Louganis hit his head on the Olympic diving board on the way down, bloodying it—in the days when AIDS was very feared and gays were blamed. He came out of the closet and people freaked out over the board when the decent response to that injury was, Are you okay?
Gary Bauer’s wikipedia entry is funny: His presidential campaign is mostly remembered for an incident at the Bisquick Pancake Presidential Primary Flip-Off on 31 January 2000. The candidates each took a turn to mount a four-foot stage, make, flip and catch a pancake in a pan. When Bauer took his turn, he tossed his pancake too high and, trying to follow it, fell off the back of the stage, disappearing through a blue curtain. He emerged, unhurt, with no pancake and no pan. He then flipped and caught a pancake without falling on his second attempt. Bauer joked that it might be the best thing to happen to his campaign and said that he was “the Ken Griffey of the presidential candidates. I dove into the dugout to catch my pancake.” Years later, Bauer recalled that as he toppled off the stage and through the curtain, fellow candidate George W. Bush, who was standing backstage having already successfully completed his pancake toss, shouted “here comes Bauer!”
Jayalexander 6 months ago
Trivia before my time or interest.
iggyman 6 months ago
New territory for me!
LeftCoastKen Premium Member 6 months ago
Finally, something to make me develop a little respect for The Buckster.
Egrayjames 6 months ago
Bucky lost me at Gary Bauer…..but that’s okay. Some things about Bucky I’m better off not knowing.
Johnnie Polo Premium Member 6 months ago
Gary Bauer was flipping pancakes at a 2000 election event and fell off the stage trying to catch it in the pan.
brucemacdon1. 6 months ago
Finally a comment that is useful and not just the need to post some banal #$%^
ajr58(1) 6 months ago
Scivoloso means “slippery” in Italian
grocks 6 months ago
So the event was 12 years old when the strip was first written, now 24 years old – and that’s old school. Sigh.
mfrasca 6 months ago
Bauer and Louganis, an odd pairing.
Bauer is a right-wing reactionary who served under Reagan and Trump. He is against gay rights and same-sex marriage.
Greg Louganis was a multi-Olympic gold medalist who is now an advocate for gay rights. He was in a same-sex marriage.
amaryllis2 Premium Member 6 months ago
Louganis hit his head on the Olympic diving board on the way down, bloodying it—in the days when AIDS was very feared and gays were blamed. He came out of the closet and people freaked out over the board when the decent response to that injury was, Are you okay?
comicsboi Premium Member 6 months ago
Gary Bauer’s wikipedia entry is funny: His presidential campaign is mostly remembered for an incident at the Bisquick Pancake Presidential Primary Flip-Off on 31 January 2000. The candidates each took a turn to mount a four-foot stage, make, flip and catch a pancake in a pan. When Bauer took his turn, he tossed his pancake too high and, trying to follow it, fell off the back of the stage, disappearing through a blue curtain. He emerged, unhurt, with no pancake and no pan. He then flipped and caught a pancake without falling on his second attempt. Bauer joked that it might be the best thing to happen to his campaign and said that he was “the Ken Griffey of the presidential candidates. I dove into the dugout to catch my pancake.” Years later, Bauer recalled that as he toppled off the stage and through the curtain, fellow candidate George W. Bush, who was standing backstage having already successfully completed his pancake toss, shouted “here comes Bauer!”