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06-25-2011, 12:57 PM | #991 | |
We have to go back, Kate!
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Was in the car with ma today, and mentioned his passing. She said 'Oh, I know. I was going to call you about it. You used to love him!'
I adored Columbo. Whenever it was on I'd watch. Watched with Mum a few times. I especially remember that one with the theatre actors. Can't recall the title. Brilliant, brilliant show. I always liked how apparently unheroic he was. With his shambolic appearance and broken down car. I liked that it was never about guns and might, but rather intelligence and guile. And that often he had sympathy for the villain. It was rarely as black and white as other detective shows.
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06-29-2011, 09:36 AM | #993 |
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Did he pass on the left?
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06-29-2011, 11:20 AM | #994 |
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06-30-2011, 05:18 AM | #995 |
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..."If you feel a bit guilty about it afterward we can dig a grave and you can throw up into it."
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10-29-2011, 03:29 PM | #996 |
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Can't find the thread that lies in between this one and the Celeb Death thread.
Just to say that Jimmy Saville is dead. I met him. He was odd. And misogynistic. But he raised a lot of money for charity.
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10-29-2011, 04:19 PM | #997 |
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He was quite strange, almost anti-social for a man who courted fame and as you said, deeply mysoginistic and homophobic.
Did you know Thatcher entertained him at Chequers for several Christmases, now what do you suppose they talked about over the mince pies..? I knew him slightly a long time ago and couldn't find a likeable side to him, but he had something. Fear? Massive insecurity? He didn't have friends.
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10-29-2011, 04:20 PM | #998 | |
We have to go back, Kate!
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And yet I feel unaccounably sad at his passing. End of an era I guess.
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11-08-2011, 05:44 AM | #999 |
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Goodbye Smokin' Joe. When boxing was cool, you were the coolest.
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11-09-2011, 11:56 AM | #1000 |
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The past few days, this whole Michael Jackson/Dr Death trial finally got to me.
Not the trial or the verdict... the Dr probably got the verdict he deserved. But the whole, extended ad nauseam, Jackson family is my issue. I've believed they are a hoard of hangers-on, grasping for $. Some may think otherwise. I've just come to that belief over years, Then today, Janet Jackson is on TV talking about the trial and verdict. She says the Dr was just in it for the money, and didn't care about Michael. She may be speaking truth, but she also needs to look behind her. |
11-09-2011, 12:48 PM | #1001 |
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Is that a particularly Amercian phrase, or are you referring to any euphemism?
I think the British and Americans have always danced around the subject of death. Our old graveyards have: "Taken from us..." "Fell asleep..." "Left us..."
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11-09-2011, 12:51 PM | #1002 |
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"sleeps with the fishes..."
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11-09-2011, 12:57 PM | #1003 |
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Can't remember how to link to a specific point on a YouTube clip.
But this one is at 2.20. Luca Brasi ah he sleeps with the fishes... Sounds gorgeous in a Welsh accent
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11-29-2011, 02:17 PM | #1004 |
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RIP Patrice O'Neal
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11-29-2011, 02:28 PM | #1005 |
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Again, sorry. I know Monster created a thread for public deaths that didn't score you points or bum you out but were worth a mention. I still haven't found it (see #1001 above).
Ken Russell died. My interest in him was sparked by his association with Derek Jarman. But I accept he was probably a genius. Many people I admire with more knowledge of film have said so. I wasn't really attracted to his films - it's not a medium which excites me and I admit my ignorance. I watched The Devils purely for Jarman's sets. Heard Glenda Jackson on the Radio speaking very passionately about him. It moved me.
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