Talk:Ric Ocasek

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Saturday Night Live appearance

Does his walking off the show during filming because he got tired of people making jokes about his name qualify for inclusion or not? Badbilltucker 19:42, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's notable enough for a mention.--Twintone 19:43, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Killers?

I can find no mention of Ric having been involved with any of The Killers' music. The only mention of any relation at all between them is an interview where the Killers' frontman mentions The Cars as having been a huge influence on his music. None of their albums mention Ric as having produced any of their work. I suspect that they are mentioned in error. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.84.39.125 (talk) 12:49, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fangoria?

"Ocasek was also an editor and major contributor to the magazine Fangoria, a cult horror b-movie fanzine." This is vandalism. The Cars were releasing records well before Fangoria first appeared in 1979, so if Ocasek was editimg or even contributing to the magazine, there'd be some documentation of it somewhere.

There is none. Bustter (talk) 22:20, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to track it back to the original vandal and found that until a few mnths ago the name of the magazine was "fantagoria" which does not even exist. Someone "corrected" the spelling without verifyingBustter (talk) 22:39, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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What happened to this article? "RICK and the Rabbits"? Really? Seriously? When did THIS happen?

It predates Wikipedia, predates the Internet as we know it today: Cars fanatics who read books like Frozen Fire or just about any old "rock encyclopedia", as used to be published frequently . . . It was Richard and the Rabbits, a name suggested by Jonathan Richman. Not "Rick and the Rabbits".

If I understand correctly, on the Milkwood album credits he went by "Richard Otcasek", and never "Rick" with a k.

The Wikipedia article for The Cars already reads "After Milkwood, Ocasek and Orr formed the group Richard and the Rabbits, whose name was suggested by Jonathan Richman."

So, I'm putting that in here.

At the moment, the only online source I've found is a LinkedIn page for . . . Oh, what was that guy's name . . . You know who I'm-- GREG HAWKES. Greg Hawkes lists his tenure in Richard and the Rabbits on his LinkedIn Page.

I suppose somebody's going to tell me that isn't really Greg's LinkedIn page, but for the moment, I'm going to believe in it, use it, and change the article.

Changing it to "Rick", in the first place, was the sort of thing that required a source, and a word or two here explaining it. --50.11.49.92 (talk) 02:58, 29 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]