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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2022 18:25:31 GMT -5
RIP Kazuki Takahashi, creator of the Yu-Gi Oh! manga that inspired an entire industry form comics, anime, CCGs and more, was found dead this week in the Sea of Japan, in an apparent snorkeling accident. Police are investigating it as a potential accident or crime, no determination has been made yet. The body was found in the water still wearing snorkeling gear and mask. Takahashi was only 60.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 7, 2022 20:28:08 GMT -5
James Caan has passed away at age 82. A truly exceptional actor when he wanted to be, he created one of the great Italian gangsters in Sonny Corleone. Also excellent in Brian's Song, Thief, and Gardens of Stone. And I have far too much love for Rollerball.  I'm right there with Rollerball, and Thief and Gardens of Stone. I saw the latter, in college, as a midshipman and fell in love with it, as it kind of gets to the heart of what some of the professional military went through, in relation to Vietnam, while caught up in political struggles at home. It also gets right to the heart of leadership vs authority and a professional doing a job. It gets at the heart of what a noncom does and also what a soldiers goal is: get himself and his comrades home, alive. Failing that, his next duty is to honor his fallen comrades. Really underrated movie and Caan is brilliant in it. Alien Nation is another favorite and is is so believable as a cop. Great chemistry with Mandy Patankin. Also, the tv movie, Brian's Song, with Billy Dee Williams, as Gayle Sayers. Saw that when it was first broadcast and Caan really nailed it. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 7, 2022 20:30:06 GMT -5
RIP Kazuki Takahashi, creator of the Yu-Gi Oh! manga that inspired an entire industry form comics, anime, CCGs and more, was found dead this week in the Sea of Japan, in an apparent snorkeling accident. Police are investigating it as a potential accident or crime, no determination has been made yet. The body was found in the water still wearing snorkeling gear and mask. Takahashi was only 60. -M Saw that at work. Never read his work; but, I sold quite a bit of it, at B&N. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 8, 2022 12:23:37 GMT -5
Pioneering comics historian R. C. Harvey has passed away. Harvey's "The Art of the Funnies" was published by University of Mississippi Press in 1994. I've got that book as well as "The Art of the Comic Book," "Milton Caniff: Conversations" and his biography of Caniff (which is an enormous and daunting tome).  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 8, 2022 12:27:53 GMT -5
And we also lost comic actor Larry Storch. Probably best known teamed with Forrest Tucker on F-Troop and Ghost Busters, as well as his voice work on Tennessee Tuxedo and friends. Storch guest starred on seemingly every comedy series of the 60s and 70s.  |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 8, 2022 15:33:50 GMT -5
I met R.C. Harvey at ComicCon around twenty years back. I got him to autograph my copies of Art of the Fuunnies and Art of the Comic Book. A really nice guy who knew what the heck he was talking about, he had a profound effect on my own understanding of the medium. Rest in peace, Bob.
Cei-U!
Gonna miss Larry Storch, too!
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 8, 2022 15:45:03 GMT -5
James Caan, Larry Storch, R.C. Harvey. The Grim Reaper has been extremely cruel this week
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Post by Confessor on Jul 8, 2022 17:03:56 GMT -5
And we also lost comic actor Larry Storch. Probably best known teamed with Forrest Tucker on F-Troop and Ghostbusters, as well as his voice work on Tennessee Tuxedo and friends. Storch guest starred on seemingly every comedy series of the 60s and 70s. I've never heard of Larry Storch, but after reading your post I was looking at his picture and thinking, "who the hell did he play in Ghostbusters?!" So I dashed off to Wikipedia and it turns out it wasn't the 1984 feature film, as I assumed, but an entirely unrelated U.S. sitcom called The Ghost Busters from 1975. That explains me not recognising him, of course, but also -- I had no idea there had been an earlier U.S. comedy series with such a similar name to the blockbuster movie starring Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver etc, etc. Crazy! |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 8, 2022 17:12:43 GMT -5
And we also lost comic actor Larry Storch. Probably best known teamed with Forrest Tucker on F-Troop and Ghostbusters, as well as his voice work on Tennessee Tuxedo and friends. Storch guest starred on seemingly every comedy series of the 60s and 70s. I've never heard of Larry Storch, but after reading your post I was looking at his picture and thinking, "who the hell did he play in Ghostbusters?!" So I dashed off to Wikipedia and it turns out it wasn't the 1984 feature film, as I assumed, but an entirely unrelated U.S. sitcom called The Ghost Busters from 1975. That explains me not recognising him, of course, but also -- I had no idea there had been an earlier U.S. comedy series with such a similar name to the blockbuster movie starting Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver etc, etc. Crazy! I wrote that without looking it up. But, yeah, it was a Saturday morning live action show that hit when I was 8 years old and, for whatever reason, I was very drawn to it. Apparently Columbia was unaware of it when they were producing Ghostbusters the movie and had to pay Filmation big bucks to use the name. It became even more confusing in 1986 when there were rival cartoons based on the two "Ghostbusters" and "The Real Ghostbusters." |
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Post by Confessor on Jul 8, 2022 17:19:10 GMT -5
I've never heard of Larry Storch, but after reading your post I was looking at his picture and thinking, "who the hell did he play in Ghostbusters?!" So I dashed off to Wikipedia and it turns out it wasn't the 1984 feature film, as I assumed, but an entirely unrelated U.S. sitcom called The Ghost Busters from 1975. That explains me not recognising him, of course, but also -- I had no idea there had been an earlier U.S. comedy series with such a similar name to the blockbuster movie starting Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver etc, etc. Crazy! I wrote that without looking it up. But, yeah, it was a Saturday morning live action show that hit when I was 8 years old and, for whatever reason, I was very drawn to it. Apparently Columbia was unaware of it when they were producing Ghostbusters the movie and had to pay Filmation big bucks to use the name. It became even more confusing in 1986 when there were rival cartoons based on the two "Ghostbusters" and "The Real Ghostbusters." Ah-ha! So that explains why the kiddie's cartoon adventures of Dr. Pete Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler et al was called The Real Ghostbusters. I always wondered about that. Mystery solved!  |
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Post by Rob Allen on Jul 8, 2022 20:01:37 GMT -5
Larry Storch was 99 and a half years old. I hoped he would make it to 100.
His Corporal Agarn changed the world's pronunciation of a city in New Jersey. The character hailed from Passaic, NJ. Before Agarn, people pronounced it as two syllables - pa-SAKE. But Agarn made it three - pa-SAY-ik - and that's how most people who've never been there say it now, and even some who have.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 8, 2022 20:42:01 GMT -5
Tony Sirico, The Soprano's Paulie Walnuts, 79- R.I.P.  |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 8, 2022 20:50:43 GMT -5
Well, this sucks.
I never met RC Harvey, though he was living nearby, In Champaign, IL, at one point. I had Art of Comic Books and used to read his column in The Comics Journal and contributions to CBG.
Larry Storch was a big part of my childhood, between guest appearances in things like Gilligan's Island, F-Troop and his work in cartoons. Tennessee Tuxedo was one of my favorites and he got to work with his lifelong best friend Don Adams. They grew up together and attended Dewitt Clinton HS, which was also the alma mater for Bob Kane, Will Eisner and Stan Lee! I also read that when he served in the US Navy, one of his shipmates on the USS Proteus was Tony Curtis.
I watched Ghost Busters a couple of times; it was okay, but I was never too wild about the Filmation live shows, as they got pretty corny and were also very low budget. Shazam and Isis were an exception, as was Space Academy and Jason of Star Command.
Storch was on of the key voice artists of one of my favorites: The Groovie Goolies. He and Howard Morris seemed to voice about a third to a half of Filmation's shows. IMDB lists him as voicing the Joker, on The Adv of Batman; but, I still contend that is a mistake. I've watched every episode and I'm pretty certain it is Ted Knight, who also voiced The Penguin and the Riddler. The credits just list the actors as a group, rather than by role, and I think he did some others; but, someone got their facts mixed up.
I had the Tennessee Tuxedo box set and Storch did commentary for some of the episodes. Of course, he voice Phineas J Whoopee, with his 3-D BB (3-Dimensional Blackboard). I learned so much from those segments, as a kid.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 8, 2022 22:40:29 GMT -5
Tony Sirico, The Soprano's Paulie Walnuts, 79- R.I.P. As Paulie once said, “Sun-Tuh-Zoo. He’s Chinese Prince Matchabell.” And also, on the propects of how long you spend in purgatory: "That's different for everybody. You add up all your mortal sins and multiply that number by 50. Then you add up all your venial sins and multiply that by 25. You add that together and that's your sentence. I figure I'm gonna have to do 6,000 years before I get accepted into heaven and 6,000 years is nothin' in eternity terms. I can do that standing on my head. It's like a couple of days here." Loved the hair, the look, and the wisdom of Paulie Gualtieri. Sirico was the real deal. |
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Post by foxley on Jul 8, 2022 23:33:58 GMT -5
And we also lost comic actor Larry Storch. Probably best known teamed with Forrest Tucker on F-Troop and Ghost Busters, as well as his voice work on Tennessee Tuxedo and friends. Storch guest starred on seemingly every comedy series of the 60s and 70s. This is another case where I have to admit that I hadn't realised Larry Storch was still alive until I heard of his death. 
I loved F Troop when I was a kid. I recently caught a few episodes while I was home sick, and was pleasantly surprised how well the humour holds up: unlike some other sitcoms of a similar generation. Undoubtedly, its historical setting helps (as it doesn't rely on contemporary references), but much of its brilliance has to be laid at the feet of its three stars: Ken Berry, Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch.
R.I.P. Larry Storch.
"I don't know why everyone says you're dumb, Agarn."
"Who says I'm dumb?!"
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