Dr. Morbius (Bill Weber) RIP

was anyone else surprised that Justice Stevens didn't hand Biden his robe and say "I quit" the second the VP oath was done?

― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, January 20, 2009 12:35 PM

The Love Parade is an utter goddamn delight.

Thanks, Morbsy.

One month.

Jesus, already?

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it feels like it was last week. Miss you, Bill.

what's funny is just as i posted that, my partner texted me a crossword clue: Classic Buster Keaton Film set in Civil War times. The General, i knew, but only because i watched it the night i found out, for the first time.

I've never seen it but I still thought of him when the clue turned up.

same here :)

sad not to be able to enrage morbs in person by slyly tutting at the film's politics (pro-confederacy)

Love that list Eric compiled.

been meaning to post this little essay that Desus Nice wrote -- for ny mag's list of ny establishments that closed in 2020 -- about the baseball bar foley's in manhattan. one of bill's favorite bars... another place in new york i never would've made it to if he hadn't insisted on me meeting him there

Desus Nice:

I’ve lived here my whole life, and this is the most heartbreaking loss I’ve ever experienced. Foley’s is a bar on 33rd Street; I used to work at a night club a couple blocks away, and I would go there and watch Yankees games. I was there for ’09 when they won the World Series. And every time I left MSG, I would go to Foley’s. I’ve been there after years of Knicks losses. In New York, things you love are going to come and go, but, man, I know once we get the vaccine and we’re back watching the Knicks lose by 35 points, I’m gonna wanna go to Foley’s afterward.

They had so much memorabilia. They had seats from the old Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium on the back of the bar. They had a Hall of Fame for Irish American sportscasters, players, and managers. They had some of the oldest urinals in NYC. Their urinals were from, like, the George Washington era, and Foley’s would put ice in the urinals so when you went to pee, you’d be like, Wow, I’m melting ice in the oldest urinal in New York City. What a flex. There’s a wall in the back with autographed baseballs from famous players and celebrities. When I used to go there in ’05, I would tell the owner, “One day, Imma have a baseball there.” He was always like, “You’re never gonna have a baseball there.” And last year, I got one. The look on his face was kind of just like, Yeah, I knew you’d eventually make it. I just wanted to push you. What I wanna do right now is maybe make a really shitty movie that people really like and then reopen Foley’s. Foley’s will live again. But not on 33rd Street. —As told to Jane Starr Drinkard

https://www.curbed.com/article/iconic-nyc-businesses-closed-2020-pandemic.html

we watched game 6 of the 2017 world series between the dodgers and astros there. he asked me to take a photo of him so he could post it on facebook

https://i.imgur.com/mtqP7aL.jpeg

na nice

losing singular places like that fucking sucks, like bars come and go but youre not going to get another one of those, ive looked over a few of those places weve lost articles and they upset me more than i expected

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awww cute pic

now maybe "Big" Don will gain a clue about who this mysterious "morbs" was. RIP.

losing singular places like that fucking sucks, like bars come and go but youre not going to get another one of those, ive looked over a few of those places weve lost articles and they upset me more than i expected

― lag∞n, Friday, January 8, 2021 3:56 PM (twenty-five minutes ago)

it's easy to be cynical about places in nyc for a myriad of reasons but that ny mag feature really bummed me out

lotta penguins stuff in that photo. perhaps i was too harsh when i considered foley's as Yet Another NYC Irish Bar

lol

you can see the wall of baseballs in the back left of the photo... the bar really did have stadium seats like nailed to the wall in stuff lol. dinner was actually pretty good too iirc

great picture <3

That Letterboxd list alone makes him alright in my book.

“now maybe "Big" Don will gain a clue about who this mysterious "morbs" was. RIP.
― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless),”

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beautiful

that's a terrific photo.

Wonderful.

Really great photo of Bill.

I wish I didn't hate baseball so much, but he actually understood *why* I didn't like it: at the height of my fandom, the year after my beloved Phillies totally took a shit in the Series against the Blue Jays, that strike just tore my kid heart out. I was furious, and swore I'd never watch a baseball game again, and aside from a few moments where games were on in bars, I haven't. That he understood, even after pushing back a little, was really great, tbh. Most people think I'm nuts when I mention that kind of thing.

(I was legit a baseball fanatic up until that point).

OMG Bill looks so hot with a beard! And you can't even see the white sneakers.

Miss u buddy.

Shockingly anti-labor of you tabes

that's the way i remember him too

Charming pic. Missing u morbs :(

jordan thanks for posting that <3

Thanks for sharing the picture, Jordan!

Yeah it makes me wish I were friends with Morbs, and also that I could go sit with my friends

he looks so lordly in that pic, almost just I like I imagined him tbh!

i will enjoy a beer tonight in honor of this excellent photo

morbs!!!! thank you j0rd

yes what a great photo!

Silby, given that I was 9 going on 10, I mostly didn't give shit.

To be honest, I still think professional sports players are paid way too much, and don't pay attention to any professional sports. Waste of time.

But that's not in the spirit of this thread, so enough of it. Thanks for sharing that pic and that article, J0rdan

I miss Morbs.

xp

grumpy dissension is completely in the spirit of this thread tbf!

I guess true. Morbz understood that those assholes ruined something I loved when I was a kid, and I couldn't let go of that betrayal.

(Imo ban all professional sports though)

except hoops

I stand with leader bison on that

(tbh so do I, I like basketball but don't follow it at all)

morbs would fp all of you for mentioning non-baseball sports

morbs always posted on ilh during the finals lol