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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2017 14:23:44 GMT -5
I just read his story in Dangerous Visions this past weekend. I had heard the name before, but it was my first real exposure to his stuff. I'll have to seek out some more in his memory. -M |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 21, 2017 14:50:16 GMT -5
I just read his story in Dangerous Visions this past weekend. I had heard the name before, but it was my first real exposure to his stuff. I'll have to seek out some more in his memory. -M If you're looking for novels Non-Stop is probably his best regarded work. It's a dystopian look at a generation ship. Hothouse is a fix-up novel of four or five short works in which a giant tree covers half the world and plants are at the top of the food chain and humans...aren't. The Hellconia trilogy looks at a planet where, due to various astronomical factors the planet experiences seasons that last for eons. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 22, 2017 13:39:03 GMT -5
   I'm guessing that most of the yanks in the forum won't know him, but Bruce Forsyth passed away on 18th August at the age of 89. It's hard to overstate just what a national treasure Forsyth was here in the UK. He began his television career before the Second World War and has been a constant on our screens from the late '50s right up to the present. With a whole host of memorable catchphrases that have long since entered the common vernacular here in the UK, and with the most famous chin on televison, Forsyth has, at various times, been Britain's highest-paid TV star and is even in the Guinness Book of Records for having had the longest television career of any male entertainer. Here's the BBC news article about his passing... www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40978576The thing with Bruce was that, although he was corny as hell, he was also genuinely funny and fully embraced his corniness -- often playing with it, which was a big part of why he was so popular in Britain. One of the things that I've been most struck by on Facebook is how many different people, young and old, and irrespective of social or racial background, have posted loving tributes to him, stating that he was "a legend" or their favourite TV presenter. The thing about Forsyth's death though is that it really does feel like the end of an era. The end of a Golden Age of TV entertainers who came out of British music hall. Forsyth really was the last of those old, great, all-round entertainers. He could dance, sing, act, play piano, do comedy, and even do magic tricks. He was also a genuinely entertaining gameshow host. A real all-time great! We won't see his like again. RIP Mr. Forsyth and thanks for making life in these drab, rainy islands that bit sunnier. Only saw him via Youtube, but felt like I knew him via references in things like The Vicar of Dibley. Nice to have seen you, to have seen you nice. RIP |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 23:51:53 GMT -5
RIP to the Village Voice, which will cease publication after 62 years. NY times article about its demise. There is some hope it will place content in other media outlets but will no long publish. -M |
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Post by Jesse on Aug 27, 2017 14:27:49 GMT -5
Legendary horror director Tobe Hooper passed away yesterday.  He was probably most known for the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Poltergeist. I'm actually a fan of some of his lesser known works like Eaten Alive and Lifeforce. I've been meaning to watch his Salem's Lot for awhile now. |
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Post by Warmonger on Aug 27, 2017 15:10:17 GMT -5
Legendary horror director Tobe Hooper passed away yesterday. He was probably most known for the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Poltergeist. I'm actually a fan of some of his lesser known works like Eaten Alive and Lifeforce. I've been meaning to watch his Salem's Lot for awhile now. RIP Tobe Hooper Lifeforce is one of those really underrated, schlocky horror gems. And Hooper's Salems Lot is great. The scene of the kid vampire tapping on the window used to freak me out when I was younger. And the master vampire has a frightening Nosferatu-esque appearance. |
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Post by Confessor on Aug 28, 2017 13:24:09 GMT -5
Legendary horror director Tobe Hooper passed away yesterday. He was probably most known for the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Poltergeist. I saw this on Facebook and was surprised to see Poltergeist mentioned; for some reason, I had always thought that was a Steven Spielberg directed movie. Weird. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2017 23:24:18 GMT -5
RIP to a long time member of our former CBR community, Robert Bradley. I know some here knew him, so my condolences on your loss. Brian Cronin broke the news of his loss over on CBR. A tribute/eulogy for him can be found here-M |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2017 20:32:31 GMT -5
RIP to Richard Anderson, best known for his role as Oscar Goldman on The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman. He was 91. Obit can be found here-M |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2017 20:42:37 GMT -5
I met Richard Anderson once in the 90's and we've only chit chat while he arriving in LA to do a project and I was on my way home from Disneyland. I thanked him for his role as Oscar Goldman and he was perfect for that role. Our conversation lasted 5-7 minutes and that's lasted an eternity for me.
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 1, 2017 0:45:48 GMT -5
Anderson wasn't necessarily the greatest actor around; but, he had some great moments. I was just thinking about the Six Million Dollar Man today. In the pilot movie, Oscar is a pretty nasty character, as portrayed by Darren McGavin; not so Richard Anderson's Oscar. So long, Pal.....  Of course, don't forget, he was the one who framed Dr Richard Kimble! |
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 1, 2017 5:11:06 GMT -5
He was great in the TV movie "The Night Strangler" which led to the Nigh Stalker Tv series.
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 2, 2017 19:22:47 GMT -5
Comic Shelly Berman has also passed away.   Berman was one of the influential nightclub comics who helped alter stand-up comedy from just rapid jokes and one-liners into observational humor and improv. He was one of the Compass Players, one of the proto-improv groups, in Chicago. Their alumni include Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Alan Arkin, Del Close, Severn Darden, Valerie Harper, Linda Lavin, Barbara Harris, Ron Liebman, and Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller. Del Close and director Paul Sills would then turn their experiences toward the creation of Second City. Berman was noted for routines involving one side of a phone conversation, much in the manner of Bob Newhart's routines (where he also reacts to an unseen conversant). Berman was a major part of that Chicago improv/stand-up scene that moved comedy beyond the Borscht Belt style, paving the way for guys like Lewis Black and Steve Martin. Berman was influenced by the brilliant satirist Mort Sahl and then passed that on to subsequent generations, especially the Second City generations. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2017 16:20:58 GMT -5
RIP Walter Becker, co-founder of Steely Dan.
-M
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 8, 2017 15:24:00 GMT -5
R. I. P. Don Williams. Country Music Hall-of-Famer Don Williams has passed away at the age of 78. I'll admit that I was never the biggest Don Williams fan. But I'll be damned he didn't come across as one of the most likeable guys in show-biz. And if his music never set my world on fire, it was always well-crafted and listenable.
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