Dr. Morbius (Bill Weber) RIP

Now I would like to discuss with him on the astral plane the Little Rascals episode in which Wheezer, feeling neglected and ignored due to the arrival of a new sibling, decides to take matters into his own hands, with the assistance or at least the moral support of Petey the dog, and make some pancakes of his own with predictably comic results, which I know see is entitled “Bouncing Babies.”

Also the hotel I am staying in right now has a triptych display in the lobby of the The Many Friends I mean Faces of Dorothy Gale in honor of the the not-quite-fortnight between Morbius’s Jahrzeit and the so-called Gay Christmas at the end of month, at which time they will host The Wicked Witch of the West’s Halloween Bash.

"Tis still the season for a few more days. Somebody in the next room is watching Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason in The Toy and I am dying for some appropriate Morbswit.

https://pledge.wfmu.org/donate?step=landing

I had to email wmfu to get off their mailing list after donating but they were v nice and helpful about it lol

thought of bill after recently patronizing a restaurant that had posters for a new leaf, the in-laws, start the revolution without me! and some others on the walls (all from the chef’s private collection!). still missin’ him dearly.

Serpentine, Joe!

*reads dr* the in-laws? like alan arkin? *sees je&b* yup.

ah. miss ya morbz, no matter how much you annoyed me in real time and knew ya only here.

in honor of bill i wrote in lupe fiasco today instead of voting for chuck schumer. think about you all the time, pal

Now more than ever the politics threads ache for a Morbs injection

us-pol ilx simply did not survive him afaic

You don't need to bother with Departed, really. It's pretty much a comically overblown genre exercise that bores more than it amuses.

― Frederik B, Sunday, January 22, 2017 9:18 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

much like Fred

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, January 22, 2017 9:35 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i really miss him

Lol Frederik B was a great foil for Morbs

https://letterboxd.com/ephender/list/the-bill-weber-canon/

I’m up to 19/123, far to go

I've actually got a shocking amount of those left to watch. Why? Screwball.

Poor little flower.

I've seen about 72, interested in many of the others. I didn't share all of his tastes but a lot of overlap, especially with classic Hollywood.

My count is 49. There's still a lot of silents I haven't seen along with some foundational stuff (haven't seen Mikey & Nicky yet - what the hell?)

Ouch, poor Fred, LOL.

60 or so films. Perfect Xmas project to see a few more.

Lol I see Chelsea Girls is on YouTube..

Not sure of my count but there are loads I have loved and loads I would love to see. A shame that the very first film on the list is so very bad, but everyone has their blind spot I suppose, wish he were here so I could argue with him about it!

I've seen 85. Didn't know he loved Letters from an Unknown Woman (which coincidentally, I'm watching for the first time in years in a splendid YouTube transfer) and Stop Making Sense.

Lol I haven't seen Letters, great, might start with that one.

Been reading Hollywood In The Fourties, by Charles Highham and Joel Greenberg, published in 1968 and in the chapter about literary adaptations they point out Ophuls was one of the last artists around to actually remember turn of the century Vienna and Hollywood, having given him the chance to eulogise it, surely couldn't be all bad.

Intolerance is many things, but "bad" is pretty far down the list for me

xyzzz, dunno if you can see it where you are:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nQRAInHB2c

xp tedious, hectoring, morally indefensible, confusing, ludicrously long? I will admit there is some nice cinematography, but it doesn't make up for all of the above. I own the dvd and have patiently sat through all of it, but never again.

I find it none of those things, but then again I waited to watch it until after I read Stuart Klawans' crucial book Film Follies, which puts the movie into its proper perspective.

Not surprised that The King Of Comedy is on the list. Very surprised that it’s the only Jerry film. I figured he would’ve at least picked The Bellboy.

I've seen 106 (Beats That)

If I had to guess, I'd say Morbs would've opted for Nutty Professor over the likes of The Patsy or The Ladies' Man.

You don't need to bother with Departed, really. It's pretty much a comically overblown genre exercise that bores more than it amuses.

― Frederik B, Sunday, January 22, 2017 9:18 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

much like Fred

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, January 22, 2017 9:35 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i really miss him

― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, December 18, 2022 4:16 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Amazing this. I was reading the "Silence" thread this morning and I think that's where I read this, laughed out loud and
thought "I miss Morbs."
So a moment of ILX Telepathy there.

Nice to see underrated titles like Buñuel's Diary of a Chambermaid, The Round-Up and Edvard Munch being celebrated.

I completely managed to forget that Cure is in his canon

That was a surprise.

Just noticed that recently.

you have watched 82 of 123

"xyzzz, dunno if you can see it where you are"

Thanks Alfred, I can and just watched.

I haven't seen Shutter Island and don't plan to
- lots of janitors have something to say (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:23 AM

no interest in the medium?
- already president FYI (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:26 AM

thinking of the big man on opening today. as always, i wish the mets nothing but the worst <3 <3

Verlander just got put on the IL

Apologies if this has been posted already.
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/385/177/e81.jpg

my fav Korn song

I love you bill

RIP Bill. God knows what he would have made of these Mets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8oAQOvOEXY

Feels bad to go log a film on letterboxd and see Morbs there in the "Want to watch" section.

i just tell myself he did, but couldn't be fucked to log it in a smartphone app

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