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Post by Celebith on Jan 3, 2019 0:24:13 GMT -5
Are they dead? Let's check the thread!
Why don't we already have one of these? Well, now we do.
The humor is a bit childish, but I've loved Super Dave ever since seeing him on Bizarre* when I was a child myself. My favorite bit was him and Ray Charles doing some stunt driving on The Tonight Show, but I can't find that, so here he is with John Byner.
* I don't know why my parents let me watch Bizarre, but they were oddly permissive. I think they were happy if I just sat quietly and didn't ask too many questions.
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Post by Nudeviking on Jan 3, 2019 0:28:35 GMT -5
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAN bygod GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENE! Rest in power bruther!
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Jan 3, 2019 0:35:42 GMT -5
R.I.P Ray Sawyer (With the eye patch) from Dr Hook and the Medicine Show How could anybody not like these guys?
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Post by Celebith on Jan 3, 2019 0:45:29 GMT -5
R.I.P Ray Sawyer (With the eye patch) from Dr Hook and the Medicine Show How could anybody not like these guys?
I always sorta wondered why they were never on The Muppet Show - they seem like a good fit, and a Dr. Hook and Dr. Teeth and The Electric Medicine Mayhem Show would have been something. |
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Post by Dellarigg on Jan 3, 2019 4:51:50 GMT -5
RIP Marty Funkhauser, and one of the best guests on Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee.
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Jan 4, 2019 17:33:55 GMT -5
I think this was featured in Random Roles, being my intro to Albert Brooks:
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Post by ArchieLeach on Jan 5, 2019 8:44:41 GMT -5
I think this was featured in Random Roles, being my intro to Albert Brooks:
Born Albert Einstein! Haven't you ever heard of a no-win situation? Vietnam, THIS....
Obviously, Albert and Dave's parents were jokers. Must have been some household.
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Jan 5, 2019 18:52:57 GMT -5
Al Reinert, the director of the impressionistic Briano Eno-scored Apollo documentary For All Mankind, just died
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Post by Celebith on Jan 19, 2019 10:49:29 GMT -5
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Post by Dellarigg on Jan 20, 2019 7:17:21 GMT -5
Windsor Davies, British actor.
It's been amusing to see broadcasters try to find a usable clip from his most famous work, the 70s sitcom It Ain't Half Hot, Mum, about an army concert party in India in WWII. 99% of it is homophobic or racist quips, not to mention all the blacked-up actors doing their best Pakistani accents. Plenty more of this sort of thing on the way, I suppose.
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Jan 21, 2019 13:15:48 GMT -5
RIP, John Bogle, who took the index fund from theory to reality, and helped reduce saving and investing fees for millions of Americans (including me). |
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Post by Prole Hole on Jan 22, 2019 6:42:29 GMT -5
Windsor Davies, British actor. It's been amusing to see broadcasters try to find a usable clip from his most famous work, the 70s sitcom It Ain't Half Hot, Mum, about an army concert party in India in WWII. 99% of it is homophobic or racist quips, not to mention all the blacked-up actors doing their best Pakistani accents. Plenty more of this sort of thing on the way, I suppose. "Best" is an interesting choice of words in context. It really is amazing how openly racist IAHH,M is/was. It's a shame, because there is a lot of talent involved both behind and in front of the camera, and I admire the show for finding an interesting war angle that isn't just a rehash of overused settings and clichés, but vast chunks of it are utterly excruciating. I should add that Windsor Davies himself seems to have been a perfectly nice, charming gentleman. It's just the show that was beyond awful. |
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Post by Dellarigg on Jan 22, 2019 7:05:50 GMT -5
Windsor Davies, British actor. It's been amusing to see broadcasters try to find a usable clip from his most famous work, the 70s sitcom It Ain't Half Hot, Mum, about an army concert party in India in WWII. 99% of it is homophobic or racist quips, not to mention all the blacked-up actors doing their best Pakistani accents. Plenty more of this sort of thing on the way, I suppose. "Best" is an interesting choice of words in context. It really is amazing how openly racist IAHH,M is/was. It's a shame, because there is a lot of talent involved both behind and in front of the camera, and I admire the show for finding an interesting war angle that isn't just a rehash of overused settings and clichés, but vast chunks of it are utterly excruciating. I should add that Windsor Davies himself seems to have been a perfectly nice, charming gentleman. It's just the show that was beyond awful. I knew a theatre director who did a play with him, a good few years ago. Said he was smashing. I haven't seen the show since it went out (before I was woke), and have no real urge to watch it now, but I wonder if the Indian characters end up getting the better of the English in all the madcap situations they get into? Croft and Perry's MO was usually to prick pomposity, as I recall. Not that that making them noble savages would mitigate matters very much, of course. All I really remember is 'lah-de-dah Gunner Graham', a phrase that idly drifts across my mind sometimes when a professorial type is holding forth on the telly. |
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Post by Dellarigg on Feb 1, 2019 5:00:26 GMT -5
Jeremy Hardy, left wing comedian and stalwart of Radio 4 satirical news quiz shows. Died of cancer at 57. Didn't even know he was ill.
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Post by Prole Hole on Feb 1, 2019 12:00:18 GMT -5
Jeremy Hardy, left wing comedian and stalwart of Radio 4 satirical news quiz shows. Died of cancer at 57. Didn't even know he was ill. I just saw this and was incredibly sad. I absolutely love Hardy and have done since the start of his career. A terrible loss, that one. Speaks To THe Nation is one of my favourite radio shows of all time. |
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Post by Some Kind of Munster on Feb 5, 2019 9:14:59 GMT -5
Perhaps stretching the definition of "famous person", but RIP Alex Brown of NY hardcore legends Gorilla Biscuits |
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Post by Nudeviking on Feb 7, 2019 20:11:12 GMT -5
Baseball Hall of Famer and first African-American MLB Manager, Frank Robinson.  |
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Post by Pastafarian on Feb 8, 2019 19:22:11 GMT -5
Albert Finney, RIP  |
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Post by Celebith on Feb 8, 2019 19:43:34 GMT -5
Albert Finney, RIP Holy cow, does he look like Norm MacDonald   |
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Post by Ben Grimm on Feb 9, 2019 11:48:14 GMT -5
Fun Albert Finney fact: in addition to his main role in Miller's Crossing, he had a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo crossdressing as a maid in this scene:
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 9:58:06 GMT -5
Bruno Ganz, star of Wings of Desire and Herzog's Nosferatu
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 10:35:29 GMT -5
Bruno Ganz, star of Wings of Desire and Herzog's Nosferatu
Was gonna put the original Hitler rant from Downfall here but that might be in poor taste. So, this:
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Post by Celebith on Feb 16, 2019 15:29:49 GMT -5
Wings is one of my favorite movies - Peter Falk is much more believable in his role than the guy from Hill Street Blues, in the remake, anyway. 
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Post by dwarfoscar on Feb 17, 2019 13:49:35 GMT -5
Bruno Ganz, star of Wings of Desire and Herzog's Nosferatu
For a more recent great performance, he was excellent in the role of famous poet Virgil (it makes sense in the movie) in The House That Jack Built. |
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Post by ganews on Feb 21, 2019 12:05:32 GMT -5
Peter Tork has died at 77. He was my wife's favorite Monkee, and he put on a good show solo and with the group. I've seen him live with her five times; he's autographed a photo for her and we all took a picture together in 2005.
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Feb 21, 2019 22:13:35 GMT -5
Peter Tork has died at 77. He was my wife's favorite Monkee, and he put on a good show solo and with the group. I've seen him live with her five times; he's autographed a photo for her and we all took a picture together in 2005. Sometime in the mid 80's Peter Tork played at the local Holiday Inn. I don't remember if I didn't hear about it in time, or what, but I didn't go to the show. The Monkee's took what could have been a dead-end joke premise and went on to make some pretty amazing music. My favorite Peter Tork joke was when the National Lampoon or somebody ran a list of movie double features somebody should run, and one was Head and Shaft : Peter Tork and Dick RoundtreeR.I.P Peter Tork |
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Feb 21, 2019 23:26:56 GMT -5
Happened a week or two ago, but Clive Swift, best known as Richard from Keeping up appearances, died. Unfortunately I couldn’t find his wonderful “I’m forceful and executive!” bit from the episode where he goes golfing, so here’s Richard in one of his rare moments of respite, playing pool with Onslow at the pub:
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Post by Trurl on Mar 1, 2019 16:30:28 GMT -5
RIP Katherine Helmond. She is one of those people I really wished got better roles - she was perfect in Brazil but was stuck doing crap like "Who's the Boss".
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Mar 1, 2019 21:42:05 GMT -5
RIP Katherine Helmond. She is one of those people I really wished got better roles - she was perfect in Brazil but was stuck doing crap like "Who's the Boss". As long as we can all agree that "Soap" was the zenith of 70's television, and she, Richard Mulligan, and Robert Guillaume were it's heart, soul, and brains, we'll get along just fine. I don't think it's mentioned often enough that Helmond was also wonderful as the Sea Ogre's wife in Time Bandits. |
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