Not to nit-pick (read: just to nit-pick) that was the ’90s calling rather than the ’70s. A little less geezer than first imagined, but…
Had one of the fighters been “Cassius”, then it would have been the 70’s.
It’s also not that far off of historical — Don King had historical antecedents promoting and managing gladiators’ careers, too. Doing exactly this sort of thing.
There’s at least one historical-setting detective story whose premise is that one troupe of gladiators made a good living after they went into business for themselves, fixed all the fights, faked the deaths, and changed their names etc. when they moved on a different provincial stadium Cute if improbable idea. . .Don’t want to do as a spoiler, so I’ll stick it in as a tinyurl, to allow the title to be ignored by those who prefer: https://tinyurl.com/ya8aapgc
“Cassius” would have been the ’60s calling…
I don’t associate Don King with the 70s as much as later.
And although he is a notable figure, I don’t associate him with any temporary fad or trend that we can say with certainty has passed. That is to say although I don’t hear about him much these days I don’t think he “went away”.
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Of course it refers to the Mike Tyson / Evander Holyfield fight, in 1997.
I had a nice chat with a neighbor who was walking a small dog in a warm sweater, and the dog’s name was mentioned as Tyson. If I remember correctly what a boxer dog looks like, that isn’t Tyson’s breed. But I didn’t get a chance to ask about the name … just went away with my private guesses. Maybe Tyson is into tearing up chickens into parts; or even if not a boxer by breed, is he still a fighter? (No, not as in “dog fights”.)
@Mitch4 — maybe the dog’s father was named “Ty”?
I’ll mention this only because nobody else has: The position of “caesar” is a reasonable approximation of “king”.
Thanks, Ian — As it happens, I was just yesterday listening to “Episode 117: What’s In a Name?” of the History of English Podcast http://historyofenglishpodcast.com/ which mentioned that pattern we all sort of know about, “People also started to acquire second names based on their landholdings, place of origin, parent’s name, or some personal characteristic. These were the beginning of many modern surnames.”
If someone’s name is Smith – their family worked with a hammer generally on some sort of metal – iron, gold, silver, copper, etc.
Just about every reenactor of every period thinks that he/she is more authentic than the other reenactors and they need to work on their “kit”. (I admit to wearing black leather keds which have a buckle and look period under my petticoat ie. skirt.)
When we saw the movie “Gladiator” I turned to Robert and said – Somewhere there are gladiator reenactors saying “That’s wrong. That type of sandals were not made for another 10 years.”
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Not to nit-pick (read: just to nit-pick) that was the ’90s calling rather than the ’70s. A little less geezer than first imagined, but…
Had one of the fighters been “Cassius”, then it would have been the 70’s.
It’s also not that far off of historical — Don King had historical antecedents promoting and managing gladiators’ careers, too. Doing exactly this sort of thing.
There’s at least one historical-setting detective story whose premise is that one troupe of gladiators made a good living after they went into business for themselves, fixed all the fights, faked the deaths, and changed their names etc. when they moved on a different provincial stadium Cute if improbable idea. . .Don’t want to do as a spoiler, so I’ll stick it in as a tinyurl, to allow the title to be ignored by those who prefer:
https://tinyurl.com/ya8aapgc
“Cassius” would have been the ’60s calling…
I don’t associate Don King with the 70s as much as later.
And although he is a notable figure, I don’t associate him with any temporary fad or trend that we can say with certainty has passed. That is to say although I don’t hear about him much these days I don’t think he “went away”.
At 86, Don King Is ‘Semiretired’ but Still Working Every Angle
Of course it refers to the Mike Tyson / Evander Holyfield fight, in 1997.
I had a nice chat with a neighbor who was walking a small dog in a warm sweater, and the dog’s name was mentioned as Tyson. If I remember correctly what a boxer dog looks like, that isn’t Tyson’s breed. But I didn’t get a chance to ask about the name … just went away with my private guesses. Maybe Tyson is into tearing up chickens into parts; or even if not a boxer by breed, is he still a fighter? (No, not as in “dog fights”.)
@Mitch4 — maybe the dog’s father was named “Ty”?
I’ll mention this only because nobody else has: The position of “caesar” is a reasonable approximation of “king”.
Thanks, Ian — As it happens, I was just yesterday listening to “Episode 117: What’s In a Name?” of the History of English Podcast http://historyofenglishpodcast.com/ which mentioned that pattern we all sort of know about, “People also started to acquire second names based on their landholdings, place of origin, parent’s name, or some personal characteristic. These were the beginning of many modern surnames.”
If someone’s name is Smith – their family worked with a hammer generally on some sort of metal – iron, gold, silver, copper, etc.
Just about every reenactor of every period thinks that he/she is more authentic than the other reenactors and they need to work on their “kit”. (I admit to wearing black leather keds which have a buckle and look period under my petticoat ie. skirt.)
When we saw the movie “Gladiator” I turned to Robert and said – Somewhere there are gladiator reenactors saying “That’s wrong. That type of sandals were not made for another 10 years.”