Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:37 am
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:39 am
Voice over "king" Don LaFontaine
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:55 am
Oh, damn. Most of my college radio days were spent imitating him. The man had a good sense of humor and really did make things seem bigger than they were, even as his trademark drifted into parody.domino harvey wrote:Voice over "king" Don LaFontaine
In a World...
One Man...
Will be Remembered. RIP LaFontaine
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:54 am
Geoffrey Perkins
One of the major producers and developers of British comedy - Spitting Image, Have I Got News for You, Father Ted, The Fast Show, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and countless other works appeared and flourished due to him giving them the green light and nurturing them as they went. He was also great on the much-underappreciated KYTV. A sad day.
One of the major producers and developers of British comedy - Spitting Image, Have I Got News for You, Father Ted, The Fast Show, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and countless other works appeared and flourished due to him giving them the green light and nurturing them as they went. He was also great on the much-underappreciated KYTV. A sad day.
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:56 am
Here's a rather sweet 5-minute documentary about him.Grand Illusion wrote:In a World...
One Man...
Will be Remembered. RIP LaFontaine
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:44 pm
NO FUCKING WAY. HOW HORRIBLE. People like him don't deserve to die...domino harvey wrote:Voice over "king" Don LaFontaine
It's rather insane, but I hope he lent his speaking style to some computer program so we can forever use it for trailers...BTW, I remember he was once asked what his favorite name to say was, and he replied Schwarzenegger - not another name like it, he's just a Schwarzenegger...
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:41 pm
Jerry Reed. Breaker one-nine, God's got the Snowman now.
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:26 pm
Looks like that cast commentary for Sony's 30th anniversary edition of Hot Stuff is going to have to be a DeLuise solo affair now that we've lost Suzanne Pleshette and Reed in the same year (and Ossie Davis and Pat McCormick in 2005)fiddlesticks wrote:Jerry Reed. Breaker one-nine, God's got the Snowman now.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:04 pm
Sexploitation goddess Roberta Collins. <sob>
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:44 pm
How many points was she worth?
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:10 pm
Also from the same blog, Sierra Charriba himself, Michael Pate.Perkins Cobb wrote:Sexploitation goddess Roberta Collins. <sob>
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:29 pm
Bill Melendez. It's a sad day, Charlie Brown.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:57 pm
Good grief. I'm betting that Warner didn't lay down those commentary tracks like I suggested either. A great and underappreciated contributor to American animation.Saturnome wrote:Bill Melendez. It's a sad day, Charlie Brown.
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:57 am
I find the photo of Pate on his IMDb page bleakly hilarious.colinr0380 wrote:Also from the same blog, Sierra Charriba himself, Michael Pate.
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:11 am
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:01 am
I tried to look at who are the notable silent film stars still alive. There's Barbara Kent, and uh, Virginia Davis of Disney's Alice Comedies, and, uh... who?Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Anita Page
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:49 am
Depends what you mean by notable. There's Isuzu Yamada, Hideko Takamine, Mickey Rooney, Junior Coghlan, Baby Marie, Baby Peggy, Marie Glory, a few of the Our Gang, Dorothy Janis, Miriam Seegar, a few others.Saturnome wrote:I tried to look at who are the notable silent film stars still alive. There's Barbara Kent, and uh, Virginia Davis of Disney's Alice Comedies, and, uh... who?
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:14 am
I suppose it's fitting I post the passing of Hector Zazou
If for nothing else (but there is plenty else) here's a chance to ogle BB in his remix of Le Mepris
If for nothing else (but there is plenty else) here's a chance to ogle BB in his remix of Le Mepris
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:25 pm
Author of Fletch, Gregory Mcdonald has died. Bummer.
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:49 am
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:22 am
Whoa. Suddenly the unread copy of Infinite Jest sitting on my bookshelf has taken on an altogether ominous quality. Would it be crass to suggest Wallace read the writing on the wall and decided to check out early? It's a dark and stupid world.
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:19 pm
Terrible, terrible news about Wallace.
On a film-related note, his essay on David Lynch included in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again remains my favorite piece written about him.
He also published a essay on Roger Federer in the New York Times a few years back ("Roger Federer as Religious Experience" found here - login required) that, in my opinion, performed the impossible -- it explained perfectly to those who do not admire and/or love the sport precisely why so many of us do.
It can be a dark and stupid world, as noted above, and a morbid sense of humor can provide nearly suitable armor. He certainly possessed that humor in abundance (perhaps, in hindsight, it was actually gallows humor), which makes this news all the more disheartening.
On a film-related note, his essay on David Lynch included in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again remains my favorite piece written about him.
He also published a essay on Roger Federer in the New York Times a few years back ("Roger Federer as Religious Experience" found here - login required) that, in my opinion, performed the impossible -- it explained perfectly to those who do not admire and/or love the sport precisely why so many of us do.
It can be a dark and stupid world, as noted above, and a morbid sense of humor can provide nearly suitable armor. He certainly possessed that humor in abundance (perhaps, in hindsight, it was actually gallows humor), which makes this news all the more disheartening.
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:25 pm
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:36 pm
Infinitely sad. Infinite Jest was one of the great books of the last century...bar none. On the other hand, had he held out during some bleak personal period...I'm sure he would have written something incredibly funny about it.domino harvey wrote:Novelist David Foster Wallace