celebs join dddb

alafairnadia · May 2006

not sure if anyone saw this

basically, bococa residents michelle williams and heath ledger, among others, join dddb and hate on ratnerville.

drano · May 2006

Tell me when they have Charles Nelson Reilly on board.

stacey · May 2006

Drano wrote: Tell me when they have Charles Nelson Reilly on board.

You mean my favorite bad guy as a kid is a Brooklynite?

drano · May 2006

Nah, I was just trying (trying) to be funny, but I think he was born in Queens or the Bronx. I remember his Match Game stuff, I used to watch it with my Grandmother back when it was on 3 times a day.

I met him once, he was pretty cool.

stacey · May 2006

Drano wrote: Nah, I was just trying (trying) to be funny, but I think he was born in Queens or the Bronx. I remember his Match Game stuff, I used to watch it with my Grandmother back when it was on 3 times a day.

I met him once, he was pretty cool.

I looooved him in that morning show with the hats (hoot something or something like that). As I got older I always thought he would be fun to hang out with.

shabmerch · May 2006

people, there are about 6 "celebs" on the DDDB board. the board is comprised of prominent Brooklynites (26 of the 33) who have contributed to the incredible evolution of the borough in the fields or journalism, fiction writing, filmmaking, art, architecture, home building, culture, music, acting, firefighting, teaching, preservation, business, religion, activism, citizenship, and politics. plus 7 from outside Brooklyn who have expertise in the issues raised by "Atlantic Yards."

naturally the press focusses on the stars, but check out the people on the board.
the full, clickable list is here

idlewild · May 2006

What happened to Sean Penn? And why isn't Artie Bucho on that list?

pensodyssey · May 2006

Idlewild wrote: What happened to Sean Penn? And why isn't Artie Bucho on that list?

Artie Bucco (aka John Ventimiglia) is a major league knob. He just got busted for DUI and coke possession.

He's also not very nice.

mikewalton718 · May 2006

Heath Ledger lives in Brooklyn? Sigh... He's sooooo dreamy. anyone know where so I can stalk him?

alafairnadia · May 2006

MikeWalton718 wrote: Heath Ledger lives in Brooklyn? Sigh... He's sooooo dreamy. anyone know where so I can stalk him?

somewhere in bococa. that's all I know. good luck!

jack krohn · May 2006

Too bad Phil Silvers is dead. He'd be a great board member for Develop Don't Destroy.

Other candidates (both living and dead) could include Fred "Rerun" Berry, John Holmes, Rick Springfield, Gary U.S. Bonds, Mac Davis, and Chuck Barris (former host of The Gong Show).

Seriously, they should court Esai Morales. He's got it all: good looks, Brooklyn-born, and a devotee of radical politics.

pensodyssey · May 2006

Jose Feliciano!!

bill c · May 2006

for me, mel blanc will always be the voice of brooklyn.

dw438 · May 2006

bill c wrote: for me, mel blanc will always be the voice of brooklyn.

Funny, because Mel Blanc was born in San Francisco, made his bones in Portland, Ore., then moved to Los Angeles.
But that's not all, folks?
Of living actors ....
Mary Tyler Moore ...there's a Brooklyn voice.
But Brooklyn to me .... is Mel Brooks.

idlewild · May 2006

Jackie Gleason and Babs. And Steve Schirripa.

smokin joe · May 2006

some interesting names on the list, including jhumpa lahiri, brilliant writer and stunningly beautiful park slope resident (see "interpreter of maladies," a great short story collection), and clem labine, listed as a preservationist and, if you click to his web site, historic homes contractor, but better remembered around here as the great brooklyn dodgers pitcher (see "boys of summer" by roger kahn).

great to have them on our team.

dw438 · May 2006

Subject: Dodger or not Dodger?

Smokin' Joe wrote: some interesting names on the list, including jhumpa lahiri, brilliant writer and stunningly beautiful park slope resident (see "interpreter of maladies," a great short story collection), and clem labine, listed as a preservationist and, if you click to his web site, historic homes contractor, but better remembered around here as the great brooklyn dodgers pitcher (see "boys of summer" by roger kahn).

great to have them on our team.

the building preservationist clem labine is NOT the same as the ex-dodger.
there's apx. 20+ years in age difference between the two.
the dodger relief pitcher (native rhode islander b. 1926) played for the dodgers (starting in 1950), the tigers and pirates,, and was an original met in 1962, when he retired. this one lives in vero beach, fl. and is apx. 80 yrs old.
the preservationist labine has offices on 7th ave in pk slope.
ironic that the baseball labine is mentioned in atlantic yards fight, as site was proposed by despised (in brooklyn) dodger owner walter o'malley as site for a domed brooklyn dodgers stadium.
robt moses said no, move to flushing meadow.
by then secret dodger move to chavez ravine (another land grab) was no secret. (1957)
5 years later, the Mets were born.

dope on the slope · May 2006

But Brooklyn to me .... is Mel Brooks.

And Eli Wallach.

The perfect Mel Brooks scene to encapsulate the attititude of the New York powerbrokers to the homeowners and taxpayers of Brooklyn is his take on Louis XVI enjoying a little trap shooting with peasants instead of clay pigeons as targets:

"They are my people. I love them. PULL!"

It's good to be the King.

smokin joe · May 2006

Subject: Re: Dodger or not Dodger?

[quote="dw438the building preservationist clem labine is NOT the same as the ex-dodger.

wow. who'd a thunk? how many brooklyn clem labines could there be? at least two i guess. any relation?

fortunately jhumpa lahiri is still jhumpa lahiri.

pensodyssey · May 2006

There are two quintessential Brooklyn voices for me.

Biz Markie. Nobody beats the Biz. Nobody incorporated more references to the D train in their songs, either.

And...

Gilbert Gottfried!!

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