For the last goddamn time people, Elton John is not the Pinball Wizard in Tommy

[taterguy]

He portrays the Champ, who gets beaten by Tommy, the Pinball Wizard.

Why is this simple concept so fucking difficult to understand?

[Bennyboy]

1. 1976 called...

and wants it's thread back.

[taterguy]

2. A 2010 spelling Nazi called

Learn how to spell the word "its."

[Bennyboy]

5. Its it! Yummy....

Itz. I prefer the German myself...

[tigereye]

24. ha ha ha !

:rofl:

[LeftyFingerPop]

3. Thanks for clearing that up.

[taterguy]

4. You're welcome

[MiddleFingerMom]

11. You've been sited.. cited.. sighted.. aw, CRAP...consider yourself TICKETED by the SpelChek Police..

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[6000eliot]

17. Dare I attach this to my students' papers?

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. But there's no other movie with a Pinball Wizard, so what movie IS he the Pinball Wizard in?

Your post confuses stupid people.

[fishwax]

7. He portrays Local Lad, not some made-up character called "the Champ"

:eyes:

[taterguy]

21. Did you watch the fucking movie?

When Elton John is playing pinball he's clearly identified as 'The Champ.'

Local Lad is just some crap they made up for IMDB.

[fishwax]

25. the libretto says otherwise, and it was around before IMDB. But, hey, what would Pete Townsend know?

:bounce:

[kentauros]

8. I thought Sgt. Pinback was the Pinback Wizard?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSgmYWaQbR8

[Kali]

15. this uniform doesn't fit

:toast:

[charlie and algernon]

9. yeah, but.. but... he sings Pinball Wizard in the Who's 1989 LA performance of Tommy

that's gotta count for something...right??

:hide:

[taterguy]

19. There was no Who in 1989

That band died when Keith Moon died.

[GCP]

26. .

:thumbsup:

[rug]

10. I bet you have a whole rant on the BeeGees doing Sgt. Pepper.

[Liberal Veteran]

12. Are you cursing at me or the Pinball Wizard Elton John?

:evilgrin:

[racaulk]

13. Yeah, but Tina Turner portrayed the Acid Queen.

That's really all that's important here.

[blue neen]

14. I despise baked beans.

Signed, Ann Margret

[Kali]

16. no shit, sherlock

who doesn't know THAT?

[peopleb4money]

18. O shit. That was the name of the movie

I was trying to think of the pinball machine at the laundromat my mom used to frequent when I was a kid, and that was the name of the movie. It had spinning propellers and everything.

[LeftinOH]

20. If you like Ann-Margret, and you like baked beans:

[Gidney N Cloyd]

28. I liked Ann Margrock.

[jobycom]

22. There was a movie?

I only read the book.

[gratuitous]

23. Yeah, right

Next you're going to try to tell me that "The Thin Man" didn't refer to Nick Charles, as played by William Powell.

[El Supremo]

27. Or that Frakenstein wasn't the monster.