I think Terry Gross did an interview with him.

Veteran NHRA Funny Car driver Chuck Etchells passes away at 61

First funny car driver to break four seconds.:driving:

Garry Marshall, 81

This gentleman is responsible for most television in the 70s and some of it was actually good, or at least okay.

The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy
and ahem Joanie Loves Chachi

He was the first person to cast Robin Williams

He was the one who decided it was plausible that Julia Roberts could be a prostitute who could fall in love etc. in Pretty Woman.

RIP

I was surprised to learn that Garry Marshall was worth 'only' $80 million.

What with his resume, and all, I was expecting more, I guess. It was the early 70's and 80's though.:neutral:

Miss Cleo died on the 26th, from cancer. Man, late night used to be just plastered with her Jamaican-accented ads for 1-800 and 1-900 numbers for free psychic readings.

She was 53.

And Jack Davis of MAD magazine.

Say it aint Soah

http://6abc.com/family/philadelphia-...ge-90/1463028/

Now that there's an all-80s music video channel on the Roku, we get to play "name that sexist/racist stereotype & trope bingo". Anything by Motley Crue before "Kickstart My Heart" will usually get you to about 80% of a bingo, and if that doesn't work they do have "Thriller", "Smooth Criminal", and even Cameo's "Word Up" featuring a VERY young Levar Burton. One thing I noticed that I didn't back then is in the video for "She Bop" by Cyndi Lauper. I'd straight-up forgotten Alice Cooper's in the damn thing, but that's not what I noticed.

...Is that ADAM BALDWIN whose motorcycle sidecar she occupies??? Cuz it REALLY looks like a super-young Adam Baldwin. Someone please find this out!!! (if I wasn't leaving town on an unexpected trip to say goodbye to a friend short on time, I'd look it up myself...)

I forgot about this thread. Maybe this is where I shoulda put the link about Kenny Baker, instead of starting a new thread in CE.

It's OK, John, either way works. :)

Good one, 3 feet.

Name that channel!





Pretty please.

BigV, it's called Flashback 80s. Order is random and commercials are short but frequent. If you get stuck in a bunch of videos you don't like, back out to the main channels page and re-select it; you'll restart with a different video.

Thank you!

Gene Wilder. :(

Rats.

The AP has a good take on his life.

When Gene Wilder came crawling out of "The Hole" in Stir Crazy begging 'please, please, just one more day!', I thought I would laugh for the rest of my life.

I won't even get into his role of 'Jim' The Waco Kid in Blazing Saddles.

Another irreplaceable talent gone.

My favorite

"Are we ... black?"

"Yes, we are."

"Then we're awake, but we're very confused."

Aw shit, man, Wyatt Earp died.

Hugh O'Brian has died at 91.

RIP Kevin Meaney

He had one of the greatest 5 minutes on Carson ever, I think it was late 80s. A tad dated now but...

Stone status: Bummed
 

WTF? That is not right.

He's like a crazy person; dying like that.


God, he was so funny.

ETA: Shit he prefigured Richard Cheese by a couple of decades

Pete Burns, 57, Heart attack

And Bobby Vee, for those with less 80s musical tastes.....

Janet Reno, First Woman to Serve as U.S. Attorney General, Dies at 78

Her sister, Margaret Hurchalla, said the cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease,
which was diagnosed in November 1995, while she was still in office.

I missed that somehow.

Leonard Cohen. :sniff:

I woke up to the news of Cohen's death this morning. Felt really, really sad.

His music was a huge part of my life in my late teens and 20s - and then rediscovered again in my 30s. I adored his voice and his mind. A great poet.

"Open channel D."

Farewell Robert Vaughn.

Always liked him, a solid actor.

I liked him too. Such a face. That guy. I'm glad he had a good career, he was one of those kind of actors who just worked all the time. RIP, Mr. Vaughn.

Leon Russell... RIP

Another member of The Wrecking Crew gone.

Gwen Ifill PBS news
https://www.google.com/search?q=Gwen...hrome&ie=UTF-8

Never knew that lady's name.

61 is no age to die.

Florence Henderson died yesterday, of heart failure.

She was 82.

Aren't we down to like 2 or 3 living Brady Bunch cast members now?

Castro btdubs.

(Brady Bunch) No, exactly 6 still with us... all the kids are still around!

It would have been more; but, the same actress played all three Marshas.

Hah!

Just read that ol' Fidel finally carked it. He made a run of it, he did. 90 years old.

Ron Glass, the black guy on Barney Miller.

Aw shit.:(

Also played Shepherd Book on Firefly...that's for you youngins that don't know the joy that is Barney Miller.

Take me out to the black.
Tell them I ain't comin' back.
Burn the land
And boil the sea.
You can't take the sky from me.

Damn.

Fuck cancer.

God damn... This fucking year sucks.

I love that song.

Just listened to it earlier (different version).

I saw him do it live, three times. The first time I was taken back because it was so different from the recorded version.

John Glenn died today. He was 95.

Vocal track isolated:

Nice article about John Glenn.
Here

This got me bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNzYR-kT0aY

No No, Bad Year, Bad 2016...