RIP Big Al
 

Al Molinaro, passed at 96.

Loved him on Happy Days. Loved the burgers at his stand in Bannister Mall.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/31/ar...ies-at-96.html

I thought this was a thread about Al Bundy.

rip...

props for a long and successful life...

I thought this was about Judge Reinholds turtle in Beverly Hills Cop II

I thought this was about Weird Al Yankovic.

I figured Branden Albert rolled out of bed and broke his neck dead. :shrug:

I thought it was about Big Gay Al at first...thought South Park may have killed him off or something.

http://www.imageupload.co.uk/images/...big_gay_al.jpg

I have never watched Happy Days, but my grandma and mom used to when my mom was growing up...they liked it.

RIP

I remember the 'Mork' episode mentioned in the story as being one of my favorite Happy Days episodes when I was a kid. The Fonz was invincible!



I don't remember his resteraunts? Must have been in the early days of Bannister Mall?

I thought Al Pacino bit it.

RIP

Big Al's Burgers in the Banister Mall never knew he owned it.

RIP cookie

Ohhhhhh Kay?

RIP


yes, those mall burgers were good.

RIP
Life sure seemed a lot easier when watching Happy Days.

I thought Alabama was getting rid of their mascot.

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/10...1858599903.jpg

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Al_(mascot)

RIP
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I was really really excited because I thought it said Al ex

I thought this was about fat albert

Yeah because you were 11. It was easier then. All you had to worry about was your pet frog.

Not just Al from Happy days, but also Murray from The Odd Couple

RIP

Thanks for the memories.

I'm sure he wasn't like Frank Thomas of Wendy's, starting out personally cooking the burgers and building an empire, etc. But it was more than 'Paris Hilton for Carl's Jr.' doing nothing more than appearing in a commercial or two. He was the face and name of the franchise, and I'm fairly sure he got an ownership interest in the venture.

His fast food stand was awesome, had it in a mall a few times when I was a kid.

ROFL Wrong pic!

http://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/...-master675.jpg

Rest In Peace, Al!

False. The picture cosmo posted of Big Al is absolutely correct. The picture you posted is actually the character Howard Cunningham, played by Tom Bosley. He was Richie and Erin's father on the show.

Come back to our universe Tim!! Don't leave us.

I'm good. Just had to set Roy straight. I didn't want him walking around looking silly.

Who, correct me if I'm wrong, also played the title character on "Maude."

:spock:

Pat Morita played "Arnold"

I thought that guy was Richie's older brother Chuck who mysteriously disappeared and was never heard from again.

I believe you're thinking of Betty White.

Also, speaking of memoria, I've been meaning to thank you for the touching one to Michael Clarke Duncan you've been maintaining in your signature line this past few months. OG Kingpin, never forget.

I almost forgot my older sister used to live in California so she got to hang with celebs from time to time, she knew Donny Most who played Ralph Mouth.

Really? That was the most authentic looking pig costume I've ever seen.

:facepalm:

Don't be silly. Pat Morita is the Karate Kid dude. Wax on, Wax off...and all that.

That's none other than Jaye Howard, dude. The future of the Chiefs D-line.

96. That's pretty damn good for someone his size.

Dane will be along shortly to easily top this story and make you regret even thinking of posting it.

And its Ralph MALPH.

Oh,wait - he meant Kevin Arnold.

True but maybe that's because I was 14.

She was in a scene in Blues Brothers, can he top that? Even though shes an extra. lol

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Oh yeah, I once sucked Malcolm Jamal-Warner's dick in the bathroom at Barney's person of Hispanic heritagey.

Shake a tail feather extra, or Illinois Nazi extra?

As I'm sure baby lee knows, Pat Morita's character was actually not named Arnold, but a Japanese name which I can't remember but I'm sure baby lee knows. He bought Arnold's and people assumed that was his name and called him that, and he just went with it. That's what I recall.

Yes, his character's name was Danielson.

He also played Lamont's friend Ah Choo on Sanford and Son.

No. lol It was the scene when they were performing "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love." Damn it why did that song title have to be another slow curve over the plate?

I'm not sure if this is an Arnold Ziffel reference, but I hope so.

Dane can top anything, I assume. He probably played whiffle ball and snorted coke with John Belushi during filming.

Orange Whip?

Orange Whip?

That said, yeah. That's the definition of an 'extra.' A concert venue pre-CGI? Hey, that's me! 2,433rd from the left! No, not the hand appearing from behind the pillar, 5 over from there.

ROFL

BTW who were those chicks you posted on the last page I didn't get the reference?

He should be proud; only about 700 other people can truthfully make that claim.

Since you asked, they're a couple of the leads in 'You're the Worst.'

It's a sitcom in FX where, the more you describe it, the worse [read: cliched] it sounds. But it's so superbly cast and written that it might be the best sitcom on TV right now, at least until Veep comes back.

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Yeah, but what do they have to do with you blowing Theo Huxtable?

That was a line on the show from the chubby one about being a star****er.

I haven't seen it but I have seen previews when i'm watching "The League." I'll check it out. Veep is a great show too.

that's why it's in quotation marks...

Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi

No name Arnold. Sign come with restaurant. You know how expensive buy sign say Takahashi?

...it's wild to think he's been dead for 10 years.


:doh!:

I don't recall. Which Arnold owned the restaurant first? Italian Arnold or Chinese Arnold?

Chinese.

Japanese/Brazilian Arnold.

Chinese Arnold was first? Or were you just randomly saying the word Chinese?

Checkers

I thought Nixon's Checkers speech was a few years later.

I remember that

"EYE! Always look eye!"

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No Chinee, Okinawan.

Sigh. . .

China, here.
Japan, . . here.
Okinawa here.

I could have sworn that I heard a Xian accent in there.

I knew it

I think it's pretty funny that the "Barney's B-e-a-n-e-r-y" is auto censored to "Barney's person of Hispanic heritagey."

What gives the line on the show an ironic tinge, was Barney's was at one time being infamous for not allowing gays despite being in the heart of West Hollywood.

Now here in the aughts, it's where chubbys perform fellatio on minor celebs, per the show. Can't be an accident.