Celebrities We Lost 2024
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Might just be for my fellow theatre homies, but. Christopher Durang
My very first time on stage was in a play of his (The Actorās Nightmare) my freshman year of high school. What a talent.
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@Roz I remember reading him for a comedy in lit class and was particularly taken by his work (Baby With the Bathwater iirc?). Sad to hear heās gone
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Joe Flaherty, member of SCTV and regular in a ton of comedy movies throughout the years.
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Can we post ones we donāt mourn or regret?
Dodi : Suppose I could deliver you a star so big that little children in the crap-infested streets of Calcutta know his name.
Peter Dragon : Dodi, Iām eating spring rolls.
Dodi : Sorry. But suppose I could deliver this huge star, I mean, a guy better known than Tom Hanks, and youād only have to pay him scale?
Peter Dragon : Who is it?
Dodi : Well, heās a very complicated client.
Peter Dragon : Who is?
Dodi : I canāt tell you.
Peter Dragon : Can you give me a hint?
Dodi : Eh, he had some legal problems.
Peter Dragon : Drugs? Is it Robert Downey Jr.?
Dodi : No, Pete, my manās clean. Straight-arrow, strong, healthy.
Peter Dragon : Can you give me a bigger hint?
Dodi : Wellā¦ he was falsely accused of a double murder.
[pause as Peter looks at him]
Dodi : Now, because of the potential P.R. problems, my agency canāt officially
[makes air quotes]
Dodi : represent him.
Peter Dragon : Youāre pitching me O.J. Simpson.
Dodi : Yes, I am. Pete, little children in Calcutta know his face.
Peter Dragon : Yes, they know to run away from it.
Dodi : The name is more recognizable than Tom Hanks.
Peter Dragon : Okay. But, you know what, Tom Hanks refuses to go that extra mile and hack his WIFE to death!
Dodi : He was acquitted, man! Pete, with all due respect, someoneās gonna put him in something, and people are gonna want to see him. Sure, at first, as a curiosity, but I think theyāre going to be pleasantly surprised with his acting chops. Now, heās been studying with a coach- I recently saw him do a monologue from āRaisin in the Sunā.
Peter Dragon : Really? How was that?
Dodi : Truthfully? It was very moving.
Peter Dragon : Dodi?
Dodi : Yeah?
Peter Dragon : Get out!
Dodi : How about a villain? Heāll play a villain. Come on, whoās scarier?
[mimes stabbing]
Peter Dragon : YOUāRE scarier! God!
Dodi : Come on, Peter, just the shock value sells a million tickets, and heās going at bargain-basement rates. Hey Pete, do you play golf?
Peter Dragon : You know what? I think I just threw up, like, inside my throat? Get out, please.
[shuts the door on him]
Dodi : [from outside] Okay, but just a word of warning: The guys at Fox are all over him!
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@Alveraxus I vividly remember being in high school and my friends dad selling his white Bronco because he didnāt like either the jokes he kept getting about it.
That said, some assholes shouldāve gotten their comeuppance. Not sorry heās dead, just a shame it didnāt happen sooner.
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OJ Simpson
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@Alveraxus said in Celebrities We Lost 2024:
Pete, with all due respect, someoneās gonna put him in something, and people are gonna want to see him.
A coffin. rimshot
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Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS āNewsHourā nightly newscast, dies at 93
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@junipersky
Man, MacNeil/Lehrer were my news heroes when I was coming up as a little journalism student (I was that kind of kid lol). The show is still the best nightly news cast you can watch, I think. Hell of a legacy. -
@Alveraxus Thereās always room for grave dancing. I mean, Iām still starting the morning with a little jig thanks to Kissinger riding the one way tramway to hell.
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AND THE RED DAWN
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Steve Albini, 61 - Legendary producer of hundreds of bands such as Nirvana, The Pixies, Mogwai, and Sunn O))) in addition to singing for the bands Shellac and Big Black.
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Roger Corman.
Still, 98 is a victory lap, so, hail Roger Corman.
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One from my childhood, now:
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Donald Sutherland.
I don't know what I'm doing. Poke at Seven Nations sevennations.aresmush.com port 2021
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@Testament aw damn
