tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post7301800354650732987..comments2024-03-19T05:28:00.356-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Lords of the RingLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-70726463636539418262013-04-15T12:42:08.195-04:002013-04-15T12:42:08.195-04:00Toe, I wondered why the WWF changed its name to WW...Toe, I wondered why the WWF changed its name to WWE (now World Wrestling Entertainment).<br /><br />Cindy Lauper… (laughing) She could throw a good one. As much as I enjoyed Disney cartoons, no one could beat Warner Bros for the music.<br />Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-26555981876947314482013-04-15T00:10:22.231-04:002013-04-15T00:10:22.231-04:00Hey Leigh! Thirty years ago, or so, lotsa us watch...Hey Leigh! Thirty years ago, or so, lotsa us watched WWF. And I don't mean the World Wildlife Fund which filed suit and won. Early eighties, Hulk Hogan, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Cindy Lauper. Wrestling and Rock&Roll. Fun entertainment. As far visiting grandma, guess what Brenda I have in stock for when our Baby Girl is old enough for sleepovers with YaYa and Baboo? Jane and the Dragon, some Disney, and the enire Looney Tunes collection (my contribution, of course.) Like you said, what a great introduction to classical music for our grandkids. Yours truly, Toe.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17407149021673167001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-80148983546508513862013-04-14T23:57:21.554-04:002013-04-14T23:57:21.554-04:00As with many genres, the narrative controls the pe...As with many genres, the narrative controls the performance. Fortunately, most of us can find one story or another to enjoy.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-68768391395708337652013-04-14T19:16:38.664-04:002013-04-14T19:16:38.664-04:00I like the mythology theory. My uncles used to arg...I like the mythology theory. My uncles used to argue whether pro wrestling was real or not. It seemed so obvious it wasn't, but I guess many wanted to believe.Shelly Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-68009389185585394112013-04-14T13:42:17.994-04:002013-04-14T13:42:17.994-04:00Anon, I confess during news programs I surf like m...Anon, I confess during news programs I surf like mad trying to avoid the ads. But when a movie or good mystery is on, I'm glued to that channel.<br /><br />Louis, I've heard of those guys but never saw them, not even on television. No wonder you knew so much about Hemingway, knowing both about the writer and about the subject.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-38976968604303457532013-04-14T13:36:05.468-04:002013-04-14T13:36:05.468-04:00Leigh, I'm 61 & I was rarely permitted to ...Leigh, I'm 61 & I was rarely permitted to watch TV as a child. We had a TV but it was kept in the basement. My sisters & I were only allowed to watch by prior arrangement & then only if the show was "educational". To this day, I cannot stand channel-surfing & will only watch a show from beginning to end, giving it my undivided attention ... LOL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-22084524384955959462013-04-14T13:14:02.899-04:002013-04-14T13:14:02.899-04:00Your post took back to days when my friends and I ...Your post took back to days when my friends and I sitting in the balcony of the Bijou Theater, which being Black was as close to the ring as we could get, watched Ed “Strangler” Lewis, Killer Kowalski (not sure of the spelling), and a few others whose names I’ve forgotten go at each other. None of us had TV yet in the 1940s and early 1950s. We knew then that it was fake, that is, we knew the face would usually win, but sometimes the heel won. The next day, we’d all meet in the Rec Center and practice some of the moves, but careful not to hurt each other. We learned the various holds and how to fake hit a guy without breaking his jaw for real. Those were good old days.<br /><br />I never liked wrestling or rasslin’ on TV. For some reason it no longer entertained me as it did when I was a kid and watched the performances in the Bijou.<br /><br />Like the post.<br />Louis A. Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16563842429688123421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-31395984023612512162013-04-14T12:55:15.041-04:002013-04-14T12:55:15.041-04:00Eve, I tried to achieve a balance. I might not get...Eve, I tried to achieve a balance. I might not get professional (fake) wrestling, but I can't be a snob regarding what I don't understand.<br /><br />RT, we enjoyed Gene Autry and Roy Rogers too. I can't recall whether it was a TV series or a movie, but the sidekick slung his pistol like he was throwing the bullets out of a tube. I wondered if he'd ever fired a gun in real life!Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-78254417654834053502013-04-14T12:33:13.366-04:002013-04-14T12:33:13.366-04:00I remember Gorgeous George and his peroxide curls ...I remember Gorgeous George and his peroxide curls and the fan or other wrestler who suddenly came into the ring with a folding chair late in the match to hit someone over the back and the officials had to clear the ring. Early wrestling drama.<br />Mostly on Sunday noons, we watched Hopalong Cassidy and the boys head the bad guys off at the pass. Somehow, Lucky always got winged. His arm had to have more bullet scars than pores. More early drama in black and white.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-63316992086084573652013-04-14T12:04:12.244-04:002013-04-14T12:04:12.244-04:00Last night at a restaurant, we listened (they were...Last night at a restaurant, we listened (they were very loud) to a group of nerds from the local university debate, with passionate intensity and in great detail, about the relative strengths of Wolverine, the Silver Surfer, Wonder Woman, and Ghostrider, along with commentary on the success/destruction of movies made about the same. Everyone needs their mythological heroes. What is a mind-bogglingly stupid discussion/viewing pattern to me is the breath of life to others. My membership in groups that passionately discuss Anthony Trollope, Shakespeare, Charlotte Yonge, and mysteries would appear to be the same to others. At the same time, I don't get it: it's fake, it's obvious it's fake, it's all made up, and the fate of the world doesn't hang on it. Why? Why? Why? Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-68527281005614864112013-04-14T12:02:12.130-04:002013-04-14T12:02:12.130-04:00Good, Janice, that's what I was striving for.
...Good, Janice, that's what I was striving for.<br /><br />Fran, you're exactly right. Who's to say how many people tuned to golf following Tiger Woods' personal debacle? Wrestling gives fans an opportunity to join in a sort of mythos of their own. Could anyone ask for more?Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-56331890452472585542013-04-14T07:50:10.770-04:002013-04-14T07:50:10.770-04:00A post that took me back to my childhood when my f...A post that took me back to my childhood when my family and friends adored the wrestling bouts.Janice Lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-73214545428054984882013-04-14T07:00:26.792-04:002013-04-14T07:00:26.792-04:00Leigh, For the people who watch television wrestl...Leigh, For the people who watch television wrestling, it's entertaining and every bit as real as the "reality" shows of the Kardashians and Honey Boo Boo. I don't watch any of the above, but if I found it entertaining, I would.Fran Rizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655783035179620991noreply@blogger.com