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"Karloff?"
"Sidekick??"
"FUCK YOU!!! Karloff did not deserve to smell my shit! You think it takes talent to do Frankenstein? It's all makeup and grunting! Dracula requires presence; it's all in the eyes."
"Sidekick??"
"FUCK YOU!!! Karloff did not deserve to smell my shit! You think it takes talent to do Frankenstein? It's all makeup and grunting! Dracula requires presence; it's all in the eyes."
Who knows? Maybe, you were kidnapped, tied up, taken away and held for ransom.
Those days are gone forever
Over a long time ago
Oh yeah…
Those days are gone forever
Over a long time ago
Oh yeah…
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Tom Mitchell, Tight End for the Colts and more importantly to me, owner of Tom Mitchell's Golf Gridiron (http://www.mitchellsgolf.com/). Never saw him play football but routinely had him yell at me for hooking balls from the driving range into the batting cages. As I read the obit in the Baltimore Sun his style in running the complex makes way more sense.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/balt ... story.html
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/balt ... story.html
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Chester Bennington of Linkin Park (The screamo voice of the group. Mike Shinoda is the other singer.) hanged himself.
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Feel bad for his family, but if this means no more Linkin Park is inflicted on people, then at least some good comes out of it.
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Him and Chris Cornell were really close. Today is Chris's birthday. Chester sang Hallelujah at his funeral. Oooof.
https://youtu.be/s71v3dQ9m8I
https://youtu.be/s71v3dQ9m8I
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"That guy" actor John Heard. Wouldn't have guessed he was 71.
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Johnny Carwash wrote:"That guy" actor John Heard. Wouldn't have guessed he was 71.
Home Alone - 1990
yup
I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
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A tremendous heel actor.
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rass wrote:Johnny Carwash wrote:"That guy" actor John Heard. Wouldn't have guessed he was 71.
Home Alone - 1990
yup
So, he was like 3 years older than I am now in that movie. My god.
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Johnny Carwash wrote:June Foray, voice of Rocky the flying squirrel and many others.
She was the female voice in basically every old-time cartoon.
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Amazing.
At least part of her will live forever. (Meant as a sincere compliment, not as a joke).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAs07ZhCMio
At least part of her will live forever. (Meant as a sincere compliment, not as a joke).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAs07ZhCMio
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Lee May, 18 years in the Bigs. 11 straight 20+ hr years. A few world series appearances but no ring.
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Jeanne Moreau, French film legend.
Sam Shepard, actor and playwright.
I remember reading one of Shepard's plays in high school and it was some surprisingly dark shit in contrast to the likeable everyman roles he tended to play on screen.
Sam Shepard, actor and playwright.
I remember reading one of Shepard's plays in high school and it was some surprisingly dark shit in contrast to the likeable everyman roles he tended to play on screen.
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I'd argue Shepard deserves his own thread but I'll just say he was arguably the greatest living playwrights (when he was alive) which is no small feat, but when you factor in what an incredible actor he was as well...
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brian wrote:I'd argue Shepard deserves his own thread but I'll just say he was arguably the greatest living playwrights (when he was alive) which is no small feat, but when you factor in what an incredible actor he was as well...
I don't even think I knew that the famous playwright Sam Shepard and the Guy-Who-Played-Chuck-Yeager Sam Shepard were the same person.
Then again, I always got the guys from The Right Stuff all mixed up. You had actors named Shepard, Glenn, and Scott, and characters named Shepard, Glenn, and Scott (Carpenter).
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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You know what's a really underrated movie I haven't thought of in a long time is Thunderheart. Great performances from Val Kilmer and Sam Shepard.
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brian wrote:You know what's a really underrated movie I haven't thought of in a long time is Thunderheart. Great performances from Val Kilmer and Sam Shepard.
The only thing I remember from this movie is the quote
"I have said it and it has been said"..
and I am not entirely sure that quote is actually in the movie.
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I saw him once or twice in restaurants in Charlottesville when I was a kid. Of course, I wouldn't have known him, but my mom pointed him out. Looking over his filmography, I've seen very few of his films (that I can recall). The Right Stuff is a huge hole in my watched movies list.
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So Yeager has now outlived:
- All of the Mercury 7
- Crossfield
- Half the guys that walked on the moon
- The guy that played him in the movie
- All of us, eventually
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I had no idea Chuck Yeager was still alive. I would have lost some money if offered that bet.
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Glen Campbell
I can still sing "Rhinestone Cowboy" in its entirety. He had a few good tunes back in the day.
I can still sing "Rhinestone Cowboy" in its entirety. He had a few good tunes back in the day.
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I was going to post him in the "guys you are surprised are still alive" thread.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Too obscure? Damn, tough crowd.
Incredible vocal talent, wonderful guitarist, a long string of hits, cornball TV star, tabloid fodder due to his legendary drug and alcohol habit, and his being a real sunnavabitch, alternating with being a great guy to friends, family and fellow musicians.
The documentary film chronicling his decent into Alzheimers as he mounted one last live tour is well worth watching, Glen Campbell - I'll Be Me (link to trailer)
I am partial to his album of duets with Bobbie Gentry, and the one with Jimmy Webb, who wrote three of Campbell absolute best, Phoenix/Galveston/Wichita.
The man made 70 albums in his 50 year career. His voice remained golden even to the final two LPs, from 2011 and 2012 (the last one, Adios, released earlier this summer) despite being quite ill. You can drop the needle anywhere in his vast repertoire and hear work of a fantastic artist. But start with Phoenix/Galveston/Wichita.
There is a huge pile of good reasons for old farts my age and older making a fuss over his passing. Had he made only one record in his lifetime, he would be worthy of great acclaim. If it was this record (with The Wrecking Crew in full effect):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKeqXyY-9xA
(I cannot express how much I love this record.)
(If you are already familiar with the original, or if you have heard it one time too many today, this live version from Austin City Limits in 1985 is sweet.)
Incredible vocal talent, wonderful guitarist, a long string of hits, cornball TV star, tabloid fodder due to his legendary drug and alcohol habit, and his being a real sunnavabitch, alternating with being a great guy to friends, family and fellow musicians.
The documentary film chronicling his decent into Alzheimers as he mounted one last live tour is well worth watching, Glen Campbell - I'll Be Me (link to trailer)
I am partial to his album of duets with Bobbie Gentry, and the one with Jimmy Webb, who wrote three of Campbell absolute best, Phoenix/Galveston/Wichita.
The man made 70 albums in his 50 year career. His voice remained golden even to the final two LPs, from 2011 and 2012 (the last one, Adios, released earlier this summer) despite being quite ill. You can drop the needle anywhere in his vast repertoire and hear work of a fantastic artist. But start with Phoenix/Galveston/Wichita.
There is a huge pile of good reasons for old farts my age and older making a fuss over his passing. Had he made only one record in his lifetime, he would be worthy of great acclaim. If it was this record (with The Wrecking Crew in full effect):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKeqXyY-9xA
(I cannot express how much I love this record.)
(If you are already familiar with the original, or if you have heard it one time too many today, this live version from Austin City Limits in 1985 is sweet.)
Who knows? Maybe, you were kidnapped, tied up, taken away and held for ransom.
Those days are gone forever
Over a long time ago
Oh yeah…
Those days are gone forever
Over a long time ago
Oh yeah…
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That was a worthy eulogy, Doc!
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howard wrote:There is a huge pile of good reasons for old farts my age and older making a fuss over his passing. Had he made only one record in his lifetime, he would be worthy of great acclaim. If it was this record (with The Wrecking Crew in full effect):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKeqXyY-9xA
(I cannot express how much I love this record.)
(If you are already familiar with the original, or if you have heard it one time too many today, this live version from Austin City Limits in 1985 is sweet.)
Just fired up the album Wichita Lineman on Spotify. The first song is Wichita Lineman. I have to say ... I kinda hate it. It's cheesy as all hell.
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mister d wrote:That sounds like a song that I wish wouldn't be playing in my inlaws' basement.
Your inlaws are cool
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wlu_lax6 wrote:mister d wrote:That sounds like a song that I wish wouldn't be playing in my inlaws' basement.
Your inlaws are cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJoy_0dJEjY
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If you haven't seen it yet, the Wrecking Crew Documentary, featuring a young Glen Campbell, is fantastic.
https://youtu.be/hhl-3EOYTkc
And Kevin Cole, the afternoon DJ on KEXP, yesterday played a really cool song I'd not heard before:
https://youtu.be/A7kw5zXVFVQ
which was written for him by Paul Westerberg.
https://youtu.be/hhl-3EOYTkc
And Kevin Cole, the afternoon DJ on KEXP, yesterday played a really cool song I'd not heard before:
https://youtu.be/A7kw5zXVFVQ
which was written for him by Paul Westerberg.
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Frank Vincent, veteran of every Mob movie ever. (Billy Batts in Goodfellas, Phil Leotardo in The Sopranos, Frankie Marino in Casino, etc.)
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I will play an ironically upbeat pop song in the background in his memory.
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I'll get my fucking shine box.
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THERE’S NOWT WRONG WITH GALA LUNCHEONS, LAD!
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One of the greatest MAC players of all-time. I know he's been in a bunch of movies I've seen but for the life of me I can only think of Spies Like Us.
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