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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 30, 2022 8:07:38 GMT -5
I remember liking Cinderfella.
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Post by foxley on Oct 30, 2022 8:11:24 GMT -5
Seriously though, I’d never heard of the reunion. Ah, oui, oui! With Dean Martin. On the telethon. That makes a lot more sense.
I was wondering why Jerry Lewis would be feuding with Steve Martin.
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 30, 2022 9:56:31 GMT -5
Ah, oui, oui! With Dean Martin. On the telethon. That makes a lot more sense.
I was wondering why Jerry Lewis would be feuding with Steve Martin. If I’m not looking in a mirror, I forget how old I am.
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 2, 2022 19:05:09 GMT -5
Julie Powell, the writer behind the Julie and Julia blog and book, which inspired the Nora Ephron movie, has died, of cardiac arrest, at age 49. Powell's blog consisted of her working her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, which grew to a large fanbase, leading to the book deal, which further led to the movie (in part, as it also parallels with Julia Child's time in France, learning about cooking French cuisine). Child herself dismissed the project as a gimmick, as Powell seemed more interested in getting through the book than discussing how the recipes turned out. However, fans of the blog and book disagreed and so did much of the film audience, though the film gives a parallel narrative that also explains Child's point of view.
Powell's follow up book, Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat and Obsession didn't earn her many fans, as she admitted to adultery, in the wake of her fame, as well as her journey in learning to butcher. She describes a two year-long affair, with an old boyfriend, which her husband figures out rather quickly, yet she wanted to remain married. It didn't paint a very flattering picture of her, including admission to sexual details of a more exotic nature. Even people who defended criticisms of her original book had little good to say about the second, starting with the fact that they considered it pretty boring. Julie and Julia had an enthusiasm and did discuss some interesting aspects of trying to use a book like Child's when ingredients are hard to come by, because of decline in use or expense and the intimidation factor of such things.
49 is pretty damn young.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 3, 2022 12:54:37 GMT -5
NFL Hall of Fame punter Ray Guy has passed away at age 72. To me he will always be the best punter to ever play the game. If you look at his stats now, they don't look like that much. But Guy was a game-changing kicker. The first punter to be taken in the first round of the draft and the first punter (and second pure kicker) to be in the Hall-of-Fame. He was absolutely a weapon.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2022 13:15:47 GMT -5
RIP to longtime comic inker Danny Bulanadi, who passed away today for chronic heart failure at age 76.
-M
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 3, 2022 14:24:29 GMT -5
RIP to longtime comic inker Danny Bulanadi, who passed away today for chronic heart failure at age 76. -M Safd. I never connected him as one of the Phillipino artists. I was never a fan but he was a pro and I respect what he did.
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Post by Cei-U! on Nov 4, 2022 5:13:24 GMT -5
RIP to longtime comic inker Danny Bulanadi, who passed away today for chronic heart failure at age 76. -M One of my favorite inkers from the mid-'80s. Sleep well, Mr. B.
Cei-U! I observe a moment of silence!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2022 11:28:49 GMT -5
Today I learnt that actor William Lucking died last year, at the age of 80. RIP to him.
Among other roles, Lucking played Colonel Lynch in THE A-TEAM. Lynch had ran the stockade that the A-Team had broken out of, and caused embarrassment to the US Army by turning the pursuit of the A-Team into a personal vendetta. He appeared in three episodes in total (four if you count the pilot as 2 parts).
I liked him in THE INCREDIBLE HULK’s “The Antowuk Horror”. He played store owner Harlen Bates, running a declining store in a ghost town. After a Hulk sighting in the town, Bates endangers his life by dressing up as a monster in order to attract tourists.
He was in so much else.
I know posting an obituary 12+ months after someone died may seem strange, but I only found out today, and it felt right to pay tribute to an actor who I saw in so many of my favourite childhood shows.
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 4, 2022 21:00:47 GMT -5
Today I learnt that actor William Lucking died last year, at the age of 80. RIP to him. Among other roles, Lucking played Colonel Lynch in THE A-TEAM. Lynch had ran the stockade that the A-Team had broken out of, and caused embarrassment to the US Army by turning the pursuit of the A-Team into a personal vendetta. He appeared in three episodes in total (four if you count the pilot as 2 parts). I liked him in THE INCREDIBLE HULK’s “The Antowuk Horror”. He played store owner Harlen Bates, running a declining store in a ghost town. After a Hulk sighting in the town, Bates endangers his life by dressing up as a monster in order to attract tourists. He was in so much else. I know posting an obituary 12+ months after someone died may seem strange, but I only found out today, and it felt right to pay tribute to an actor who I saw in so many of my favourite childhood shows. Used to see him in all kinds of things, including the Army recruiter who signs up Bill Murray and Harold Ramis, in Stripes, as well as every tv show under the sun, in the 70s and 80s. He was also in Captain America II, the second Reb Brown-starring tv movie pilot, as one of Christopher Lee's goons.... Gee, with exciting chase sequences like that, I can't understand why it didn't go to series! Seriously, that was the better of the two movies, which tells you how hard it was to sit through the first one. This one had a bit more action, though not particularly great stunt work (I think Christopher Lee got most of the budget) than the first and a better villain. Still better than the Matt Salinger movie, in my opinion.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2022 8:40:20 GMT -5
Actor Andrew Prine has died at the age of 86. RIP to him. I liked him as security chief “Stephen” in V and V: The Final Battle, plus countless other guest roles.
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 5, 2022 18:39:34 GMT -5
Actor Andrew Prine has died at the age of 86. RIP to him. I liked him as security chief “Stephen” in V and V: The Final Battle, plus countless other guest roles. He was also in the original Wonder Woman pilot film, with Cathy Lee Crosby. One of my favorite roles of his was in The Devil's Brigade. He portrays Pvt Ransom, a washout as a pilot and officer candidate, who escaped from a stockade to join the unit (The First Special Service Brigade, join Canadian and US special operations team), and tries to prove himself, but is reluctant to kill a sentry, on his first combat mission. The film has a lot of great character actors in it and his is one of the key characters.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 7, 2022 10:39:14 GMT -5
Artist Kevin O'Neill has passed at age 69. I obviously know O'Neill best from his stellar work with Alan Moore on The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. But his career was far more than that. I still need to dig deeper in to Marshal Law and Nemesis The Warlock.
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Post by tartanphantom on Nov 7, 2022 11:28:23 GMT -5
Artist Kevin O'Neill has passed at age 69. I obviously know O'Neill best from his stellar work with Alan Moore on The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. But his career was far more than that. I still need to dig deeper in to Marshal Law and Nemesis The Warlock. I love his work in Nemesis the Warlock. "Dark and disturbing" does not begin to describe Pat Mill's script, and O'Neill's artwork fit the bill perfectly.
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 7, 2022 11:29:56 GMT -5
O'neil was the master of ugly looking monsters.
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