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Offline Sir Osis of Liver

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Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« on: January 14, 2009, 09:41:21 pm »
More "suave" in that one man than the entire Iberian peninsula. Very sad.

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2009/01/14/ricardo-montalban-obit.html
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2009, 09:49:02 pm »
No more "soft, Corinthian leather" huh?
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2009, 09:57:05 pm »
I always wondered what the hell that was supposed to mean. The leather came from Newark, New Jersey. Nothing to do with Corinth at all. ;D

A friend of mine had a Cordoba in university. No Corinthian was ever near it. A few Naugas were sacrificed to the interior though. A very unpleasant car.
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2009, 10:22:12 pm »
Quote from: Big_Thumb on January 14, 2009, 09:57:05 pm
I always wondered what the hell that was supposed to mean. The leather came from Newark, New Jersey. Nothing to do with Corinth at all. ;D

A friend of mine had a Cordoba in university. No Corinthian was ever near it. A few Naugas were sacrificed to the interior though. A very unpleasant car.
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2009, 11:00:47 pm »
The guy lived to be 88 and had a better life than 99.9999% of the people on this planet. Nothing sad about that.

My brother-in-law had a Chrysler Cordoba, a '76 IIRC, with very strange 'Navajo'-patterned upholstery . A  wallowing pig of a car.
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2009, 11:01:42 pm »
Quote from: Schmengie on January 14, 2009, 11:00:47 pm
The guy lived to be 88 and had a better life than 99.9999% of the people on this planet. Nothing sad about that.


Plus he got to work with a midget...so he had that going for him too..... ;D
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2009, 12:20:38 am »
Quote from: rrocket on January 14, 2009, 11:01:42 pm
Quote from: Schmengie on January 14, 2009, 11:00:47 pm
The guy lived to be 88 and had a better life than 99.9999% of the people on this planet. Nothing sad about that.


Plus he got to work with a midget...so he had that going for him too..... ;D

^^ Not to mention a few guest appearances on that other icon of Seventies television, The Love Boat. Back then, it just didn't get any better than that..  ;D
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2009, 12:23:17 am »
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2009, 06:29:54 pm »
He had a great turn on Hawaii Five-O as a race car owner/driver that someone was trying to kill.

It is the Season 5 episode called Death Wish on Tantalus Mountain and he drives a couple of Pantera's.  And a real nice 240Z.

This was one of the cars (the other was yellow):


And who will forget him as Khan?



We have lost a classy actor   :'(
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2009, 10:56:04 pm »
1975 Chrysler Cordoba commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIL3fbGbU2o
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2009, 08:08:14 am »
Quote from: Winklovic on January 15, 2009, 10:56:04 pm
1975 Chrysler Cordoba commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIL3fbGbU2o
That commercial makes me want a Cordoba all over again. Where's my leisure suit? ;D
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2009, 09:31:10 am »
Makes you realize just how good even the lowest ranking cars are today.
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2009, 01:17:43 pm »
Quote from: Winklovic on January 15, 2009, 10:56:04 pm
1975 Chrysler Cordoba commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIL3fbGbU2o

Ha that's awesome. It looks like he is going to push it off a cliff at the end... ;D
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2009, 02:30:38 pm »
And they actually called that boat the 'small Chrysler'... :rofl:
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2009, 03:51:45 pm »
The Cordoba's length was 18 feet!  However, it's 3,700 lb curb weight isn't bad when compared to current vehicles.
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2009, 03:58:05 pm »
I've heard stories about my mom's cordoba, they were less than thrilled
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2009, 06:20:41 pm »
Quote from: Schmengie on January 16, 2009, 02:30:38 pm
And they actually called that boat the 'small Chrysler'... :rofl:

Compared to the New Yorker, it was! ;D
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #17 on: January 17, 2009, 09:22:33 am »
 never mind the QUALITY....FEEL...the WIDTH.........................Sparky Railton shoiw us yer POLYester pics again..................i need a "cracker".... ;D



   wheeech wanh eez ze midget ??????  ??? ::) :P
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #18 on: January 17, 2009, 04:40:09 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on January 14, 2009, 11:01:42 pm

Plus he got to work with a midget...so he had that going for him too..... ;D

I always though the midget got the short end of the stick (pun intended) as he never got a drink during the toast at the beginning of the show.   "My dear guests! Welcome to Fantasy island..."
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Re: Ricardo Montalban dead at 88
« Reply #19 on: January 17, 2009, 04:43:33 pm »
Loved the SCTV parody of Fantasy Island with John Candy as "Pattoo" and Eugene Levy as Roarke  :rofl2:
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