Stu’s Hunt Down: Jack Carlson
Posted on January 17th, 2008 – 12:00 PMBy Michael Rand
Name: Jack Carlson
Claim to Fame, Minnesota: born up on the Range, Carlson played hoc-key for both the Minnesota Fighting Saints of the old World Hockey Association and the Minnesota North Stars. Racked up 1,111 penalty minutes in 508 career games. Is that a lot? Here’s a glimpse of Jack in action. That looks like it hurts.
Claim to Fame, Everywhere Else: his brothers Steve and Jeff were two of the Hanson Brothers in the immortal Slap Shot. He would have been the third Hanson had he not been called up by Edmonton. That role instead went to Taylor Hanson*.
Where He Is Now: the most recent items I could dig up had him doing some work with former teammate Bill Butters at Hockey Ministries International.
Glorious Randomness: Here’s another glimpse of Jack in action, this time for the New England Whalers. I believe the Whalers subsequently moved to a puck hotbed like Santa Fe or Barstow.
*No, it did not. But you will be humming that song the rest of the day. You’re welcome.
16 Responses to "Stu’s Hunt Down: Jack Carlson"
Stu
I refuse to watch that Hanson clip, that is pure evil. You should give people a little more warning.
Why jama ? It’s hysterical !! Not only the Hanson Brothers themselves, but the “enforcers” on both sides, but I saw it when it first came out and I might have been in the mood for slapstick/hockey then ….I was so much older then. I’m younger than that now …
P3
Click on the Taylor Hanson link and you will see what I am talking about.
I think Quagmire had quite the crush on Taylor Hanson if my memory serves me correctly.
Peter Griffin: Let’s say none of us were married. If you could have any woman in the world…who would it be?
Glen Quagmire: Taylor Hanson.
- Awkward Pause -
Joe Swanson: Taylor Hanson is a guy.
Quagmire: (Laughs nervously) You guys are yanking me. “Hey, let’s put one over on Quagmire.”
Peter: No. He’s actually a guy, Quagmire.
Quagmire: What? That’s insane. That’s impossible. Oh god! Oh my god! I’ve got all these magazines. Oh god!
On a complete side note:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/01/17/winter.weather.ap/index.html
Can you imagine what would happen if every time it snowed or there was sleet the schools closed? The poor kids would be in school until the end of July.
Thanks Dave, Oh how much I love Quagmire. Wait, Oh god…
Thanks P3…you say you watch it because it’s hysterical, but I think it clears up a lot of questions we had about your sexuality.
Give me a grape and an orange - and none of that stinkin’ root beer!
Boy, every piece of garbage that comes into the market and the North Stars gotta buy it.
I barely remember the movie only that the hockey enforcer scenes were over the top, but now that I got the heads up about the sphinc..r boyz I’ll skip the hyperlink, but in any event Joker, I wasn’t aware there were “a lot of questions we had about your sexuality”..surely not from my happy female friends
Please note the word “friends”…a lot of the women I date have a lot of gay friends as well.
I we going to a new low now joker ? Giving out a sexual resume is insulting to me..and you, ay
Jon: you should know that I included this in the original Hunt Down. I can understand why Rand edited it out, as he enjoys employment, and it was in no way relevant to Jack Carlson. Still, Brian Bellows is a superstar, and people need to know.
VH1 put Hanson’s MMMBop at #20 on their list of the 100 greatest songs of the 90s. Don’t ask me why I watched all 5 hours of the marathon.
Don’t ask me why I watched all 5 hours of the marathon.
You were stunned by music being played on a music channel, if I had to hazard a guess. Granted, it was a 20-second burst followed by the dude from Charmed talking about how awesome/cheesy the song was, but still.
A 30 year old movie like that was assuredly viewed by many/most in an altered state…
