2022 - IN MEMORIAM - MOVIES & TV

[J.H.]

Original Sesame Street cast member Bob McGrath has passed away. He was a regular cast member from the first episode until... geez sometime in the early 2010s I think

He sang almost every well known song on the show that didn't require a Muppet in the lead voice position.

Bob was an institution as much as the show itself was!

James

Edited December 4, 2022 by J.H.

[RIPPA]

He was with the show until 2017!

God - sign me up to get to 90 right now

Bob was such a fixture of my youth

[J.H.]

I think why Bob resonated so much with me was because he always came across as genuine (not that the rest of the cast didn't).

Apparently, he was a big crossover act in Japan before Sesame Street. 

The fact he was regular cast until 2017 is incredible. I remember there was a small media stink when CTW/HBO didn't renew his contract

James

[colonial]

Bob McGrath on To Tell the Truth in 1966, singing in Japanese. Nine minutes in.

Edited December 4, 2022 by RIPPA

[Gonzo]

According to a message from her children that was posted on her Twitter account, Kirstie Alley has lost her battle with cancer at the age of 71.

 

[Pete]

[Dolfan in NYC]

3 minutes ago, Pete said:

God damn it, I can't handle this...

 

[J.H.]

I literally sat and listened to like 10 different Sesame Street versions of "Sing" ladt night just to hear Bob's voice stand out. 

I was a blubbering mess after each version. I get the feeling I will not be listening to that song for a very long time

James

[Curt McGirt]

Kirstie was a VERY early crush of mine.

RIP

[odessasteps]

When we saw the re-release of ST 2 in September. , it did bring back memories of young Kirstie Alley. 

 

[Pete]

12 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said:

God damn it, I can't handle this...

Our tears are a healing salve.

[Execproducer]

10 hours ago, odessasteps said:

When we saw the re-release of ST 2 in September. , it did bring back memories of young Kirstie Alley. 

 

I wasn't a fan of her as Shelley Long's replacement on Cheers but she'll always have a place in my heart for WoK, probably because she brought so much personality to her Lt. Saavik. Which is another way of saying that she sucked at portraying a Vulcan but it still worked. I also remember liking the first season of Veronica's Closet but didn't follow it beyond that. RIP

Edited December 6, 2022 by Execproducer

[odessasteps]

Maybe her most famous Cheers bit?

[Raziel]

41 minutes ago, Execproducer said:

I wasn't a fan of her as Shelley Long's replacement on Cheers but she'll always have a place in my heart for WoK, probably because she brought so much personality to her Lt. Saavik. Which is another way of saying that she sucked at portraying a Vulcan but it still worked. I also remember liking the first season of Veronica's Closet but didn't follow it beyond that. RIP

Her showing emotion was later retconned by saying Saavik was half-Romulan.

[Execproducer]

And yet Robin Curtis played her like a block of wood.

[Ace]

When I was young, I thought Robin Curtis was hotter than Kirstie Alley. I was stupid.

 

[odessasteps]

Vulcans should be too logical to get a perm, Saavik.

[Kuetsar]

If you haven't seen it, drop dead gorgeous, is a hoot.

[The Great ML]

28 minutes ago, Kuetsar said:

If you haven't seen it, drop dead gorgeous, is a hoot.

Legit great movie.

[dogwelder]

 

[Execproducer]

I still know all the words to I'm Just a Bill .... but I like to spice it up with a liberal dose of F-bombs.

[driver]

Well shit. School House Rock was a fixture of every Saturday morning.

[J.T.]

Verb.  That's what's happenin'.

[Zimbra]

Goddamit, RIP to an absolute legend.

 

[odessasteps]

Not that long after Julee Cruise passed away.