I actually like Ron Maclean over the years. Despite his nerdiness and nostalgia, I love the way he sets up a playoff game. From his book he suggested an important point that highlights why I hate American broadcasts of any sports in playoffs.
"Nobody is bigger than the game, so let it take centre stage". Where American broadcasts have talking heads yapping away until the game starts no matter what the crowd is doing.
But man, I was watching an old Montreal/Boston playoff intro on CBC and Ron did an excellent job of setting everything up and in an emotional, powerful tone he boldly stated "Montreal has beat Boston 23 out of the last 30 series, but as we all know statistics are like bikinis - they reveal a lot, but not everything".
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But man, I was watching an old Montreal/Boston playoff intro on CBC and Ron did an excellent job of setting everything up and in an emotional, powerful tone he boldly stated "Montreal has beat Boston 23 out of the last 30 series, but as we all know statistics are like bikinis - they reveal a lot, but not everything".
Oh man, I'd like to see what happens if he said that now.
It is really illuminating when you watch 1980s or '90s sit-coms just how prevalent and socially encouraged homopgobic slurs were. It is a weird experience of remembering how much I loved this show, to feeling embarrassed about how much of what passed for "funny" was at the expense of the gay community.
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One of the central premises of the most popular comedy (late 70s/early 80s) on TV was Jack Tripper pretending to be gay so that he wouldn’t get evicted for living in the same apartment as two girls.
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One of the central premises of the most popular comedy (late 70s/early 80s) on TV was Jack Tripper pretending to be gay so that he wouldn’t get evicted for living in the same apartment as two girls.
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I've seen that picture many times and I still don't understand a grown up man taking off his shirt at what appears to be a formal gathering. Was this maybe taken at a swingers convention?
I was at a formal wedding where 3 of the groomsmen stripped down to their boxers after dinner and proceed to spend the entire reception in this condition dancing and gyrating on any human who walked by. At one point they all changed into Pajama onesies that were unzipped and the butt flap opened up. I thought it was really inappropriate as older guests just looked confused.
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Been at a wedding where one of the guys dropped his pants and danced when a particular song came on - I gather it was his thing. I wouldn’t call that particular wedding a formal even though, TBF.
LOL it’s his “party trick”. Anyway it’s not at a wedding, just a bar.
But isn’t that interview the whole point? Kind of puts him in a different, cooler light. He has to answer questions about it constantly because it’s unusual and he owns it.
Here's a scene from a PG rated beloved movie that was aimed at tweens. No one batted an eye at it. Welcome to the 80s and 90s lockerrooms:
No one complained or petitioned or tried to cancel Bill and Ted. The sequel two years later used the exact same word, again aimed at tweens with the goals of parents buying the VHS for the kids.
And here's a scene from 21 Jump Street making fun of this exact situation as Tatum's character is pretending to be younger and pose as a high schooler but grew up when using gay as an insult was near the norm:
It was Hilary Duff who solved this:
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It looks like it first showed up around 2011, so he would have been 51.
Being Mr. Canada and all I envisioned him air guitaring to something like the Hip as it would be somewhat excusable but finding out it was Maroon 5 makes it more sad. At least he was a good sport.
I don't go "tarps off" at weddings or in bars but geez there's a lot of stuffy people on this thread.
Maybe if I was in as good a shape as Ron I would, kinda embarassed I'm the same age as he is in that pic and I'm definately rocking more of a defined dad bod.
I’m just more amused that a professional entertainer’s party trick is taking his shirt off and pretending to play guitar. I also thinks it’s funny that no one is watching said party trick.
I’m just more amused that a professional entertainer’s party trick is taking his shirt off and pretending to play guitar. I also thinks it’s funny that no one is watching said party trick.
Someone took a picture of it. You think they were the only person looking at him?
I think Ron is a lot more like an average person than people give him credit for. "A professional entertainer" is his job, not who he is. If he wants to go tarps off and play air guitar at a party, that's cool, he seems fun.
Someone took a picture of it. You think they were the only person looking at him?
I think Ron is a lot more like an average person than people give him credit for. "A professional entertainer" is his job, not who he is. If he wants to go tarps off and play air guitar at a party, that's cool, he seems fun.
Yeah, someone took a pic, in which no one is looking at him. Tarp off at party is a little less cool and a little more "there goes Ron again" IMO. Basically he said he was hammered and PJ Stock carried him away.
I'm biased against Ron though. Didn't like him before the Oilers comments and even less after.
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