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[-] proudblond@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

This is obviously not at all important but Simpson was an (American) football player, not basketball.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Derp, I conflated him with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Former sportsmen who had roles in zany comedies (Simpson in The Naked Gun, Abdul-Jabbar in Airplane!)

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