Luke Perry R.I.P

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A couple friends wrote a book, Everything I Need to Know I Learned on 90210, was in the publisher's fall catalog but got cancelled when they pulled the plug on season 11.

by the light of the burning Citroën, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 23:54 (five years ago) link

or this shows it tied with 14 other shows in 126th place for the season: https://deadline.com/2018/05/2017-2018-tv-series-ratings-rankings-full-list-of-shows-1202395851/

so it's approximately as popular as So You Think You Can Dance and Running Wild with Bear Grylls

Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 23:55 (five years ago) link

episodes get added weekly here in Canada and presumably elsewhere, so I think the majority of people watch it on Netflix. but yes, it's not a Netflix production.

and yeah every big 90s TV show is literally at least ten times bigger than almost anything now, save for like peak-era Walking Dead. the pilot for Twin Peaks had like 35 million viewers ffs

bhad bundy (Simon H.), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 23:56 (five years ago) link

This Colin Hanks story is pretty good

https://www.instagram.com/colinhanks/p/BunCwtjFxRc

https://i.imgur.com/Jy7Fil3.jpg

Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 00:23 (five years ago) link

yeah, i was trying to get some figures for other netflix shows a while back
and found out they don't make their numbers public due to having smaller
scale shows on their site. it makes sense, but sometimes i really get an itch
to find out the viewership numbers for the more successful shows. having
said that, at least not having the numbers doesn't encourage production
houses to game the system somehow.

John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 00:25 (five years ago) link

There’s SO many stories about how kind he was.
This one got to me yesterday, I keep thinking about it

Luke Perry was a truly lovely next-door neighbor to my grandfather and aunt. Like, he came over to replace light bulbs all the time. Sending so much love to his family. This is the worst.

— evafay (@evafay) March 4, 2019

Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 00:50 (five years ago) link

is there a place where someone's collected these anecdotes?

Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 00:57 (five years ago) link

xpost there’s a buzzfeed recap, i’ll try to find it

Rewatched the Buffy movie last night. I am well aware that it’s terrible & I get why Whedon hates it but I still enjoy it nonetheless for nostalgia & dumb fun.

Perry’s Pike is legit the best thing about it (also fwiw Pike is the best Buffy boyfriend of all of them, I dont care if he’s not canon)

His character is basically “what if Dylan from 90210 was a charming dorky burnout instead of a charming cool rich kid” and Perry pulls it off pretty effortlessly

Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 01:08 (five years ago) link

lots more nice anecdotes in that link ^

Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 01:15 (five years ago) link

yeesh. why did this happen to one of the good ones.

call all destroyer, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 02:32 (five years ago) link

I like learning when actors aren't fucked up enough to still enjoy beers/drinks and can hang without going crazy.

Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 02:38 (five years ago) link

A-list or no, he certainly acted the part. These stories of modesty, humor, and generosity set the bar high.

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 March 2019 02:54 (five years ago) link

Feels a bit parallel somehow to Keanu.
It’s weird that that level of decency & kindness is rare but it def should be celebrated & encouraged

I mean even these tips are like normcore oldschool Dad “be good to your mother” stuff but it feels like he really lived it & people around him were lifted up by it

In 2017, we asked Luke Perry what advice he gave to his younger @CW_Riverdale co-stars. Here’s what he said. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/t7i1MNgpTq

— TV Guide (@TVGuide) March 5, 2019



😫

Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 03:28 (five years ago) link

Another thumbs up for his Oz character

Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 8 March 2019 20:49 (five years ago) link

Seeing him in his remaining Riverdale episodes now is just so heartbreaking

title card at the end of last night’s episode ;_;

#Riverdale's tribute to Luke Perry. ❤️ https://t.co/0lXNuTL4Fb pic.twitter.com/FmQ2STBe2e

— E! News (@enews) March 7, 2019

Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 March 2019 20:58 (five years ago) link


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