lol
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 April 2018 02:37 (six years ago) link
ronald chesney
― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 16 April 2018 11:17 (six years ago) link
Mostly for local Cleveland interest, but if you saw the documentary you know him: Maurice Reedus Jr., Cleveland's "Sax Man"
https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2018/04/16/the-sax-man-maurice-reedus-jr-has-passed-away
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Monday, 16 April 2018 20:07 (six years ago) link
Ah man, Harry Anderson:
http://www.wspa.com/news/night-court-actor-harry-anderson-dies-in-asheville/1126241637
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 April 2018 22:34 (six years ago) link
Wow, we never did have a Night Court thread.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 April 2018 22:35 (six years ago) link
I don't think night court got screened much in the UK but i always loved his cameos in cheers
― Lou Grant, the Iranian cinema of late '70s TV (stevie), Monday, 16 April 2018 22:37 (six years ago) link
Well... NIGHT CORUT
Probably not the time, huh.
― Dethloaf LLC (Old Lunch), Monday, 16 April 2018 22:39 (six years ago) link
Still works!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 April 2018 22:42 (six years ago) link
Never watched NC, but I remember Anderson doing magic tricks on SNL.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 01:32 (six years ago) link
;_; i loved night court, one of the random reruns we got in AustraliaRIP Harry. He was a delight. Also grownup Richie Tozier in the It miniseries. Beep beep :(
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 01:42 (six years ago) link
I love it.
When Harry Anderson used to shop at Zanadu Comics' university district store location in Seattle, he liked to attempt the same cash pranks that his "Harry the Hat" used on CHEERS. He did it often enough that the owner warned all his cashiers! Truly a character, on and off stage.— John Jackson Miller (@jjmfaraway) April 17, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 01:48 (six years ago) link
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 01:58 (six years ago) link
The social media reactions of his Night Court colleagues are unusually raw and heartfelt. They loved this guy.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 07:49 (six years ago) link
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/17/528656453/npr-newscaster-carl-kasell-dies-at-84-after-a-lifelong-career-on-air
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
;_;crosses “Karl Cassell voicemail message” off my bucket list
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 20:14 (six years ago) link
Barbara Bush
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 23:54 (six years ago) link
Willow https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/17/queen-devastated-loss-last-remaining-corgi/amp/
― StanM, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link
Where does this fascination with British royal family come from, Stan?
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 18:08 (six years ago) link
I know that the queen, like many other people, loves her dogs, but fucked if I know why anyone else would care about them.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 18:09 (six years ago) link
I don't actually know - maybe it's because some belgian newspapers and magazines want the number of visitors and controversial/stupid commenters that the daily mail has (because of the clicks), so they shamelessly steal a lot of those stories. There's a disproportionately large number of meghan and harry stories in there as well, for instance, even though even less people care about them over here than in the uk.
― StanM, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 18:36 (six years ago) link
Relieved that the above, contrary to my initial reaction, was not in fact a flip notice of Warwick Davis's premature demise.
― Across the You Never Her (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 18:42 (six years ago) link
The British care about their royalty so that the French can continue making fun of them.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 18:44 (six years ago) link
And to piss off Quebec.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link
Who says we care? Anyway, Stan is from Belgium!
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 18:54 (six years ago) link
Oh, nm. They have royalty of their own, though. Do Danes and Swedes and Spaniards care as well?
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 18:56 (six years ago) link
I've no idea, it was little inside joke on StanM's previous posting history, but, as you say, nm.
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 18:58 (six years ago) link
Ah, I see. Thanks for filling me in.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 18:58 (six years ago) link
characterising Brits as ppl that care about royalty is as false as saying all French ppl sleep with their high-school teachers:p
― calzino, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 19:02 (six years ago) link
More like they care more than they'd like to admit or they would've gotten rid of them long ago.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 19:03 (six years ago) link
To be fair, that's less ridiculous than English Canadians' inexplicable attachment to the British crown (only 4/10 support severing ties after the queen's death).
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 19:06 (six years ago) link
hail, north american fred
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 19:08 (six years ago) link
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Wednesday, April 18, 2018 11:54 AM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the royalty is very popular in britain tbh.
― Louis Jägermeister (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
there is a weekly rag called Hello Canada that has a royal on the cover of every issue.
― adam the (abanana), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
Do they run through all 2,000 people in the line of succession and then loop around or what
― valorous wokelord (silby), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 19:22 (six years ago) link
I don't think YouGov would ever publish a poll with data from regions of the country where a reasonably large chunk of the population loathe them, or want them abolished. That wouldn't be of any use to them.
― calzino, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 19:29 (six years ago) link
That's why no-one gives a flying fuck about Harry's forthcoming wedding I suppose|?
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 20:07 (six years ago) link
wtf Dale Winton
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/dale-winton-dead-supermarket-sweep-12388152
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
what the hell
― Mahogany Loggins (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 20:40 (six years ago) link
Randy Scruggs
https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/randy-scruggs-musician-and-songwriter-dead-at-64-w519271
― nickn, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 20:42 (six years ago) link
oh shit not dale, jesus fuck
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
Dale Winton has given a few interviews over the past few years talking about his mental health and depression, his mother taking her own life, the way that nobody wanted to date him. He's barely been on anything in recent years.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 20:48 (six years ago) link
― calzino, Wednesday, April 18, 2018 12:29 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
any data I've ever seen that breaks things down regionally shows that the area in england with lowest enthusiasm for the royals is by a long distance london.
― Louis Jägermeister (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 20:56 (six years ago) link
sad about Dale Winton. RIP.
― Louis Jägermeister (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link
I feel strongly that if there were a royal referendum they would win, but it would be a much closer result than polling data suggests. Why do think SS uniform boy wants to depoliticise his wedding? Anyway I'll stop RIP derail!
― calzino, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 21:28 (six years ago) link
I used to skip morning classes at sixth form to watch supermarket sweep. It was such an odd game show, so ultra stylised, Dale was obviously perfect for it. Can't say I've been a fan of anything since (christ his radio shows were not great) but still very sad news.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 23:05 (six years ago) link
i love the mundane fantasy of loading up your cart with everything being free. it feels more powerful than someone winning a car, say. i would like to see a survivor-style remake of supermarket sweep where they had a few minutes to gather enough to feed themselves for a week.
― adam the (abanana), Thursday, 19 April 2018 00:31 (six years ago) link
Bruno Sammartino
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bruno-sammartino-wrestling-s-original-good-guy-hero-dies-82-n867321
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 April 2018 08:17 (six years ago) link
When I worked at a big central London record shop, just round the corner from the Beeb, Dale Winton was a regular customer. He was very, very good with any members of the public who approached him - polite, engaged, interested.
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 19 April 2018 08:44 (six years ago) link
and another TV hero of the '60s, Chuck McCann
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chuck-mccann-dead-comic-actor-kids-tv-host-was-83-1024097
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfZzz_QABws
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 April 2018 08:58 (six years ago) link
I don't know if I've told this story here before but my mother and sister, at one point, thought I was Dale Winton's boyfriend and phoned me up to ask me about it. What had happened was that my mother was getting her hair done and was flicking through the latest issue of Hello, or whatever, and there was a paparazzi style feature on Dale Winton's latest love interest, with a snap of him sitting outside a cafe in Primrose Hill with a pale, shaven headed man in a long coat, not at all his type you might think. My mother was so convinced it was me, sharing a cappuccino with Dale, she bought a copy of the magazine and showed my sister and then they phoned me to ask me if I had anything to tell them. Also Primrose Hill is in North London and anywhere in North London is near to where I live, as far as my mother is concerned. Anyway, having convinced them I wasn't Dale Winton's boyfriend, I went down to a newsagent to see if I could find a copy of this incriminating magazine and, sure enough, the guy did look very like me and was even dressed like me. Nonetheless I have never been Dale Winton's boyfriend.
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Thursday, 19 April 2018 09:04 (six years ago) link