Bustronaut Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 John Travolta kills another career Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Richard Schaal, an early member of Chicago’s famed Second City comedy troupe who appeared often on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spinoffs Rhoda — which starred his then wife, Valerie Harper — and Phyllis, has died. He was 86. Schaal died Tuesday at the Motion Picture and Television Fund home in Woodland Hills, his daughter, American Dad! voice actress Wendy Schaal, told the Chicago Tribune. Schaal was married three times, including to Harper (his second wife) from 1964 until their divorce in 1978. He was the first of Harper's two husbands. The actor also appeared in such films as Norman Jewison’s The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), George Roy Hill’s Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) and Once Bitten (1985), starring Lauren Hutton and Jim Carrey. Schaal played Howard Arnell and his twin brother Paul, both of whom dated Mary Richards, in separate episodes of CBS’ Mary Tyler Moore Show, and he was WJM kids show host Chuckles the Clown on the 1970 installment The Show Must Go On, in which Mary has to produce the station’s election coverage in an emergency. On Rhoda, Schall portrayed Charlie Burke, an annoying pal of Rhoda’s husband Joe (David Groh). And on Phyllis, he was Leo Heatherton, a mistake-prone photographer who worked in the same studio as Cloris Leachman’s title character during that series’ first season. A native of Chicago, Schaal ran a construction company in the Windy City before hooking up with Second City in 1962. A master of sketch comedy and improvisation, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Chicago Improv Festival in 2010. In the 1980s, Schaal had regular roles on the ABC sitcom Just Our Luck and on the CBS dramas Trapper John, M.D. and Almost Grown, which was created by David Chase of The Sopranos fame. He also appeared on such TV shows as The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Dream of Jeannie, That Girl, Banacek and The Rockford Files. Ah man, I just marathoned three seasons of Mary Tyler Moore last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Carol Ann Susi - probably best known for voicing Mrs. Wolowitz on the Big Bang Theory - died Tuesday morning. She had been battling cancer. She also was in the Keith Hernandez Seinfeld episode (she was the women who went on the date with George) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I was trying to think of a "HOWWWWWAAD!" joke but nothing came to me. RIP... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Chespirito -- a.k.a. Roberto Gomez Bolanos -- died Friday in Mexico. For those who don't know - Chespirito was a comedic legend in Mexico He was 85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 He was also the inspiration for the guy in the Bumblebee Costume on the Simpsons. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Apparently she played a recurring character named "Monique Marmelstein" on KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER. That combination of syllables is gorgeous and I'm pretty sure I know what I'll be watching on Youtube tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Oh man, Kolchak: Monster of the Week. So bad you can't help but love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Chespirito -- a.k.a. Roberto Gomez Bolanos -- died Friday in Mexico. For those who don't know - Chespirito was a comedic legend in Mexico He was 85 Someone on twitter, i think Fredo, said his show often was a lead-in for wrestling on Galavision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 variety.com/2014/film/news/italian-actress-virna-lisi-dies-at-78-1201382484/ Perhaps best known for "how to murder your wife" with jack lemmon. She also apparently turned down Barbarella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutekh The Destroyer Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/31/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/feat-obit-edward-herrmann-dead-gilmore/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 Sad to hear that Edward Herrmann passed away. You young folks know him best as the dad/grandfather on Gilmore Girls but he was nominated for two Emmys playing Franklin D. Roosevelt, narrated thousands of documentaries and commercials, was the Master Vampire in The Lost Boys, and a hell of a lot of stuff that I'm forgetting at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 The Aviator, Oz, Annie, Big Business, The Cat's Meow, The Purple Rose Of Cairo, and of course he was in an awesome episode of MASH ... the man was a tank. RIP Edward, thanks for all of the great performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Add in Christine Cavanaugh, the voice of Chuckie on Rugrats and Babe The Pig. She was 51. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Add in Christine Cavanaugh, the voice of Chuckie on Rugrats and Babe The Pig. She was 51. Yeah, this one surprised me, how it bummed me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 She also voiced the main characters' children on Darkwing Duck and The Critic, was the official voice of Birdie the McDonalds mascot for years, was Bunnie Rabbot on Sonic the Hedgehog (the GOOD version, not to be confused with the much shittier Adventures of Sonic that for-some-damn-reason aired at the exact same time), and most heartbreakingly was the voice of Dexter on Dexter's Laboratory. DIE, MY CHILDHOOD, DIE! No cause of death has been released yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Shit, she was Dexter? Now I'm sad too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Donna Douglas, the woman that played Elly May Clampett, has passed away at the age of 81. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 No more chasin' critters round the cement pond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Is Max Baer Jr. still alive? Never mind, he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutekh The Destroyer Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Got to meet Donna Douglas back in 2003 when she was making the talk circuit after Buddy Ebsen passed away, very nice woman and polite to her fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 RIP Taylor Negron, who passed away from cancer. He was in a million things: fast times, easy money, better off dead /www.imdb.com/name/nm0624510/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 He owned EASY MONEY so hard. He could do so much with so little. BETTER OFF DEAD was just so set by his posturing in the opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 He had one of my absolute favorite guest shots on Fresh Prince as a salesman in the "Deck the Halls" Christmas episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Without Taylor, we wouldn't have "I'm the Man" http://youtu.be/a3Q8oM_AnK8?t=38m26s "What's a little boy like you doing with big boy smut like this?" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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