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Clive Swift has died at 82. Britcom fans remember him as TV's most hen-pecked husband …

The original money mark for GLOW, Meshulam Riklis, has died at 95. https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/ex-owner-of-las-vegas-riviera-meshulam-riklis-dies-at-95-1583188/

RIP James Frawley, prolific TV director whose 40-year career spanned between "Grey's Anatomy" and "The Monkees" (winning an Emmy for the latter). He also directed "The Muppet Movie", and cameoed as a waiter in the below scene …

Bumping this up for another 91 Rumble question. Savage was scheduled to be in the Rumble, but when his number was called, he didn't appear, and the Rumble went ahead with 29 entrants. Was this always the plan? Maybe it's me, but it would have been a lot more interesting to have Savage walk out the curtain, only to have Warrior attack him for costing him the belt.

The 91 Rumble had a couple of issues with the lineup that may have led the WWF to announce being "one man short" … -- Andre was announced as an entrant, then removed -- HTM was announced as an entrant, but left the company before the Rumble -- Bleacher Report mentioned that Buddy Rose was listed as an entrant in WWF Magazine, but he was also gone by the time the Rumble happened Was Brian Knobbs the mystery guy? It seemed odd that Knobbs and not Jerry Sags competed in the Rumble (Sags had a dark match with Sam Houston)

At least publicly, Okerlund said he was simply burned out with the WWF when he left in 1993. He said WCW offered him more money for less travel and "office" work, plus the ability to launch the hotline. I also recall him getting his first kidney transplant shortly after his arrival in WCW, so I'm also curious if Turner's willingness to pay more for medical also led to the decision (Heenan said he jumped in part due to WCW offering to pay for his neck surgery, so something similar here?)

She was there for the first few weeks of TNA. IIRC, she was only in backstage skits where wrestlers and others would give her money. Given the way she was dressed ("sexy business woman"), it was suggested she would be revealed as an agent, manager, or someone representing an unseen authority figure. But she was gone after a few weeks -- think she left when HealthSouth stopped funding TNA.

It was a SmackDown taping in November 2007, per cagematch … the Nasties beat Dave Taylor and Drew McIntyre.

Something that popped up on my YouTube recommended page today ... pro wrestling personalities giving TED talks! Eric Bischoff ... Candice Michelle (who, I admit, surprised me here. She could be a decent motivational speaker) ...

ROH has also signed Brody King ... https://www.f4wonline.com/ring-honor/brody-king-signs-ring-honor-271416

The man who created SpongeBob SquarePants, Stephen Hillenburg, has died at 57 from ALS.

The sixth film featured in the new MST3K Netflix season is "Killer Fish", a 1979 flick with Lee Majors.

Growing up, "Hee Haw" and Barbara Mandrell's variety show were required viewing in my home on Saturday nights, as my dad was a big country music fan. "Hee Haw" had a lot of bad comedy and cornball humor -- even as a child I found that style of comedy tiresome -- but the music was great and Clark was an incredible musician, either on his own or with the show's Million Dollar Band. (And he was actually a decent comedic actor on "Hee Haw". Would have been interesting to see him take on more challenging work if he wanted to give acting a try). Heard this Xmas tune once on SiriusXM. Finally found it after hearing of his passing, as this is probably my favorite take on the song ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyS2bwfF0aw

The con in question happened today near LaGuardia Airport and was called "The Big Event". http://www.bigeventny.com/bigevent.htm

"Rescue 911" reboot in the works .... with Shatner .... https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/rescue-911-reboot-series-1203015488/ Only features I remember from this was one where a kid got his tongue stuck in a freezer, and one where a woman gives birth in her kitchen while her husband struggles with the 911 operator. Husband: "Oh man, there's a mess on the floor." 911: "That means her water broke, she's getting ready to give birth." Husband: "Okay, let me get a mop and clean the mess." 911 and Wife: "NO!"

James Karen will always be "Mr. Pathmark" to me ...

https://www.si.com/vault/1988/03/07/117252/down-from-sumos-summit-now-its-sleeper-holds-and-airplane-spins-for-a-grand-master Sports Illustrated article from 1988 on Hiroshi Wajima's pro wrestling debut. IIRC, the piece included a photo of Wajima with the Road Warriors. 13-year-old me got a good laugh at Tiger Jeet Singh being described at the outset as "the fat man in the green turban". Had no clue who he was at the time, sp I was imagining Aladdin really let himself go. As for the description of Baba (who I had also never heard of at the time),.I was imagining a very tall, gangly version of Mickey from the "Rocky" films.

I lost my wife of 11+ years earlier this month from breast cancer. She was initially diagnosed in August 2016. We always knew that breast cancer was a possibility given her family history (three generations have had it), we didn't expect it to happen at age 39, and with no signs of it (she did regular self-exams, but it was discovered during her annual mammogram). Five rounds of chemo, two surgeries, weeks of radiation, and several hospitalizations later, she thought she had it beat. In June, she had her final surgery -- permanent implants. We thought it was over. Less than two months later, it came back. It metastasized to her lungs and small intestine. Treatment to control the cancer did nothing, and she went into hospice care in late September. She died a little over a week later. I always thought I would grow old together with her. Now, I'm a widower with a seven-year-old daughter (who is staying with family out of state for the rest of the school year while I deal with my wife's affairs -- I do speak with her daily). Cancer sucks.

Wasn't Taya Valkyrie signed to a WWE development deal for about five minutes? That would be another Storm grad.

RIP Will Vinton, the godfather of clay animation. If you remember The PJs, The California Raisins and The Noid, you know his work.

Hang Time, one of several trivia apps launched in the wake of HQ's popularity, appears to have paired up with Impact for games and prizes. An "Impact Wrestling" trivia game.launched last Thursday on the app. Players that answer all.12 questions.correctly split a 75,000 point pot (equivalent of $75) A smaller amount is awarded for answering 11 right. Game appears to take place twice a week. The app is also offering tickets for the post Bound for Glory tapings in NYC for 5000 points, a signed photo of Alisha for 2500 and a non signed photo of Abyss for 1000.

Parrow is a prospect (6'4", 290) who works for MLW and other feds. Made headlines a few months ago by coming out of the closet.

Comedic character actor Bill Daily has died at 91 .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrubGTIrlk4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNbomL4h6_s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVnRyD933tw

According to Deadline, he never did. He did the table read in June, and was scheduled to film later this year.