Can anyone tell me who is in this photo?

The Batlord · 12-25-2018, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Is it Curtis Mayfield?

Are those his real front teeth?! Jesus. How did he chew?

Psy-Fi · 12-25-2018, 02:38 AM

That clip might also be from "The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom" which ran from 1957 to 1960. I think Woody Allen was a staff writer on that show.

Anyway, the closest guess I have (if the clip is from the late 50's to early/mid 60's) would be Dee Clark.

The singer in the video might've been a bit older than Clark would've been at that time, though.

rostasi · 12-25-2018, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

That clip might also be from "The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom" which ran from 1957 to 1960. I think Woody Allen was a staff writer on that show.
Anyway, the closest guess I have (if the clip is from the late 50's to early/mid 60's) would be Dee Clark.
The singer in the video might've been a bit older than Clark would've been at that time, though.

Thanks for helping out (which is more info than we're getting from the original poster).
Yeah, I'm familiar with Boone's Chevy-Showroom shows that were earlier, but it seems
that Woody Allen appeared on it once, with no sign of Robinson being on it. Allen was
writing mostly for Sid Caesar at that time and he did write a Chevy show for Caesar -
and was even nominated for an Emmy for it.

Dee Clark seems like a pretty good guess (much better than the "all black men look the same" kind of recent guesses),
but I checked online and apparently Dee only did American Bandstand and The Dick Clark Show during this time,
so that's what I'm seeing.

To the original poster: all we're getting here from you is "no, that's not it" -
no mention of any part that you've actually played in this. No mention of
any kind of what you're doing or have done - whether it's just curiosity or does
it have something to do with a certain project - what kind of research have you done -
something that maybe we didn't think of here, etc. In other words, some kind of
helpful feedback outside of "Duh, that's not ______. It doesn't look like him."
Yeah, I'm doing it because I'm always curious to expand my knowledge of things -
especially in the arts, but it's not so much the idea of you accepting my impressions,
it's that there seems to be no constructive feedback or any kind of give-and-take to this search.
That's why I'm tired of playing your reindeer games.

windsock · 12-25-2018, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by rostasi

To the original poster: all we're getting here from you is "no, that's not it" -
no mention of any part that you've actually played in this. No mention of
any kind of what you're doing or have done - whether it's just curiosity or does
it have something to do with a certain project - what kind of research have you done -
something that maybe we didn't think of here, etc. In other words, some kind of
helpful feedback outside of "Duh, that's not ______. It doesn't look like him."
Yeah, I'm doing it because I'm always curious to expand my knowledge of things -
especially in the arts, but it's not so much the idea of you accepting my impressions,
it's that there seems to be no constructive feedback or any kind of give-and-take to this search.
That's why I'm tired of playing your reindeer games.

Chill out a bit, man. It's not that big of a deal.

rostasi · 12-25-2018, 04:46 PM

Like now, I was laying on the sofa with the cat when I wrote that,
so if I were any more chill, I’d be like a pre-firmed jello mold in the
fridge oozing all over the place.

Neapolitan · 12-25-2018, 05:47 PM

Merry Christmas Mr Potter. It's George "Sugar" Costner.

Keep the change you filthy animal.

thorntond · 12-25-2018, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by rostasi

In other words, some kind of
helpful feedback outside of "Duh, that's not ______. It doesn't look like him."
Yeah, I'm doing it because I'm always curious to expand my knowledge of things -
especially in the arts, but it's not so much the idea of you accepting my impressions,
it's that there seems to be no constructive feedback or any kind of give-and-take to this search.
That's why I'm tired of playing your reindeer games.

Well, I don't really know what you want me to say when you suggest someone who clearly does not look like the person with Sugar Ray Robinson.

You've either been able to identify the man or you haven't.

What feedback can I give you?

How about 'Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your response. I really appreciate your efforts so very, very much because I can see you've tried really hard here but the guy you've suggested looks nothing like the guy with Sugar Ray Robinson.'

Would that help?

The Batlord · 12-25-2018, 07:12 AM

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spit your dummy out

wut

Neapolitan · 12-25-2018, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Dharma & Greg

wut

It's a term coaches use during the Special Olympics.
Special Olympics coach "Go win that gold medal."
Special Olympics participant "Coach, you want us to win a bag of flour?"
Special Olympics coach "Spit your dummy out. No. Not a bag of flour, win the event, win a medal."

In many ways this is a Special Olympics. It's the event where a bunch of white guys try to identify a black man in a photograph.
thorntond is our frustrated Special Olympics coach.

Oriphiel · 12-25-2018, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

In many ways this is a Special Olympics. It's the event where a bunch of white guys try to identify a black man in a photograph.

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rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,027	Like now, I was laying on the sofa with the cat when I wrote that, so if I were any more chill, I’d be like a pre-firmed jello mold in the fridge oozing all over the place.