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Old 03-04-2012, 09:49 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia,New Jersey, NYC!
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Stan Getz for another Philly jazz great.
& this guy


Weather Report - Birdland - YouTube
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Old 03-05-2012, 05:44 AM
 
Location: Center City
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the disco biscuits

Haha, this has to be a joke...anyone that takes Barber and Rrownie for serious musicians must be sick in the head.
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Old 03-05-2012, 07:46 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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Richardson Dilworth. Never afraid to speak the truth and turned the city away from its "corrupt and contented" days as best he could.
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Old 03-05-2012, 05:56 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia,New Jersey, NYC!
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Haha, this has to be a joke...anyone that takes Barber and Rrownie for serious musicians must be sick in the head.
lol, nice
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Old 11-30-2015, 09:13 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Tomorrow night, Lower Merion's Kobe Bryant will play his last professional game in Philadelphia against one of the worst teams all time. Always wanted him to come and play for the sixers.

I saw a commercial tonight of another Philly movie from a Philly native, love all the shots of the art museum:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1990TMAF9I
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Old 12-01-2015, 06:48 AM
 
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Tomorrow night, Lower Merion's Kobe Bryant will play his last professional game in Philadelphia against one of the worst teams all time. Always wanted him to come and play for the sixers.

I saw a commercial tonight of another Philly movie from a Philly native, love all the shots of the art museum:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1990TMAF9I
I remember when they were shooting that movie about a year or so ago.
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Old 12-01-2015, 01:16 PM
 
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Either Kevin Hart or Rocky (jk(kinda not really))
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Old 12-01-2015, 04:31 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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An underrated Philadelphian is Bob Saget lol

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What affect did Philadelphia have on your career?
The first place I preformed standup at was a club called Grand Mom Minnie’s, which I got to do [at age 17] from winning a contest for the radio station WMMR with a song about bondage. The real consequential thing that happened to me was in college, when I started performing standup at my friend Stephen Starr’s club, called Stars. I did impressions of Bob Dylan—the usual stuff that everyone does when they have a guitar—and I opened for Frank Stallone and Valentine, and Richard Belzer and Rich Hall. It was quite the break and a very cushy learning place. Now [Starr] owns Buddakan and Morimoto and all these wonderful restaurants. Every time I see him I tell him that he started me.
Was there anything about the city that inspired your comedy early on?
You know that “Rocky” thing isn’t really a joke? Some people go, ‘Why is the Stallone statue at the art museum steps? Well, it is a symbol for how a lot of Philadelphia people look at the city, which is you come out of nothing and beat your way to the top. It’s a good town because if you make it big in Philly, they’re very loyal to you. It was kind of a sheltered way to do standup comedy. You’re not trying to get on TV; you’re just trying to make people laugh as much as you can. I really built myself in Philly. It feels like home because I was like an embryo growing there.
Interview: Bob Saget Talks About His Philly Roots
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Old 12-02-2015, 10:59 PM
 
Location: University City, Philadelphia
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A few more favorite Philadelphians:

Paul Robeson
Margaret Mead
Jeanette MacDonald
W.C.Fields
Mario Lanza
John Coltrane
Sally Starr
Pixanne
Chief Halftown
Capt. Noah
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Old 12-03-2015, 06:17 AM
 
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A few more favorite Philadelphians:

Paul Robeson
Margaret Mead
Jeanette MacDonald
W.C.Fields
Mario Lanza
John Coltrane
Sally Starr
Pixanne
Chief Halftown
Capt. Noah
You know, I never liked Pixanne. Chief Halftown was "the man" though.

I'm pretty sure, director Brian DePalma, went to Overbrook HS. And, I think Jeanette MacDonald went to W. Phila. HS.
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