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Edward Hardwicke.

Wow, that's a shame- the Holmes series he was in is still the best ever produced, I think, and his Watson (alongside David Burke's, in the first series) was almost as much the reason for that as Brett's Holmes.

Leonard G. Kastle. Can't thank him enough for giving The Honeymoon Killers to the world.

flyonthewall2983 wrote:"Macho Man" Randy Savage

He was such a large part of my childhood, very sad to hear about his passing.

RagingNoodles wrote:

flyonthewall2983 wrote:"Macho Man" Randy Savage

He was such a large part of my childhood, very sad to hear about his passing.

I think he was a large part of every child who grew up in the early-nineties. Very sad to hear about his passing too.

He was certainly the most enjoyable of the early WWF stars, RIP

I've been really saddened by Randy Savage's death. He was easily one of the top 5 wrestlers of all time and a big part of my childhood and adolescence. As a wrestling fan, I was always a little pissed of the unknown feud between him and Vince McMahon which had prevented Savage from appearing in any form on WWE TV and merchandise for the last decade, except for brief WWF anthologies. Last year it appeared that whatever problems they had were a thing of the past as Savage had his first WWE toy figure in more than 15 years and the company released a DVD of his greatest matches. I was anxiously awaiting to see him sooner or later in the WWE Hall of Fame, which is just a great nostalgia moment for people like me. RIP, Macho Man.

One of the greatest attributes of Randy Savage was how he was able to convey such a wild and insane man. He was great at feeling really over the top but still retaining believability within its context. As a kid, some moments he was a part of felt legitimately scary and real, he was such a great showman. I've seen his Memphis work, where he feuded with Jerry Lawler in what was essentially an "outsider invading the promotion" angle and the level of craziness that Savage was able to put over in that performance was nuts. Screaming, swinging away at anything that moves, declaring Lawler's dad as dead, piledriving Ricky Morton through a ringside table, and the eventual match-ups with Lawler were all great, and this is years before his most famous work in WWF.

I don't like to admit this but I'm a sap at heart, and when the beaten down and out Savage "re-united" with Elizabeth at WrestleMania VII, that was just about the sweetest thing that I've ever seen within the bizzare artform that is professional wrestling. Also, WWF's year long build up of Savage-Hogan from WMIV to WMV was probably the best long term planning and booking that Pat Patterson and Vince McMahon ever did. Some guys are great at performing inside the ring and some guys are great at performing angles/storylines/promos, and Savage might have been the best at combining both those aspects in the WWF. I'll probably watch his matches with Warrior (WMVII), Steamboat (WMIII), Hogan (WMV), Flair (WMVIII), and Lawler (Memphis - Loser Leaves Town) this weekend. Also, even his late period work in WCW where he essentially made DDP a star was good stuff. I haven't seen any of this stuff in ages but now seems like the right time to re-watch some of this stuff for old times sake.

Wow, I didn't realize that clip made it's way to the hallowed halls of ebaumsworld.

Ha, I should have known it wasn't a good idea to have a nice nostalgic moment about a childhood past time on here without someone getting after me.

All in good fun.

I'll keep that in mind...

It's cool.

Savage was a guy I grew up watching on TV for ages, he was so colorful and charismatic, it's hard for someone like me not to appreciate his style and the entertainment value he brought me.

I'm just stunned that there is a professional wrestling hall of fame somewhere.

Prolific Australian actor Bill Hunter.

I just broke the news to my wife as "that bald bloke who was in virtually every Australian film ever made has died".

Not only did she know exactly who I meant, but she immediately launched into an impression of Muriel's dad.

Tom Hagen wrote:I'm just stunned that there is a professional wrestling hall of fame somewhere.

Just don't say WWE's is one.

Hiroyuki Nagato.
Season of the Sun.

Directors Leonard Kastle (The Honeymoon Killers) and Charles Haas (The Beat Generation).

Kastle already mentioned on the previous page

It's been a terrible day news wise all the same though. Everyone seems to be making this week the time to drop.

Perkins Cobb wrote:Charles Haas (The Beat Generation).

Not to be confused with the frequent Joe Dante collaborator. Spooked me for a second