The R.I.P. Thread

[Rubashov]

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George Wendt

Norm!!!

 

[Red]

 

[gandalfe]

Charlie Rangel, longtime congressman from Harlem dies at 94: Look back at his career

Former U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel, who represented New York's Harlem neighborhood for nearly a half century, has died at the age of 94.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Rubashov]

Charlie Rangel, longtime congressman from Harlem dies at 94: Look back at his career

Former U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel, who represented New York's Harlem neighborhood for nearly a half century, has died at the age of 94.

www.usatoday.com

Reading about him on Wiki he sounds like the original Clay Davis

 

[gandalfe]

He is probably the only person who can say he worked with Weird Al, Hulk Hogan, and Ringo Starr.

Rick Derringer, Guitar Journeyman Behind 'Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,' Dead at 77

Rick Derringer, the celebrated guitarist and songwriter best known for writing 'Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,' has died at the age of 77.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[gandalfe]

Dave Allen, Gang of Four and Shriekback Bassist, Dead at 69

Dave Allen, bassist in post-punk band Gang of Four’s core lineup before co-founding the British rock group Shriekback, has died at the age of 69.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[gandalfe]

Jamie Lee Curtis Remembers Friend Paul Jasmin, Photographer with Amazing 'Psycho' Link

Jamie Lee Curtis is among those remembering photographer and artist Paul Jasmin, who died May 24 at 90.

extratv.com

 

[gandalfe]

M*A*S*H actress Loretta Swit dies aged 87

Swit won awards for her role as "Hot Lips" Houlihan, a nurse based at hospital during the Korean War.

www.bbc.com

 

[gandalfe]

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[Rubashov]

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My favourite song to sing in work meetings.

 

[gandalfe]

My favourite song to sing in work meetings.

I searched for it by title, and was given results for resources for avoiding self harm.

 

[Sardines]

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It is insane to me that this was the theme song for a major television program. The show version was lyric free IIRC. Used to be part of the lineup at the babysitter's house when I was pre-K and early elementary.

 

[Rubashov]

I searched for it by title, and was given results for resources for avoiding self harm.

if only the internets knew how much fun cutting yourself is.... Honestly I've sat through 4 hour power point displays wishing for death.

 

[LogGrad98]

It is insane to me that this was the theme song for a major television program. The show version was lyric free IIRC. Used to be part of the lineup at the babysitter's house when I was pre-K and early elementary.

The lyrics were an afterthought and added to complete it as a song. They were not meant to be reflective of anything at all really, and not the show at all.

 

[Sardines]

The lyrics were an afterthought and added to complete it as a song. They were not meant to be reflective of anything at all really, and not the show at all.

Wasn't the MASH movie before the show? The lyrics were very relevant in the movie.

 

[LogGrad98]

Wasn't the MASH movie before the show? The lyrics were very relevant in the movie.

I just remember reading about it in a booklet that came with a collectors edition of the show we got back in the 90's. The movie was based on a book, and the movie did come before the tv show yes. The book is a pretty good read, semi-autobiographical account written by an actual surgeon who served in the Korean war.

 

[gandalfe]

Sly Stone, pioneering funk and soul musician, dies aged 82

American songwriter lit up generations of dancefloors with his group Sly and the Family Stone

www.theguardian.com

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[gandalfe]

The lyrics were an afterthought and added to complete it as a song. They were not meant to be reflective of anything at all really, and not the show at all.

Nope. From Wikipedia:

The song was written for Ken Prymus, the actor playing Private Seidman, to sing during the faux-suicide of Walter "Painless Pole" Waldowski (John Schuck) in the film's "Last Supper" scene. Director Robert Altman had two stipulations about the song for composer Johnny Mandel: it had to be called "Suicide Is Painless" and it had to be the "stupidest song ever written". Altman attempted to write the lyrics himself, but, upon finding it too difficult for his "45-year-old brain" to write something "stupid" enough, he gave the task to his 15-year-old-son Michael, who reportedly wrote the lyrics in five minutes.

 

[LogGrad98]

I just remember reading about it in a booklet that came with a collectors edition of the show we got back in the 90's. The movie was based on a book, and the movie did come before the tv show yes. The book is a pretty good read, semi-autobiographical account written by an actual surgeon who served in the Korean war.

Nope. From Wikipedia:

Looks like memories from 30 years ago are fallable. Imagine that!

 

[gandalfe]

Looks like memories from 30 years ago are fallable. Imagine that!

Just wait 'til the Alzheimers kicks in, you'll remember it like it was just yesterday.

BTW, the lyrics added as an afterthought memory was probably Star Trek. Gene Roddenberry wrote lyrics for the theme solely so he was listed as a co-writer of the theme song and split the royalties. It was never actually meant to be sung, altho Nichelle Nichols did.

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