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R.I.P. Richard Simmons
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Dr. Ruth also died today, and it feels like a weird coincidence. They were kind of like bookends for a particular slice of 1980s culture in the US.
In another life, at a former workplace, I was walking through a large room, and spotted Richard Simmons passing through on the other side of it. I had just been to the break room, and bought a small pack of Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies from the snack machine (the very brand he used to cite as an over-indulgence when he would tell stories about being overweight early in life.)
Being naturally inclined toward smartassery, I remembered that little detail, held the cookies up where he could see them, and called out, "Hey Richard! We've got Famous Amos cookies in the break room if you want any!"
He looked right at me, and wailed like we were suddenly in that old anti-drunk driving PSA: "NOOOOOO!!! NOT THE FAMOUS AMOS COOKIES!!! YOU'RE GOING TO KILL YOURSELLLLLLF!!!"
Bless him, what you see really is what you get with some folks. I think he really meant it.
In principle, he was right about junk food, of course, but I was unrepentant. Those cookies were delicious.
Don't worry, Richard. I didn't have too many of them, and not that often.
Being naturally inclined toward smartassery, I remembered that little detail, held the cookies up where he could see them, and called out, "Hey Richard! We've got Famous Amos cookies in the break room if you want any!"
He looked right at me, and wailed like we were suddenly in that old anti-drunk driving PSA: "NOOOOOO!!! NOT THE FAMOUS AMOS COOKIES!!! YOU'RE GOING TO KILL YOURSELLLLLLF!!!"
Bless him, what you see really is what you get with some folks. I think he really meant it.
In principle, he was right about junk food, of course, but I was unrepentant. Those cookies were delicious.
Don't worry, Richard. I didn't have too many of them, and not that often.
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His shtick was certainly different from say .... Jack Lalane
But both of them spent their whole careers getting people up and exercising.
Who knows how many lives he effected getting people to lose weight and get in shape?
Via Condios Richard...
But both of them spent their whole careers getting people up and exercising.
Who knows how many lives he effected getting people to lose weight and get in shape?
Via Condios Richard...
In another life, at a former workplace, I was walking through a large room, and spotted Richard Simmons passing through on the other side of it. I had just been to the break room, and bought a small pack of Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies from the snack machine (the very brand he used to cite as an over-indulgence when he would tell stories about being overweight early in life.)
Being naturally inclined toward smartassery, I remembered that little detail, held the cookies up where he could see them, and called out, "Hey Richard! We've got Famous Amos cookies in the break room if you want any!"
He looked right at me, and wailed like we were suddenly in that old anti-drunk driving PSA: "NOOOOOO!!! NOT THE FAMOUS AMOS COOKIES!!! YOU'RE GOING TO KILL YOURSELLLLLLF!!!"
Bless him, what you see really is what you get with some folks. I think he really meant it.
In principle, he was right about junk food, of course, but I was unrepentant. Those cookies were delicious.
Don't worry, Richard. I didn't have too many of them, and not that often.
Of course he meant it!
We ARE killing ourselves, and also kidding ourselves eating anything but single ingredients and growing our own
food at this point.
I'm not crazy crazy about it, but if you are serious about your quality of life? Don't eat 'em.
We wonder how they built the pyramids, specifically, the Great Pyramid at Giza, without
acknowledging the simple fact: they didn't eat JUNK!
So we decide to learn nothing from our ancestors as far as diet!
Rant over.
They also drank a lot of beer and had a life expectancy of less than 35 years, so maybe that's not the best example.
If they'd had break rooms stocked with Famous Amos cookies, the pyramids would still be under construction!
Kidding aside, I hear you, and don't disagree. We (the wide, collective we) have inherited and/or made a mess of things with regard to food and nutrition. I'm very lucky to have married a woman with a high degree of health consciousness and good habits. I'm nowhere near as good about things as she is, but there is no question I am alive today because I met her years ago.
With my nature, I was just being a goofball with Simmons in the few fleeting seconds we were within the same space, but with more time, I'd have certainly expressed that his messaging was well founded, and I respected his efforts to inspire people toward better health and habits.
It's all good.
Richard was always positive and always accepting. RIP.
He will forever be remembered as the least quirky person from New Orleans.
"Gary...GARY!"
(Richard Simmons sound drop from Howard Stern show when it was still good).
(Richard Simmons sound drop from Howard Stern show when it was still good).
If they'd had break rooms stocked with Famous Amos cookies, the pyramids would still be under construction!
Kidding aside, I hear you, and don't disagree. We (the wide, collective we) have inherited and/or made a mess of things with regard to food and nutrition. I'm very lucky to have married a woman with a high degree of health consciousness and good habits. I'm nowhere near as good about things as she is, but there is no question I am alive today because I met her years ago.
With my nature, I was just being a goofball with Simmons in the few fleeting seconds we were within the same space, but with more time, I'd have certainly expressed that his messaging was well founded, and I respected his efforts to inspire people toward better health and habits.
It's all good.
I am a TOTAL goofball, and I loved picturing your encounter with him!
Very serious about music, baking, gardening, reading, walking, writing, riding.
It's interesting you mention being serious because Clapton himself mentions it
in the Documentary "The Road to Madison Square Garden"
Talking about Steve Winwood that ''he doesn't often meet musicians as serious about music as he is.'' I was absolutely blown away seeing
it for the first time two weeks ago because I have tried to be very serious about music as well as other things in the last month or two.
I don't casually listen to Stokowski's transcription of Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor.
They always go in 3's... Shelley Long, Dr. Ruth, Richard Simmons. It's a completely weird coincidence but it happens pretty much every year with celebrities.
<<<<We wonder how they built the pyramids, specifically, the Great Pyramid at Giza, without
acknowledging the simple fact: they didn't eat JUNK! >>>>
I’m guessing they didn’t eat too much of anything, since they were enslaved.
acknowledging the simple fact: they didn't eat JUNK! >>>>
I’m guessing they didn’t eat too much of anything, since they were enslaved.
Actually, the current thinking is most of the workforce were skilled craftsmen, paid well for their hard work and ingenuity.
They paid them in grain, maybe millet, and beer, plus some gold.
I think you may mean Shelley Duvall.
Shelley Long (from "Cheers," etc.) is still with us.
He was fantastic.
I used a Richard "Sweating to the Oldies" joke a few days ago. It summer time.
This is a pretty neat mini film Pauly Shore did recently.
He did a great job.
I used a Richard "Sweating to the Oldies" joke a few days ago. It summer time.
This is a pretty neat mini film Pauly Shore did recently.
He did a great job.
My bad, yes I did mean Shelley Duvall. Not sure why I accidentally typed Long but that seems to happen to me often at this age lol.I think you may mean Shelley Duvall.
Shelley Long (from "Cheers," etc.) is still with us.
