Rolling Obituary Thread 2024

Damn, he was so great, RIP

I met him once in his San Francisco art gallery. He met with the art class I was in and we all talked about art for a while. He was legit.

For my high school friends and I, Fernwood 2 Night was much more of an obsession than SNL. I've always been curious how it would hold up--I expect I'd be disappointed.

(Or maybe I'd be surprised, I don't know. I tried rewatching Buffalo Bill with Dabney Coleman once and didn't get past an episode or two.)

I first thought of this episode. I remember when it aired and it was the weirdest thing I'd ever seen at that point

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_4Rgz9xTac

:(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04-KLhgorb0

no more dancing abt architecture :(

Ángeles Flórez Peón, 105. Last remaining militiawoman of the Spanish Civil War
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/world/europe/angeles-florez-peon-dead.html

― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 24 June 2024 bookmarkflaglink

:-(

really liked this performance David Wain just posted of Mull

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

He was good on Roseanne as her boss (and later partner) Leon:

Chuck Mitchell : [Leon has just told the poker group that he's gay] W-W-Well, y-y-you know, um, I-I-I know a gay guy. I, uh, his name's Bill. H-H-He lives in Chicago. M-M-Maybe you know him?

Leon Carp : Yeah, yeah, sure I know him. From Chicago. Gay Bill.

I had somehow never made the connection between his character in Clue and Roseanne's boss.

Peter Collins, producer of four Rush albums plus Operation Mindcrime and many others.

Ismail Kadare.

Only read The Palace of Dreams and must confess I didn’t realise he was still around.