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Debbie Harry was once a Playboy Bunny.
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)At least in an undercover role for a magazine article.
BainsBane
(53,015 posts)to expose the poor treatment of women.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,144 posts)by the club "doctor" and testing for STDs.
calguy
(5,294 posts)Amp Lee
keithbvadu2
(36,667 posts)The teen who John Wayne killed in El Dorado was Mark McCain.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...then his brother killed Robert's father...
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...*his* life was probably saved by none other than Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr, when--as a young officer--he pulled Lincoln down from the bullets being fired by the Confederates at the Washington Soldiers Home in 1864...
Mister Ed
(5,924 posts)...where she served the Jefferson Airplane their supper the night before they played at Woodstock.
red dog 1
(27,773 posts)because he was underage (17).
One week later, Paul McCartney and Pete Best were arrested for setting a condom on fire in a concrete corridor of the Kaiserkeller and were also deported.
John Lennon left Hamburg to return to Liverpool soon after.
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(27,773 posts)knocked on Wavy Gravy's door and anxiously told him that:
"Neal Cassady and a bunch of people are back at my place and they want marijuana!"
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(27,773 posts)MatthewHatesTrump2
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(27,773 posts)(Patterson, N.J.)
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(27,773 posts)became a British civil servant for 20 years.
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(27,773 posts)A friend of their's, Lucien Carr, had been stalked for years by a guy named David Kammerer, and when it turned aggressive, Carr stabbed the guy with a knife, claiming self-defense.
Carr dumped the body in the Hudson River, and Kerouac helped his friend out by disposing of the murder weapon and Kammerer's eyeglasses.
Kerouac's father refused to pay his son's bail.
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(27,773 posts)He had to wear hairpieces for all his James Bond movies
Mr.Bill
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(27,773 posts)Instead, he lives off what he makes from his stand-up routines.
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(27,773 posts)acting against type
(usual-wildman Belushi played the meek Earl and usual-straight arrow Aykroyd played the obnoxious Vic)
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(27,773 posts)African-American film producer and director.
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(27,773 posts)wild animal and wrestled it until the dog was released.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)"Who is Anne Berlin?" -- "What happened to the other four?"
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(27,773 posts)Her first single, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" became a number one hit, selling more than 10 million copies
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(27,773 posts)(Yogi had 10 World Series rings)
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(27,773 posts)in Chatsworth, CA.
She has won awards at three World Chainsaw Art competitions.
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(27,773 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,144 posts)and Mare Winngham. Kevin and Mare were co-valedictorians.
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(27,773 posts)(among other awards)
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(27,773 posts)and studio.
This conversion brought him national attention.
(So did his huge collection of potato mashers)
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(27,773 posts)(Not sure which sport)
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(27,773 posts)formed and surgically removed.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,144 posts)His wasn't fully formed, but it was the size of a
tennis ball.
jmowreader
(50,528 posts)red dog 1
(27,773 posts)from 304 to 215 pounds.
(Perhaps Spanky could try that)
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(27,773 posts)jabs at right-wingers.
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(27,773 posts)basketball, and shortstop in baseball.
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(27,773 posts)Rolling Stones for Rolling Stone Magazine.
(Mick Jagger didn't mind what Capote had written.)
Richards nickname for Truman Capote was "Tubby" and one night he poured ketchup all over Capote's door, yelling: "Come out you old queen..You want cold blood?"
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(27,773 posts)temporarily with a friend who lived in neighboring Berkeley, so he could use his friend's address to attend Berkeley High School, which had Music Harmony and Music Theory classes, which were not available at the high school Lesh was attending.
To help their son out, Phil's parents sold their Kensington, CA home, which they'd lived in for 15 years, and bought a smaller house in Berkeley, so that Lesh could finish high school at Berkeley High.