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mothercruncher 30 Aug 2016 07:05:32 19,478 posts
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He was a proper solid gold treasure, no shit.

the_milkybar_kid 30 Aug 2016 09:57:34 8,474 posts
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Really sad news that.

RIP Gene.

Rivuzu 30 Aug 2016 10:36:51 18,424 posts
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He was a glorious bastard.

I'm going to have to rewatch Young Frankenstein now. It normally gets rolled out every Halloween in place of scary movies. Possibly my favourite movie ever.

DFawkes 30 Aug 2016 10:42:13 32,791 posts
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I only watch Young Frankenstein for the first time a couple of weeks ago when it was on TV. Really fantastic film that. Almost peed at Putting on the Ritz

Fantastic performer with impeccable comic timing.

You-can-call-me-kal 30 Aug 2016 10:51:22 23,013 posts
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He was great. Had a really unusual comic energy - sort of coy and sweet, but also a bit sharp with it. Nobody else anything like him.

I'm a particularly big fan of his section in Everything you Always Wanted to Know About Sex. Such a brilliant performance. So subtle and funny. Highly recommend if you've never seen it.

Deleted user 30 August 2016 11:09:17

I loved him in that, but I find it hard to watch old Woody Allen because his newer stuff is so shite it makes me sad

anephric 30 Aug 2016 11:48:05 5,274 posts
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There's a Young Frankenstein coffee table book by Mel Brooks out in a few weeks as well. I imagine the anecdotes will be glorious.

Fab4 2 Sep 2016 21:41:53 8,924 posts
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Sorry to hear of the passing of the wonderful Jon Polito. He was superb as Johnny Caspar in Miller's Crossing.

Gruff 2 Sep 2016 23:06:05 3,940 posts
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And as a "brother Seamus" in the big Lebowski, great character actor, RIP

"don't give me the high hat"

pk1980 2 Sep 2016 23:15:06 1,231 posts
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Remember him mainly in The Man Who Wasn't There.

askew 3 Sep 2016 08:55:07 24,121 posts
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Fab4 wrote:
Sorry to hear of the passing of the wonderful Jon Polito. He was superb as Johnny Caspar in Miller's Crossing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCEAqSXb5-4

anephric 3 Sep 2016 09:01:40 5,274 posts
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He's terrific in Miller's Crossing. He's the best thing in it.

Baihu1983 5 Sep 2016 14:23:58 14,378 posts
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Decks 5 Sep 2016 14:25:26 31,014 posts
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That comes as quite a shock.

DFawkes 5 Sep 2016 14:26:22 32,791 posts
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Tenner says that post gets deleted when he scrolls up and realises.

Edit: No disrespect to Jon Polito of course, his passing is worth repeating for those that missed it. He's one of those actors you'll recognise from something. Great performer, he will be missed.

Edited by DFawkes at 14:28:27 05-09-2016

Baihu1983 5 Sep 2016 15:34:32 14,378 posts
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Yeah it was odd as it was only put up on a site a couple hours ago and I hadn't really been online the last few days as I was working nights so I completely missed it

Immaterial 8 Sep 2016 20:08:50 2,626 posts
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Bah. Prince Buster has died, aged 78.

sirtacos 21 Sep 2016 04:00:00 8,279 posts
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RIP Brangelina - 2004-2016

Angelina Jolie just filed for divorce.

Seeing as Brad and Angelina had essentially fused into one, the gargantuan Hollywood entity known as Brangelina, I thought this thread was an appropriate place for an obituary.

I've never given any particular shits about them, but now that they're breaking up, I genuinely feel a bit sad. It's weird.

They weren't just a power couple - they were demigods looking down on the writhing mass of humanity from their His & Her jewel-encrusted Olympian toilet seats.

If they can't make a relationship last 12 years, what hope is there for us mortals? None. No hope. We all die alone.

Edited by sirtacos at 04:05:05 21-09-2016

Deleted user 21 September 2016 04:02:45

Posted already in the "what's America's problem" thread.

sirtacos 21 Sep 2016 04:04:43 8,279 posts
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Aye but this is a more appropriate place for us to gather and grieve.

Edited by sirtacos at 04:10:13 21-09-2016

macmurphy 21 Sep 2016 05:40:53 4,448 posts
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Apparently brad was too busy smashing Russian hookers, Marion Cotillard, booze and weed.

What. A. Fucking. Legend.

To be fair she went a bit Mother Teresa in the end. This is the original hollywood wildchild. I wouldn't be too happy if one day I'd been hanging the back out of Jolie and her incandescent best and the next day I've got six kids and the wife keeps fucking off to African orphanages.

I'm team Brad all day long.

I'd even do bum stuff.

Jono62 21 Sep 2016 08:23:42 27,357 posts
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macmurphy backs Brexit again.

Baihu1983 25 Sep 2016 10:58:38 14,378 posts
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Actor Bill Nunn. Cancer.

pk1980 26 Sep 2016 08:38:21 1,231 posts
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Golfer Arnold Palmer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37469392

BigOrkWaaagh 24 Oct 2016 18:56:20 10,554 posts
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Pete Burns has pegged it.

pk1980 24 Oct 2016 19:04:32 1,231 posts
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That's a surprise

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