James Hong, Chinese-American actor. I know him from various appearances on the original Hawaii Five-O, but he was also in Chinatown, Airplane!, and a zillion other things. He was a Chinese restaurant waiter in a 1975 episode of All in the Family as well as the maître d' in the Seinfeld episode "The Chinese Restaurant." Daniel Dae Kim claims he has more credits than any other actor, living or dead.
― Josefa, Monday, 20 August 2018 01:51 (five years ago) link
L.Q. Jones (it's his 90th birthday)
― methanietanner, Monday, 20 August 2018 03:10 (five years ago) link
Gervasio Gallardo - the artist who painted most of the cool covers for Ballantine's adult fantasy line in the 60s/70shttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gervasio_Gallardo
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― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 20 August 2018 04:19 (five years ago) link
always rly loved james hong
funny bit in tank girl-- like a parody of cameos-- where a nameless character enters with face covered speaking thru a voice modulator, and then is dramatically revealed to be james hong
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 20 August 2018 04:45 (five years ago) link
hope that daniel dae kim claim is true because it certainly feels right. will never forget seeing a direct-to-tv apocalyptic-space-artifact movie in the early 2000s (think maybe something was inexorably drilling towards the earth's core?) and feeling a sudden powerful premonition when someone shouted "call the chinese ambassador!"-- CUT TO the chinese ambassador staring grimly out a rainy window, and yup, sure enough
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 20 August 2018 04:54 (five years ago) link
Hah, he played an Ambassador 4 times in 2000-2002 - Epoch (which I think is the one you're thinking of), Wesley-Snipes-with-a-gun The Art of War, and two episodes of The West Wing. Also Dallas, in 1981.
I like that for a new generation, he's Po's dad in Kung Fu Panda.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 20 August 2018 10:21 (five years ago) link
Roger Corman
― it me, Friday, 24 August 2018 06:08 (five years ago) link
'cheep cheep'
― Mark G, Friday, 24 August 2018 12:34 (five years ago) link
Roger Corman OTM.
Mavis Nicholson.
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Friday, 24 August 2018 12:50 (five years ago) link
Overheard a couple talking about PJ Proby being interviewed and I thought, hang on he's dead. Nope, still going.
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 24 August 2018 13:11 (five years ago) link
Hadn't heard from James Darren in a while, but he's still around and looking pretty damned good. Has been married to Miss Denmark 1958 for 58 years now.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
Corman did a new Death Race in 2016 with Malcolm McDowell as an unsubtly-coiffed god-emperor of the USA
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― ▫◌▫ (sic), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
Huh, I had to look that up - he was the producer of Death Race 2050, and he has an executive producer credit on the 2018 Death Race: Beyond Anarchy. Last directed a film in 1990 (not that I'm suggesting you were suggesting that he directed Death Race 2050 - I think I misinterpreted the 'did' in your sentence.)
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 17:50 (five years ago) link
yes, I didn't mean to suggest that -- but he initiated the film, licensed the rights back from Universal who are still making remake-sequels regularly (that's the exec producer credit for 2018), actively produced it etc. one assumes (possibly unfairly) a lot of the Sharktopus / Pirahnaconda stuff he produces for cable is more plug-and-play into a spreadsheet template of budgets and shooting days.
(he didn't direct the original Death Race 2000 either)
― ▫◌▫ (sic), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
Interesting - and impressive in its way, that his hucksterish impulses are still p strong at the age of 92!
Have never seen a Sharktopus/Pirahanaconda film - am I missing out?
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
Death Race 2050 is the only post-70s Corman anything I've seen. (It's good! Or good at what it's intending to be. I saw it projected from DVD in the back room of a pub, which was a suitable audience and setting.)
― ▫◌▫ (sic), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 20:18 (five years ago) link
Joe Biden's mother
― Mark G, Thursday, 30 August 2018 19:20 (five years ago) link
John mccains mother
I've has a beer, soz
― Mark G, Thursday, 30 August 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link
I.M. Pei. 101 years old!
― 🦅 (Trϵϵship), Thursday, 30 August 2018 21:48 (five years ago) link
John McCain's mom is not really famous, any more than she would be if she'd had her tubes tied in 1935, but then he wouldn't be either
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 August 2018 23:30 (five years ago) link
He's not as old as I would have guessed (77) but I was happy to see Dr Demento was at the Weird Al Hollywood star reception.
― Liquid Plejades, Friday, 31 August 2018 03:45 (five years ago) link
Dr. Demento's career is still a little mind-blowing when I realize that he was also a roadie for Spirit and Canned Heat and pals with John Fahey back in 1965. There's a great audio interview out there of him and Fahey interviewing Son House in 1965
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 31 August 2018 04:35 (five years ago) link
Don Garlits
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 2 September 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
o snap
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 3 September 2018 01:22 (five years ago) link
i'm aalive
― 🦅 (Trϵϵship), Monday, 3 September 2018 03:06 (five years ago) link
Fred Melamed (I just for some reason thought he died)
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 3 September 2018 06:54 (five years ago) link
Current Sling TV pitch-person Dr. Ruth.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 3 September 2018 07:36 (five years ago) link
Shelley Duvall
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 14:59 (five years ago) link
Matt Drudge
(I think maybe I confused him with Breitbart?)
― ilxor-com-dog-meat-drawer-7-840-x-600.jpg (unregistered), Friday, 7 September 2018 01:30 (five years ago) link
easy mistake to make. also because Drudge never gives interviews and rarely has his picture taken.
― flappy bird, Friday, 7 September 2018 16:41 (five years ago) link
Martial Solal
― calzino, Saturday, 8 September 2018 11:37 (five years ago) link
I wouldn't expect someone who played with Sidney Bechet and did the Breathless soundtrack to be still here.
― calzino, Saturday, 8 September 2018 11:39 (five years ago) link
Peregrine Worsthorne
I think it is the wasp thread got me thinking of him : "you'd sting me with a wasp?" "is this a conversation".
― calzino, Monday, 10 September 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
Walter Laqueur
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 07:53 (five years ago) link
Hal Holbrook!
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 07:06 (five years ago) link
Richard "Les Nessman" Sanders (who's not as old as I thought--was in his late 30s when WKRP started)
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 07:21 (five years ago) link
Frank Bough. For some reason I thought he'd died years ago and then I saw a Twitter account under his name, thought that someone had maybe just set one up under his name and then checked....he's 85 now.
― Grandpont Genie, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
Gene Shalit (92)
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
bill hayden
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 11:20 (five years ago) link
Jan Troell, director of The Emigrants and The New Land.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 17:09 (five years ago) link
Sandy Gall, Richard Baker.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link
Shirley Williams
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Saturday, 27 October 2018 22:37 (five years ago) link
Hank Aaron
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Saturday, 27 October 2018 22:41 (five years ago) link
sandy koufax
― maura, Sunday, 28 October 2018 13:38 (five years ago) link
Willie Mays
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
tsk tsk, keep up w/ yr Hall of Famers
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:13 (five years ago) link
Whitey Ford just turned 90 btw
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:17 (five years ago) link
want to go to seder with Sandy Koufax
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
(xp) At least one old geezer called Whitey has lived to see 90 without being beaten to death and having their tongue ripped out.
― Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 November 2018 16:59 (five years ago) link
Gangster boss Whitey Bulger now being wheeled out of sight of the cameras, pleading with the other inmates for...for some kind of sanity.
Uh oh and a barrage of locks now knocking Whitey unconscious.
Wow, this is...this is a great day for Boston.
― omar little, Thursday, 1 November 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link