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That IS his real name, in case you didn't know. (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Am I supposed to know whom this is?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (2 children)

His name is Taco Ockerse. He did a cover of Puttin' on the Ritz in the 80s. That's it, that's the whole joke. sigh I'll never get those 5 minutes back.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Wow, according to Wikipedia it's the name his parents put on his birth certificate the day he was born

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I’ll never get those 5 minutes back

You say that now, but some day you'll be at a social gathering with a bunch of GenX-ers and Boomers, and you'll need an anecdote that they will both relate to, in a way that won't infuriate either of them...and you'll have this particular musical trivia fact, in your back pocket.

You can go ahead and thank me, when that happens.

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