Tallguy 3,395 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 It's funny what ends up on people's tombstones. When Alec Guinness passed away Star Wars was a footnote. But when Christopher Lee died it was 100% Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. Angela Lansbury is Murder, She Wrote (not surprising) and Mrs. Potts (a little surprising). Now excuse me, I'm going to listen to Sweeney Todd. JNHFan2000 and Tom Guernsey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 So many wonderful performances over so many decades. She’s way more than just Mrs. Potts and Jessica Fletcher. She played one of the all-time great screen baddies in The Manchurian Candidate! RIP, one of the finest Tom Guernsey and Tallguy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 In 1966 Lansbury introduced the Christmas classic "We Need a Little Christmas" in the musical Mame, but a (rightly) forgotten little pop culture corner is the 1996 TV musical Mrs. Santa Claus, which I vividly remember when I was 9 watching on CBS. Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,286 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Disco Stu said: In 1966 Lansbury introduced the Christmas classic "We Need a Little Christmas" in the musical Mame, but a (rightly) forgotten little pop culture corner is the 1996 TV musical Mrs. Santa Claus, which I vividly remember when I was 9 watching on CBS. My partner has a Christmas jumper with Angela Lansbury as Mrs Santa Claus all over it. It’s tacky as hell but also amazing lol. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Tom Guernsey said: My partner has a Christmas jumper with Angela Lansbury as Mrs Santa Claus all over it. It’s tacky as hell but also amazing lol. She's sort of a classical ideal of what a Mrs. Claus portrayal should look like, minus the plump-ness. Certainly closer to the ideal than Goldie Hawn! Who knew elves could give botox treatments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 I enjoyed reading this appreciation of Lansbury in the 70s Death on the Nile adaptation. http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2022/10/12/almost-there-angela-lansbury-in-death-on-the-nile.html Tallguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Robbie Coltrane has passed away https://deadline.com/2022/10/robbie-coltrane-dies-harry-potter-james-bond-cracker-star-was-72-1235145166/ Chen G., Raiders of the SoundtrArk, Marian Schedenig and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 14, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2022 "Strangling a cat?" "Irina! Take a hike!" RIP Valentin Zukovsky And if we're talkin' what I would consider the core Hogwarts adult characters (Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, Hagrid), only Maggie Smith and Michael Gambon remain with us Koray Savas, Tallguy and Chen G. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,395 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 You know, I've been wondering for a while now if Let it Ride was as good as I remembered it. This might be a time to find out. I think that was the first thing I remember seeing him in. Krull doesn't count because I didn't remember him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Those of us of a certain age here in the UK will remember his 80s comedy appearances in the likes of The Comic Strip Presents, The Young Ones and Blackadder and in a groundbreaking crime drama called Cracker, in which he played a psychological profiler (pretty much unheard of on British TV up to that point). And as has already been mentioned, Zukovsky was a highlight of the 2 Brosnan Bonds he appeared in. R.I.P. indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 RIP Robbie Coltrane. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 I always loved his little bit in Ocean’s Twelve RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 I watched a couple episodes of Alfresco, the early 80s sketch comedy show he was in with Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, et. al. They're all on Youtube! Here's a Cold War espionage parody with Coltrane, Fry, and Laurie: Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Iconic (among the gay community) actor Leslie Jordon has died. The diminutive actor was what is called a hoot. He died in a car accident after a "medical emergency" He was unique and one of a kind. He made everything he was in better. Docteur Qui and JNHFan2000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 He was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 I had understood that he was an icon, but I am not aware of his career, I think I saw him the last time in American Horror Story 1984... playing a very serious character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 He played Beverly Leslie, Karen's sexually ambiguous rival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 A delightful, wonderful man, and I'm very sad to hear of his passing. I came to him late through his very funny social media videos in the early days of the pandemic, and he was a source of great joy at a difficult time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Looking through his filmography, the only things I remember him from were Pee-wee's Playhouse and Star Trek Voyager! Cool career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,829 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Jules Bass died at the age of 87. https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jules-bass-dead-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-1235414059 Love all his animation stuff! Tallguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,395 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Time to go watch The Hobbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,352 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 43 minutes ago, Tallguy said: Time to go watch The Hobbit. I still want the scores to those, especially ROTK. Not a patch on Shore's work, but some decent work in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 I mentioned this while recording an episode of my buddy’s Christmas podcast recently, but I would love love LOVE Rankin-Bass score releases or even just song releases. Very unrepresented despite some freaks’ desire to buy Everything Christmas. At this point some of my nostalgic favorites would be among my holy grails. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,395 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 52 minutes ago, Roll the Bones said: I still want the scores to those, especially ROTK. Not a patch on Shore's work, but some decent work in there. There is some amazing work. It's even more amazing because this was "just television". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 57 minutes ago, mstrox said: I mentioned this while recording an episode of my buddy’s Christmas podcast recently, but I would love love LOVE Rankin-Bass score releases or even just song releases. Very unrepresented despite some freaks’ desire to buy Everything Christmas. At this point some of my nostalgic favorites would be among my holy grails. Yes I would buy any and all of them. I needs them precious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 I fear that a lot of them would be/are financially unviable due to their use of big label recording artists. Lots of estates to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,352 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 11 minutes ago, mstrox said: I fear that a lot of them would be/are financially unviable due to their use of big label recording artists. Lots of estates to deal with. It's all Thurl's fault. Tallguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 11 minutes ago, mstrox said: I fear that a lot of them would be/are financially unviable due to their use of big label recording artists. Lots of estates to deal with. At least for something like Santa Claus is Coming to Town (my personal favorite), I can’t imagine the recordings having too complicated an ownership setup, other than the title song being a separate copyright from the original music written by Maury Laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 RIP Jerry Lee Lewis, the very last of the original rock 'n roll stars. They're all gone now. Nevermind, he's not dead! https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/report-infamous-rock-and-roll-star-jerry-lee-lewis-dies-at-87/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demodex 557 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Huh. I assumed he was already dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,395 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Right. I didn't know he was alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Great balls of fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Mine too were on fire today, we just lived the Indian summer here in the south of Québec with temperature way above the normals. Even at this hour it's still 16 degrees. Sweet little 16, yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Apparently it's for real this time. https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/jerry-lee-lewis-free-wheeling-wild-man-rock-n-roll-dies-87-rcna4456 RIP Jerry Lee Lewis, the very last of the original rock 'n roll stars. They're all gone now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 A true original... not every pedophile married their 13-years old crush! I'm kidding. According to today's laws, many people would now be considered as "sex offenders", starting with Elvis. Other times, other manners. Nice recording from 1986. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,534 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 R.I.P., Leslie Phillips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demodex 557 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Who's she? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,352 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Demodex said: Who's she? Not all Leslie's are women. https://deadline.com/2022/11/leslie-phillips-dies-harry-potter-and-carry-on-star-was-98-1235166493/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demodex 557 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Sorry if I don't get choked up over the voice of the Sorting Hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,534 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 R.I.P., Bill Treacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Richard, are you just making up British character actors now? RIP Nigel Dodsworth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,534 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 R.I.P, Dan McCafferty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Tim Roth's son Cormack dies of cancer at 25. filmmusic and Naïve Old Fart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,395 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 10 minutes ago, AC1 said: Tim Roth's son Cormack dies of cancer at 25. That's heartbreaking. I don't know how I would go on, TBH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 RIP Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman https://decider.com/2022/11/11/kevin-conroy-batman-voice-actor-dead-66/ MrJosh, bruce marshall, Andy and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 That was indeed the definitive Batman voice. Very sad. Rest in peace. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Best Batman ever. Damn. Rest in peace. Edmilson and Romão 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 I didn't know he was ill. Sorry to hear it. 66 is way too young. MrJosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,395 Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Mask of the Phantasm is the best Batman movie. RIP. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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