This is what it's like inside the brand new club store opened by the recently crowned Premier League champions. The Manchester City store opened it's doors to punters on Friday (March 26) at it's new home in the Arndale.
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Bill Saluga, whose trademark lines that began with “You can call me Ray” cracked up a generation of comedy fans, died in Los Angeles on March 28, according to his friend, Eric Brenner.
He was 85 and his death was attributed to complications of heart failure and arthritis, according to his friend, Bill Minkin, who joined with him, Fred Willard, Patti Deutsch, Michael Mislove, and George Memmoli in the improv group Ace Trucking Co.
“He was an icon,” said Minkin, who characterized his friend as quiet and polite when he wasn’t on stage, a stark contrast to the brash characters he portrayed.
Saluga was best known for his cigar-smoking, zoot suited character Raymond J. Johnson Jr.
A frequent talk-show guest, Saluga would be triggered by someone calling him “Mr. Johnson.” Feigning outrage, he would then launch into a soliloquy for his catchphrase, “You can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay, or you can call me…”He would then ramble through every conceivable permutation of his name before finishing with “…but you doesn’t has to call me Johnson!”
The character became nationally known in the late 1970s after being used in a series of beer commercials for Miller Lite and Anheuser-Busch.
Saluga appeared with comedian Norm Crosby in one version of the commercials. “Well, y’doesn’t hasta call it Anheuser Busch Natural Light Beer, and y’doesn’t hasta call it ‘Busch Natural.’ Just say ‘Natural!'” Saluga then did the “You can call me Ray” routine after Crosby warns not to ask Johnson his name.
Saluga was also a regular guest on the Red Foxx Show, the Gong Show, and later teased his Johnson character on The Simpsons and King of the Hill.
His “You can call me Ray” schtick was also referenced by Bob Dylan in his 1979 hit, “Gotta
This is what it's like inside the brand new club store opened by the recently crowned Premier League champions. The Manchester City store opened it's doors to punters on Friday (March 26) at it's new home in the Arndale.
One of the highlights of this time of year is gardens bursting to life with colourful blooms. This week you may have caught the RHS Chelsea Flower Show on your TV as the popular event took place, or you might be planning a visit to the Manchester Flower Festival this year.
Want to give your wardrobe a little bit of an update but trying to be a little more saving-savvy? Then fashion fans rejoice, because have we got a treat for you. High street retailer River Island has got a secret online eBay store that stocks more than 600 styles listed for sale, including current season items that are still on the rails in the store.
Major developments in Salford will now have to set out how they will deliver social value benefits by boosting the city’s economy. They will be asked to show how they are working with communities and contributing to a greener Salford, creating local jobs, and delivering social value benefits.
Kicking off on May 25, the competition will run until 11:59 pm on Wednesday, May 31st.
Bill Lee, the accomplished Jazz musician who collaborated with the likes of Cat Stevens, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan and also scored many of his son Spike Lee’s films, has died according to multiple reports. He was 94.
Going on holiday is always an exciting time, and with summer just around the corner, many of us will be getting ready to jet off.
Denise Richards is a big fan of Canada.
BBC sitcom Gavin and Stacey has been put up for sale.The three-bedroom property, located in the coastal town of Barry in South Wales, is available to rent for £995 per month, or buy for £212,000.The property listing reads: “Unfurnished three bed terrace formerly used as Uncle Bryn’s house on Gavin and Stacey! Accommodation includes a hall, lounge/dining room, kitchen, rear lobby and ground floor bathroom/WC/shower. Outside there is a forecourt and enclosed rear garden.”In the show, Uncle Bryn (Rob Brydon) lived in the house opposite his sister-in-law Gwen’s (Melanie Walters) home, where Stacey (Joanna Page) used to live.Speaking about the property to Sky News, Andrew Fenton from Chris Davies Estate Agents said the series had “reignited Barry”.“There is that immediate connection where as soon as the word Barry is mentioned people say Gavin and Stacey,” Fenton said.Created by James Corden and Ruth Jones, Gavin and Stacey aired between 2007 and 2010 for three seasons.
It's a typical Tuesday morning and one of Greater Manchester's many Greggs stores is open for business. A flurry of customers are popping in and out, and some are leaving armed with boxes and bags full of treats.
Have you noticed how all of your make-up always runs out at once? And it always coincides with the week before payday. Superdrug and Maybelline are coming to our rescue this week with an unbelievable offer that lets shoppers nab a free mascara. And not just any mascara, either.The deal gets you a Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High Mascara – a shopper favourite with nearly 200 5-star reviews on Superdrug.
Twitter users were evenly split when they were asked to select which screen legend was hotter – Robert De Niro or Al Pacino.
Pro wrestling legend “Superstar” Billy Graham died Wednesday at 79. No cause was given, but he had been battling ill health for some time and had been hospitalized in the ICU on life support.
Billy Corgan has explained how he improved U2’s ‘All That You Can’t Leave Behind’ album after offering advice to Bono.The Smashing Pumpkins frontman recalled the anecdote to Zane Lowe in a new interview with Apple Music 1, where he also explained how numerous artists from across the ‘90s inspired him.It was here that Corgan landed on the topic of Irish rock veterans U2, and stated that back in 2000 he offered Bono some advice on his upcoming album — comments which the band then implemented into the final release.“So, I’m over in Dublin, circa 2000, and I go to visit Bono at his house,” Corgan recalled. “We stayed up all night, and in the morning, for some reason, me and him are the only people up, and he says, ‘I want to play you something.
Michael J. Fox is giving his wife all the credit.
Luann de Lesseps doesn’t know the meaning of the words “too soon”! She’s shooting her shot while she can!
Naman Ramachandran U.K.-based sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has boarded international sales, excluding North America, for William Shatner documentary “You Can Call Me Bill” from Legion M and Exhibit A Pictures. Written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, who has previously helmed documentaries such as “78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene,” “Memory: The Origins of Alien,” and “Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist,” the film had its world premiere at SXSW 2023 as part of the Documentary Spotlight section. The film is an intimate portrait of William Shatner’s personal journey across nine decades, stripping away all the masks he has worn during his storied career – most famously the Star Trek franchise – to reveal the man behind it all. The first and only feature-length documentary dedicated to Shatner’s life, career and philosophy, it delves into his most fervent passions, hopes and concerns, through a thematic distillation of his most recent autobiographical songs and a deep dive into the farthest reaches of his filmography.
Bethenny Frankel has thoughts on the Kim Zolciak-Biermann tax situation.
Newton N. Minow, who shocked the nation in 1961 by calling American television “a vast wasteland,” died on Saturday at his home in Chicago . He was 97 and died from a heart attack, according to his daughter.