video clip on the JumboTron from a late-1970s American Bandstand show featuring, among others, a disco king in a Gino Vanelli T-shirt. The fans — some in their own “Gino” T-shirts — roar whenever “Gino” appears on screen, and the JumboTron then shows them dancing in Gino-like fashion.

With the Celtics in the NBA Finals, Gino-mania is at an all-time high and the Wall Street Journal set out to find the man in the Gino shirt, a man who’s the star of what has become Boston’s basketball version of its baseball team’s “Sweet Caroline.” Alas, it discovered that the dancer — Joe Massoni of Rialto, Calif. — died of pneumonia in 1990 at the age of 34.

“ ‘Gino’ has provided a lot of enjoyment for our fans,” said Celtics president Rich Gotham, “and his spirit will live on during the NBA Finals.”

Ooh..he was so young. How awful.

 

[rpmdfw]

Ok... back to Gino. This was reported in the Boston Globe a few weeks ago:

Alas, it discovered that the dancer — Joe Massoni of Rialto, Calif. — died of pneumonia in 1990 at the age of 34.

Wow. Way to bring the party down.

And we had such a good thread hijacking going, too!




p.s. thanks for the info, I was googling like crazy trying to find out who the guy was.

 

[rosiep]

I want to hear more about Jamie's love of Garth...

 

[jamieandben]

I want to hear more about Jamie's love of Garth...

Can't HOB's light is on.
But i can say this he knows who i am.

 

[rpmdfw]

Can't HOB's light is on.
But i can say this he knows who i am.

Of course he does.

They'd need to list your name on the restraining order.

 

[rosiep]

Of course he does.

They'd need to list your name on the restraining order.

Oh My!

Anyone else have any close encounters with a celeb?

 

[rpmdfw]

Oh My!

Anyone else have any close encounters with a celeb?

Define celebrity.

Do performers in "instructional videos" for "grown up people" count?

If so, then I've got a couple close encounter stories . . . .

. . . That I couldn't possibly tell without getting enough points to be banned . . .

So yeah, nevermind.

 

[SharpMomOfTwo]

Oh My!

Anyone else have any close encounters with a celeb?

I used to live on the same street as Springsteen - us used to cut me off coming out of his driveway all the time - I swear hes lucky I didn't run him over when he did it driving his motorcycle!!!

::cop:

 

[rosiep]

I used to live on the same street as Springsteen - us used to cut me off coming out of his driveway all the time - I swear hes lucky I didn't run him over when he did it driving his motorcycle!!!

::cop:

Oh he's a hottie!

 

[wallyb]

Can't HOB's light is on.
But i can say this he knows who i am.

I'm acronym challenged - HOB?

 

[rpmdfw]

I'm acronym challenged - HOB?

House of Blues?

 

[wallyb]

Can't HOB's light is on.
But i can say this he knows who i am.

House of Blues?

Don't think so - see above.

 

[rosiep]

HOB belongs to our wonderful moderator Rick...it stands for Hot Older Brother.

 

[rosiep]

Do I have to teach you fellas everything???

 

[rpmdfw]

Do I have to teach you fellas everything???

Oh, I'm sure there are lessons Wally and I could teach YOU, too!

 

[wallyb]

Do I have to teach you fellas everything???

Time to take one of those little pink pills

 

[OrlandoMike]

Celebrities, pills, Hot older Brothers???

Geesh I leave during coffee talk and come home to Valley of the Dolls!

 

[wallyb]

Celebrities, pills, Hot older Brothers???

Geesh I leave during coffee talk and come home to Valley of the Dolls!

Does it not always drift to this.
I try to elevate these conversations - but look what I have to work with.