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Rich, Corinthian Leather

by BooMan
Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 06:16:50 PM EST

Ricardo Montalban has passed away at 88 years of age.

That brings back happy childhood memories. The first season was AWESOME!!

And who can forget the Cordoba?

Rich, Corinthian Leather | 16 comments (16 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Rich, Corinthian Leather (4.00 / 3)

And let's not forget the Wrath of Khan:

by BooMan on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 06:18:24 PM EST

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Who can't? I was rooting for him by the middle of the film.

Montalban also helped found Nosotros, an organization that tries to improve opportunities for Latino actors as well as improve the image of Latinos (particularly Mexicans) in film.

The Nosotros website right now is in maintenance mode, otherwise, I would have included a link. But I suggest you visit it in a week or so when they have finished what I believe will be a homage to Montalban.

Don't forget that 'Prisoner' Patrick McGoohan died today, too.

An untypical Negro

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by blksista (gab1954@gmail.com) on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 10:18:05 PM EST
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Re: Rich, Corinthian Leather (none / 1)

Good times. RIP, Ricardo.

Recommended by Hideo Kojima

by robertdsc on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 06:19:44 PM EST

Re: Rich, Corinthian Leather (none / 1)

No one could say "Cordoba" like Ricardo Montalban.

In other news - you can now give W the grade he so richly deserves:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28659165/

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by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 06:24:01 PM EST

Re: Rich, Corinthian Leather (none / 0)

A classic car at an affordable price!

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Steven D on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 06:47:36 PM EST
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Re: Rich, Corinthian Leather (none / 0)

patrick mcgoohan, aka: number six has passed as well.

l really enjoyed that program, even in reruns.

rip

the revolution will not be televised...

by dada on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 07:32:46 PM EST

Re: Rich, Corinthian Leather (none / 0)

Me too.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Steven D on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 07:44:30 PM EST
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Hey Booman. (none / 0)

You probably already know this - there was a link to Booman Tribune this AM on the front page of the New York Times online. It was a link to your post: "Bush's real 9/11 record".

by Ed J on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 08:09:06 PM EST

Re: Hey Booman. (none / 0)

whoever does that links to me all the time.

by BooMan on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 08:52:56 PM EST
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Re: Rich, Corinthian Leather (none / 1)

He's riding the big Cordoba in the sky now.

Oh, there you are, Perry. -Phineas -SLB-

by boran2 (blogistan@yahoo.com) on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 08:33:29 PM EST

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Question for all of you who grew up in the 70s: where did you think Fantasy Island was, in the Atlantic or the Pacific?

I always assumed Atlantic (Carribean, probably) and I was surprised to find out later that many people imagined it was in the Pacific.

by rae on Wed Jan 14th, 2009 at 10:47:15 PM EST

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I didn't place it on Earth at all. I thought it was just another product of the collective subconscious.

by wilderness wench on Thu Jan 15th, 2009 at 12:25:26 AM EST
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Re: Rich, Corinthian Leather (none / 0)

Atlantis

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Steven D on Thu Jan 15th, 2009 at 07:54:55 AM EST
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Re: Rich, Corinthian Leather (none / 0)

Pacific, near Hawaii

by BooMan on Thu Jan 15th, 2009 at 01:41:31 PM EST
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Re: Rich, Corinthian Leather (none / 0)

an activist and pioneer, he will be missed.

Latino Político | "We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit." - Octavio Paz

by Man Eegee (man.eegee at gmail dot com) on Thu Jan 15th, 2009 at 01:05:47 AM EST

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Being 42, I remember those 'Cordoba' commercials. I still to this day can not say 'Cordoba' without imitating Montalban. Not that I have many opportunities to say 'Cordoba'.

Note that the ad copy he reads calls the Cordoba a 'small' car! My grandma had the Chrysler New Yorker from 1972. Driving it was like trying to fly an Imperial Star Destroyer through an asteroid field.

As to the location of Fantasy Island, I think that depends on were you live. West Coasters assumed it was in the Pacific because that's the ocean they knew (and the show was produced in LA). East Coasters assumed it was here. Eh, whatever. The quality of lighting is definitely southern California...

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by Comrade Rutherford (comraderutherford@y#h**.com) on Thu Jan 15th, 2009 at 09:55:20 AM EST

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