he appeared at a lot of fan conventions & was very fan-friendly, even as his physical health waned - i think that probably accounts for the recognizability factor too
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 May 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
I didn't realize just how tall he was--7'3''!
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 3 May 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
all my words do a lot of work
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 May 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/YEP00Z36T3tZrQq--rg52gIH0qY=/0x0:2200x1418/920x613/filters:focal(924x533:1276x885)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63725216/peter_mayhew_chewbacca.0.jpg
Ned has let himself go a bit.
― Elitist cheese photos (aldo), Friday, 3 May 2019 18:24 (five years ago) link
Hey man, you never know how that beard's gonna look until you let it grow all the way in.
― Ce Ce Penistongs (Old Lunch), Friday, 3 May 2019 18:26 (five years ago) link
xpost -- See here.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 3 May 2019 18:28 (five years ago) link
Where? We can't see it Ned
― Mark G, Friday, 3 May 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link
So sad.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 3 May 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
a bit amazed at the attention paid to peter mayhew, an actor whom few could pick out of a lineup
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 May 2019 17:29 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
he played a big role in our childhoods
― deemsthelarker (darraghmac), Friday, 3 May 2019 19:56 (five years ago) link
Art Kunkin, founder of the LA Free Press.
https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2019/05/03/l-a-free-press-founder-art-kunkin-recalled-alchemist-life/3658911002/?fbclid=IwAR2YKUPeHvsaTcbHnydmTgNN2pGl43tzzYypWb_MPAl6ku2V57kAc7aRMt4
― nickn, Monday, 6 May 2019 21:38 (four years ago) link
Freddie Starr
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-freddie-starr-dead-comedian-15022018
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 9 May 2019 21:32 (four years ago) link
Jim Fowler, Host of 'Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom,' Dies at 89
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jim-fowler-dead-mutual-omahas-wild-kingdom-host-was-89-1209218?fbclid=IwAR0zfoE-42bJ3PGC-USB4ieQfxqNFVCnAwKG1Jvn0gQMsIytm1Wu82j002o
― nickn, Friday, 10 May 2019 00:04 (four years ago) link
will always think of Fowler as the guy who showed up w/ animals who pissed on Johnny Carson
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 May 2019 14:22 (four years ago) link
“I’ll be sitting here in the tent with a banana daiquiri while Jim artificially inseminates an angry yak...”
― suzy, Friday, 10 May 2019 16:00 (four years ago) link
Jerome Ackerman, who stood at the heart of L.A.'s Midcentury Modernism movement, dies at 99
https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jerome-ackerman-designer-craftsman-dead-20190509-story.html?fbclid=IwAR1RIo55bGwRi6NwLu1-26McN3kbjiOJFfbO960lqJ5WAKuq-SGMiu4uOa8
― nickn, Friday, 10 May 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
Peggy Lipton:
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-me-peggy-lipton-dead-20190511-story.html
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 12 May 2019 01:47 (four years ago) link
Damn RIP
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 12 May 2019 01:53 (four years ago) link
Bummer
― flappy bird, Sunday, 12 May 2019 05:02 (four years ago) link
Alvin Sargent, screenwriter of Straight Time, Paper Moon, Ordinary People et al
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48238573
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 12 May 2019 06:13 (four years ago) link
This is horrible and sad...
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/may/12/silver-king-wrestler-and-nacho-libre-star-dies-at-london-show
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Sunday, 12 May 2019 10:22 (four years ago) link
RIP. Is that Janeane Garofalo standing behind him in that Jack Black Instagram?
― Careless Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 May 2019 11:40 (four years ago) link
Brian Walden
― calzino, Sunday, 12 May 2019 15:16 (four years ago) link
... people you thought...
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Sunday, 12 May 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
My rotting brain has a memory of Walden asking John Smith (who is 25 years dead today) if that was his real name. Naturally I can't find any corroboration of this on the internet.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 13 May 2019 07:53 (four years ago) link
"I put it to.." *pointing at pol* was his frequent style of questioning, I think. I vaguely remember him calling someone "a weasel" once. It was a long time ago.
― calzino, Monday, 13 May 2019 07:57 (four years ago) link
Apparently Brian Walden was a brexiteer, which certainly proves... something.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 13 May 2019 08:01 (four years ago) link
Seems as good a time as any to post some Mountain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh7Ab8tX590
― Zeuhl Idol (Matt #2), Monday, 13 May 2019 08:38 (four years ago) link
fuck me i thought he died 20 years ago
― Doctor Nu (Noodle Vague), Monday, 13 May 2019 09:21 (four years ago) link
The other surprising thing, I put it to you, being he was only his mid-40s to early-50s when he was presenting Weekend World.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Monday, 13 May 2019 11:04 (four years ago) link
Too much slow living...
― calzino, Monday, 13 May 2019 11:12 (four years ago) link
The oldest of Old Labour basically
― Doctor Nu (Noodle Vague), Monday, 13 May 2019 11:14 (four years ago) link
Doris Day!
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 13 May 2019 13:05 (four years ago) link
She couldn't last for ever I guess.
― Alba, Monday, 13 May 2019 13:06 (four years ago) link
Kirk Douglas, watch your back.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 May 2019 13:07 (four years ago) link
RIP Doris, does she not have her own thread?
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Monday, 13 May 2019 14:03 (four years ago) link
Peggy Lipton of Mod Squad fame
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 13 May 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
Machiko Kyo
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 16:09 (four years ago) link
8(
(didn't know she was still alive tbh)
― koogs, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 16:12 (four years ago) link
https://people.com/tv/tim-conway-dies/
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
good night funnyman
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
:(
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
RIP. I missed his golden age, but lil me laughed at The Apple Dumpling Gang. He did a nice, self-mocking bit on The Simpsons too.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
A hometown hero, from right down the road from me in Willoughy, OH. I knew him first from The Carol Burnett Show, then used to see him pop up occasionally on Big Chuck and Little John here in Cleveland.
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
e.g.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEA7Dq-NeLc
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/machiko-kyo-dead-star-akira-kurosawas-rashomon-was-95-1210433
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 21:31 (four years ago) link
One of the kids on the cover of Sonic Youth's Washing Machine has died. https://t.co/7YpBDbjIqa pic.twitter.com/ipmurEmoqw— John M. Cunningham (@jmcunning) May 14, 2019
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 21:32 (four years ago) link
oh, man. Ugetsu is one of my all-time faves and she was incredible in that. RIPxpost
― Jamie Handricks is the batman of guitar (outdoor_miner), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 21:37 (four years ago) link
R.I.P. Chuck Barksdale at 84 from The Dells of “Stay in my Corner” soul fame
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/charles-barksdale-bass-singer-for-the-dells-dies-at-84/
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 May 2019 01:50 (four years ago) link
hawkie
― times 牛肉麵 (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 16 May 2019 09:56 (four years ago) link
wow i am actually gutted by this