______ Passed Away Today, RIP (1 Viewer)

[wikkidpissah]

RIP Brian Dennehy - the best Willy Loman for me ever.

Over 40 yrs ago now, i get a call from my agent. "We got a lawsuit!"

Huh? Let me explain -

The first thing he had represented me for was a play called Dinner & Divorce that i had written for a local community theater. It was based on a married couple who realized that, due to mid 70s tax statutes, if they went to a Caribbean island, got divorced on New Year's Eve and remarried on New Year's Day they saved enough in taxes to pay for the entire holiday and more (sumn i'd read in the paper about folks actually doing). Of course, between divorce & remarriage, hijinx & hilarity ensue. The referee of the mayhem was Buster, the wisened partyhound bartender of the tiki lounge on the resort's lanai. Serge loved it, got it into a Boston theater and it was well-received. Unfortunately, the IRS quickly closed the loophole (yes, govt actually acted quickly at one time) and i was on to other things, so it never went further.

Anyway, my agent goes to a hot new movie, 10, starring Bo Derek. Hijinx & hilarity ensued in this, too, refereed by Don, a wisened partyhound bartender of the tiki lounge on a resort's lanai, portrayed by Brian Dennehy (in what turned out to be his breakout role).

Further anyway, my agent - whose talent to get into the best places & parties almost exceeded his contract skills - swore that he was at a party attended by 10 writer/director Blake Edwards during the time Dinner & Divorce was running and his book made it clear he was in Boston for the whole run of my play (he had offices in Bos & NY). Don & Buster were so similar that he became convinced that Edwards had seen my play in a Boston 200-seater and lifted the characterization. I went to the movie and, while there were a number of similarities (i most remember insisting Buster be cast as a burly, bouncer type with soft, sarcastic edges, like the author), not enough for me to support Serge's claim. But i've held a great affection for Dennehy ever since. RIP -

 

[Kal El]

Are you a younger guy? That was a pretty insignificant role for him. 

I am, that movie came out when I was a kid. I do believe I saw him on an episode of MASH once as well.

 

[proteus126]

Such an excellent actor, First Blood, F/X, etc. even small parts of movies like Tommy Boy he really made believable.  RIP.

I liked his small part as Rosie in Never Cry Wolf.  Good movie, too.

 

[Hastur]

I liked his small part as Rosie in Never Cry Wolf.  Good movie, too.

Amazing you bring Never Cry Wolf up.  I was just looking on Disney+ to see if it was on there two days ago.  Alas...

 

[Tom Servo]

Jim Frey

Former Cubs and Royals manager

Frey's most memorable moment (NSFW)

 

[FairWarning]

Frey's most memorable moment (NSFW)

That was Lee Elia with the rant.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

RIP Brian Dennehy - the best Willy Loman for me ever.

I served him cold cuts once. The A&P in the Hamptons couldn’t get people to work there for the summer so they bussed us out there and paid us for the hour trip each way.

 

[Osaurus]

RIP Brian Dennehy - the best Willy Loman for me ever.

Really liked him in the FX movies

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I served him cold cuts once. The A&P in the Hamptons couldn’t get people to work there for the summer so they bussed us out there and paid us for the hour trip each way.

A true "brush with greatness" moment .

 

[Dr. Octopus]

A true "brush with greatness" moment .

He was wearing a cap like the Skipper from Gilligans Island. This was 30+ years ago and I probably thought he was 80 then.

 

[Tom Servo]

That was Lee Elia with the rant.

Crap. 

 

[Eephus]

Jazz legend Lee Konitz died at age 92 of COVID-19.  Konitz played on the landmark Miles Davis Birth of the Cool sessions in the early 50s and was still blowing his alto beautifully as recently as a couple of years ago..

 

[Corporation]

Howard Finkel.  Played an integral part in putting a lot of the wrestlers over in the WWF/WWE.  Enjoyed "The Fink" character.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/entertainment/wwe-howard-finkel-obit-trnd/index.html

 

[Joe Summer]

Matthew Seligman. Bass player for:

- Bruce Woolley and The Camera Club (1979; they did the original version of "Video Killed The Radio Star")
- the Soft Boys (1979-80)
- the Thompson Twins (1982, including "In The Name Of Love")
- Thomas Dolby (including "She Blinded Me With Science")
- plus hundreds of sessions, plus David Bowie's Live Aid appearance.

Had a massive stroke while in the hospital for coronavirus.

 

[Galileo]

Brian Dennehy 81

 

[Eephus]

Matthew Seligman. Bass player for:

- Bruce Woolley and The Camera Club (1979; they did the original version of "Video Killed The Radio Star")
- the Soft Boys (1979-80)
- the Thompson Twins (1982, including "In The Name Of Love")
- Thomas Dolby (including "She Blinded Me With Science")
- plus hundreds of sessions, plus David Bowie's Live Aid appearance.

Had a massive stroke while in the hospital for coronavirus.

That Bruce Woolley album is terrific

You're The Circus (I'm the Clown)

 

[Cjw_55106]

Brian Dennehy 81

There’s about 20 posts on Brian Dennehy on page 53.

 

[Don Quixote]

Brian Dennehy 81

There’s about 20 posts on Brian Dennehy on page 53.

He was too busy staring into space.

 

[Galileo]

There’s about 20 posts on Brian Dennehy on page 53.

I subscribe to the Old News Network...a little slow, but never FAKE  is the motto.   

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Eli Harris, guitarist, "musician of Marshall Street", who serenaded drunk Syracuse University students for decades. 62 years old. 

Best known for the song "(Style, smile, profile,) Eli's alleyway" 

@Nipsey

didn't know about him, but too many people going that are my age ...  

mortality realization kicking in.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Mike Curtis, All Pro linebacker for the Baltimore Colts passes away.  

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/former-colts-great-mike-curtis-dies-at-77/ar-BB12Vuse?li=BBnbfcL

This guy was one tough SOB, usually listed as one of the best LBs not in the HOF.  

 

[Eephus]

Mike Curtis, All Pro linebacker for the Baltimore Colts passes away.  

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/former-colts-great-mike-curtis-dies-at-77/ar-BB12Vuse?li=BBnbfcL

This guy was one tough SOB, usually listed as one of the best LBs not in the HOF.  

The best LB to ever wear #32

 

[wikkidpissah]

Mike Curtis, All Pro linebacker for the Baltimore Colts passes away.  

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/former-colts-great-mike-curtis-dies-at-77/ar-BB12Vuse?li=BBnbfcL

This guy was one tough SOB, usually listed as one of the best LBs not in the HOF.  

dang - i dont follow Halls of Fame and things like Curtis not being in Canton is a damn near perfect reason why

 

[Leroy Hoard]

dang - i dont follow Halls of Fame and things like Curtis not being in Canton is a damn near perfect reason why

True, most hall of fames don't know their ### from a hole in the ground.

 

[wikkidpissah]

True, most hall of fames don't know their ### from a hole in the ground.

then they aint using my toilet!

 

[Tom Servo]

Jack Lotz - the referee in Raging Bull as well as in Hulk Hogan’s first WWF championship. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Tom Lester - last remaining character from Green Acres died yesterday. 

For those of old enough to remember this show ...Eb, his character wasn't as great as Mr. Haney but solid.  

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Tom Lester - last remaining character from Green Acres died yesterday. 

For those of old enough to remember this show ...Eb, his character wasn't as great as Mr. Haney but solid.  

He was sort of the Kramer of his day, or like the other tall guy from the Drew Carey Show. 

I wonder who holds the title of oldest, last surviving cast member of a series. 

Joyce Randolph of The Honeymooners will be ninety-six this year. I can't think of anyone older, but there probably is. 

 

[[scooter]]

He was sort of the Kramer of his day, or like the other tall guy from the Drew Carey Show. 

I wonder who holds the title of oldest, last surviving cast member of a series. 

Joyce Randolph of The Honeymooners will be ninety-six this year. I can't think of anyone older, but there probably is. 

Gloria Henry (Dennis The Menace) and Larry Storch (F Troop) are both 97, Carl Reiner (**** Van Dyke Show) and Betty White are 98, Abe Vigoda is 99.

 

[El Floppo]

Vigoda died at 95.

maybe

 

[Bracie Smathers]

Vigoda died at 95.

maybe

Tessio: Tom, can you get me off the hook? For old times' sake?

Tom Hagen: Can't do it, Sally.

Abe Vigoda (1921–2016)

 

[El Floppo]

Tessio: Tom, can you get me off the hook? For old times' sake?

Tom Hagen: Can't do it, Sally.

Abe Vigoda (1921–2016)

Link

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Norman Lloyd, who was Dr. Auschlander on St. Elsewhere will be 106  in November.

He was in Orson Welles' acting troupe, and he was the dude who fell to his death from the Statue of Liberty in Hitchcock's Saboteur. 

 

[The Man With No Name]

Norman Lloyd, who was Dr. Auschlander on St. Elsewhere will be 106  in November.

He was in Orson Welles' acting troupe, and he was the dude who fell to his death from the Statue of Liberty in Hitchcock's Saboteur. 

He was in this series I watched, and was in his mid-late 70's then

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Norman Lloyd, who was Dr. Auschlander on St. Elsewhere will be 106  in November.

He was in Orson Welles' acting troupe, and he was the dude who fell to his death from the Statue of Liberty in Hitchcock's Saboteur. 

Wow.  That's amazing.

 

[El Floppo]

Norman Lloyd, who was Dr. Auschlander on St. Elsewhere will be 106  in November.

He was in Orson Welles' acting troupe, and he was the dude who fell to his death from the Statue of Liberty in Hitchcock's Saboteur. 

So you're saying there's a chance for Abe

 

[otb_lifer]

Tessio: Tom, can you get me off the hook? For old times' sake?

Tom Hagen: Can't do it, Sally.

Abe Vigoda (1921–2016)

more pathos in that scene than the entire run of Barney Miller combined. 

Tom was ice.  

brutal. 

 

[James Bond]

Irrfan Khan, Indian actor, from Slumdog Millionaire, Jurassic World, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Life of Pi. He was 53.

Oh, and Brain Dennehy.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Rest In Power Nigerian drummer Tony Allen 1940-4/30/2020

“without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat.” - Fela Kuti

“perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived.” - Brian Eno

Wolf Eats Wolf

One of the primary co-founders of Afrobeat music. Best known as the the bandleader of Africa ‘70 (1969-79, though he & Fela worked the Lagos scene in another band 1964-68.)

Zombie

He moved to London in 1980 and Paris in 1984. Post-Fela, Allen developed a hybrid sound, deconstructing and fusing Afrobeat with electronica, dub, R&B, and rap. Allen refers to this synthesis as Afrofunk.

Crazy Afrobeat

 

[[scooter]]

Scrubs' acapella lawyer, Sam Lloyd, 56

R.I.P.

Ted was a great character, and Lloyd played him well.

He also played Elaine's creepy stalker on Seinfeld.

And he was Christopher Lloyd's nephew.

 

[Tom Servo]

Former A’s pitcher Matt Keough died at age 64. 

 

[zamboni]

Former A’s pitcher Matt Keough died at age 64. 

RIP - much better pitcher than his record indicates.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

RIP - much better pitcher than his record indicates.

poor ******* probably got some kind of stank from that B of a wife he poorly married

 

[zamboni]

poor ******* probably got some kind of stank from that B of a wife he poorly married

I wasn’t aware of the backstory behind his ex. Did just learn something interesting about her though: she was one of the three women in the ZZ Top videos for "Legs", "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Gimme All Your Lovin" . 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I wasn’t aware of the backstory behind his ex. Did just learn something interesting about her though: she was one of the three women in the ZZ Top videos for "Legs", "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Gimme All Your Lovin" . 

I watched a couple of these shows ...she's a horrible person

 

[NREC34]

Don Shula RIP

 

[jamny]

Don Shula RIP

Ugh...that's a tough one. 

RIP Don 

 

[Sullie]

1^ Don Shula 328
2^ George Halas 318
3* Bill Belichick 273
4^ Tom Landry 250
5^ Curly Lambeau 226
6* Andy Reid 207
7 Marty Schottenheimer 200
8^ Chuck Noll 193
9 Dan Reeves 190
10 Chuck Knox 186

^ HOF
* Active 

RIP Coach Shula - one of the hardest tasks in the world is getting a win in the NFL, you did it more than anyone else.  Hats off!

 

[wikkidpissah]

Don Shula RIP

Tough as nails, but a true gentleman of the game. Some relatives who knew Nick Buoniconti from childhood told me he would marvel over how different it was to play for Shula than for the Patriots. Nick was the core of the Pats "defense" before he was traded, but only ever as good as his last play for Shula and he really respected that and believed that earning Shula's trust was his greatest achievement. RIP, Coach -

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

Shula was not just one of the greatest coaches ever, but also a solid role model and great guy.