Dr. Morbius (Bill Weber) RIP

Harpy 60 morbz! Miss you.

happy birthday morbs, i miss you!

Miss you so much, buddy.

Oh, is this the day? Thanks for reminding. Will try to observe appropriately.

I am definitely ready to douse some pancakes in excessive amounts of maple syrup.

<3

Rest in Peace

Turns out I am having a pancake breakfast with my kid on Sunday so that seems appropriate.

I was on the road early this morning, and when I finally could stop for breakfast, I had syrup and pancakes without realizing what day it was.The Spirit was with me, I guess.

didn't have pancakes today but am about to watch a film that he gave 5 stars to on letterboxd (that list is here: https://letterboxd.com/wjweber/films/diary/rated/5/)

― donna rouge, Sunday, October 25, 2020 5:11 PM (one year ago)

another fine way to celebrate him

mentioned Morbs in conversation several times this week. miss him

i will make pancakes this weekend for sure <3

<3

We love you Bill. <3 I will make pancakes and watch a Jerry Lewis film in your honor.

really want pancakes now <3

Miss u Morbz

Reminds me that one of these days I need to get around to watching that Paul Lynde Halloween special.

As with so many things Morbs and I disagree (pancakes lol? Gross.), hence why I miss him terribly.

No comment. Except that I am in a greenhouse full of cacti right now so…

had pancakes, with fruit not syrup

(while cooking, thought about it sucking that Morbz would send unsolicited abuse to posters off-borad)

(I’m shocked)

May the pancakes rip your guts out honeybunch

lmao

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