Celebrity death that bummed you out the most... - Page 16

Beestie · 06-24-2006, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

we got hooked on 90210 reruns. cheesy yes, but good memories.

Same here. I kept the last episode on VHS. I personally did not care for the show but watching the reruns brings back some good times. Funny how fast time goes. That was seven years ago and I have no idea where 7 years went. My son turns 7 in December and I can not remember big chunks of those 7 years.

I remember going to Six Flags when I was a kid. I would wait for over an hour for the "Big" roller coaster. Then it would be over. And I could scarcely remember it. I didn't like that then and I don't like it now.

Spexxvet · 06-24-2006, 09:53 AM

Good times......gooooood times.

Elspode · 06-24-2006, 10:33 AM

Spelling made a lot of crap, but he made very, very *popular* crap, which made him a very, very rich man.

I don't think you can even put out that much crap without a lot of very hard work and keen insights. He was a sharp cookie, indeed, and a bonafide TV legend.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-24-2006, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

Spelling made a lot of crap, ~snip

Tori?

Elspode · 06-24-2006, 02:33 PM

I wasn't going to reference her directly, but...yes, Tori, too.

Beestie · 06-24-2006, 03:44 PM

Spelling also made Gilligan's Island which was about the only bright spot for an eight/ nine-year old me (1968-9) during a particularly "challenging" period of growing up.

Ibby · 07-11-2006, 10:31 AM

Shine On....

velocityboy · 07-11-2006, 11:06 AM

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Shine On...

That sucks. I grew up on Floyd, even though I was after their time.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-11-2006, 12:05 PM

1967, Apples and Oranges.

dar512 · 07-13-2006, 04:20 PM

Red Buttons died today at 87. I really liked his performance in Hatari.

Elspode · 07-13-2006, 11:22 PM

The scene with the rocket powered monkey catching net...

I was a big Red Buttons fan.

wolf · 08-18-2006, 01:54 AM

Sad, but my biggest surprise was finding out that his dad was still alive ...

Elspode · 08-31-2006, 09:37 AM

Glenn Ford has passed on at the age of 90. There are so few of the great screen actors of the 20th Century left by now, and Ford was one of the greatest. He could do it all, and in a believeable, Everyman sort of way, whether he was portraying a hero or an average Joe. He was extremely convincing in military roles, probably because he was, in fact, a military man during WWII, and became a Naval Reserve Captain thereafter.

Ford's greatest performances came in "Gilda" and "Blackboard Jungle", two landmark films of the American cinema, but I will, for some reason, always think of him as a Western star. There never was a better cowboy than Glenn Ford.

Thanks for all the great work, Glenn.

dar512 · 08-31-2006, 09:51 AM

Don't forget The Courtship of Eddie's Father. One of Mrs. Dar's favorites.

Flint · 08-31-2006, 10:51 AM

I saw Vinnie Paul at Sam's the other day. You don't really know what to say anymore.

06-24-2006, 09:53 AM	#2
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Good times......gooooood times. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

06-24-2006, 10:33 AM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Spelling made a lot of crap, but he made very, very popular crap, which made him a very, very rich man. I don't think you can even put out that much crap without a lot of very hard work and keen insights. He was a sharp cookie, indeed, and a bonafide TV legend. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-24-2006, 02:33 PM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I wasn't going to reference her directly, but...yes, Tori, too. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Spelling also made Gilligan's Island which was about the only bright spot for an eight/ nine-year old me (1968-9) during a particularly "challenging" period of growing up. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

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Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Shine On.... __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	1967, Apples and Oranges. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Red Buttons died today at 87. I really liked his performance in Hatari. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

07-13-2006, 11:22 PM	#11
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	The scene with the rocket powered monkey catching net... I was a big Red Buttons fan. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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08-31-2006, 09:37 AM	#13
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Glenn Ford has passed on at the age of 90. There are so few of the great screen actors of the 20th Century left by now, and Ford was one of the greatest. He could do it all, and in a believeable, Everyman sort of way, whether he was portraying a hero or an average Joe. He was extremely convincing in military roles, probably because he was, in fact, a military man during WWII, and became a Naval Reserve Captain thereafter. Ford's greatest performances came in "Gilda" and "Blackboard Jungle", two landmark films of the American cinema, but I will, for some reason, always think of him as a Western star. There never was a better cowboy than Glenn Ford. Thanks for all the great work, Glenn. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

08-31-2006, 09:51 AM	#14
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Don't forget The Courtship of Eddie's Father. One of Mrs. Dar's favorites. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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