Hey!! You kids don't remember the movie, Onion Head??
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I'll be honest here. I was surprised when I heard he'd died, because If you'd have asked me I'd have said he died years ago :p
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RIP Ernest Borgnine
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Jon Lord, keyboardist for Deep Purple, has died of a pancreatic cancer-related pulmonary embolism.
He was 71. One of the greatest rock keyboard players, EVAH. |
I remember seeing Ernest Borgnine on David Letterman once.
Dave made a comment to the effect '91 yrs old? My God, ya look great.' Borgnine leaned in and whispered (completely audibly) 'I masturbate a lot.' :lol2: |
Sir Alastair Burnet.
Remembered fondly by my brother and I for his Spitting Image puppet. Most notably for the line "Sir Alastair Burnet, white as ice-cream, so no worries here" following I assume a "report" on South Africa. No more or less obscure than remembering Derek Hatton (the uncle of the evil ex as it turns out) for being chained to a dungeon wall and accused of uttering the heretical phrase "Lancashire, la la la la" during a cricket game. |
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Mustang Sally, think you better slow your mustang down.
Mustang Sally, think you better slow your mustang down. You been running all over the town now. Oh! I guess I'll have to put your flat feet on the ground. All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride. All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride. All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride. One of these early mornings, oh, you gonna be wiping your weeping eyes. I bought you a brand new mustang 'bout nineteen sixty five Now you come around signifying a woman, you don't wanna let me ride. Mustang Sally, think you better slow your mustang down. You been running all over the town now. Oh! I guess I'll have to put your flat feet on the ground. All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride. All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride. All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride. |
I just read that Chad Everett died yesterday.
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RIP Ron Palillo
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1776155.html
I had a crush on him back then. I didn't even know he was gay. |
Another sweathog gone. :(
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RIP Phyllis Diller.
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First time I heard of her was in the Beastie Boys lyric, "I got more rhymes than Phyllis Diller"
I had to go to the reference library to look that up. I really did. I mean obviously it was pre-internet, but I mean I really did chase up stray references if my parents couldn't help me with them. Heterosexual for example (Mum confused it with homosexuality but it didn't fit in the context) and the Marquis de Sade who became a brief obsession of mine (although remained a lasting interest). Jonestown was another. Kids this days have everything at their fingertips. The bastards. |
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Nina Bawden
:cry: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19341736 She was in the "I assumed she died forever ago" category. I'm sad now I know she didn't. But now she did. Carrie's War, The Peppermint Pig, and The Amazing Mr Blunden are the three books that stayed with me from my childhood (not all written by her) |
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This makes me sad. All that work thrown away... A true hero.
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Thrown away?
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No significant human presence in space 40 odd years later. We are not Vulcans, robot missions are neat but lack the romance of humanizing space.
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When Kennedy said 'Let's go to the moon.', we went in nine years. Today, they say it'll take fifteen years to get to the moon. Hell, if'n we use 1960s technology we could do it this weekend. WTF? |
Well, after seeing his job outsourced to machines, and seeing his namesake disgraced, it has been a shitty month for him.
Seriously, I am saddened by this. He was the symbol of the greatest - or at least most symbolic and dramatic - human achievement to date. Now he has died of old age. It drives home how long it has been since we did this. |
Mentioned to my kids that Neal Armstrong had died and asked if they knew who he was, and they thought he was the Tour de France cheater. So I straightened them out, and they were all "oh, yeah, we knew that."
And then I saw on Facebook, a friend of mine who works at a university reported that many of his students were confusing Neal Armstrong, Lance Armstrong, and Neil Patrick Harris. Neil Patrick Harris? WTF! Doogie Howser? :facepalm: |
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The Neil Armstrong Space Museum is an icon to those of us who've travelled up and down I-75 near Wapakoneta. I went there as a kid, but now I'm thinking a second look would be nice.
By all reports, Mr Armstrong was an unassuming man. An engineer they wanted to make a star: a transition he shied away from. R.I.P. Rocket Man. :( |
Have you ever toured the soundstage where they filmed the landing? It's actually pretty small and unimpressive. The snack bar is cool though, they have these retro chairs and Tang and Space Food Sticks.
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Michael Clarke Duncan, best known for The Green Mile, died from complications from a heart attack. He was only 54.
He also had a very awesome and funny but short-lived role as the father of the girl Jake was dating on Two and a Half Men. RIP John Coffey :( |
that's one hell of a smile.
RIP. |
I liked the guy. First thing I saw him in was 'The Green Mile'. Good actor, and a great guy apparently. Craig Ferguson has had him on a lot, and they really let it hang out sometimes. Be interesting to watch Ferguson tonight (I think they tape a day ahead), I bet he makes a point to say something about Mr. Duncan's passing.
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I feel I should acknowledge the passing of Max Bygraves.
Dad has a couple of his albums, but mostly to annoy other people. He used to put them on when his brothers came round. Farewell then Max. One of your best known songs was You Need Hands. You don't any more. |
Bye bye Andy Williams. Gosh I remember his show. Remember Cookie Bear?
Thanks for so beautifully singing Mancini's Moon River, Andy. RIP. Damn song makes me cry anyway. :sniff: |
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Yahoo is reporting that Alex Karras has died.
I just read yesterday that his condition was deteriorating due to kidney failure. I believe he was also suffering from dementia. It's especially sad to see those big, nothing-can-harm-them-type guys go away. RIP, Mongo. |
On a somewhat related note, I read a few weeks ago that one of my favorite feetball players of all time, Jim McMahon, quarterback for the Chicago Bears, one of the toughest qbs in history, is suffering the early stages of dementia.
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He was among those suing the NFL for not doing much regarding head injurys and concussions. |
While he's not as famous as he deserves to be, I'm posting this here anyway.
John Jamieson Carswell 'Jack' Smart passed away on the 6th of October. http://www.monash.edu.au/news/show/vale-j.-j.-c.-smart Quote:
Although one time he knocked on my office door and asked for help with his computer, because there were cats running around on the screen and tearing holes in things. He got the idea of a screensaver pretty quickly for an octogenerian. |
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And I've never understood getting 'Jack' from 'John' anyway, it's not shorter, it's not easier to say, so, WTF?! |
How's this for thread drift....
PDX TV just had an ad for an event in Seattle. It's a display of King Tut's funerary items, The ad says it's the last time these will be on display in North America I took my family to see the exhibit that was here many years ago, and we were completely taken by the beauty, and their age. Although Steve Martin made Tut popular, that exhibit was better . If you can, take the opportunity to see this display. Seeing the real objects is so much better than any pictures. |
Larry Hagman. Goodbye JR, Major Nelson.
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Hector "Macho" Camacho
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I don't think you know Jack! :-) |
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One of my great-nephews is called Jack.
I'll introduce you. |
I would love to meet him. I'm sure he's a cool kid, if he's your nephew. :)
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There will be Jacks.
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I'm pleased to see no entry on either list matching my children's names.
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Knew she shoulda gone with Oscar and Felix. Or Diz. |
But then everyone wold think he was named after Dizzy rascal
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.. and Oscar Neimeyer
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Gerry Anderson, Thunderbirds creator, dies.
I didn't realize Trey Parker and Matt Stone were doing a riff on Anderson's Thunderbirds Series in Team America. |
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