Photos taken of famous people together that you would never have expected to be together but make you happy all the same.

As the thread has already established Alice Cooper hung out with everyone in the 70s, one of the benefits of chronic alcoholism.

yeah, i fugured it was too good not to have been posted, but couldn't remember seeing it recently. also, as you say, alice cooper.

Man, if I was rolling over to Groucho's house, I'd bring at least a 12-pack.

https://enfilme.com/img/content/958ecebc95f3f0ad2c475c9ad4ddfedd19.jpeg

Or anything here really: https://enfilme.com/notas-del-dia/fotografias-historicas-cuando-los-directores-de-cine-se-reunen-con-sus-colegas

That George Michael / Liza / DeVitto photo is a masterpiece of accidental Renaissance composition. Their respective heights and the angles of their faces are exquisite.

I wouldn't be surprised if this one was upthread somewhere:
https://i.redd.it/ucvd6idsssa71.jpg

Kim Gordon... and Gene Simmons? Don't know the others.

Steve MacDonald, Mike Watt, Kira Roessler (?)

MacDonald, Gordon, Watt, Kira ... and Gene Simmons. Granted, all bassists, but still weird to see Gene (with a crucifix?) in the mix.

It would be kind of like seeing all four members of Kiss posing with Ian MacKaye.

Gene looks like he's auditioning for Black Sabbath and Cypress Hill on the same day

Don't know if this one has come up before

https://dl.dropbox.com/scl/fi/n5xx0ampqqdct0plkwx3x/FB_IMG_1695159094323.jpg?rlkey=c5004a3xglf2ts7nwcfamcdub&dl=0

Who's the guy on the right?

Probably easier to recognize him without the sunglasses

https://cdn.magzter.com/1626675679/1685538246/articles/C8ROFjQXo1685692214499/THE-JOHN-RITTER-ONLY-WE-KNEW.jpg

John Ritter? I don't think he's well known enough not to be named tbh. Outside the US, that is.

Wow, when did John Ritter have that haircut?

When he did the "Ringo" TV film in 1978.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_(1978_film)

Ritter starred in They All Laughed (1981)...surely that film known outside the U.S.?

PROBLEM CHILD!

I did not recognize John Ritter in that photo, he looks like Ronnie Milsap or a member of the band Orleans.

he died the same day as Johnny Cash, and was overshadowed by the greater John' death

Ritter starred in They All Laughed (1981)...surely that film known outside the U.S.?

I'm not sure how serious you're being there, I've definitely heard of John Ritter and I've definitely never heard of that film.

It's Vincent Price on the left of the photo, in case anyone else didn't recognise him.

Carrie Fisher appears to be getting groped.

RINGO CANCELLED

lol I thought that was time traveling pre-Fleetwood Mac Stevie Nicks.

I thought Ringo was the handsy one, but it's actually Ritter. Maybe he was in character.

Maybe he was trying to cop a feel off Ringo but missed.

I'm not sure how serious you're being there, I've definitely heard of John Ritter and I've definitely never heard of that film.

Morbs had.

Bassist photo makes me retract my wishes for an all-bass Traveling Wilburys.

Replace Gene with Geddy for the Roy part and — it's probably still a bad idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjC0vMIrOAk

Missed a layup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN42uzNFVmQ

is there a version of that where you can see or hear any of the guests (beyond "STEE BOYS")?

I dunno, maybe on the Internet?

https://i.redd.it/9vjqetwoz5sz.jpg

https://www.photogriffon.com/photos-du-monde/Photos-rares-de-rencontres-incroyables-entre-acteurs/Justin-Timberlake-Jennifer-McGill-and-Ryan-Gosling.jpg

I guess that last one isn't surprising, but I never watched "The New Mickey Mouse Club."

https://img.assets-d.propublica.org/v5/images/20230819-Thomas-Koch-Lead.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=webp&fp-x=0.4981&fp-y=0.4488&h=1333&q=75&w=2000&s=30000a509bc6605ba8308d28f43c417a

nothing about this photo makes me happy

Well, David Koch being dead brings me a glimmer of hope for the guy on the left.

Who are these three?

Documentarian Ken Burns in the middle, don't know the other two.

It's conservative Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, beloved by many PBS documentary maven Ken Burns, and dead conservative billionaire activist David Koch. Who, to be fair, funded a lot of Burns docs, which doesn't make this so surprising. Just a gross glimpse of how the sausage is made.

And in the background is a person thinking "Get me the fuck away from all these assholes."

context: https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus

I'm not typically one to complain about US politics infecting ILX threads, but I feel like we could leave it off this one.

Is Ken Burns not well known outside the US?

not at all

tbh i think people outside the US are more likely to know what the ken burns effect is than who ken burns is.