re: RIP to Mr. Belding: a principal to an entire generation

Used to enjoy Listening to him when he was the DJ, Richie “The big bopper” Belding at KKTY Bayside.

RIP Mr. B

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He hooked up with one of my fraternity brother’s girlfriends.

Not a lie.

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You gotta tell us your age.

Met him at the wine loft in Baton Rouge. Was nice to everyone and shamelessly hit on every girl in our group. RIP

I have no doubt his younger brother is going to skip the funeral to go on some outdoor adventure.

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You gotta tell us your age.

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That’s the funny part.
This happened in the 90s.

My fraternity brother is from New Jersey and this southern girl was just tired of him.

During the Michael Jordan Golf Classic, a lot of celebrities came to town.

My school was top of any list for party schools. I was in a limo with Jerry Rice and Evander Holyfield on the way back. We had hot girls with us and they wanted us to get in so we did.


I was bouncing that night and saw what looked like Mr Belding in line.

I said,
“Are you Mr belding?” He smiled and said yes.

All these celebrities would come to the Greek bar looking for for hot white girls.

I was pissed because I was working.

All these celebrities were there but the girls were more interested in Belding than the athletes. Than anyone.

He lasered in on my frat brothers ( I want to include frat, because my real brother was there too and he was always up for a fight and would not have let it happen) woman and basically had her in stitches all night as if he’d done this before and often. Easily cashing in on his prior work in a demographic that could not leave him alone.

It became entertaining to me and the other two bouncers who happen to be my fraternity brothers as well.

We were like “y’all. I think Mr. Belding is gonna end up taking _____ home, lol“

And damn if he didn’t.

My boy was searching all throughout town but never even thought of the nicest hotel in town within happened to be an Hampton in. This was before VRBO…..and he never heard from her till the next afternoon.

He asked her,

“Did YOU HOOK UP W MR BELDING?”

She did not answer.





Eta.
My wife was an actress in LA and she mentioned that she’d run into Mr Belding before and i asked her what he was like.
She said he was hilarious.

I was like, oh shite! Did you hook up w Belding? She said, not but that he was cute and girls were on him like Velcro.

He had a game like no other I guess.

You missed the joke

Haskins was also an unabashed metal head. He appeared in a music video for a band from Shreveport basically for free because he loved the band's vibe and sound. Mr. Belding might have loved Zack Attack, but Dennis loved metal and heavy music way more. I'm going to post the video below, but if you know iwrestledabearonce, you know 90% of this board is going to hate it.

Anyways, good morning.

RIP

No Man Is An Island

No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were:
Any man's death diminishes me, Because I am involved in mankind, And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.
John Donne

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Awhile back I was bullshitting around with someone and we were did

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you sure it was with someone and not just you alone randomly putting long winded, incoherent thoughts together as you typically do here?

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you sure it was with someone and not just you alone randomly putting long winded, incoherent thoughts together as you typically do here?

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Probably. People usually don't talk to me.