RIP.
A friend of mine who was pretty close with Jerry Belson once told me about Jerry's sharp sense of Schadenfreude. Exhibit A was a quote which started: "Yes, this was a good year for me, 'Exit To Eden' came out."
― Miami Jeeves And The Ties That Bind (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 12:11 (seven years ago) link
Also yet another chance to recommend the novel Martian Dawn, by Michael Friedman.
― Miami Jeeves And The Ties That Bind (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 12:14 (seven years ago) link
Donal Logue just told this story about Garry Marshall on fb:
"Now this is a story I heard second-hand (so take it with a grain of salt.) Back in 1990, Garry was directing an adaptation of the Terrence McNally play “Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune.” The film’s title was shortened to “Frankie and Johnny,” and starred Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino.I wasn’t there, but I feel confident the vibe on the set was less of a free-for-all than it was on “Dear God.” I don’t know Al Pacino, I met him only once to do a read-through of his Kervorkian project. While he was as nice as could be, I got the sense when he worked, he didn’t like to f**k around (as Tony Montana might say). I respect that. The proof ‘s in the pudding of his work and he’s on the Mount Rushmore of film actors as far as I’m concerned.So Al comes into the diner to film a scene with Michelle Pfeiffer and they’re doing the scene and it’s intense and all of a sudden, Pacino goes off. “What the f*&K?! Garry?! I’m doing this scene, I’m trying to work and I look over and I see myself in a MIRROR? What the hell is a god***ned mirror doing in here?!Garry comes over to placate Al and asks what’s wrong and Al points out some small mirror on the set (that I think was part of the diner) and that he could see himself and it was unacceptable. Garry agreed and apologized and told Al to go back to his trailer while he took care of the problem. So Al leaves the set and immediately Garry grabs a couple of PA’s and says, “Get on the phone, do whatever you have to do, but buy me the biggest damn mirror in New York and get it here as fast as possible.”A half hour later, Al Pacino comes back on set and Garry apologizes again and tells him everything’s fixed. Al nods and they roll the cameras, start the scene and when Al looks to his left, he’s staring at his reflection in a mirror it takes eight guys to hold in place. He laughs so hard, he cries."
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 14:25 (seven years ago) link
Hahahahahaha that is great
― woke newt (stevie), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 15:18 (seven years ago) link
I always liked Marshall as an actor - not just Lost in America but also in Soapdish, Keeping Up With The Steins and an episode of Murphy Brown
― 8 Whisps (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 15:39 (seven years ago) link
also as Myrna (Penny Marshall)'s brother in an Odd Couple ep (the whole family had the same vocal whine)
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 15:55 (seven years ago) link
Felix: It's like stereo!
― Miami Jeeves And The Ties That Bind (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 15:57 (seven years ago) link
former vikings/cardinals coach dennis green
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 July 2016 15:19 (seven years ago) link
Bassist/composer Dominic Duval (probably best known for his work with Cecil Taylor).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 22 July 2016 18:10 (seven years ago) link
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/arts/music/marni-nixon-singer-soprano-dies-86.html
Marni Nixon, singer.
― corbyn-based life form (suzy), Monday, 25 July 2016 12:27 (seven years ago) link
rip
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawshank_tree
― johnny crunch, Monday, 25 July 2016 18:15 (seven years ago) link
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/arts/music/marni-nixon-singer-soprano-dies-86.html🔗Marni Nixon, singer.
― The Professor of Hard Rain (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 July 2016 18:19 (seven years ago) link
i saw/heard Marni sing "Happy Birthday" in a comedy club 5 years ago, still had that voice. RIP.
(to Larry Storch if u must know)
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 July 2016 18:20 (seven years ago) link
Sandy Pearlman
http://bestclassicbands.com/sandy-pearlman-dead-blue-oyster-cult-producer-7-26-16/
― Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:36 (seven years ago) link
RIP Sandy ;_;
― 24 Hour Sex Ban Man (Tom D.), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:40 (seven years ago) link
Rip miss Cleo
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/cleo-iconic-tv-psychic-dead-cancer-53-article-1.2726689?utm_content=buffer524f6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=NYDailyNewsTw
― yolo mostly (sleepingbag), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 18:23 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxopPDMq7rs
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link
I saw that one coming.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 19:53 (seven years ago) link
Tim LaHaye Dies at 90; Fundamentalist Leader's Grisly Novels Sold Millions
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 21:49 (seven years ago) link
The Pitchfork obit for Sandy Pearlman is some kind of ...well, it's something:
http://pitchfork.com/news/67089-producer-sandy-pearlman-dead-at-72/
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 21:51 (seven years ago) link
Touching In Depth
― dow, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 22:21 (seven years ago) link
I got a fever and the only cure is an obit hurriedly compiled from a single source with an inappropriate bit tagged in the end
― lilcraigyboi (Craigo Boingo), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 06:18 (seven years ago) link
The other Richard Thompson, Cul De Sac cartoonist:
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/richard_thompson_rip/
And the very great cartoonist and illustrator Jack Davis. Weirdly, this is the only online obit I can find for him at the moment:
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2016-07-27/famed-cartoonist-jack-davis-noted-uga-bulldog-drawings-has-died
― Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 18:25 (seven years ago) link
Oh, what the fuck? What an awful two-fer.
― Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
Aw, man. Jack Davis's artwork accounts for like 25% of my pre-teen exposure to popular culture via MAD. I've got a great book of his art at home.
― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
I love Jack Davis too. Such a great style.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 18:33 (seven years ago) link
Thread that wouldn't exist/be the same without Davis: post movie posters done in a busy/claustrophobic caricature style from the 70s and 80s
― Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 18:39 (seven years ago) link
jesus, both of those are real losses.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 19:06 (seven years ago) link
RIP Jack Davis ... he was always gracious about doing UGA-themed art, hence the Athens newspaper obit ... I'd really like to read something comprehensive about his EC, Mad, and later work.
― Brad C., Wednesday, 27 July 2016 22:48 (seven years ago) link
Babylon 5's Jerry Doyle
http://www.tmz.com/2016/07/28/jerry-doyle-babylon-5-dead/
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 28 July 2016 20:31 (seven years ago) link
'Bout time it got its own threadhttp://projects.wsj.com/kwc/#chapter=intro🔗― 龜, Monday, April 28, 2014 6:18 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkOTM. Thanks for starting.
http://projects.wsj.com/kwc/#chapter=intro🔗
― 龜, Monday, April 28, 2014 6:18 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
OTM. Thanks for starting.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 28 July 2016 21:55 (seven years ago) link
oops why did it post that ?! I meant to say, I was just coming here to mention Doyle. That show is cursed! :(
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 28 July 2016 21:56 (seven years ago) link
Vivean Gray aka Mrs Mangel.
― Madchen, Friday, 29 July 2016 08:07 (seven years ago) link
Harry Dean Stanton
― heaven parker (anagram), Friday, 29 July 2016 08:53 (seven years ago) link
whoops, think that was just a rumour. hope so.
Wikipedia has the fateful "was" there.
― Mark G, Friday, 29 July 2016 09:15 (seven years ago) link
Also 'is', also Wikipedia.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 29 July 2016 09:21 (seven years ago) link
true..
http://en.mediamass.net/people/harry-dean-stanton/deathhoax.html
false.
― Mark G, Friday, 29 July 2016 09:23 (seven years ago) link
mediamass.net is a hoax site! (note D0rothydeejo Wr1ghtlee dismay upon learning of Harry's death in 2015)
but yeah, this does appear to be a lazy wiki vandal who didn't even bother to edit the body of the article
― hippie lady from california who loves that god (unregistered), Friday, 29 July 2016 10:20 (seven years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36922414
Jean Vivra Gray aka Mrs Mangel from neighbours in the late 80's.
― calzino, Friday, 29 July 2016 10:30 (seven years ago) link
^ already noted seven posts above yours
― heaven parker (anagram), Friday, 29 July 2016 11:23 (seven years ago) link
Deserves the second mention imo :)
― Madchen, Friday, 29 July 2016 11:24 (seven years ago) link
and she was in The Sullivans, too
― An artsy picture, but you know, she was a model. Really successful. (stevie), Saturday, 30 July 2016 13:49 (seven years ago) link
Wow, how was she still alive, she seemed 105 in the 80s!
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 1 August 2016 00:55 (seven years ago) link
Gloria DeHaven http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gloria-dehaven-dead-actress-singer-908539
― MrDasher, Monday, 1 August 2016 04:30 (seven years ago) link
despite Sandy Pearlman shit obit deplored upthread, this is well-done:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/27/arts/music/sandy-pearlman-producer-manager-and-lyricist-for-blue-oyster-cult-dies-at-72.html?smid=tw-nytimesarts&smtyp=cur&_r=0
― dow, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 00:45 (seven years ago) link
Indeed, thanks. Didn't he come up with nicknames for everybody in BÖC but only Buck kept his?
― Turn On Your Mike Lovelight (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 01:43 (seven years ago) link
Anyway time for a new screenname
― Dharmagideon Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 14:34 (seven years ago) link
David Huddleston, aka "The Big Lebowski"
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-david-huddleston-20160804-snap-story.html
― Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 August 2016 01:29 (seven years ago) link
also: Santa
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 August 2016 01:30 (seven years ago) link