______ Passed Away Today, RIP (2 Viewers)

[northern exposure]

Then just get a couple from the library for yourself. Beezus and Ramona is good. And Henry and ribsy. 

I liked reading "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" when I was a kid.

 

[Rubiobot]

Then just get a couple from the library for yourself. Beezus and Ramona is good. And Henry and ribsy. 

Ribsy! That brings back the memories. 

 

[facook]

So Lonesome Dove is a must-read, huh?

RIP to McMurtry and the others today. I always wanted to watch The Last Picture Show. There's an author behind it, and it's apparently him. Interesting.

Horseman, Pass By (made in to the movie Hud, but quite different), Leaving Cheyenne & Last Picture Show (i think they're McMurtry's first 3 books) are a series and they're right up your alley thematically, if not genre-wise. Base existentials - broiling fusses over bleak circumstance - told like a story 'round a fire. Read em casually and let em sneak up on you. Lonesome Dove is right there with the big novels - the obvious and obscure, done in grand style

Yeah, what wikkid said.   

 

[The Man With No Name]

G. Gordon Liddy, 90

 

[wikkidpissah]

G. Gordon Liddy, 90

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[Binky The Doormat]

31 minutes ago, The Man With No Name said:
G. Gordon Liddy, 90

no comment ...??  

 

[Sea Duck]

G. Gordon Liddy, 90

Was he the first "convicted political operative turned media star"?

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Was he the first "convicted political operative turned media star"?

He was one of the best non-actors on Miami Vice. 

 

[E Street Brat]

Local Radio Host Ted Webb

Live it Up

 

[Leroy Hoard]

no comment ...??  

There is a 70s Billy Joel song that fits, but I am afraid to say it.

 

[Tom Servo]

He was one of the best non-actors on Miami Vice. 

Captain Real Estate. 
And no more “Stacked and Packed” calendars, either. 

 

[Tom Servo]

There is a 70s Billy Joel song that fits, but I am afraid to say it.

It’s Honesty. 

 

[DMXATF23]

My handle’s namesake according to Twitter, DMX, has passed at the age of 50.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

My handle’s namesake according to Twitter, DMX, has passed at the age of 50.

That hasn't hit the news yet.

 

[dickey moe]

That hasn't hit the news yet.

Supposedly not dead but on life support. 

 

[[scooter]]

The only reason I logged on tonight was to see if @wikkidpissah had anything to say about original SNL writer Anne Beatts.

 

[zamboni]

The only reason I logged on tonight was to see if @wikkidpissah had anything to say about original SNL writer Anne Beatts.

First thing I thought of when I saw her name was Square Pegs. RIP

 

[Tom Servo]

Prince Phillip has passed at age 99. 

 

[wikkidpissah]

The only reason I logged on tonight was to see if @wikkidpissah had anything to say about original SNL writer Anne Beatts.

i can't do it without sounding like a total sexist pig. the best way to characterize Anne Beatts was that any lesser person would have been destroyed by not only being a female comedy writer in the 70s (and a segment of 70s male hippies may have been the worst sexists since the Cossacks because they had the old codes AND the new hypocrisies)  but the schlubby writing partner of one of the 5 sexiest human beings to ever live in Rosie Schuster.

But, rather than cringe and fester like any intelligent woman would, Annie embraced the Schuster rebound to create her own comedy cavalcade with Falstaffian glee. There is no greater compliment i can give a human being than to say they employed rejection and approbation with the same vibrant spirit of opportunity. Good night, Roseanne Roseanndanna - RIP if you can find a place that doesnt have a disgusting hair across it or pus on it or something.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Prince Phillip has passed at age 99. 

It was a good run.

 

[Tom Servo]

Phil Coyne - former Pirates usher - dies at 102.

Lest you think “Who?”, keep in mind he started ushering age 18 and retired a couple of years ago at 100. 

 

[Psychopav]

DMX confirmed now. 

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

Deleted

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

A touching tribute to both LINK

That seems more disrespectful to both to me.

 

[Tom Servo]

That seems more disrespectful to both to me.

He forgot the air quotes around the word tribute.

 

[boilerdave]

Bobby “Slick” Leonard. 
A legend here in Indiana. As a player, a coach and a tv announcer.

 

[identikit]

Bobby “Slick” Leonard. 
A legend here in Indiana. As a player, a coach and a tv announcer.

BOOM BABY!!!!

Rip, Slick

 

[popeye]

Bobby “Slick” Leonard. 
A legend here in Indiana. As a player, a coach and a tv announcer.

In '72 I was eight years old when my dad and I attended a Pacers pre-season scrimmage.  I don't recall all of the details, but somehow after the scrimmage, I'm standing outside the locker room entrance and Coach was getting the entire team to autograph the souvenir program.  Still have it today.   

 

[McBokonon]

Bernie Madoff has moved on to the great Pyramid Scheme in the Sky 

 

[boilerdave]

Bernie Madoff has moved on to the great Pyramid Scheme in the Sky 

In the Sky?  I think Bernie has moved the other direction. 

 

[Kal El]

In the Sky?  I think Bernie has moved the other direction. 

Agreed, I highly doubt he took an upward elevator ride.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Bernie Madoff has moved on to the great Pyramid Scheme in the Sky 

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[Leroy Hoard]

Bernie Madoff has moved on to the great Pyramid Scheme in the Sky 

Maybe he'll get the Charles Ponzi suite.

 

[FairWarning]

Sad story about Al Toon's daughter - https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2021/04/13/molly-toon-lillard-part-madison-sports-family-shot-death/7217052002/

 

[zamboni]

Sad story about Al Toon's daughter - https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2021/04/13/molly-toon-lillard-part-madison-sports-family-shot-death/7217052002/

Just saw that - awful  

 

[STBootleg]

Helen McCrory. RIP, I loved me some Aunt Polly.

 

[zamboni]

Helen McCrory. RIP, I loved me some Aunt Polly.

New season of Peaky Blinders is supposed to be released this year - wonder if she'll be in it. :(

 

[northern exposure]

Helen McCrory. RIP, I loved me some Aunt Polly.

Huh, didn't realize she was married to Damian Lewis of Homeland and Billions.

 

[STBootleg]

Huh, didn't realize she was married to Damian Lewis of Homeland and Billions.

I didn't either until I saw this news.

 

[El Floppo]

Huh, didn't realize she was married to Damian Lewis of Homeland and Billions.

I didn't either until I saw this news.

Thirded.

Sad news...rip Polly

 

[Corporation]

Was coming to post about Aunt Polly and Mama Malfoy, great actress, RIP.

 

[KingPrawn]

RIP Cousin Itt

 

[Charlie Steiner]

RIP Cousin Itt

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[zamboni]

RIP Cousin Itt

Never knew he played the alien camp kid in the classic Meatballs II.

 

[McBokonon]

Walter Mondale at 93.

 

[Bogart]

Jim Steinman at 73. The brains behind Meatloaf's brawn for his most successful songs.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Jim Steinman at 73. The brains behind Meatloaf's brawn for his most successful songs.

Sad. He also wrote Total Eclipse Of The Heart. 

 

[Doug B]

Jim Steinman at 73. The brains behind Meatloaf's brawn for his most successful songs.

In Memoriam: "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" with Steinman on vox. Meat Loaf would cover this later.

 

[Bogart]

In Memoriam: "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" with Steinman on vox. Meat Loaf would cover this later.

I bet I have listened to Meat Loaf's version dozens of times, but never heard this one. It's good. Off to Spotify to listen to Bad For Good.

 

[Bogart]

Sad. He also wrote Total Eclipse Of The Heart. 

Yeah. Pretty cool he wrote the biggest hits for not only Meat Loaf but for The Dan Band.