College Hoops Chat: March Madness Show Plus Coaching Carousel - Pitino & Cooley!
Listen to College Hoops Chat show - we discuss March Madness & Sweet 16, plus the Coaching Carousel relating to Pitino & Cooley!
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Kenny Nixon (a/k/a #KennyFromRye) joins me in the studio, and we chat with with guests Patrick Madden from the Big Big East Blog, Gus Kearns from…
“When a young man with long dark hair and a thick British accent first told Dorothy Burkitt, a chaperone at the old West Frankfort Teen Town, that he played in a band called the Beatles, she laughed. ‘Why would you name a band after an insect?’ she asked. But other than that she didn’t give it much thought.
At the time, Burkitt and her husband, Fred, were both chaperones at the teen town, which was located above Van-Wood Electric in a two-story building on West Main Street. It was there that she had her brief encounter with George Harrison, although she doubted much of what he said. ‘He was so sweet,’ she recalls. ‘We must have talked for a good hour, but I’m sorry I didn’t even shake his hand.’ Burkitt said George told her he was visiting over here from England with his sister, and he came to the teen town to see the band and hear its vocalists. She remembers him sitting on an old red couch in the lobby.
The next time Burkitt saw George Harrison, he was on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ several months later. ‘Oh, my gosh, Fred, there’s that kid that came to our teen town,’ she said. ‘He was telling the truth.’” - Before He Was Fab: George Harrison’s First American Visit (2000)
“[At the Post 3479 VFW Hall in Eldorado] George ‘was wearing tight-fitting jeans and boots.’ Janice Cooley, who ran a day care in her home, wondered, ‘Is that a boy or a girl?’ The Four Vests played what today we’d call rockabilly music, mostly, with some Chuck Berry and other R&B standards.
It was a genre George knew and liked, and after they asked him a couple of times to play, he went up to the bandstand, strapped on a guitar and chatted briefly with the others. Then they swung into ‘Your Cheatin’ Heart,’ the Hank Williams classic. They also played Chuck Berry’s ‘Johnny B. Goode’ and Carl Perkins’ ‘Matchbox,’ which the Beatles would later cover. George would introduce a number, says [John] Mahoney, ‘and with that English accent he’d catch everybody’s attention. He’d grin a little bit and everybody liked him.’ […] One man offered advice for [Gabe] McCarty, which might not have gone down well with the Four Vests’ regular lead guitarist, whose instrument George borrowed. ‘That new kid that’s trying out for your band — you’d be crazy if you didn’t take him on.’” - Smithsonian Magazine
Please note: You can find photos taken during this trip featured in Living In The Material World. (x)
Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To The Most Talented & Well Received Black Actor, Director, Comedian, & Writer since 1987
He was born in Chicago, the second of four children to Shirley (née Jenkins) and Ed Townsend. His mother ended up raising him and his three siblings as a single parent. Growing up on the city's west side, He attended Austin High School; graduating in 1975. He became interested in acting as a teenager. During a reading of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex in high school, He captured the attention of Chicago’s X Bag Theatre, The Experimental Black Actors Guild. He later auditioned for parts at Chicago's Experimental Black Actors' Guild and performed in local plays studying at the famed Second City comedy workshop for improvisation in 1974. He had a brief uncredited role in the 1975 movie Cooley High, but says the film "changed his life" for what he perceived as its true-to-life portrayal of people like him.
In 1987, He wrote, directed and produced Hollywood Shuffle, a satire based on the hardships and obstacles that black actors undergo in the film industry. The success of his first project helped him establish himself in the industry. Another of his films was The Five Heartbeats based on 1960s R&B male groups and the tribulations of the music industry. He created and produced two television variety shows also created and starred in the WB Network's sitcom The Parent 'Hood which originally ran from January 1995 to July 1999. In 2018, He also directed 2 episodes for the B.E.T. Series American Soul which began airing in 2019. The show is about Don Cornelius and Soul Train. He was programming director at the Black Family Channel, but the network folded in 2007.
Since His Days In Acting, Director, Comedy, & Writing.
His Career Is Very Well Known For Major Roles In Black Cienma Of Movies
From The Mighty Quinn Starring Denzel Washington, A Movie he starred & also directed in
The Five Heartbeats Based On A True Story, Which he also Starred & Directed
& Most Importantly
The Iconic Superhero Role Of A Lifetime that made him become the 1st Black / African-American To Portray A Superhero Of Color On The Big Screen
Since 1993
THE METEOR MAN 🦸🏿♂️☄🟢
He has always been a idol to me since Childhood with this particular film 🎥
Please it is my Great Honor to have you all wish this Legendary Entertainer A Very Happy But Belated Birthday 🎂 That's My Bad.
Chris is the top brain who just wants to party, Mitch is the 15-year-old college wiz kid. Supposedly hard at work on a lab project with a mysterious deadline, they still find time to use their genius to discover new ways to have fun.
Credits: TheMovieDb.
Film Cast:
Chris Knight: Val Kilmer
Mitch Taylor: Gabriel Jarret
Jordan: Michelle Meyrink
Professor Hathaway: William Atherton
Kent: Robert Prescott
Major Carnagle: Louis Giambalvo
Lazlo Hollyfeld: Jon Gries
CIA Man Decker: Ed Lauter
Shuttle Pilot: Stacy Peralta
Laser Ray Victim: Daniel Ades
Bartender: Andres Aybar
Air Force General: Charles Shull
George: Beau Billingslea
Larry: Charles Parks
Boy at Science Fair: Sean Frye
Girl at Science Fair: JoAnn Willette
Old Lady: Ina Gould
Student at Science Fair: Nadine Vix
Mr. Taylor: Paul Tulley
Mrs. Taylor: Joanne Baron
Darlington Recruiter: Harry Johnson
Sherry Nugil: Patti D’Arbanville
Dr. Dodd: Monte Landis
Mrs. Meredith: Sandy Martin
Dr. Meredith: Severn Darden
Cornell: Randy Lowell
Carter: John Shepherd Reid
Bodie: Tommy Swerdlow
‘Ick’ Ikagami: Mark Kamiyama
Math Professor: Martin Gundersen
Carpet Man: Brett Miller
Milton: Dean Devlin
Fenton: Yuji Okumoto
Chris’ Girl at Party: Lynda Wiesmeier
Ick’s Girl at Party: Penny Baker
Cornell’s Girl at Party: Marcia Karr
Girl at Party: Isabelle Walker
Girl at Party: Marii Mak
Girl at Party: Cheri Wells
Girl at Party: Catherine MacNamara
Student: Johnny Vasily
TV Makeup Man: Ed Garrabrandt
TV Stage Manager: Isabel Cooley
Waitress: Robin Stober
Susan: Deborah Foreman
Student in Hall: David Marvit
Air Force Gate Guard: Michael Crabtree
Air Force Gate Guard: Charles Sweigart
Air Force Gate Guard: Peter Parros
Computer Technician: Ronald Taylor
Air Force Major: James Carrington
Air Force Controller: Michael Backes
Air Force Sergeant: Corki Grazer
Laser Technician: Jeanne Mori
Engineer: David Ursin
Congressman: Joe Dorsey
Laser Specialist: Will Knox
Air Force Technician: Kevin Hurley
Girl in Popcorn (uncredited): Kimberly Spak
Film Crew:
Director: Martha Coolidge
Set Decoration: Phil Abramson
Camera Operator: John J. Connor
Producer: Brian Grazer
Casting: Jane Jenkins
Production Design: Josan F. Russo
Hairstylist: Edie Panda
Visual Effects Supervisor: Richard L. Bennett
Casting: Janet Hirshenson
Screenplay: Neal Israel
Screenplay: Pat Proft
Editor: Richard Chew
Makeup Artist: Zoltan Elek
Original Music Composer: Thomas Newman
Art Direction: Jack G. Taylor Jr.
Special Effects Coordinator: Phil Cory
Executive Producer: Robert Daley
Director of Photography: Vilmos Zsigmond
Screenplay: PJ Torokvei
Associate Producer: Sam Crespi-Horowitz
Music Supervisor: Becky Mancuso-Winding
Music Supervisor: Michael Papale
Supervising Sound Editor: Julia Evershade
Sound Designer: George Budd
Music Editor: Ted Whitfield
Costume Supervisor: Marla Denise Schlom
Costumer: Joseph Roveto
Costumer: Michael F. Hamer
Visual Effects Supervisor: David Stipes
Stunts: Kenny Alexander
Stunts: Shane Dixon
Stunts: Kenny Ferrugiaro
Stunts: Linda Lee Franklin
Stunts: Allan Graf
Stunts: Marian Green
Stunts: Debby Porter
Stunts: Bernie Pock
Stunts: Spiro Razatos
Stunts: Edward J. Ulrich
Stunts: David M. Graves
Unit Production Manager: Billy Ray Smith
First Assistant Director: Stephen McEveety
Second Assistant Director: Joseph P. Moore
Set Designer: Erin M. Cummings
Set Designer: Steven Wolff
Other: Alex Tavoularis
First Assistant Camera: Ken Nishino
Second Assistant Camera: Robert Samuels
Second Unit Director of Photography: Frederick Elmes
Key Grip: Richard W. Deats
Grip: Jerry D. Deats
Best Boy Electric: Robert Jason
Additional Editing: Arthur Coburn
First Assistant Editor: Albert Coleman
Other: Alexandra Leviloff
Other: Deborah Cichocki
Other: Bill Wilner
Sound Editor: Anna Boorstin
Sound Editor: Virginia Cook-McGowan
Sound Editor: Cari Lewis
Sound Editor: Marshall Winn
Sound Editor: Roxanne Jones McCarthy
Supervising ADR Editor: Beth Bergeron
ADR Editor: Lauren Palmer
Assistant Sound Editor: Paul C. Warschilka
Assistant Sound Editor: Christy Richmond
Sound Effects: John P. Fasal
Sound Effects: Doug Hemp...
Robert Townsend (born February 6, 1957) is an actor, director, comedian, and writer. He is best known for directing the films Hollywood Shuffle, Eddie Murphy Raw, The Meteor Man, The Five Heartbeats, and various other films and stand-up specials. He is known for his eponymous self-titled character, Robert Peterson the starring role in The Parent ‘Hood, a series that he created and of which directed select episodes. He is known for his role as Donald “Duck” Matthews in his film The Five Heartbeats. He wrote, directed, and produced Making The Five Heartbeats, a documentary film about the production process and behind-the-scenes insight into creating the film. He is known for his production company Townsend Entertainment which has produced films Playin’ for Love, In the Hive, and more. He gained national exposure through his stand-up comedy routines and appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
He became interested in acting as a teenager. During a reading of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex in high school, He captured the attention of Chicago’s X Bag Theatre, The Experimental Black Actors Guild. He auditioned for parts at Chicago’s Experimental Black Actors’ Guild and performed in local plays studying at the famed Second City comedy workshop for improvisation. He had a brief uncredited role in the movie Cooley High.
He was born in Chicago, the second of four children to Shirley (Jenkins) and Ed Townsend. His mother ended up raising him and his three siblings as a single parent. He enrolled at Illinois State University, studied for a year, and moved to New York to study at the Negro Ensemble Company.
He was married to Cheri Jones (1990-2001) together they had two daughters, both entertainers, and a son. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence
Add a touch of humor to your wardrobe with the Ed Cooley Clown Shirt. Featuring a playful graphic design of Ed Cooley, the head coach of the Providence Friars men's basketball team, sporting a clown nose, this shirt is a light-hearted and amusing choice for basketball enthusiasts.
Showcasing a fun side to the usually serious world of sports apparel, the Ed Cooley Clown Shirt allows fans to celebrate their favorite coach with a smile. Whether you're attending a game or just looking for a unique and entertaining shirt, this piece is sure to stand out and spark conversations among fellow basketball fans.
Cast: Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Delroy Lindo, Jerome Ranft, John Ratzenberger, David Kaye, Elie Docter, Jeremy Leary, Mickie McGowan, Danny Mann, Donald Fullilove, Jess Harnell, Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Mark Andrews
Release year: 2009
Genres: adventure, family, comedy
Blurb: Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest...but at age 78, life seems to have passed him by. However, all of that changes when a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.
Edwin Arthur Hollatz Jr. made his debut on the stage of God’s earth May 31, 1930, in Chicago IL to parents Edwin Arthur Hollatz Sr., and Charlotte (Potter) Hollatz. One of his earliest memories around age 2 was of his parents having family devotions next to his crib before going to bed at night. Ed’s love of the Lord and the study of God’s Word is something that shaped him throughout his entire life.
It is no surprise that a 4-year-old who liked to pretend he was Dr. Ironside, preaching to imaginary congregants in his boyhood teepee, became a college professor who taught preaching and homiletics to others. Ed knew he was a vessel for God’s work and that the power of public speaking was key in helping the Word to become flesh - tangible and alive in the lives of the Wheaton College students he taught and led for 45 years.
Since childhood, his unique boyhood interests (opera, natural history, magic) laid the groundwork in shaping his curious mind and insatiable hunger for knowledge. A true “sponge for knowledge,” Ed’s interests were both deep and broad, culminating in a personal library of thousands of books across many topics. From chemistry to The Classics, from Biblical archeology to Bach, and from planetary science to playwrights, his books filled every square inch of the walls of his office, be it at Wheaton College or at home.
Edwin grew up in Chicago and then the family moved to Detroit when Ed’s father took a new job. Ed graduated from Thomas Cooley High School Detroit in 1948. From there he went to Bob Jones University, which was at that time the premier Christian program for the study of radio production and English Bible. After graduating from Bob Jones, Ed attended Wheaton College, earning his graduate degree in Bible and theology in 1955. Ed began teaching at Wheaton College while pursuing a second master’s degree in radio and television at Northwestern University. He also received his PhD in rhetoric and public address and speech pedagogy from Northwestern in 1965, finishing his dissertation just before the birth of his second daughter Celia. After that, he was hired as tenure-track faculty at Wheaton College and never looked back. Of note, Ed started Wheaton’s debate program (leading the students to national championships), the theater program which has now been going strong for 50+ years and was responsible for the growth of WETN from a glorified PA announcement system on campus to a full-licensed radio station.
Throughout his professional life, Ed’s rigorous mind complemented his enormous heart. For him, a life of the mind was fully embedded with what it means to live as a Christian. He once wrote, “the academic thoroughness of Wheaton has shown me beyond a shadow of a doubt that a Christian can and should be on par intellectually with the modern world. I believe that Christianity and ignorance are incompatible.”
In 1959 Ed met the love of his life, Joanne Simon, who was also a new faculty member at Wheaton College. They were married at College Church in 1960 and recently celebrated 63 years of marriage together. Joanne faithfully became Ed’s primary caregiver during his health challenges, starting with a myasthenia gravis diagnosis in 2014.
For almost 60 years, Ed was an active member of College Church. He gave of his time and talents in both music and leadership: he sang in the choir, was chairman of the music committee, led songs during evening services, chaired the organ and the constitution revision committees, and served as president of Keenagers. For Ed, music was worship and worship was music and he could sing any hymn and stanza up until the final weeks of his life.
Ed was called home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on December 2, 2023 This was a homecoming he had been looking forward to his entire life. The great “hope that is within us” has now been made complete for him.
Ed is survived by his beloved wife, Joanne, his two daughters and their spouses (Celia & Chad Bergman; Cheryl Hollatz & Kate Gray), and his three grandchildren: Kendra Wisely (along with her father Andrew Wisely), Karina Bergman and Anderson Bergman, as well as his brother Richard Hollatz of Holland, Michigan.
Please join the family to honor Ed during visitation at Hultgren Funeral Home on Sunday December 10, 3-7 pm or Monday December 11, 10am – noon. A memorial service to honor Ed’s life will be held at the First Presbyterian Church of Wheaton on Monday, January 22, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. The service will be livestreamed beginning at 1:00 p.m. CST through this link: Memorial Service for Edwin Hollatz.
In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Edwin Hollatz can be made to either: the Edwin A. Hollatz Endowed Scholarship at Wheaton College. Donations by check may be made out to Wheaton College and sent to Advancement Services, 501 College Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187, or to the general missions fund at College Church, 332 E Seminary Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187. For either memorial gift, please kindly note on the memo line that the gift is in memory of Edwin Hollatz.
Georgetown gets commitments from a pair of 4-star basketball recruits
Georgetown got a double recruiting bonus this week, scoring commitments from a pair of four-star recruits who have followed new head coach Ed Cooley from Providence.
On Tuesday afternoon, Southern California Academy (Calif.) center Drew Fielder chose Georgetown after decommitting from Providence.
2023 4⭐️ Drew Fielder has committed to Georgetown and Ed Cooley, a source told me.
Fielder was…
Ed Cooley receiving his RIIL Hall of Fame award from RIIL Executive Director Mike Lunney and PCOA Chair Dan Warner. 📸: Daedalus Media Group https://www.instagram.com/p/CkOCqYFMfXQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the ‘black sheep’ of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
Credits: TheMovieDb.
Film Cast:
Gil Buckman: Steve Martin
Karen Buckman: Mary Steenburgen
Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman: Dianne Wiest
Frank Buckman: Jason Robards
Nathan Huffner: Rick Moranis
Larry Buckman: Tom Hulce
Julie Buckman-Lampkin Higgins: Martha Plimpton
Tod Higgins: Keanu Reeves
Susan Buckman: Harley Jane Kozak
Garry Buckman-Lampkin: Joaquin Phoenix
David Brodsky: Dennis Dugan
Marilyn Buckman: Eileen Ryan
Grandma: Helen Shaw
Kevin Buckman: Jasen Fisher
George Bowman: Paul Linke
Taylor Buckman: Alisan Porter
Justin Buckman: Zachary La Voy
Patty Huffner: Ivyann Schwan
Cool Buckman: Alex Burrall
Stan: Lowell Ganz
Dean at College: Rance Howard
Young Gil Buckman: Max Elliott Slade
Lou: Clint Howard
Fotomat Clerk: Lamont Lofton
Amy: Erika Rafuls
Matt: Jordan Kessler
Eddie: Billy Cohen
Barbara Rice: Isabel Cooley
Opposing Coach: Walter von Huene
Kid in Classroom (uncredited): Howie Dorough
Doctor Lucas: Greg Gerard
Kevin Buckman – Age 21: Paul Keeley
Student 1 at College: Claudio Jacobellis
Umpire: W. Bruce O’Donoghue
Student 2 at Collage: Hillary Matthews
Screaming Co-ed: Sherry Ferguson
Track Official: Todd Hallowell
Young Frank Buckman: Richard Kuhlman
Nurse at Hospital: Charmin Lee
Film Crew:
Story: Ron Howard
Director of Photography: Donald McAlpine
Story: Babaloo Mandel
Story: Lowell Ganz
Unit Production Manager: Joseph M. Caracciolo
Editor: Daniel P. Hanley
Editor: Mike Hill
Producer: Brian Grazer
Costume Design: Ruth Morley
Production Design: Todd Hallowell
Songs: Randy Newman
Casting: Jane Jenkins
Casting: Janet Hirshenson
Stunt Coordinator: Artie Malesci
First Assistant Director: Joe Napolitano
Second Assistant Director: Tony Adler
Art Direction: Christopher Nowak
Set Decoration: Nina Ramsey
Assistant Art Director: Beth Kuhn
Set Dresser: William A. Cimino
Set Dresser: Linda Marais
Set Dresser: Nicklas Farrantello
Camera Operator: Tom Priestley Jr.
First Assistant Camera: Gary Muller
Steadicam Operator: Robert Ulland
Still Photographer: Phillip V. Caruso
Camera Trainee: Mollie S. Mallinger
Sound Mixer: Richard S. Church
Boom Operator: Glen Gauthier
Music Editor: Dan Carlin Sr.
Supervising Sound Editor: Anthony J. Ciccolini III
Supervising ADR Editor: Michael Jacobi
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Rick Dior
Script Supervisor: Cynthia Streit
Unit Publicist: Andrew Lipschultz
Makeup Artist: Fern Buchner
Makeup Artist: Peter Wrona Jr.
Makeup Artist: Frank Griffin
Hairstylist: Linda Trainoff
Hairstylist: Romaine Greene
Hairstylist: Donna Battersby Greene
Location Manager: Peggy Coleman
Negative Cutter: Ray Sabo
Color Timer: Bob Hagans
Color Timer: Dale Caldwell
Movie Reviews:
Peter McGinn: Parenthood is a great movie, and has aged well after 30 years have passed. The writing team included the writers who also gave us two other movies I like: City Slickers and Fever Pitch.
Parenthood accomplishes in general what the movie Rain Man did for my wife and me. It reminded us of our autistic daughter And made us laugh at stuff that frustrated us in “real life.“ Similarly Parenthood touches upon a lot of hotspots in the parenting experience and helps us laugh at them. Their is a fine Ensemble cast. I particularly like KianU Reeves as Tod, who seems like an inappropriate boyfriend for the daughter but who proves to be valuable in mentoring their disaffected son.
There are many memorable situations but one line my wife and I often quote even after all these years occurs when the other son Larry is pushed out of a still moving vehicle by people he owes money to. His father, played straight by Jason Robards, asked who they were. Tod replies that they were just some friends. The memorable line by Robards’ character is, “Friends. Friends slow down; they even stop.” The movie is full of good one-liners, as well as more in-depth sources of humor. You must ...