Who? And why? posted by peacay at 11:21 AM on May 26, 2005
Whoa...at least the freakiness of the site matches his personality. Nice. posted by interrupt at 11:23 AM on May 26, 2005
I always get Rip Taylor confused with Rip Torn. posted by fenriq at 11:26 AM on May 26, 2005
So this Rip Taylor guy with the porn star mustache .... he plays baseball? posted by three blind mice at 11:29 AM on May 26, 2005
This is the one case where GIANT ALL CAPS TEXT actually makes sense. posted by fungible at 11:29 AM on May 26, 2005
Wow. That can't really be his own website... can it? I know he's over the top, but it's gotta be a fan site. posted by Specklet at 11:35 AM on May 26, 2005
I love Rip Taylor. He's corny as hell, but no one else does quite what he does. posted by PinkStainlessTail at 11:36 AM on May 26, 2005
Ok you youngins', let me tell you all about this B (or possibly C) list celebrity. Rip Taylor was sort of huge in the 70s and made many appearances on the TV shows of the time. He is best know for his "work" on Match Game and Hollywood Squares. He's a throwback to goofier times, I guess. Strangely, I'm sort of fond of the old coot. posted by KevinSkomsvold at 11:36 AM on May 26, 2005
Yeah, this has definitely got to be one of those generational things--seeing him totally takes me back to my childhood, and that whole raft of B-listers who cycled through "Match Game", "Hollywood Squares", "Love Boat", etc.
I think another experience anyone in our generation shares is when you get to your 20s or so, and see Rip Taylor, Paul Lynde, Charles Nelson Reilly, etc., and just think..."Holy crap! How did I miss the fact that these guys are totally gay?"
Not that there's anything wrong with that, at all. It's just that there was this huge cultural blind spot that we inherited from the 50s and 60s, and once the blinkers were lifted, it just seemed so _obvious_. In the (much improved) era of "In and Out"/"Will and Grace"/"Queer Eye", it's just really hard to imagine someone mincing around like those guys and not having it be totally self-evident. I've always wondered how much our parents' generation really knew, and just ignored it, or how much they were just totally clueless. (For example, I don't think my parents really got it.) posted by LairBob at 11:48 AM on May 26, 2005
[OK, not anyone in our generation--I'm sure there were a lot of folks more clued in than I was at thirteen. A lot of people shared my cluelessness, though, I'm sure.] posted by LairBob at 11:50 AM on May 26, 2005
LairBob: Don't feel bad, gaydar wasn't invented until 1983. posted by sexymofo at 12:16 PM on May 26, 2005
Ah. That explains it, then.
Feel much better now. posted by LairBob at 12:21 PM on May 26, 2005
The link, she make-a my brain hurt. posted by dersins at 12:22 PM on May 26, 2005
Anybody got $1.98?
*slaps head*
How could I forget the $1.98 Beauty Pageant? posted by KevinSkomsvold at 12:34 PM on May 26, 2005
How could I forget the $1.98 Beauty Pageant?
Well, you've probably spent your prize money by now. ;) posted by jonmc at 12:43 PM on May 26, 2005
(For example, I don't think my parents really got it.)
Oh, I don't know. They certainly didn't talk about it, but I think a lot of people knew about Paul Lynde. At 5 or 6, I didn't even know what gay was, but I knew something was different about that funny guy. posted by mrgrimm at 1:42 PM on May 26, 2005
Peter Marshall: What do you call a man who gives you diamonds and pearls?
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