Tim Curry's finest hour

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― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 04:15 (twenty-four years ago)

I remember seeing this as a little kid - at the time I knew who Charlotte Rae was but didn't know who Tim Curry was. Is that one of the AbFab girls?

― James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 04:42 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh i think his finest moment was on Muppet Treasure Island. He got to interact with Miss Piggy. How cool is that!

― bri (bri), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 05:54 (twenty-four years ago)

I made you.... and I could break you just as easily.

― Queen G (Queeng), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 05:55 (twenty-four years ago)

Is that his collar, or is it a mullet?

― Tad (llamasfur), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 07:07 (twenty-four years ago)

best devil ever in 'legend' he was.
q. scary for a horror film wasn't it ?

― piscesboy, Wednesday, 25 September 2002 11:03 (twenty-four years ago)

I thought this thread was going to be about TV Travel Shop's Mark Curry
http://www.tvtravelshop.co.uk/images_presenters/large_mark_curry.jpg

― Graham (graham), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 11:58 (twenty-four years ago)

I've never heard of TV Travel Shop.

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 12:31 (twenty-four years ago)

I thought Tim Currys finest hour was the excellent film "Congo". That classic puts tears in my eyes everytime.Brilliant

― Mike Hanle y (mike), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 12:34 (twenty-four years ago)

I thought this thread was about my finest curry hour

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― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 12:45 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh absoooooooooooooooooolutely the best Tim Curry film EVAH!

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 13:15 (twenty-four years ago)

one year passes...

OMG

― Allyzay, Thursday, 11 December 2003 22:47 (twenty-two years ago)

that bottom picture of Tim looking like Johnny Rotten on Goofathol is a source of endless amusement

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Thursday, 11 December 2003 23:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Beautiful stuff.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 December 2003 23:14 (twenty-two years ago)

JK Rowling owes Charlotte Rae money!

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 11 December 2003 23:15 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.x-entertainment.com/pics/vid16.jpg

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 12 December 2003 00:11 (twenty-two years ago)

That third shot down appears to be the inspiration for that one bit from Matrix: Reloaded

― TOMBOT, Friday, 12 December 2003 00:58 (twenty-two years ago)

The thought of a thousand Tim Currys shouting "Fuck you!" fills me with GLEE~

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Friday, 12 December 2003 01:52 (twenty-two years ago)

(er, I meant "bullshit!" Man, that film should've been more memorable, huh?)

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Friday, 12 December 2003 01:53 (twenty-two years ago)

How incredible would it be if Agent Smith was played by Tim Curry?

― Allyzay, Friday, 12 December 2003 02:07 (twenty-two years ago)

hopefully he woulda played agent smith while wearing this cape

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 12 December 2003 02:09 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.x-entertainment.com/pics/vid13.jpg

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 12 December 2003 02:09 (twenty-two years ago)

This movie looks like it's even better than the Magical Mystery Tour, which frightens and awes me.

― Allyzay, Friday, 12 December 2003 02:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Has anyone gotten around to hearing the sound clips?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 12 December 2003 02:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I just read the entire review and I have TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY FACE and my stomach muscles HURT from laughing.

― Allyzay, Friday, 12 December 2003 03:07 (twenty-two years ago)

HOLY SHIT Amazon allows you to purchase this movie WITH Mother Goose Rock And Rhyme for extra savings!!! This is the greatest news in the history of the world quite honestly.

― Allyzay, Friday, 12 December 2003 03:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Dear god! Dare I actually watch it. (I reread the review today and was just amazed...what in the name of god is the full music video sequence like, I wonder.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 12 December 2003 03:40 (twenty-two years ago)

It is like every beautiful dream I ever had. I enjoy the concept that all these little girls find Tim Curry to be fucking hot btw.

― Allyzay, Friday, 12 December 2003 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

i heard he's started doing the audio versions of the "Lemony Snicket" novels

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 12 December 2003 15:23 (twenty-two years ago)

My mother just informed me that she finds Tim Curry hot too. God.

― Allyzay, Friday, 12 December 2003 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

*Ahem...*

http://www.musicman.com/u2/clue.gif

― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Friday, 12 December 2003 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

That's a great movie.

― Allyzay, Friday, 12 December 2003 19:28 (twenty-two years ago)

now ned, how did you discover this pearl of a film in the first place?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 13 December 2003 07:15 (twenty-two years ago)

"I Do the Rock"

― weather!ngda1eson, Saturday, 13 December 2003 07:41 (twenty-two years ago)

God knows how, it must have come up on a random search or a link through a bad movie site, as bad movies are one of my pleasures in life.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 13 December 2003 07:42 (twenty-two years ago)

seven months pass...

It's coming out on dvd!

Note creepy Harry Knowles review on AICN:

Ok – this isn’t that tv series crap, this is the movie. The one with the yummy lil Fairuza Balk! Oh and even more important one of the greatest women of all time, Diana Rigg. Oh… and the Court Jester of Satan, himself… Tim Curry!!! A grossly overlooked film that has big gobs of cool all through it. If you like the cast I’ve named, you’ll love this! If you don’t… find Quint and beat him within an inch of his life! He’s who turned me on to it. Well, him and a beautiful lady I used to know. So, just consider it as highly recommended!

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

i like tim as the sinister new wave dj/sleez sisters svengali in times square.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Note creepy Harry Knowles review on AICN

Thanks, I think my id just withered and died.

I was thinking about this the other day. Between this and The Apple, the world is again made right. Sorta.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

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― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 17:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought Tim Curry's finest hour was in Clue.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

is that 'IT' up there?

― piscesboy, Tuesday, 3 August 2004 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

i thought everyone who grew up with HBO had seen "the worst witch" every november?

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 18:01 (twenty-two years ago)

people need to watch times square.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 18:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Did you know that Adam Ant once appeared in a movie with Tim Curry? A movie in which Tim Curry plays "Cupid's Caseworker"? I bet you didn't.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 18:47 (twenty-two years ago)

That is one weird cast.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 18:48 (twenty-two years ago)

TIM CURRY. JENNIFER GREY. ADAM ANT. DR. JOYCE BROTHERS.

Seriously, if I was a studio head that would be all you'd have to say to me, $300m right there.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 18:49 (twenty-two years ago)

"Paradise Garage" needs a revival. What a great single, what a crappy video.

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Seriously, if I was a studio head that would be all you'd have to say to me, $300m right there.

Have them remake that Plunkett and Maclane film with Adam and Tim as the two lead characters. Gold, right there.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 18:53 (twenty-two years ago)

four weeks pass...

I HAVE SEEN IT, IT IS AMAZING. I MEAN IT IS TERRIBLE BUT OMG.

Here's the thing. As soon as he started singing the song, I knew what he was saying. I like, knew this song, pretty well, even. Like I've heard it a few times before and found it very memorable. But I have most definitely not seen this film, ever. I would definitely have remembered something that made as little sense as the musical sequence. I can only assume that either A) this was some kind of single B) someone has made a cover of Tim Curry's song about Halloween C) I am clairvoyant.

Also we put the song on MP3, by "we" I mean Tom.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 03:20 (twenty-two years ago)

So did you actually get the DVD? *shock and awe*

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 04:50 (twenty-two years ago)

The one with the yummy lil Fairuza Balk!

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 05:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Look, let's not quote Mr. Knowles more than is necessary here.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 05:22 (twenty-two years ago)

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You too will have time for your pleasures, but only after I have had MY pleasures!

― Harry "I Know Yummy" Knowles (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 05:33 (twenty-two years ago)

netflix. The damage is in my gm4il account if somebody wants to hear this thing.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 11:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Tim Curry's finest hour was in "Clue", without a doubt.

"Communism was just a red herring."

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 11:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Thank you Tombot, you are my hero.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 13:21 (twenty-two years ago)

"Has anybody seen my tamborine?"

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)

That's my favorite line, too.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 13:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Dare I listen?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 13:43 (twenty-two years ago)

It's really kind of key. Pull up the website for appropriate effect.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 13:44 (twenty-two years ago)

"Your teacher could become a sardine"

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)

*fears* Well, apparently my other e-mail address is nedr@sbcglobal.net, so send it to that, please.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll send it. Dude do you want a gmail invite? It keeps giving me more.

FROGS IN YOUR BASS GUITAR.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 13:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Dude do you want a gmail invite?

I'm resisting the cult. ;-) More seriously, that apparently IS my gmail equivalent, I have a 2GB inbox. I only found out about it last night!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 13:52 (twenty-two years ago)

(And thanks, of course -- won't be able to listen to it for another hour, I have to go up to the front desk from 8 to 9.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 13:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Dan, are you looking at the website while you listen? It's important to see the visuals.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 13:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know if I can handle that much goodness. (Also I'm at work)

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 14:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Okay, so. *loads up webpage and song, thanks to Ally*

?!?!? A strung out Bowie fronting a lounge band? I'm terrified!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 15:37 (twenty-two years ago)

"From London to Idaho," indeed.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 15:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I seriously didn't expect the song to sound like it was shot full of downers.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

That's what makes it Halloweeny.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought T.C. as Mick Jagger on Saturday Night Live was pretty classic.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 16:06 (twenty-two years ago)

nine months pass...

I used to have this on video, just finding this thread has cracked me up. I think I knew all the lyrics at one point...classic

― Paul Kelly (kelly), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 06:42 (twenty-one years ago)

ILE -- we help you relive your past.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought this was going to be about his recreation of the beloved Mr. French on the remake of Family Affair. Sebastian Cabot, move over!

― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

my sister and i used to watch this movie

Everyone's got a material possession they're really proud of. For some, it's their new sportscar. Others, their prized hockey trophies. For the Grand Wizard, it's his cardboard sun. Curry obviously believe that this is shocking, since he hides the thing behind his back for a minute, taunting us as if we should be completely amazed that he's somehow found the elusive paper sun.

this part of the website made me roffle

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

I still have the song in my gmail!

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

If you've not heard this song...you really, really need to.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 19:02 (twenty-one years ago)

It is seriously the best song.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 19:20 (twenty-one years ago)

all I remember is "anything can happen on halloween, your cat could turn into a bat' - or something like that.

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 19:21 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

this movie came up at work today ...

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 22:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Halloween soon! There should be a screening.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)

don't you mean a... SCREAMING?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 22:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Halloween soon! There should be a screening.

this must be the answer -- the other movie discussed was "KISS meets the phantom of the park"

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 22:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I was looking for the lyrics to the elusive Halloween song but instead found this and well it speaks for itself.

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Cinema/2636/lyrics.htm

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 23:31 (twenty-one years ago)

[spoken] It's great to be here, with you young witches, on this fabulous night! Remember Gills, show the world, let them know it's Halloween. Hit it!
[singing]
I wouldn't change places
With anyone tonight
We'll carve pumpkin faces
And watch the witches flight
Every human heart will shudder
Every soul will shake with fear
Tonight, the creepiest
Tonight, the scariest
Tonight, the most wonderful night
ahhhhhhhhf the year
Anything can happen on Halloween
Your dog could turn into a cat
There may be a toad in your bass guitar
Or your sister could turn into a bat
Christmas time brings the snow
Summer time brings the sun
But on Halloween your blood begins to run
Something's funky going down now
Anything can happen on Halloween
It's better than a video
Gremlins gonna mess up every cassette
From London to Idaho
April first can be fun
New Year's Eve is a bore
But on Halloween your flesh begins to crawl
Oh, I'm losing control
Anything can happen on Halloween
Your toenails grow long and your hair turns green
Your teacher could become a sardine
Your dentist could turn into a queen.
Has anybody seen my tambourine
I may start playing
Begin the begin
The craziest night you've ever seen
This hairy, scary, creepy, crawly,
Halloween.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

the zucchini song?!?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

THE ZUCCHINI SONG
Now down the road there lives a man I'd like you all to know,
He grew a big zucchini for the local flower show
And when the story got around they came from far and wide,
And when then saw what he had grown, everybody cried.....

Ooooh! What a beauty, I've never seen one as big as that before,
Oh Oh! What a beauty, it must be two foot long or even more.
And it's such a lovely color, so big, and round, and fat,
I've never seen a zucchini grow quite as big as that,
Oh Oh! What a beauty, I've never seen one as big as that before.

He was leaning on the garden gate the other day,
And beckoned to a lady who lives just across the way,
He took her down the garden path and showed it to her with pride,
And when she saw the size of it, the little lady sighed..

Third verse, worse than the first!
And then the flower show was held and everybody went,
To see this huge zucchini, lying there inside the tent.
Soon the judges came along to give the prizes out,
And they only took one look at it and they began to shout,
Now what did they shout???"

OOOOOH! What a beauty, I've never seen one as big as that before,
Oh Oh! What a beauty, it must be two foot long or even more.
And it's such a lovely color, so big, and round, and fat,
I've never seen a zucchini grow quite as big as that,
Oh Oh! What a beauty, I've never seen one as big as that before.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Pervert.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 28 September 2005 00:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I like the Brontosaurus song.

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 28 September 2005 00:22 (twenty-one years ago)

This just went to the top of my Netflix queue. How can it be I've never seen this movie? And how can the classic Cobra Woman not be available on DVD?

― Jaq (Jaq), Wednesday, 28 September 2005 00:26 (twenty-one years ago)

from London to Idaho?

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Wednesday, 28 September 2005 00:52 (twenty-one years ago)

They remade Worst Witch for tv recently, and I just thought, there's no Tim Curry in it, so what is the point?

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Wednesday, 28 September 2005 00:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Your dentist could turn into a queen.
Has anybody seen my tambourine

I can't stop thinking about how this is possibly the best two-line rhyming punch in any song EVER. Also TR is OTM

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 28 September 2005 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

three weeks pass...

TAMBOURINE TIME

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 October 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)

this was my favorite movie ever as a child, and i went as mildred for halloween in second grade. i thought wizard school was awesome. i thought tim curry was the hottness. now i know, i was so so right.

― carly (carly), Monday, 24 October 2005 23:26 (twenty years ago)

i went as mildred for halloween in second grade

You're a better person than any of us.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 October 2005 23:31 (twenty years ago)

Netflix is breaking my heart! This says available "now" - why don't they send it?! I've gotten 3 movies from underneath it, and still it sits, available "now" at the top of my queue.

Bubba Ho-Tep is so not gonna be an acceptable substitute.

― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 00:50 (twenty years ago)

seven months pass...

I was thinking about this the other day and figured it would be available. And I was so right.

Thank you, YouTube.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 May 2006 11:01 (twenty years ago)

And now that I'm finally seeing it all for the first time instead of just hearing it, oh my lord.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 May 2006 11:12 (twenty years ago)

Hahaha! Thanks Ned!

― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 25 May 2006 11:43 (twenty years ago)

Yer welcome! Now everyday IS Halloween!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 May 2006 11:50 (twenty years ago)

OMG someone was masturbating all over Video Toaster when this was made.

― Dan (Wow) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 25 May 2006 13:54 (twenty years ago)

amazing

― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 25 May 2006 14:12 (twenty years ago)

That is the best. THE. BEST. You should really see it in the context of the whole film though, because truly that shit just comes outta left field.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Thursday, 25 May 2006 14:13 (twenty years ago)

All the little girls and the witchy teachers salivating over the photo of Curry as the Grand Wizard! OMG! What a fucked up movie :)

― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 25 May 2006 14:17 (twenty years ago)

it's all about the bat tie

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 25 May 2006 14:20 (twenty years ago)

I really enjoy the idea that girls just go completely Justin Timberlake-style nuts over Tim Curry, if they're witches.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Thursday, 25 May 2006 14:38 (twenty years ago)

That fits in with every Rocky Horror performance I've ever attended.

― Dan (Leather: Not For Everyone) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 25 May 2006 14:40 (twenty years ago)

You've actually done that? Multiple times?

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Thursday, 25 May 2006 14:43 (twenty years ago)

LOOK I WAS 18 AND AWAY FROM HOME, ALL RIGHT?????

― Dan (Don't You Judge Me) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 25 May 2006 14:44 (twenty years ago)

Well one time I got dragged to something called "Naked Boys Singing," which lived up to its title, if it's any consolation.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Thursday, 25 May 2006 14:45 (twenty years ago)

Dan, you poor soul. (I only went to three total and in drag once.)

Ally -- uh. Well, truth in advertising, then.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 May 2006 14:45 (twenty years ago)

Ned, I sobbed like David Hasslehoff when I realized what we were going to see. Painful. Truly painful.

So speaking of the Hoff, ts Tim Curry versus David's finest hour? I know everyone's seen that but it never stops being funny and it struck me they're very similar, except one is Halloween themed (? I think?) and the other isn't.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Thursday, 25 May 2006 14:54 (twenty years ago)

Man, that IS a tough call. What should they duet on?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 May 2006 14:56 (twenty years ago)

Islands in the Stream

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Thursday, 25 May 2006 14:59 (twenty years ago)

Only if bad video effects show them IN A STREAM

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 May 2006 15:00 (twenty years ago)

With a herd of unicorns.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Thursday, 25 May 2006 15:01 (twenty years ago)

You know, the opening lyrics to that song are insane:

Baby when i met you, there was peace on earth
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb
I was soft inside, there was something going on

A FINE TOOTH COMB?

"You were like the lice in my hair, dearest."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 May 2006 15:03 (twenty years ago)

Huh. I never really paid much attention. Also the first line is poorly phrased, it implies the peace on earth existed prior to the hook up.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Thursday, 25 May 2006 15:08 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I was baffled by that as well. But if they're happy.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 May 2006 15:13 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, whatever, good on 'em.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Thursday, 25 May 2006 15:13 (twenty years ago)

Anyway, TIM CURRY. That opening little speech he gives, jeezum.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 May 2006 15:14 (twenty years ago)

David Hasselhoff sobbing on American Idol may be the most awesome thing I've seen on television in quite a while.

― Bluebell Madonna (Ex Leon), Thursday, 25 May 2006 15:19 (twenty years ago)

Anything can happen on Halloween
It's better than a video
Gremlins gonna mess up every cassette
From London to Idaho

oh noes, messed up cassettes!!

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Thursday, 25 May 2006 15:49 (twenty years ago)

Haha... Charlotte Rae's number is up there too.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 May 2006 16:21 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Today's the day!

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 17:45 (eighteen years ago)

Oh dear God, how did I miss this?

― ENBB, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 18:01 (eighteen years ago)

Hahah!

Idolator has this plus another clip up.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 18:20 (eighteen years ago)

eight months pass...

revive? why the fuck not?!?

― Eisbaer, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 19:49 (eighteen years ago)

lol I forgot I still have this song on my gmail archive

― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 21:48 (eighteen years ago)

HAS ANYBO-DY SEEN MY TAM-BO-REEN?

― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 21:48 (eighteen years ago)

OMG I love that the gremlin-threatened mirror-Curry videotape is a betamax.

― Abbott, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 21:59 (eighteen years ago)

A dentist could turn into a queen.

― Abbott, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 22:01 (eighteen years ago)

i still have to rent this thing ...

― Eisbaer, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 22:02 (eighteen years ago)

Tim Curry's finest 3 seconds:

uillderness girls

― Slumpman, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 22:06 (eighteen years ago)

ugh why did I look up Naked Boys Singing

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 22:43 (eighteen years ago)

Wait... none of you have seen this film? I thought it was a staple 80s children's classic and everyone's all WTF about it all... Very strange. My little sister has seen it probably a squillion times. Harry Potter totally ripped off a whole load of this wholesale.

― the next grozart, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 22:47 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

Because Halloween is coming sooner than you think.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 6 August 2009 02:02 (seventeen years ago)

Before I can even prepare for it, my toad will turn into a bass guitar?

― an unctuous tamal (called) (not named) (Abbott), Thursday, 6 August 2009 02:03 (seventeen years ago)

RIP

― jed_, Thursday, 6 August 2009 02:08 (seventeen years ago)

This should always just be embedded in this thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmG80v473AI

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 6 August 2009 02:10 (seventeen years ago)

Music by Charles Strouse!!!

― tokyo rosemary, Thursday, 6 August 2009 13:54 (seventeen years ago)

Thank you for this Ned. <3

― ENBB, Thursday, 6 August 2009 13:57 (seventeen years ago)

two months pass...

SEVEN DAYS TO GO, sing along!

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 24 October 2009 23:36 (sixteen years ago)

And one day to go, so.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 30 October 2009 17:09 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

Sing along, once more.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 31 October 2010 18:24 (fifteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

Time to revive.

― Jaq, Thursday, 13 October 2011 22:16 (fourteen years ago)

Indeed! :-D

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 October 2011 22:19 (fourteen years ago)

Oh what the heck, another posting of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmG80v473AI

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 October 2011 22:20 (fourteen years ago)

I, uh, somehow own a copy of this fine work.

― Jaq, Thursday, 13 October 2011 22:23 (fourteen years ago)

You are a better person than the rest of us.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 October 2011 22:23 (fourteen years ago)

I totally sang this song to someone today!

― fried chicken makes Alex cry, who'd vote for such a wimpy guy? (Abbbottt), Friday, 14 October 2011 02:17 (fourteen years ago)

your dentist could turn into a queen

― fried chicken makes Alex cry, who'd vote for such a wimpy guy? (Abbbottt), Friday, 14 October 2011 02:17 (fourteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

IT'S THE DAY, OF TAMBOURINES

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 31 October 2011 20:36 (fourteen years ago)

a gremlin's gonna mess up every cassette

― despite all my rage I am still just a Latter Day Saint (Abbbottt), Monday, 31 October 2011 20:37 (fourteen years ago)

he says "cassette" so crisply

― despite all my rage I am still just a Latter Day Saint (Abbbottt), Monday, 31 October 2011 20:37 (fourteen years ago)

Watched it Saturday! So many bizarre things in this movie!

― Jaq, Monday, 31 October 2011 20:40 (fourteen years ago)

Also: watched it after Hellboy - 2 movies that have a character refered to as "HB"!!

― Jaq, Monday, 31 October 2011 20:46 (fourteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

The month is again here, and all.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 7 October 2012 16:51 (thirteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

There may be a toad in your bass guitar.

― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Thursday, 25 October 2012 17:10 (thirteen years ago)

I just bought this off of Amazon

― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Thursday, 25 October 2012 17:22 (thirteen years ago)

Your teacher could become a sardine.

― emil.y, Thursday, 25 October 2012 17:25 (thirteen years ago)

btw since the originally posted video is now gone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUhuPn8_d0Q

― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Thursday, 25 October 2012 17:29 (thirteen years ago)

THE DAY APPROACHES

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 28 October 2012 02:40 (thirteen years ago)

yay!!!

― tokyo rosemary, Sunday, 28 October 2012 03:00 (thirteen years ago)

I just bought this off of Amazon

This arrived today btw

― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Sunday, 28 October 2012 03:04 (thirteen years ago)

DJP, I can testify it is totally worth owning. I wish I'd brought my copy on this business trip - it would be the perfect thing to watch most evenings, the ideal mix of terrible and absurd and fabulous.

― Jaq, Sunday, 28 October 2012 03:23 (thirteen years ago)

this is always wonderful!

― spicy bacon, bitch! (Eisbaer), Sunday, 28 October 2012 22:45 (thirteen years ago)

TODAY IS THE DAY

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 14:45 (thirteen years ago)

YESSSSSSSSSSS

― ENBB, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 14:52 (thirteen years ago)

in his honor i'm eating curry chicken for lunch today

― push iatee (some dude), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 14:53 (thirteen years ago)

God bless this man...

― formerly EDB (ed.b), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:09 (thirteen years ago)

watched IT during the hurricane, so tc is fucking aces in my book right now

― this update fixes the following known sugs (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:17 (thirteen years ago)

Still underrated sidebar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PIV7cyt7rc

― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 15:24 (thirteen years ago)

Oh i think his finest moment was on Muppet Treasure Island. He got to interact with Miss Piggy. How cool is that!

― bri (bri), Wednesday, September 25, 2002 1:54 AM (10 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha was just watching this and thinking "so this definitely isn't Tim Curry's finest hour"

― Citizen Ship (some dude), Friday, 9 November 2012 12:06 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBvTp-N4nKg

― Mark G, Friday, 9 November 2012 12:09 (thirteen years ago)

two months pass...

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/tim_curry_a_good_tambourine_and_his_song_from_the_worst_witch

― kate78, Thursday, 17 January 2013 02:23 (thirteen years ago)

nine months pass...

IT IS TIME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUhuPn8_d0Q

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 20:31 (twelve years ago)

eleven months pass...

Is it that month? WHY YES IT IS.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:08 (twelve years ago)

The gift that keeps on giving.

― Portly Backgammon (Old Lunch), Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:10 (twelve years ago)

Truly

― Jaq, Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:20 (twelve years ago)

four weeks pass...

IT'S THE DAY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUhuPn8_d0Q

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 October 2014 15:11 (eleven years ago)

Found the whole thing on youtube a couple weeks ago, but I haven't brought myself to watch it yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUkVcd7SbTw

― how's life, Friday, 31 October 2014 15:19 (eleven years ago)

I am slightly perturbed to find out there's a fan video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS1RbLblXO4

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 October 2014 15:27 (eleven years ago)

eleven months pass...

OCTOBER.

TAMBOURINE TIME.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 October 2015 14:02 (eleven years ago)

I would agree that Halloween truly is better than a video, with one obvious exception.

― Famous Monsters of ILM-land (Old Lunch), Thursday, 1 October 2015 14:26 (eleven years ago)

four weeks pass...

It's almost the day.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 30 October 2015 21:50 (ten years ago)

My blood has already begun to run (somebody get a mop).

― Trimming The Hegyes: The Life & Times Of A Sweathog's Barber (Old Lunch), Friday, 30 October 2015 23:47 (ten years ago)

one year passes...

Can't let the day go by without it!

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 01:05 (nine years ago)

i was worried!

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 01:08 (nine years ago)

One of my wife's favorites, she definitely had the hots for Tim Curry.

― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 01:48 (nine years ago)

Ditto! Thankfully she and I have both moved on.

― ELECTION (no comey I) (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 02:51 (nine years ago)

i was worried!

― mookieproof, Monday, October 31, 2016 8:08 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seconded!But true to form, Ned fulfills the plea of that bad mid-'80s Bowie album title.

― I'm not a dummy. I'm not. (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 1 November 2016 04:11 (nine years ago)

Times Square is his finest hour imo. Unlike Clue it has one good ending

― Josefa, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 05:13 (nine years ago)

eleven months pass...

Eight days to go, let's get in the mood.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 October 2017 18:05 (eight years ago)

Your revival of this thread has become one of my favorite Halloween traditions.

― The Wetting Planner (Old Lunch), Monday, 23 October 2017 18:18 (eight years ago)

It is a true joy.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 October 2017 18:32 (eight years ago)

This hairy, scary, creepy, crawling Halloween

― -_- (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 16:51 (eight years ago)

Happy Tim Curry day.

― emil.y, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 16:54 (eight years ago)

Happy indeed. I've noticed a lot more enthusiasm and recognition for this scene outside of ilx in the past few years. One of those things where I'm a little sad that it's not exactly a secret treasure anymore, but it remains a treasure nonetheless.

― how's life, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 17:03 (eight years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAC-5BQnuXI

― pomenitul, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 17:04 (eight years ago)

That's pretty good, but Halloween's better than any video.

― Winky Carrothers (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 17:29 (eight years ago)

six months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yMy7JuGpJM

― adam the (abanana), Saturday, 5 May 2018 11:01 (eight years ago)

Oh man, already?! I don't even have a costume picked out!

― Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Saturday, 5 May 2018 12:39 (eight years ago)

five months pass...

Paging Dr. Ned...

― a butt, at which the shaft of ridicule is daily glanced (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 19:07 (seven years ago)

Probably could do with a fresh embed, huh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FMf8ltkCgM

― a butt, at which the shaft of ridicule is daily glanced (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 21:38 (seven years ago)

Full day so thanks for stepping up!

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 22:09 (seven years ago)

hallllllloweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen

― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 23:02 (seven years ago)

eleven months pass...

A week to go. Let us celebrate.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 October 2019 02:51 (six years ago)

It's better than a video.

― tokyo rosemary, Friday, 25 October 2019 03:53 (six years ago)

All hail The Grand Wizard!

― Jaq, Friday, 25 October 2019 15:07 (six years ago)

Even now,
the evil seed of what you've done
germinates within you.

― pomenitul, Friday, 25 October 2019 15:09 (six years ago)

hallllllloweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen

― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, October 31, 2018 4:02 PM (eleven months ago)

― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Friday, 25 October 2019 16:15 (six years ago)

Today's the day. Time for Tim. Has anybody seen my tambourine?

― Proger, Thursday, 31 October 2019 07:44 (six years ago)

It's better than a video. Which was fucking high praise when this came out.

― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 31 October 2019 10:21 (six years ago)

I wish I could celebrate with you all but I'm afraid that we're dealing with a family tragedy atm, as my sister has turned into a bat. Please pray for her.

― Feed Me Wheat Thins (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 October 2019 11:40 (six years ago)

Oh no, now my dog has turned into a cat, when it rains it really pours.

― Feed Me Wheat Thins (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 October 2019 11:40 (six years ago)

one year passes...

Ned?

― emil.y, Saturday, 31 October 2020 17:02 (five years ago)

Hahah thank you for the prompt, I was rewatching it last night and going "I must revive the thread!" My October has been distracted by Everything Over Here as you might guess.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 31 October 2020 17:08 (five years ago)

Always worth a new embed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUhuPn8_d0Q

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 31 October 2020 17:09 (five years ago)

Yeeeeesssssss! I started singing "growing up isn't easy" two days ago, to firmly entrench the earworm in my horrified offspring.

― Jaq, Saturday, 31 October 2020 17:21 (five years ago)

Roffle

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 31 October 2020 17:25 (five years ago)

omg i have never seen that before

how have i lived all this life without "UHHH oooh"

― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 31 October 2020 17:42 (five years ago)

This honestly might be my favorite ILX tradition.

― OrificeMax (Old Lunch), Saturday, 31 October 2020 19:54 (five years ago)

hadn’t seen that before wowwww

curry totally sounds like chris rea in the beginning!

― brimstead, Sunday, 1 November 2020 00:55 (five years ago)

Sweet / sad seeing him play Frank N Furter in the Rocky Horror zoom livestream tonight.

― edited for dog profanity (sic), Sunday, 1 November 2020 03:52 (five years ago)

Tim Curry would have been awesome as the Joker.

― earlnash, Sunday, 1 November 2020 16:10 (five years ago)

eleven months pass...

It still is his greatest moment.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 October 2021 16:54 (four years ago)

I was wondering why my teacher had turned into a sardine.

― (a picture of a defecating pig) (Old Lunch), Friday, 29 October 2021 17:15 (four years ago)

one year passes...

Let us celebrate anew.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 29 October 2022 15:11 (three years ago)

eleven months pass...

The month of celebration returns.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 October 2023 20:12 (three years ago)

eleven months pass...

Another October, time to revive.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 1 October 2024 17:39 (two years ago)

four weeks pass...

IN HD, AT LAST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSZYVFc6BqI

(I've already drawn some new initiates into the coven this year)

― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Thursday, 31 October 2024 14:00 (one year ago)

it was only this year that i realized this is from a movie starring personal fave fairuza balk

― ivy., Thursday, 31 October 2024 14:01 (one year ago)

I made my daughter watch this a few years ago with me. She was horrified and both appalled and drawn to it. This year, she is watching with her partner and his two young boys. The circle expands

― Jaq, Thursday, 31 October 2024 14:38 (one year ago)

eleven months pass...

you will receive the order of lenin for this, captain!

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/tim-curry-does-the-time-warp

https://archive.is/CNj7W

― mookieproof, Monday, 13 October 2025 23:48 (eleven months ago)

Easily the best bit (of a great interview all around)

Q. A few years after that, you did “Muppet Treasure Island.” Did you have conflict with any of the Muppets?
A. I didn’t. They’re my favorites, actually. One of the great things about working with them is that you come to see them as characters and not as puppets, which is down to the brilliance of the Muppeteers. I loved Miss Piggy. We got on great.
Q. She’s difficult to share the spotlight with.
A. She is. She’s a greedy girl. It was established in the script that we had, maybe sometime in the past, some kind of a fling together. And I improvised a line which never made it into the movie: “Once you’ve had pork, you never look back.” (Deep laugh.)

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 October 2025 00:01 (eleven months ago)

two weeks pass...

There may be a toad in your bass guitar!

― emil.y, Friday, 31 October 2025 15:10 (eleven months ago)

Today is indeed the day where anything can happen!

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 October 2025 15:11 (eleven months ago)

Did we all listen to the same podcast this week?

― Ed, Friday, 31 October 2025 21:33 (eleven months ago)

nine months pass...

It's still up there. RIP, you were one of the best.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 26 August 2026 15:26 (one month ago)

Two drag icons in so many days. RIP

― Kurt Koozebane (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 August 2026 15:28 (one month ago)

https://www.instagram.com/p/DbB3tOqRFSq/

Saw this a few weeks back, and was saving it for October, but...

― peace, man, Wednesday, 26 August 2026 16:00 (one month ago)

I somehow stumbled upon Clue not too long ago and really enjoyed it... insane cast (including a Jane Wiedlin cameo!)

― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 26 August 2026 16:09 (one month ago)

saw Clue for the first time a few months ago too, Curry's step count in that movie must have been off the charts

― symsymsym, Wednesday, 26 August 2026 16:11 (one month ago)

This interview with him from last year is great:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2025/oct/14/risky-is-the-best-way-to-be-tim-curry-sexuality-surviving-stroke-50-years-stardom

His favourite Muppet is Miss Piggy. “I ad-libbed a line, because me and Piggy were supposed to have had some kind of affair long ago, and I said: [he slips into his Devonshire pirate accent] ‘Well, I’ll tell you, Jim, once you’ve had pork, you never go back!’” It didn’t make the cut.

― symsymsym, Wednesday, 26 August 2026 16:15 (one month ago)

LMAO

― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 26 August 2026 16:19 (one month ago)

I bought RHPS tickets for Saturday night. It will be the first time I’ve been in over 3 decades

― Galas can kiss my Black ass (DJP), Wednesday, 26 August 2026 17:48 (one month ago)

Yeah I haven’t been to a screening in a long time

― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 26 August 2026 18:07 (one month ago)

Best performance in Ridley Scott’s “Legend”! RIP

― completely suited to the horny decadence (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 26 August 2026 18:28 (one month ago)

He’s also v enjoyable as the DJ in “Times Square”

― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 26 August 2026 18:36 (one month ago)

^^underrated role

― henry s, Wednesday, 26 August 2026 18:38 (one month ago)

Johnny LaGuardia baby

― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 26 August 2026 18:48 (one month ago)

VG you gotta post that awesome story of yours from FB here, pretty please!

― Serfin' USA (sleeve), Wednesday, 26 August 2026 20:53 (one month ago)

lol ok <3

From my Facebook post :

April 17, 1990 - my 14th birthday.
I’m having my friends over for a slumber party, and Mum drives us to the video shop to rent a bunch of movies. While we’re there, Mum hands me a vhs and says “You should watch this too. Tim Curry’s in it!”. It’s a black cover with disembodied red lips & dripping blood font that says ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. I look at her doubtfully, saying something about how it better not be scary.

Cut to: weird 50’s kinda musical & Susan Sarandon doing nerdy singing.
Then there’s a Dracula-looking Tim Curry in an elevator.
Tim Curry is here!
Our fave from Clue & Annie!!
Wait.
Tim Curry is in FISHNETS and SUSPENDERS and a CORSET singing about transvestites????
Suddenly we are SCREAMING and covering our faces and laughing hysterically and I am MORTIFIED (and thrilled!) and I yell at Mum while we all scream-giggle “MUM! What did you do?!! WHAT IS THIS MOVIE?!?!? ”

Ultimately we looooooved the movie (Except for one uptight friend who thought Mum was a pervert forevermore 😂) and we rewatched it endlessly, saw it together live a couple of years later during the Melbourne revival of the stage show. and it of course, delightfully broadened my love of Tim Curry forever after.

RIP Tim Curry you were and are the absolute bee’s knees forever and always

― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 26 August 2026 21:17 (one month ago)

My parent's cool friends wanted to take me to a midnight screening of Rocky Horror when I was 10, but my parents said no. Dearly as I love them, I still hold a bit of a grudge over that one.

― cryptosicko, Wednesday, 26 August 2026 22:03 (one month ago)

My sister used to watch a hometaped copy of the made-for-TV The Worst Witch film every single day after school. As such the movie (and the ridiculous song) were so embedded in my brain that I hadn't realised how absurd it was until ilxors rediscovered it years later

― snark of mall Ds (dog latin), Wednesday, 26 August 2026 22:24 (one month ago)

Richard O'Brien's farewell:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DchPrdTgSvm/

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 26 August 2026 23:03 (one month ago)

Just watched the “Sweet Transvestite” clip and god, the way he bites his lip after he approaches Brad and Janet while singing, “you look like you’re both pretty groovy.”

anyway, RHPS meant loads to me as a queer teenager who was into theater. i watched it with my friends dozens of times.

i have a distinct memory of being on holiday with my friend Rafe— he had never seen it before, and we had watched it the night before. the next day on the beach, we hardly went swimming, we just ran around and did the Time Warp! blessed memory, this was also the trip when i got my first Sonic Youth CD (“Goo”).

― out of the cradle endlessly party rocking (the table is the table), Wednesday, 26 August 2026 23:27 (one month ago)

Just watched the “Sweet Transvestite” clip and god, the way he bites his lip after he approaches Brad and Janet while singing, “you look like you’re both pretty groovy.”

Hahah yes indeed. Had a short thread at Bluesky/post at FB about that.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 August 2026 00:07 (one month ago)

Little Nell’s memorial post is just lovely:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Dchho1rCP-J/

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 August 2026 01:50 (one month ago)

<3 table

― Serfin' USA (sleeve), Thursday, 27 August 2026 02:40 (one month ago)

great post Ned!!

― out of the cradle endlessly party rocking (the table is the table), Thursday, 27 August 2026 12:09 (one month ago)

Nice one, TUC.
https://bsky.app/profile/tuc.org.uk/post/3mu2l2xk56s27

― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 27 August 2026 14:58 (one month ago)

I saw RHPS when it first came out on VHS, I think I was 14 and it was like a bomb going off. I got into that and Bowie and Warhol at the same time but Tim Curry's performance was monumental. Someone driven to madness by a quest to find total freedom on their terms. Being able to pull off that role while making it totally effortlessly sexy is amazing. In no way is Curry my type but he really sells it as a mad scientist with a wiener name.

― Cow_Art, Thursday, 27 August 2026 15:23 (one month ago)

A celebration of some other greatness:

https://defector.com/lets-remember-when-tim-curry-played-a-huge-scary-red-guy?giftLink=4ff70730e154408c08817094199f71c2

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 August 2026 19:18 (one month ago)

Has his Red Alert 3 role been mentioned yet? Best moment around 50 seconds in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKMWYsTBAxg

― adamt (abanana), Thursday, 27 August 2026 19:28 (one month ago)

Curry is so so incredibly great in Legend. the Botin effects makeup is amazing but there so few actors who can impose THEIR character choices on prosthetics that elaborate. it’s really remarkable

― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 27 August 2026 19:39 (one month ago)

in addition to his lovely work in Red Alert 3, Curry did the voice over for the first Gabriel Knight game using a delightfully ridiculous Louisiana bayou accent.

― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Thursday, 27 August 2026 20:00 (one month ago)

He makes Darkness sexy! Under all those prosthetics. Amazing.

― Cow_Art, Thursday, 27 August 2026 20:04 (one month ago)

And here's the full Broadway salute last night via an audience recording:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlEAPyWQZdg

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 28 August 2026 00:03 (one month ago)

three weeks pass...

My fave YouTuber on Curry's queer resonance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTPd8FqVxS8

― cryptosicko, Sunday, 20 September 2026 22:59 (two weeks ago)

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