That was brutal, reading through all of those and not seeing the obvious Wahlburgers. Donnie, Mark and Paul.
My Mom loved that show and I watch reruns whenever I can
@ircon96 Oops, sorry @Wookee, i somehow didn’t see yours up there! (I thought it was weird that it wasn’t even on the original list. ) Oh well, great minds & all that.
@shahnm Wow, we must have a psychic connection, cuz i didn’t even see your post till i saved mine, or i would have tagged you, too. Another great minds moment! Or is it a mind meld?
@Kyeh I remember him! He was a fellow Franco-American, a sort-of-local boy, born & raised just over the border, about an hour south of me, in Lawrence, MA. Such a small world, my uncle owned a print shop in that city (years later, of course), & i spent a lot of time there in my teens.
@Kyeh Actually, my grandmother spoke Canadian French, but she didn’t speak it to us kids, so i only picked up a few naughty phrases here & there. I took Parisian French for SIX freakin’ years in school, but didn’t retain a lot. I’d describe my abilities as rudimentary, at best. I could get by reading signs (i read a little better than i speak, but that’s not saying much!) & using basic phrases, but i can’t converse fluently, unfortunately. I wish my grandmother had spoken it to us when we were really young & could absorb it better.
As far as the print shop, my older brother was an actual employee for years & operated some of the big machines, but i only helped out with menial stuff, like collating & stitching, when they had big jobs or when i had spare time, before i got a steady after-school job. Being a word geek, though, during lulls & breaks, i used to hang out with the typesetter, who was a cool chick. I actually thought about learning the trade before i found a more local job that i could ride my bike to, since this was all before i was old enough to drive. Man, i was a zygote!
@ircon96 Did the typesetter run one of those big linotype machines? Or did she actually set type by hand? I learned offset printing in school and later joined a group that does letterpress printing, so I’m always interested when I encounter someone else who’s done it.
As for languages, I feel exactly the same way about Japanese - I really wish my mother had used it with us, but she thought at the time that it would keep us from getting good at English in school. Now they know that it’s actually an advantage to be fluent in more than one language. Oh well!
@Kyeh Very true about the importance & usefulness of languages!
They did mostly large commercial jobs using offset lithography, i believe, but my uncle had a soft spot for the old-school methods and equipment, so they had some of the old stuff around, too. And the typesetter had been in the business for a long time, so she had experience with various methods.
I can’t remember if she used a Linotype (or possibly a Monotype?) at that point, i think it was mostly phototypesetting, but they also did smaller letterpress & engraving jobs, where she would set by hand, iirc. There were also occasional art prints, like the one below, from a NH pen & ink artist. I got to keep a copy due to my love of horses. (Sorry for the shadow & the edge of my dog’s butt, she was being nosy! Lol)
My memory of that stuff is hazy, but i remember it was pretty cool to see all that exotic (to me) equipment! I also got to see the huge presses in action & especially remember the big cutter, slicing through reams of heavy stock like buttah! Kinda scary to think what it could do to a body part! Lol
@Wookee I hear ya, about being tired! You know what? I do believe i was thinking of Victor French when i saw yours, cuz i was thinking of a whole different person than French Stewart, but close enough! Lol
Chuck Roast Norris
@shahnm it’s amazing the things that Roast can do, according to the internet anyway
Mr. T-Bone
Carne Wilson
KaBob Saget
Al Frankenfurter
Amy Porterhouse
Some gimmes:
Meatloaf
Shia LaBeouf
Jack London Broil
Hillary Shank
Kobe Bryant
Arnold Schnitzelburger
I thought Jon Hamm(burger) was the best on that list
I do enjoy Sirloin Backrib Stew-art.
Isaac Ribeyesamov
Grissel Bundchen
KeeWagyu Reeves
Tom Shanks
Black Angus Young
Aren’t all celebrities just big Hams?
Barbacoa Walters
Eric Asada
Sarah Jessica Porterhouse
Sloppy Joe DiMaggio
Leonardo Carpaccio
Salami Hayek
Omar StewBeef
Mia Marrow
Donald Rumpsteak
Came here to say Meatloaf (RIP) but someone beat me to it.
Roast Malone
Sam Sheperd’s Pie
Guillermo del Toro
That was brutal, reading through all of those and not seeing the obvious
Wahlburgers. Donnie, Mark and Paul.
My Mom loved that show and I watch reruns whenever I can
@llangley We saved it for you!
(Burger) Patty Duke
T-Bone steak Walker
Stewart French Dip
Mary Steervirgin
Moory Povich
Jon Heffer
Richard Kielbasa
Don Brisket (shout out to Dark Shadows!)
Pair-roast Hilton
Steak Diane Keaton
Tom Bourguignon (the Dancing with the Stars guy…)
Mark Pot-au-Feuerstein
Catherine Oxenberg
Jon M. Churrasco
Sandra Bull-ock
Benedict Cumberland Pie
Ribley Scott
Joseph Bolognese
Tim Curry
Teriyaki Crews
Borscht Karloff
Bobby Carne-vale
Veal Oscar Isaac
Filet Knight
Biltong Eilish
Stevey Martiny (The Jerky)
Sarah Highland
Mr. T-bone
@ircon96 @Wookee beat you to it…
@ircon96 Oops, sorry @Wookee, i somehow didn’t see yours up there! (I thought it was weird that it wasn’t even on the original list. ) Oh well, great minds & all that.
@shahnm Wow, we must have a psychic connection, cuz i didn’t even see your post till i saved mine, or i would have tagged you, too. Another great minds moment! Or is it a mind meld?
Skirt Steak Ulrich
Flat iron Pugh
Tri-tip Heifer (RIP, Battlestar Galactica)
Hanger Steak Waddingham
Mike Mignon (from Beef Wellington Paranormal)
Tartare Reid
Au Poivre Plaza
Tagine Egerton
Harmony Korean Beef
Donald & Kiefer Sauerbraten
Rissole Ifans (or Darby)
Crystal Béarnaise
Richard Bulgogi (bonus, he happened to be in Osso Bucco! )
Goulash Hawn
@ircon96
Or Robert Goulash, from Camelot, etc.
@Kyeh I remember him! He was a fellow Franco-American, a sort-of-local boy, born & raised just over the border, about an hour south of me, in Lawrence, MA. Such a small world, my uncle owned a print shop in that city (years later, of course), & i spent a lot of time there in my teens.
@ircon96 Oh, cool! So that’s why your French is so good?
Also - a printshop??? Did you learn to print?
@Kyeh Actually, my grandmother spoke Canadian French, but she didn’t speak it to us kids, so i only picked up a few naughty phrases here & there. I took Parisian French for SIX freakin’ years in school, but didn’t retain a lot. I’d describe my abilities as rudimentary, at best. I could get by reading signs (i read a little better than i speak, but that’s not saying much!) & using basic phrases, but i can’t converse fluently, unfortunately. I wish my grandmother had spoken it to us when we were really young & could absorb it better.
As far as the print shop, my older brother was an actual employee for years & operated some of the big machines, but i only helped out with menial stuff, like collating & stitching, when they had big jobs or when i had spare time, before i got a steady after-school job. Being a word geek, though, during lulls & breaks, i used to hang out with the typesetter, who was a cool chick. I actually thought about learning the trade before i found a more local job that i could ride my bike to, since this was all before i was old enough to drive. Man, i was a zygote!
@ircon96 Did the typesetter run one of those big linotype machines? Or did she actually set type by hand? I learned offset printing in school and later joined a group that does letterpress printing, so I’m always interested when I encounter someone else who’s done it.
As for languages, I feel exactly the same way about Japanese - I really wish my mother had used it with us, but she thought at the time that it would keep us from getting good at English in school. Now they know that it’s actually an advantage to be fluent in more than one language. Oh well!
@Kyeh Very true about the importance & usefulness of languages!
They did mostly large commercial jobs using offset lithography, i believe, but my uncle had a soft spot for the old-school methods and equipment, so they had some of the old stuff around, too. And the typesetter had been in the business for a long time, so she had experience with various methods.
I can’t remember if she used a Linotype (or possibly a Monotype?) at that point, i think it was mostly phototypesetting, but they also did smaller letterpress & engraving jobs, where she would set by hand, iirc. There were also occasional art prints, like the one below, from a NH pen & ink artist. I got to keep a copy due to my love of horses. (Sorry for the shadow & the edge of my dog’s butt, she was being nosy! Lol)
My memory of that stuff is hazy, but i remember it was pretty cool to see all that exotic (to me) equipment! I also got to see the huge presses in action & especially remember the big cutter, slicing through reams of heavy stock like buttah! Kinda scary to think what it could do to a body part! Lol
Ragù Jackman
Chow Mein Yun-Fat
Angus T-bone Jones
Donald Trumproast
David Ogden Steers
@pmarin Loved him! RIP, Major Charles Emerson Winchester III.
Kathleen Tournedos
Steak Diane Keaton
@railek Sorry, @Kyeh beat you to it
French dip Stewart
Damn, @Wookee, i kinda did it again, except the names are reversed! My senility is in full force tonight, i guess.
@ircon96 I think yours is the right way. I know I was tired that night.
@Wookee I hear ya, about being tired! You know what? I do believe i was thinking of Victor French when i saw yours, cuz i was thinking of a whole different person than French Stewart, but close enough! Lol
So obvious.
Frank Sinatra
Lucille Meatball
@Kyeh
Big Mac Davis