POLL: Ms. TMB Bracket Poll IV - Round 2, Match 1 - Barbara Eden vs. Stacy Keibler.
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Went with Barbara Eden simply because, when I was a kid, I literally dreamt of Jeannie!!
That pic of her in the tree sealed it for me.
I know what you mean. I'm too young to remember the original airings of the show but I can recall seeing some in syndication. I hadn't hit puberty yet but I knew there was something about the show which drew my attention. Yes, it was the hot Barbara Eden.
What the hell was wrong with Maj. Nelson and his refusing her advances?
Two good choices, but even better that a Midnighter poll found its way onto the new board…definitely a great thing!
Maybe the show was just ahead of it's time and he played for the other team.
Stacy looks like the girl next door, but I’m thinking she doesn’t act like one.
Be right back.
Be right back.
I find it difficult to fairly compare candidates from two different eras. The more modern swimsuits (translation: more skin) and more toned/athletic figures seem to always pull heavily on me, and Ms Kiebler does them well. Props to Barbara but this one was an easy choice for me.
Yes, the tree shot......makes me think she's asking me to give her a boost....
I decided to step out of my comfort zone and try something different, I voted for Stacy Keibler. You know what they say no risk no reward.
I have a question. Do you actually go somewhere to “Be right back” or is it “pleasuring in place”? And does Starbucks provide “safe places” for emergency “Be right backs”?
hmm, tough one.
the third pic of Ms. Keibler is a really good one, and tough to get past. That said, I'm going with Jeannie.
this is only round 2? @BobPSU92 is going to have a difficult time making it to the end.
nice job, @Midnighter
the third pic of Ms. Keibler is a really good one, and tough to get past. That said, I'm going with Jeannie.
this is only round 2? @BobPSU92 is going to have a difficult time making it to the end.
nice job, @Midnighter
Jeannie actually took him into her bottle and he did nothing! Larry Hagman made up for it on "Dallas". He nailed everybody!
Kind of off topic, but does anyone else ever use I Dream of Genie or, better yet, MASH to figure out what military rank is higher? For example, I know that Colonel Potter is a higher rank than Major Burns who is a higher rank than Captain Pierce. Or that Colonel Bellows was above Major Nelson. Without those characters, I don’t think I’d ever remember.
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Ah - unless it's the Navy and the rank of 'Captain', which is a Colonel in the Army, Navy, AF, and Marines. My dad, a Marine, blew off a Navy Captain because he thought it was the same as a Marine Captain. His day got a lot less fun.
As a hormonal teen I thought a lot about spending time in the garden of 'Eden', but today, I have a taste for some Keibler 'cookies'.
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Re: be right back. I made a rare trip into the Loop for work today, and stepped out for a sammie for lunch at a local bar/restaurant. My cooked-to-order rib eye sandwich and fries were ready in what seemed like 3-4 minutes. I told the Irish bartender that his kitchen was quicker than an 8th grade boy at a nudist colony, which did get a decent chuckle.
And they were shooting Chicago Fire outside the place. So I asked the bartender whether their windows were bulletproof. He didn’t get it, but the guy next to me did.
Here is one for you old timers. During one summer at PSU, I took Theater Arts that was taught by some guy who had a stage background. One of his friends was Mary Martin, the mother of Larry Hagman. Whoever this teacher was absolutely HATED Larry Hagman and launched into a tirade early every class about how he was a no talent loser who got the I Dream of Jeanie gig solely because of his mom. Little did this guy know that JR Ewing was right around the corner and that Larry Hagman was about to reach iconic stature in television history. Does this ring a bell with anyone, say circa 1978.
Kiebler. If she was good enough for George Clooney, she's good enough for me.
I think that teacher/guy was the same person who finished 2nd landing the Mr. Cunningham part on Happy Days. He hated the gut who got the part as well BIG TIME!
Here’s the thing for me: Eden looked like THAT 30 years before celeb nutrition and diet became a big deal. What would she look like today with personal chefs and trainers all day every day. That’s an important point, I think.
This is the great debate. Do we judge on a curve? Is it who looks hottest on their face (or elsewhere), or is it who was hottest relative to their peers at the time. It’s like comparing Unitas to Eli Manning. Sure, Eli has him in every stat category today, but for their era, Eli isn’t close to Unitas.
Where do you live Bob? I think that is a neighborhood that needs explored.
You can’t go apples for apples across several generations. Eden was a star in an er where she’d have been locked up or ostracized for taking ho-hum pictures by todays standard.
We got into this some in the Grace Kelly and Ann Margaret contests. Both were burners, but don’t have the sexy pics that even “average” pin up girls of today have.
I agree - like pro baseball players - era and context are important. Some transcend any era (Raquel Welch, Sophia Loren, Cindy Crawford), but they're few and far between. I probably should have put more thought into match-ups, but when taking member recommendations they were all over the place. Whatever I did was suspect anyway because Phoebe Cates lost three times. Proof we are in the darkest timeline.
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Had a friend whose dad went to Annapolis and served in the Navy for most of his working life. He gave me pnemonics for remembering the proper terms for both 1 to 4 star admirals and 1 to 4 star generals. I have forgotten the pnemonic for admirals, but the one for generals was "Be My Lady." "B" for Brigadier General (1 star). "M" for Major General (2 stars). "L" for Lieutenant General (3 stars). Plain old "General" means 4 stars.
Interesting factoid about why 'Major' General is a lower rank thank 'Lieutenant' General when 'Major' outranks 'Lieutenant' - Major General used to be 'Sergeant Major General' until about the 18th century when the 'sergeant' was less used and eventually dropped. Thus, more confusion for civilians over military rank
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