Little Richard rip

Jerry Stiller.
...This is just a disgrace I TELL YA!

R.I.P
Funny guy.

92 though, dude got some years.

I really liked him. Good age. Sad to see him go.

Fred Willard

I remember watching him in Fernwood 2 Night. Liked most everything he did. ::sad::

My main memory of him is Salem's Lot

Me too.

that was the funniest show of all time .. maybe even funnier than SCTV.

Are you being sarcastic?

not in the least.

fernwood was a parody of a talk show .. and it was brilliant

SCTV was a parody of a TV station and it was also brilliant.

SCTV is my favorite comedy of all time .. but on certain days i think Fernwood could be my favorite too

I was talking about him a week before he died. I'm pretty sad about it.

He was hilarious. Especially on Seinfeld.

He played angry old unfiltered guy extremely passionately and well.
Comedy fucking gold.

This dude.



Steve Priest dead at the age of 72. 3 Sweets down, 1 to go.

Joel Schumacher.
That seemed outta nowhere huh.
Ripe old tho.

"Joel T. Schumacher was an American filmmaker. Schumacher rose to fame after directing three hit films: St. Elmo's Fire, The Lost Boys, and Flatliners. He later went on to direct the John Grisham adaptations The Client and A Time to Kill. His films Falling Down and 8mm competed for Palme d'Or and Golden Bear, respectively."wiki

Flatliners and A Time to Kill were excellent. Of course Lost Boys. Batman Forever was horrible.

Yeah it's funny how much he shit the bed with the Batman stuff considering the quality of his body of work.

Just not suited to it, I guess...he saw Batman as a comic book/cartoon, and went with what his impression of that would be.
Wasn't all bad...Robin was ok, Carreys Riddler was...well, Carrey-ish but at least an entertaining version of the character.
I think that "Batman Forever" kind of got a bit of an extra set of cement shoes from people forever relating it to the POS "Batman & Robin" that came after.

Funny...on/off topic...really, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin probably should have had each others title.


Though yeah, back on Schumacher - Guy gave us some great, memorable films.
R.I.P

Yeah, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin probably should have had each others titles. ::big grin::

Carrey is a natural Riddler, but the whole script was a mess. Sam Hamm wrote the first film, and co-writer of the second, but played no part in this one. A lot of Riddler's scenes seemed to be a Carrey performance, rather than the Riddler, but I could hardly tell where he was going half the time with that script and direction. You know, tell Carrey he's Riddler and has to do this and say that, and let him sneak his quirks in under your nose. Don't shoot a camera at him and tell him fill time.

I even liked Kilmer for Batman, but what a weird performance that was. It wasn't any Batman I know. It's like you were waiting for him to breakdown in tears, or come out the closet. The director is the guy who's supposed to call forth the character and performance from the actor. And the ending action sequences, especially the plane, just felt unrealistic and labored.

But the film seemed ill conceived from the start. Trying to create a world, and direct, like Tim Burton (and Elfman) did in the first two Batmans was not a proper job for Schumacher.

I can hardly remember Batman & Robin. Had a cool look to it, but I kind of remember it had little cohesion. Characters have to have strong and clear motivations, and in these two films it just seemed like random things happening.

Yes, I prefer to remember A Time to Kill.

Carl Reiner 98

The man was a genius at comedy.

The Dick Van Dyke Show was a funny show (creator, headwriter Reiner). Did you ever see the pilot for what would become The Dick Van Dyke Show? It had Carl Reiner playing the role of Rob. Netflix made it the first episode. Very interesting. It was a bit more like Father Knows Best. I guess it didn't play well, and it was decided they'd change the cast. It's on youtube "Head of the Family".

John Saxon RIP

Chadwick Boseman, 43, colon cancer

For those of you who don't know who he is, he's Black Panther, played Jackie Robinson in 42, played Thurgood Marshall in Marshall, and played James Brown in Get On Up.

And, was apparently a stellar human being.

Rest in peace, sir.

Dame Diana Rigg.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc...-arts-54106509


An incredible talent right to the end. Whether you know her as Emma Peel, Tracey Bond or The Queen of Thorns, a true class act.

https://youtu.be/RMxRDTfzgpU

I was a big fan of The Avengers. And her role in Game of Thrones. She was amazing.

She did a great job in Game of Thrones

Never saw her in anything aside from the Avengers that I know of...but she has been my crush forever...and inspiration to the main character of one of my favourite games (Cate Archer - The Operative).
Beautiful.
R.I.P

Have you never seen Theatre of Blood?

Do ya one better. Never heard of it.

Singers Mac Davis and Helen Reddy

Eddie Van Halen, 65, cancer. ::sad::

Yep, this one hurts. I mean they all do but, yeah...

Fuckin' hell.
65 seems so young now.

loved eddie van halen and the band, one of the guitarists that influenced me to play more electric guitar, I loved playing the finger tapping part of Eruption on guitar when I was growing up, its super fun, RIP legend. Oh cancer...::sad::

Yeah, only 4 years older than me

This one came as a shock to the world.

Van Halen were kings of southern California.

Favorite Album: Women And Children First

Singer Johnny Nash, 80

Big hit was "I Can See Clearly Now".

Conchata Ferrell

I was reminded recently of her role in Krampus. I can't believe I forgot she was in it! She was my favorite character!

This will be the hardest loss musically I will ever have to live through as can probably be discerned from my avatar. Randy Rhoads was the reason I picked up the guitar as a kid so many years ago, but EVH had the biggest impact on my life. Terrible loss. Saw him live a few times, never met him but I've heard and read so many great stories about him over the years and how he was just one of the sweetest guys. Generous to a lot of people when he didn't have to be.

...Bond?

Oh...boy.
Wow.

Told ya!

What a win for me.


But in all seriousness, rest in peace, mr Bond. You were fantastic.

I keep telling myself he was 90, he lived a good life. But, my heart wants him to be immortal. I mean, he DID play an immortal! Why can't he be one for real? I don't care how old he was, he was still a very sexy man!

Rest in Peace, Mr. Connery