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Post by Mr. Greene's October Surprise on Feb 8, 2020 10:19:54 GMT -5
Orson Bean, 91, and rather terribly, too:  |
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Post by Albert Fish Taco on Feb 8, 2020 12:03:51 GMT -5
Orson Bean, 91, and rather terribly, too: Good. I hope his final minutes were agonizing. Did you know Orson Bean was responsible for Breitbart? On the other hand I always enjoyed the 70’s Hobbit cartoon. |
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Post by Mr. Greene's October Surprise on Feb 8, 2020 13:10:55 GMT -5
Orson Bean, 91, and rather terribly, too: Good. I hope his final minutes were agonizing. Did you know Orson Bean was responsible for Breitbart? On the other hand I always enjoyed the 70’s Hobbit cartoon. He wasn't responsible for Breitbart; Andrew Breitbart just happened to marry one of his daughters. I don't think Orson Bean funded that in any way -- in fact, he seems to've been quite hep to the music of the day, since he mentioned the Trashmen's "Surfin' Bird" in the episode of I've Got A Secret where Berry Gordy showed up. |
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Post by Mr. Greene's October Surprise on Feb 8, 2020 18:19:44 GMT -5
Holy fuck, death comin' for everybody, these days; Robert Conrad -- Mr. James West, desperado, no you don't want nada -- has died. Only 84; I thought he was older than that. Also, famously (?), played the cop who torments Arnold Schwarzenegger in the holiday classic Jingle All Zee Vay. |
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Feb 9, 2020 7:39:27 GMT -5
Holy fuck, death comin' for everybody, these days; Robert Conrad -- Mr. James West, desperado, no you don't want nada -- has died. Only 84; I thought he was older than that. I watched a ton of Wild, Wild West reruns in middle school. It’s hard to believe that there were only 4 seasons, because I feel like I watched closer to 500 episodes than 100. Whoever came up with the idea “What if James Bond, but in the American West?” was a genius. |
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Post by Albert Fish Taco on Feb 9, 2020 13:52:32 GMT -5
Good. I hope his final minutes were agonizing. Did you know Orson Bean was responsible for Breitbart? On the other hand I always enjoyed the 70’s Hobbit cartoon. He wasn't responsible for Breitbart; Andrew Breitbart just happened to marry one of his daughters. I don't think Orson Bean funded that in any way -- in fact, he seems to've been quite hep to the music of the day, since he mentioned the Trashmen's "Surfin' Bird" in the episode of I've Got A Secret where Berry Gordy showed up. I read in “The Unwinding” by George Packer that at Breitbart was originally apolitical but Bean convinced him to follow Rush Limbaugh. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2020 21:48:54 GMT -5
DJ and producer Andrew Weatherall, one of the more refreshingly angst-free Englishmen of our time. |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Feb 24, 2020 10:42:41 GMT -5
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Post by Mr. Greene's October Surprise on Feb 25, 2020 10:42:59 GMT -5
Diana Serra Cary, the very last silent film star and silent film child star, who was known as "Baby Peggy" in her prime, died yesterday at age 101. What a long, incredible life. What an incredible person. You want to learn more about her, seek out Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room; it's a great documentary produced about her only a few years ago. And then maybe look up one of her silent films, if you don't mind a silent -- she's adorable in 'em. |
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Post by Floyd Dinnertime Barber on Feb 26, 2020 0:13:45 GMT -5
R.I.P. David Roback of Mazzy Star
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Post by Dellarigg on Feb 26, 2020 4:44:32 GMT -5
R.I.P. David Roback of Mazzy Star Just saw this on facebook - pretty sad news. 'Into Dust', apart from being a great song, was one of the nuts I felt I had to crack when I first picked up the guitar. |
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Feb 26, 2020 12:35:29 GMT -5
Peter Tork of the Monkees. Now only Michael and Mickey left.
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Post by Mr. Greene's October Surprise on Feb 26, 2020 13:28:01 GMT -5
Clive Cussler, author of (and, recently, author in-name-only of) innumerable "adventure" novels, has died.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Feb 26, 2020 14:45:30 GMT -5
Peter Tork of the Monkees. Now only Michael and Mickey left. Hate to tell you, Peter Tork died last year - Feb 21, 2019. |
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Post by Mr. Greene's October Surprise on Feb 26, 2020 14:47:50 GMT -5
Peter Tork of the Monkees. Now only Michael and Mickey left. Hate to tell you, Peter Tork died last year - Feb 21, 2019. ...shit, I was wondering why I was getting deja vu. |
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Feb 26, 2020 15:26:20 GMT -5
Peter Tork of the Monkees. Now only Michael and Mickey left. Hate to tell you, Peter Tork died last year - Feb 21, 2019. Huh. I think I saw someone's post on Facebook and didn't realize it was a memory. Never mind! |
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Post by Celebith on Feb 26, 2020 20:49:30 GMT -5
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Post by ganews on Feb 26, 2020 21:31:09 GMT -5
Well, he would have re-spawned at a previous save point, maybe nobody knows where that is. |
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Post by Nudeviking on Mar 2, 2020 19:28:08 GMT -5
RIP James Lipton of Inside the Actors Studio fame. I could have sworn you died like five years ago, but apparently not. You died sometime in the past few hours. |
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Post by Mr. Greene's October Surprise on Mar 2, 2020 20:43:45 GMT -5
RIP James Lipton of Inside the Actors Studio fame. I could have sworn you died like five years ago, but apparently not. You died sometime in the past few hours. Always surprised me how much older he was than he looked. |
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Mar 9, 2020 9:43:09 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2020 10:13:15 GMT -5
Do people in the U.S. still use The Seventh Seal as shorthand for "impenetrable foreign film"? Even as a dumbass teenager watching it on VHS, I could tell how wrong that assessment is. It's gorgeous and Monty Python-level funny at times. And then there's another teenage favorite, Strange Brew, perhaps the most lovably inconsequential movie ever. Bye, Max. |
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Mar 9, 2020 10:20:12 GMT -5
Do people in the U.S. still use The Seventh Seal as shorthand for "impenetrable foreign film"? Even as a dumbass teenager watching it on VHS, I could tell how wrong that assessment is. It's gorgeous and Monty Python-level funny at times. And then there's another teenage favorite, Strange Brew, perhaps the most lovably inconsequential movie ever. Bye, Max. Not a clue. I absolutely loved The Seventh Seal when I saw it years ago with my dad, who also loved it - and he's notorious for disliking subtitled movies because he's a slow reader and can never catch all the words. |
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Post by Mr. Greene's October Surprise on Mar 9, 2020 15:48:55 GMT -5
He seemed like one of those mainstays of cinema who would never die -- and I honestly thought he was older than 90. |
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Post by Floyd Dinnertime Barber on Mar 9, 2020 21:38:48 GMT -5
Max Von Sydow was great in so many movies, and had such a great range, from coldly creepy in movies like Needful Things and especially Three Days of the Condor, to wonderful scene chewing in movies like Flash Gordon and the aforementioned Strange Brew. Gonna miss that guy.
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Post by Nudeviking on Mar 9, 2020 23:42:13 GMT -5
That Variety article implying that Conan and Judge Dredd were shitty movie roles offends me. The dude ruled for being one of those actors that was equally good in serious films for cinephiles and shlocky ALL ACTION movies for idiots like me who want to see musclefucks swordfight wizards and sci-fi cops LAZERBLAST scumfuck criminals. |
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Post by Mr. Greene's October Surprise on Mar 10, 2020 1:51:21 GMT -5
That Variety article implying that Conan and Judge Dredd were shitty movie roles offends me. The dude ruled for being one of those actors that was equally good in serious films for cinephiles and shlocky ALL ACTION movies for idiots like me who want to see musclefucks swordfight wizards and sci-fi cops LAZERBLAST scumfuck criminals. I believe I'm still Facebook friends with the fellow who helped bring Judge Dredd to the screen and also helped for marketing and production on Star Wars and Alien, Mr. Charles Lippincott.  He's a lovely guy. |
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Post by repulsionist on Mar 21, 2020 2:15:38 GMT -5
A gambler knows when to fold them, Kenny. Amen.
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Post by Mr. Greene's October Surprise on Mar 21, 2020 3:20:39 GMT -5
Fuckin' hell, Kenny Rogers? |
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Post by Mr. Greene's October Surprise on Mar 24, 2020 17:22:43 GMT -5
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He's a lovely guy. 