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Hooters Air shot down

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: March 29, 2006 · Comments (3)

How this story isn't the headline on every newscast is beyond After a three-year run, Myrtle Beach's homegrown airline, Hooters Air, is bowing out of regularly scheduled air service. No more Hooters Air. Yes, I know this was the wackiest idea you could come up with to start an... [Full Story]

Darren McGavin Dies At 83

Posted by Kevin · Published: February 25, 2006 · Comments (4)

Long time Hollywood character actor Darren McGavin has died just a few months short of his 84th birthday. A generation of youngsters knew him as the cursing father of Ralphie in the 1983 classic "A Christmas Story," but he was a TV staple for decades - the embodiment of... [Full Story]

Don Knotts, July 21, 1924-February 24, 2006

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: February 25, 2006 · Comments (2)

Best known as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show." Or Ralph Furley on "Three's Company." Or, that really old guy if you know the names of all the Teletubbies. And if you know all the names of the Wiggles, tell your mommy to stop reading this... [Full Story]

Jenna Jameson Hits The Wall

Posted by Kevin · Published: February 10, 2006 · Comments (7)

You're either saying to yourself one of two things. 1) When did porn star Jenna Jameson morph into Marg Helgenberger (with bigger boobs); or 2) I'd still hit it...... [Full Story]

Deutsch Bagged

Posted by Kevin · Published: February 8, 2006 · Comments (2)

Oh how our hearts fluttered when we read the Fark headline, "Deutsch Bagged." Could it really be true? Could it be true that CNBC's Donny Deutsch low-rated talkfest was canceled? Sadly no... Some NASA public relations hack named George Deutsch was fired for lying on his resume.... [Full Story]

'Grandpa Munster' Al Lewis Dies at 95

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: February 4, 2006

From Yahoo! News: Al Lewis, the cigar-chomping patriarch of "The Munsters" whose work as a basketball scout, restaurateur and political candidate never eclipsed his role as Grandpa from the television sitcom, died after years of failing health. He was 95. Lewis, with his wife at his bedside, passed away... [Full Story]

Major Downers Archives

March 29, 2006

Hooters Air shot down

February 25, 2006

Darren McGavin Dies At 83

Don Knotts, July 21, 1924-February 24, 2006

February 10, 2006

Jenna Jameson Hits The Wall

February 8, 2006

Deutsch Bagged

February 4, 2006

'Grandpa Munster' Al Lewis Dies at 95

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