Topic: The new obituary thread (Read 74463 times)

Büge · « **Reply #640 on:** June 21, 2012, 11:00:09 AM »

Quote from: Thad on June 21, 2012, 10:55:49 AM

Caroline John, who played Liz Shaw. (Was she really in only four serials? Hell, I've seen three of them.)

That's Liz and Sarah Jane in just over a year. Must be a little disquieting for Katy Manning about now.

!!!

I was seriously considering watching Dr. Who, starting with the third Doctor.

Thad · « **Reply #641 on:** June 21, 2012, 11:16:18 AM »

I love the Third Doctor.

I find his first serial, Spearhead from Space, to be a little uneven and overrated (as regeneration stories often are), but Silurians and Inferno are both great.

I think that's a pretty good description of his whole era, really -- he didn't bat 1.000 and his serials tended to be two episodes too long (and rather repetetive once the Master showed up), but Pertwee was wonderful and Courtney was the best foil a Doctor ever had.

When I go through old eps I seldom stick with any one Doctor for very long; I usually find myself bouncing between Pertwee and Baker, but I like to sample a bit of everything. It's well-suited to the DVD/streaming release cycle, and hey, it IS a time travel show.

Shinra · « **Reply #642 on:** June 24, 2012, 07:04:18 PM »

Lonesome George. He was 100 years young.

Büge · « **Reply #643 on:** June 29, 2012, 06:27:00 PM »

Nora Ephron.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #644 on:** July 03, 2012, 06:09:06 AM »

Andy Griffith

Thad · « **Reply #645 on:** July 03, 2012, 06:38:25 AM »

A pity. He and Knotts really were one of the all-time great comic duos, and besides that he seemed like a genuinely nice guy.

But hey, 86 is a nice long run.

And The Andy Griffith Show is as immortal as anything in American culture.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #646 on:** July 03, 2012, 07:13:51 AM »

That and Matlock are probably institutions that anybody with free time in the 90s caught in syndication. I can remember watching them both during my summers off from school.

Mongrel · « **Reply #647 on:** July 03, 2012, 07:37:25 AM »

Even up here those shows were all over. They were a big part of my childhood.

Thad · « **Reply #648 on:** July 03, 2012, 09:33:57 AM »

The obligatory obit from Evanier:

Quote from: http://www.newsfromme.com/2012/07/03/andy-griffith-r-i-p/

The best thing I can tell you about Andy Griffith, who has just died at the age of 86, is that I never saw or heard any reason to think he was not like the characters he played on TV. I never saw that. Betty told me all about him and the show and what went on when cameras weren't rolling and nothing she said every contradicted the qualities of warmth and honesty and humility that he displayed in all his TV roles.

[...]

What a nice, secure man. What a nice, secure and smart man. There's no point in saying we're going to miss him because we won't. As long as there are television sets in this world, he'd never going to leave us.

Mongrel · « **Reply #649 on:** July 03, 2012, 01:42:01 PM »

Andy Griffith is probably the original reason that I even believe such people really do exist.

Mongrel · « **Reply #650 on:** July 08, 2012, 02:45:37 PM »

A couple weeks ago, Starr and I were watching the original Flight of the Phoenix (she'd never seen it). Ernest Borgnine had a smallish part in it, but I was reinded of how much fun an actor he was. I also remembered how old he was and I commented that when he finally went I was going to be really sad, because of that fun.

Welp.

I think people say "they don't have [noun] anymore" and it's usually just a bad cliche, but I think you really don't see everyman actors like that anymore (though they were rare to begin with).

Ninety-five is a good long run, but we'll miss you Ernie. We really will.

Smiler · « **Reply #651 on:** July 08, 2012, 03:41:15 PM »

What the fuck he was just alive a few hours ago what did you do?

Büge · « **Reply #652 on:** July 08, 2012, 06:28:11 PM »

My Favorite Enrest Borgnine Moment

Mongrel · « **Reply #653 on:** July 08, 2012, 06:30:19 PM »

Some of you may have seen this, but I never get tired of it.

ERNEST BORGNINE - Secret to Old Age

I mean, how else you think a guy built like a cinder block managed to live so long?

I also love how his subtitle on that newsfeed is actually "Legendary Actor".

EDIT: One more great story:

Quote

"No, I've never done any [drugs]. At least, not to my knowledge. I once took a bunch of goofballs by accident! They looked like candy. They were in a little bowl at a party. I grabbed a handful and went to town. That was some New Year's Eve. I didn't have a coherent thought till February."

Brentai · « **Reply #654 on:** July 08, 2012, 07:22:41 PM »

I looked down at the ticker right as it was saying "characterized as a gross human".

Büge · « **Reply #655 on:** July 17, 2012, 08:07:51 PM »

Excalibur - Merlin's Dragon Speech to Arthur

I just learned that Nicol Williamson died in December. He was a brilliant actor and I'm sad that he's gone. He was one of the few people that I share a birthday with along with Walter Koenig and Sam Neill.

Mongrel · « **Reply #656 on:** July 18, 2012, 07:47:55 AM »

John Lord, co-founder of Deep Purple

Thad · « **Reply #657 on:** July 19, 2012, 01:28:49 PM »

Tom Davis, of Franken and Davis, aged 59, throat and neck cancer.

Thad · « **Reply #658 on:** July 20, 2012, 07:40:24 AM »

Donald J Sobol.

I was going to add a line reminding everybody of who exactly that is, but I think just this once making people go somewhere else to find an answer is totally justified.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #659 on:** July 23, 2012, 01:02:26 PM »

Sally Ride

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