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TIL Mr. T stopped wearing virtually all his gold, one of his identifying marks, after helping with the cleanup after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He said, "I felt it would be insensitive and disrespectf (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] freebrick@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mr. Terrific

[–] Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Wow Mr.T would have actually been a great cast for mr. Terrific on the arrowverse

[–] mPony@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Mr T was once a special guest on the Canadian sketch TV show Bizarre where he fought Super Dave Osborne, and Mr T did more than just beat the shit out of him. and yes, this is the one where they dropped a casual gay slur (in true early-1980's fashion.) Before A-team, and before Eddie Murphy goofed on him in Delirious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wACnY-_snuo