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Post by Lurky McLurk on Nov 27, 2019 11:28:06 GMT -5
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Post by Dellarigg on Nov 27, 2019 12:32:10 GMT -5
A reminder that Clive James said Arnold Schwarzenegger looked like a condom full of walnuts.
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Post by Dellarigg on Nov 27, 2019 15:48:40 GMT -5
Another of his was this about Barry Manilow. 'Everyone you know hates him. Everyone you don't know loves him.'
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Post by Lurky McLurk on Nov 28, 2019 4:29:26 GMT -5
Another of his was this about Barry Manilow. 'Everyone you know hates him. Everyone you don't know loves him.' I really need to read James' Unreliable Memoirs. |
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Post by Prole Hole on Nov 29, 2019 11:28:07 GMT -5
Another of his was this about Barry Manilow. 'Everyone you know hates him. Everyone you don't know loves him.' I really need to read James' Unreliable Memoirs. He's a really fantastic writer and it's a shame that his public profile nosedived after the 80's. A really great wit and by all accounts a lovely man. |
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Post by Nudeviking on Dec 2, 2019 23:53:50 GMT -5
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Post by Celebith on Dec 5, 2019 0:56:19 GMT -5
Wow. I'm not as much of a Trekkie as others here, but still sad news.
D.C. Fontana, 80
EDIT: Every time I add a link when phoneboxing, it turns the whole thing into hypertext. Such a pain. Fontana was pretty heavily responsible for all the Vulcan lore and most of Spock's background. We probably would have had a 'logical' Spock without her, but not a very deep one. |
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Dec 8, 2019 15:08:32 GMT -5
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Post by Ben Grimm on Dec 8, 2019 17:32:22 GMT -5
Rene Auberjenois, of MASH, Deep Space Nine, Benson, and everything else, died at 79.
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Dec 8, 2019 18:51:41 GMT -5
Rene Auberjenois, of MASH, Deep Space Nine, Benson, and everything else, died at 79. I didn't know he was the French chef in The Little Mermaid until a couple of years ago. That was the best character in the movie.
It's also the day John Lennon was murdered in 1980.
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Post by Ben Grimm on Dec 8, 2019 19:15:36 GMT -5
It's also the day John Lennon was murdered in 1980.
I remember my mother crying about that, though I'm not sure I understood the significance until later. |
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Post by Nudeviking on Dec 8, 2019 19:28:56 GMT -5
Sesame Street was a huge part of my early childhood as is probably the case of everyone born between the mid-1960s and the early 1990s (I know it's still on TV today but feel like from the mid-90s on it was a bit less ubiquitous for than it was prior to that) so this bums me out a lot. I actually watched Christmas Eve on Sesame Street with my daughter this past weekend and was reminded of just how good Spinney was as an actor. The fact that he was able to convey so much emotion while dressed in a weird yellow bird puppet costume is really kind of amazing. |
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Post by Hachiman on Dec 8, 2019 19:31:17 GMT -5
Rene Auberjenois, of MASH, Deep Space Nine, Benson, and everything else, died at 79. Damn. He rejoined the Great Link. |
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Dec 8, 2019 23:16:18 GMT -5
It's also the day John Lennon was murdered in 1980.
In 1980 I was working in a TV shop, repairing VCR's. One day, in early December, we had the radio on, as usual. The guy at the next workbench says to me "They've played like 6 Beatles songs in a row, did somebody shoot John Lennon?" and we had a chuckle. It was maybe a week later when he actually was shot. I know that coincidence shook up my coworker, and I still get creeped out when I think about it. |
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Dec 9, 2019 10:25:43 GMT -5
It's also the day John Lennon was murdered in 1980.
I remember my mother crying about that, though I'm not sure I understood the significance until later. One of my earliest memories is of my mom coming into the livingroom crying and holding me that night. |
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Dec 23, 2019 14:13:24 GMT -5
Johanna Lindsey, author of dozens of extremely horny romance novels, has died. One of my colleagues here at the library attempted to find out how many books Lindsey wrote over her 42-year career. Google, as always, was indispensable in its helpfulness:  |
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Post by Dellarigg on Dec 30, 2019 8:33:09 GMT -5
RIP Neil Innes, of Bonzos, Python, and Rutles fame.
I listened to the Rutles for the first time in ages a few weeks ago. Really good stuff, right down to the accuracy of the stereo separation.
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Post by Ben Grimm on Dec 30, 2019 11:12:43 GMT -5
RIP Neil Innes, of Bonzos, Python, and Rutles fame. I listened to the Rutles for the first time in ages a few weeks ago. Really good stuff, right down to the accuracy of the stereo separation. Dammit. Loved pretty much everything he did. One of my favorites of his " Protest Song," which opens by saying "I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn." |
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Post by Prole Hole on Dec 30, 2019 12:31:11 GMT -5
RIP Neil Innes, of Bonzos, Python, and Rutles fame. I listened to the Rutles for the first time in ages a few weeks ago. Really good stuff, right down to the accuracy of the stereo separation. Dammit. Loved pretty much everything he did. One of my favorites of his " Protest Song," which opens by saying "I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn." Yeah that's a rough one, and so soon after we covered Archeology as well. Just a talent, such a supremely nice guy, and just an all round wonderful human being. Sad day indeed. |
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Post by Trurl on Dec 31, 2019 9:35:34 GMT -5
Damn, both Syd Mead and Vaughn Oliver. I've loved both of their artworks for much of life.
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Jan 2, 2020 7:38:28 GMT -5
Got our first celeb death of the decade, folks: Jack "I'm Just a Bill" Sheldon, age 88. (Okay, he died on the 27th of last year, but whatever.) Kind of sad that he's going to go down in history as "that guy from the edutainment song about electoral procedure," but at least he had a sense of humor about it.
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Post by Celebith on Jan 8, 2020 23:33:35 GMT -5
Holy fuck! Buck Henry  An underrated part of SNL's early seasons, Get Smart, and Quark, which I definitely enjoyed more than it deserved. |
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Post by MyNameIsNoneOfYourGoddamnBusin on Jan 9, 2020 16:09:37 GMT -5
Holy fuck! Buck Henry An underrated part of SNL's early seasons, Get Smart, and Quark, which I definitely enjoyed more than it deserved. For as impressive a resume he had, I still think of him most as the babysitting pedophile on SNL. |
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Jan 9, 2020 20:47:04 GMT -5
I would have loved to have seen Buck Henry and Charles Grodin in a series of road movies, ala Hope and Crosby. Or buddy cop movies. Or taking turns reading the phone book.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2020 14:32:12 GMT -5
Holy fuck! Buck Henry An underrated part of SNL's early seasons, Get Smart, and Quark, which I definitely enjoyed more than it deserved. I'm thinking Buck Henry has pulled a prank from beyond the grave, highlighting one of the, um, less-regarded entries in his writing career. ![]()  |
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Jan 10, 2020 16:28:05 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2020 16:48:51 GMT -5
He also wrote the lyrics. What other band drummer can say that? |
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Post by Celebith on Jan 10, 2020 17:09:02 GMT -5
Between celebrideaths and family stuff, this has been a horrible, horrible start to the year. At least we haven't nuked anything yet this year. |
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Post by Dellarigg on Jan 22, 2020 7:59:54 GMT -5
RIP Terry Jones from Monty Python. Finest nude organist this country ever produced. Well, that Wales ever produced.
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Post by Ben Grimm on Jan 22, 2020 8:37:21 GMT -5
RIP Terry Jones from Monty Python. Finest nude organist this country ever produced. Well, that Wales ever produced. Well, shit. I knew his health had been failing for a while, but he was such a foundational part of my childhood and my sense of humor and it's still sad to see him go. |
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