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Requiem for a (pair of) Pop Icon(s)

Every once in a while, a day passes that reminds you how you’re always one beer closer to finishing life’s sixpack.

— Which ain’t so bad, really, provided you like the pub you’re squatting in.

Still, it’s the nostalgic aftertaste that I have a hard time swallowing. And today’s was particularly bitter — especially if you’ve ever worn pleather pants, or found yourself working under cover in a women’s prison for some old dude you’ve never so much as glimpsed.

155 Replies to “Requiem for a (pair of) Pop Icon(s)”

  1. Joe says:

    But Jeff, we are all doomed.

  2. pdbuttons says:

    i saw someone..eh..ten minutes after the msm orgasm..
    and i said…
    dj’ya hear..
    what?
    tito broke his ankle…

    silence..
    apart from that ur a weirdo look..
    but i’m used to that..

  3. bains says:

    Well said Jeff.

    I cant say I was overly impressed with either as artists, but I can not deny how huge both Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson impacted my generation (I’m 49).

    BTW, I bought a 12 pack…

  4. Joe says:

    I hope they both R.I.P. We are all heading there too.

    I made more beer.

  5. B Moe says:

    I just wonder how many weeks I am going to have to listen to what a genius that twisted little freak was because he was able to write catchy jingles.

  6. Bob Reed says:

    As far as Jackson,
    It’s a big surprise to a lot of folks. And surprising to see all his fans are flocking to the hospital in LA; but after all, he was a member of the Glitterati. But, It may have been the sudden-ness, and his relatively young age; especially for a heart attack. Still, I believe it’s a function of the cult of personality in our society. Regardless of his eccentricies, fetishes, psychoses, and child molestation scandals thousands will simply remeber him as an integral part of the late 20th century zeitgeist…

    I feel sorry for him, the obvious self loathing that drove all of the plastic surgery. Like for anyone else, I pray that God rest his soul, and that he had attoned for his actions here on Earth before he went to meet his maker; and also that He grace his family in their time of loss and grief.

    And so, he joins the ranks of Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Preslay, and James Dean; a sometime troubled star who died young…

    Personally, I’ll always remember him as a talented child, with his brothers, in the Jackson 5…

    And Farrah,
    What can I say? The lady that I, as well as thousands of young men, drooled over in the late 70’s. She was definately an icon too. Most young ladies I knew in those tried to get that hairstyle going on. And the use of her name became synonymous with “a Fox!” as the term was used in those days. Not exactly the finest actress in Hollywood, but she didn’t need to be…

    Ryan O’neil will probably go down quicly without her, but may surprise us all. May God rest her soul too, and give him and all of her family strength to deal with this…

    How suprising that they both would go on the same day. Farrah’s long expected, and Jackson’s, like punctuation on hers. As Jeff says, these were two icons of many of the commentariats youth; and represent a beginning of the passing of an era…

  7. newrouter says:

    it is too bad because the 70’s as a lifestyle is starting to catch on

  8. bains says:

    I just wonder how many weeks I am going to have to listen to what a genius that twisted little freak was…

    What I fear more is the idiot ‘reporters’ such as Geraldo digging into minutia as if it meant something.

  9. Bob Reed says:

    She was such a babe, and he was one hell of a dancer…

  10. Wm T Sherman says:

    False rumors of deaths of Harrison Ford and Jeff Goldblum in New Zealand surfaced. Repeat, false.

  11. bains says:

    The related good news/bad news of today’s celebrity deaths is it takes Sanford off the front pages as well as Obama’s fascist Obamacare.

    What is really sad is that the MSM equates the impact of Sanford’s infidelity with Obama’s economy killing health care package, then puts both behind MJacksons death.

  12. B Moe says:

    Fawcett may well have been the original Sugar Tit(s?) of my generation.

  13. Jeff G. says:

    Lee Majors. What a dude.

  14. Bob Reed says:

    That’s the famous poster BMoe. Those nipples gave thousands of guys of that era serious wood…

  15. Mikey NTH says:

    It just reminds me that I am 43.

  16. Bob Reed says:

    That’s right! I forgot They were married…
    Wow, I have a whole resurgence of respect for him…He had that…

  17. serr8d says:

    A lot of us just coming into dorm life in ’76 had that poster, B Moe. I matched that up with the YES Tales from Topographic Oceans for a semester.

    How dare MJ die and upstage Farrah!

  18. SBP says:

    Very early Farrah appearance, on The Partridge Family.

  19. Bob Reed says:

    That is a deeeeep pull SBP,

    And she’s got thcharacteristic, er, topography that made her poster famous…

    And an interesting early iteration of that hair…

    NOICE!

  20. sdferr says:

    I’m still not sure those weren’t M&M’s glued in place, BR.

  21. geoffb says:

    You guys notice the “er, topography” but that smile lights up everything around her.

  22. B Moe says:

    Those nipples gave thousands of guys of that era serious wood…

    Gave hell, it still works today, dude.

  23. B Moe says:

    A lot of us just coming into dorm life in ‘76 had that poster, B Moe.

    Exactly. That one, and the Playboy centerfold of that chick Jimmy Connors married.

    Must haves if you wanted to be a player.

  24. Carin says:

    I could be wrong, but I think she made some appearances on “I dream of Jeanie”.

  25. geoffb says:

    According to IMDB,

    # “I Dream of Jeannie” …. Cindy / … (2 episodes, 1969)
    – My Sister the Home Wrecker (1969) TV episode …. Tina
    – See You in C-U-B-A (1969) TV episode …. Cindy

    and “Mayberry R.F.D.” …. Show Girl #1 (1 episode, 1969)
    – Millie, the Model (1969) TV episode …. Show Girl #1

  26. SBP says:

    Playboy centerfold of that chick Jimmy Connors married.

    Patti McGuire.

  27. Makewi says:

    The Way You Make Me Feel

    Works for both as it turns out.

  28. serr8d says:

    Oh. and we hated Lee Majors.

  29. Darleen says:

    Well said, Bob

    1976, that Farrah poster was such a sensation and yes we girls screamed at the mirror because after getting the hair cut and buying all the round brushes, blow dryers and mousse we never could get our hair to be just like hers.

    Thriller in 1981 was just as big a hit. Michael Jackson was in the right time and the right place with a prodigy voice, unique dance style and Thriller made MTV.

    Which is really sad to see how twisted and strange a person he was and he never fought his demons but succumbed to them.

    May they both be granted grace and find peace.

  30. SBP says:

    Patti McGuire (NSFW, needless to say).

  31. serr8d says:

    The timing of these two (natural) deaths, the day after O!’s Healthcare infomercial…ya think Someone is laughing at us?

    Nahhhh…

  32. geoffb says:

    That took 3 trys. wordpress didn’t like the link I guess. Her beautiful smile and 3 dorks trying for a date.

  33. Carin says:

    ream of Jeannie” …. Cindy / … (2 episodes, 1969)
    – My Sister the Home Wrecker (1969) TV episode …. Tina
    – See You in C-U-B-A (1969) TV episode …. Cindy

    I knew this because I actually SAW that episode a month or so back. They actually portray communist cuba in a (very) negative light.

    Kinda interesting.

  34. You! YOU! @33!

    BANNED!!!11!!!!1!!

  35. David R. Block says:

    Nahhhh, Obamacare wouldn’t have helped either one.

  36. Pablo says:

    I wonder if there will be ululating at the Jackson service.

    Farrah? Hot. Decades of it.

  37. Darleen says:

    David

    Under Obamacare Farrah would have died a lot sooner. Terminal cancer patients will be the first to be sent home to die with a bottle of aspirin and a referal pamphlet to local funeral services.

    Why waste money so someone can have an extra year or so with loved ones? Bottomline must be served.

  38. kelly says:

    Who’s whiter, BarryO or MichalJ?

    I denounce myself.

    OK, then who has better nipples, FarrahF or BarryO?

    Doubly denounced, I am.

  39. Bob Reed says:

    Nice Vid geoffb,

    She must be 22.

  40. David R. Block says:

    I know Darleen. I wonder what they have in store for diabetics? Because I am one.

  41. geoffb says:

    Yes and I was 21 then. Her going brings the mortality thoughts.

  42. cranky-d says:

    Lee Majors is selling that “Bionic Ear” thingy these days, and he doesn’t look all that great himself.

    I remember how popular Farrah made the feathered hair style, and we young guys liked it plenty.

    I don’t think Michael Jackson deserves this much attention, but I guess there are probably a lot of people who think otherwise.

  43. cranky-d says:

    Just another comment, so the comment number matches my age.

  44. serr8d says:

    That’s the point, David.

    Obamacare is the ultimate vanity sport I think. When your time’s up, no one or no one thing can prolong it. Farrah returned just weeks ago from a trip to Europe, looking for a miracle cure. Who knows what mixtures MJ poured into himself; the mouth hankies, the precautions, all to no avail.

    And why wasn’t he in the best of shape? Didn’t that help him any? I mean, years of dancing, moonwalking!

  45. kelly says:

    Could you guys step up the comments so I can claim number 50 for my age.

    kthnxbye

  46. kelly says:

    Watch this.

  47. kelly says:

    Uno mas.

  48. serr8d says:

    Hey. I’m 50 too.

  49. kelly says:

    Bingo.

    Yes, I had the Farrah poster in college but not in a dorm room. Lived off campus.

    RIP, Farrah.

    I didn’t know rectal cancer even existed but now that I do, am I a bad person for wishing it on a random congresscritter?

  50. kelly says:

    Damn it man!!!

  51. serr8d says:

    April, Kelly.

    You must be January or something. )

  52. kelly says:

    51 in July.

  53. serr8d says:

    It’s the quick and the dead around here…

  54. kelly says:

    I beg your pardon. I can still fog a mirror, thank you very much.

  55. serr8d says:

    Whatever, pops.

    Farted much dust lately?

    (just KIDDING!!)

  56. Bob Reed says:

    It’s just like I intuited…

    Much of the commentariat around here are contemporaries; teen agers in the 70’s…

    We Rawk!

  57. Bob Reed says:

    How old do you all make the numbah one resident jeen-yus thor tobe..?

  58. kelly says:

    Dust would be welcome, if you know what I mean and I think you do…

  59. kelly says:

    I’ve got thorknob at ~62. But the syphilis might have aged him to 84.

  60. Bob Reed says:

    That’s a good one guinsPen…

  61. kelly says:

    Ditto, gP.

  62. newrouter says:

    i’m glad joey hairplug’s choo choo is stil going

  63. Joe says:

    A video back a while where Bill Maher claims being gently masturbated by Michael Jackson is not that bad…

    But you have to get through Bill Maher doing this to Barack Obama.

  64. geoffb says:

    guinsPen at 61, that was my number.

  65. serr8d says:

    Joe, because I’m in mourning for Farrah, I won’t click on those links.

    DON’T make me sick BRING ME DOWN BRUCE!!

  66. Joe says:

    Oh wait this is the MJ comment.

  67. Joe says:

    Sorry serr8d.

  68. serr8d says:

    Ummm…you know who has a horrible image of MJ posted.

    Link that, Joe~!

  69. Pablo says:

    Billie Jean? Not my lover. She’s just a girl who said that I am the one. But the kid is not my son.

    OK, I slept with him, but it was nothing, I assure you.

  70. B Moe says:

    Jesus, I knew Bill Maher was a sick puppy, but that is fucking outrageous.

  71. Pablo says:

    This was sweet.

    Have a banana
    Have the whole bunch
    It doesn’t matter
    What you had for lunch

  72. Bob Reed says:

    Isn’t that, “Don’t bring me down; gross!”..?

    Or am I having an early senior moment? Or missed a reference or something…

  73. Bob Reed says:

    Dude! Eddie Van, Man…

  74. serr8d says:

    Well, it is a mondegreen, but Jeff Lynn started slinging ‘Bruce!’ because so many people heard it that way.

  75. dicentra says:

    Isn’t that, “Don’t bring me down; gross!”..?

    They say it “grus,” so it sounds like “Bruce.”

  76. pdbuttons says:

    i used to wear one glove..
    as i looked at her poster..
    hi.yo!

  77. pdbuttons says:

    that’s not what the cops said..
    hi yo!

  78. dicentra says:

    Cool. I learned two new words today: mondegreen and soramimi.

    Thanks serr8d!

  79. pdbuttons says:

    who gets blanket?
    bubbles and kate..plus eight
    mmmm/ ryan tatumn/chum/the kid who shall not be named who pulled
    out a plum/janet/reno//tito/frito bandito…
    judas?
    i’m just a silly billy..
    i denounce myself

  80. serr8d says:

    Oh, sure!

    It’s like, aho na hōnyōhan, that’s all. )

  81. Joe says:

    Comment by serr8d on 6/25 @ 9:06 pm #

    Ummm…you know who has a horrible image of MJ posted.

    Link that, Joe~!

    you mean this one serr8d? What a pussy, you could not link it yourself?

    Because this one is far worse…

    Honestly, I would prefer to remember him like this.

  82. pdbuttons says:

    western capitalist proof
    music by michael jackson
    farrah fawcett poster
    big fat white guy who goes hi yo!…
    a communist rebutall?
    chirp chirp chirp..

  83. pdbuttons says:

    top ten commie movies…
    one-
    uh…
    oh.. that stairway scene that kevin costner ripped off 4 the untouchables..
    kevin costner?
    two..?

  84. Big D says:

    Damn son, whatever you’re drinking, could you send some this way?

  85. pdbuttons says:

    our western prescious bodily fluids
    must be not licked..
    flouride over and out..
    {aside- i learned from the boy scout handbook that if ur in
    the desert w/ no water/ pick up a rock to keep ur saliva flow)

  86. Joe says:

    Wretchard sure loves the kitty analogy. Very good article on Iran and Iraq and the video clip is not to be missed.

  87. Joe says:

    pdbuttons, your posts start to have a cadence after a while.

  88. pdbuttons says:

    fredo…
    i’m smart…
    fredo do this..
    fredo do that..
    pick someone up at teh airport…
    what’s in it for me?

    {tanks jo)

  89. Big D says:

    Want to go fishing, Fredo?

  90. pdbuttons says:

    i will
    and can
    qoute the godfather..
    woid 4 woid

    try me..

  91. pdbuttons says:

    hail mary/ full of..
    bang!

  92. Big D says:

    Buttons,

    I have watched you for a while and I have to say that you remain optimistic in the midst of the storm. You are a bright spot in the dark. Wherever you get it, may it continue!

  93. pdbuttons says:

    mike.. u don’t come to vegas and talk to pdbuttons that way!

    oh..quote[spell)

  94. Big D says:

    buttons, don’t ever take sides against the family.

  95. pdbuttons says:

    thank u bd
    i’m a slasher
    in and out…
    but i must say
    that the commentaters here are sweet
    funny/sarcastic/
    i learn shit and
    when i’m an idjut..
    u be
    forgiving
    thanks alot!
    god looks out for drunks and fools..
    i’m double-ling down!

  96. pdbuttons says:

    the only mis-cast was diane keaton…
    and they made her be from new hampshire..
    other than that..

  97. geoffb says:

    Joe,
    Thanks for that link.
    This is big.

    “My ears first perked up when word made it through the grapevines over the weekend that Rafsanjani had been meeting with other Ayatollahs and clerics in Qom, and had among them a representative of Iraq’s Ayatollah Ali Sistani. Why? Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in 2007 made two very critical statements: that “I am a servant of all Iraqis, there is no difference between a Sunni, a Shiite or a Kurd or a Christian,” and that Islam can exist within a democracy without theological conflict. You will never hear such words slip past the lips of Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei.”

  98. Like most contemporaries of Jacko, I grew up watching him grow up on TV. His appeal reached across racial boundaries, which was something back in the early days. All his faults were harshly backlit by the lifelong floodlight of publicity, and so I hope he RIP. Greetings from Korea, where I’ll be for the next four weeks, thereby having a shot at catching some of the late night threads here.

  99. pdbuttons says:

    I count botox tears..
    i got ten fingers and toes…
    how long should i wait?

  100. thor says:

    fingers and toes
    better off having
    twenty of those

  101. pdbuttons says:

    the long march killed
    my little piggy
    who..
    went to market..
    i used to wear glasses!

  102. pdbuttons says:

    hey fuckthor
    name ten movie
    song
    commie songs..
    i go free throw
    satisfaction/ stones
    layla/clapton
    school days/ chuck berry
    my city was gone..
    rush!/pretender..
    god save ur squeem//
    sex pistols..

    shall i check on u ..
    mate?

    give me one…?

  103. pdbuttons says:

    name a song or movie that ur side produced or
    not
    fuckhead,,,
    i’m dancing..no.. twisting..
    capitalist stylee…
    do the limbo rock!
    how low can u go?

    don’t transgender drag me-us down…,

  104. pdbuttons says:

    thor..? i want to rock..
    do u have a “proper” theme?
    i’m wearing a..color?
    bring it

  105. pdbuttons says:

    trtiak.. ok
    larianov..
    ok
    kharmlatoov..
    u win…
    but u can’t beat the sin..

    clint eastwood..said that!

  106. pdbuttons says:

    i need a geoofb tune..

  107. pdbuttons says:

    thor.. who’s ur chuck dinkleberry..
    ur silence aint brian eno.,.
    bring it!
    wing nut!
    pop iggy pop fuck you!

  108. Joe says:

    geoffb, I was heartened a bit by that report too. Especially given the source.

  109. pdbuttons says:

    bobby orr has big twisting thighs..
    in a …gay way..
    thor?

  110. Adriane says:

    A serious collections of mondegreens with soundtrack …

  111. pdbuttons says:

    i slink from the battlkefield,,
    nite!

  112. geoffb says:

    Ok, This is a favoritebut it’s not happy, happy.

  113. pdbuttons says:

    that is soo funny!
    cuz when i play darkness/darknes with my baby momma kidz{ i stink i got.. a couple)
    i always slap their back…
    iffn they comeback..

    [spit)

  114. pdbuttons says:

    b flat yo geoff b!
    name that key..
    u slay me!

  115. geoffb says:

    Cool buttons, I got to get some sleep for a while, later.

  116. pdbuttons says:

    please please me..
    sex pistols…please!

  117. pdbuttons says:

    look.. i’ll boo the indigo girls
    and stick my tounge out at jewel..
    and shake my patti smith{scandal!)
    ass…
    but..
    give me sex..pistols..

  118. pdbuttons says:

    bobby..
    oh.. wait..

  119. pdbuttons says:

    i’ve never seen a more twisting but..
    and he wore..
    # 4..
    Lola

  120. Makewi says:

    Because the funk must live.

  121. pdbuttons says:

    i will not be fjord

    i’m not mark steyn..
    no.. really..

  122. pdbuttons says:

    makewi..
    just between..u anbd i
    farrah said,,,?james..brow..brow..
    brown..
    papa don’t take.. something..
    she’s counyting on the kindess of,, u?
    please don’t let her down..
    u want to meet her in halfway heaven?
    doncha kinda wanna..

    update…
    she will be a titty angel if u play nights on broadway…
    asap
    tanks.nice person!

  123. pdbuttons says:

    in english..
    bee gees nights on broadway..
    or
    papa don’t take no mess..
    by james brown..
    thank you adults,,

    buttonns is cute tho..

    stop it
    when u grab my stupid from my cool hand luke fans..

    u got ur mind right?

  124. pdbuttons says:

    i’m lonely
    just watched fellini on turner

    u did too/also..
    my little brain hurts..

  125. geoffb says:

    More in line with the topic.

  126. guinsPen says:

    #9…

  127. SDN says:

    “If there’s one form of hypocrisy I can’t tolerate it’s sentimental regard for the dead, simply because they are dead. To hear some people talk at a funeral one would suppose dying was limited to the chosen few.”

    R. E. Delderfield, To Serve Them All My Days

  128. N. O'Brain says:

    Ooo, this is fun, the krauts beating up on Teh Won:

    “Chancellor Merkel Visits the Debt President

    By Gabor Steingart

    The occupant of the White House may have changed recently. But the amount of ill-advised ideology coming from Washington has remained constant. Obama’s list of economic errors is long — and continues to grow.”

    And the hits keep on coming….

    “Obama’s Cheney

    Obama’s Cheney is named Larry Summers. He is Obama’s senior-most economic advisor, and like the former vice president, he is a man of conviction. The financial crisis may be large, but Summers’ self-confidence is even larger. More importantly, President Barack Obama follows him like a dog does its master.

    The crisis, Summers intoned last week at a conference of Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Society in Washington, was caused by too much confidence, too much credit and too many debts. It was hard not to nod along in agreement.

    But then Summers added that the way to bring about an end to the crisis was — more confidence, more credit and more debt. And the nodding stopped. Experts and non-experts alike were perplexed. Even in an interview following the presentation, Summers was unable to supply an adequate explanation for how a crisis caused by frivolous lending was going to be solved through yet more frivolity.”

    Read the whole thing:

    http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,632494,00.html

    [h/t Rachael Lucas]

  129. serr8d says:

    Somewhere between #9 and #132, there’s a thread-winner. meh.

    For the living, today, Cap and Trade! Call your Rep.

    Oh, and our dance with Wal-Mart? Bites us on the ass.

  130. Mr. Pink says:

    I hope I am not the only one who really doesn’t care that much about this. Not the post but the recent celebrity deaths.

  131. Joe says:

    Mr. Pink, Rahm Emanuel says never let opportunities like this pass by. Distractions over MJ’s death might allow Congress to pass cap and trade and health care changes. Know hope!

  132. pdbuttons says:

    ival kral was sorta kinsa a real deal..
    thanks geoffb

  133. Squid says:

    Farrah Fawcett + Obamacare = Logan’s Run

    Carousel!

  134. A.W. says:

    Okay three bad jokes, because this is the place to make them.

    First, Jackson did collapse while making love and did fall over on his lover, but the boy is fine.

    There is no truth to the rumoer that this is a viagra-induced heart attack.

    Also two golden oldies from Bill Maher.

    First, at the jackson family honors, he was watching the jumbotron and at one point he was heard to say “that is a cute kid. I would really like to– OH GOD THAT’S ME!”

    The other was a fake poll he did: “How far would you let Michael Jackson go with you for $20 million? a) first base, b) second base, c) third base, d) home run.”

  135. pdbuttons says:

    babysitter list..
    woody allen-check
    paula poundstone-check
    michael jackson-scratch

  136. Mikey NTH says:

    My brother sent me one MJ joke from WRIF/Mike in the Morning:

    ‘Jackson’s death has caused the cancellation of his London dates. The dates were Tim, age 10, and Sam, age 7.’

    Bad, but expected.

  137. pdbuttons says:

    i’m mad..
    because of my sleep eye i can’t back up
    my toy truck..
    but mj was..wham bam..
    …kiddie cam..
    butt
    i always could count on my tonka toys..
    thanks ..freaky dude!

  138. m says:

    guinsPen #61
    Thank you. That’s lovely.

  139. Nishi of the Nightfall says:

    Well…..you know what they say Jeff…..there ain’t no rest for teh wicked.
    REPENT!
    hahahaha!

  140. Mikey NTH says:

    Go find some other corpses to batten on, Kate, you lamprous freak.

  141. JD says:

    STFU eugenicist genocidal nishi

  142. pdbuttons says:

    i like deebate
    with cold people..
    cuz i always sing/
    or bring
    or Sting..
    with my jimmy buffet thang..

    u want a re-fill?
    dead dude?

    though i’d playt with ur wifes lukewarnm boo..boobs1

  143. ccoffer says:

    I guess Elton John will be re-re-releasing a version of the Norma Jean song.

    It seems to me you lived your life like a homosexual pedophile in the wind;
    never knowing who to cling to when the police came in.

    Catchy, yes?

  144. serr8d says:

    This, ccoffer, in case you missed my earlier linky.

    Belongs here anyways.

  145. B Moe says:

    Requiem for a (pair of) Pop Icon(s)

    Make that a trio.

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