In Memoriam

[ponchi101]

William Hurt has died.
One of my favorite actors of all time. I can still quote almost all of BODY HEAT.
May the universe welcome you, William.

[MJ2004]

I was too young to watch Body Heat when it came out, but I loved him in Broadcast News.

[ponchi101]

I was too young to watch Body Heat when it came out, but I loved him in Broadcast News.

Well worth the search. Him and Kathleen Turner really scorched on scene, and as a noir detective movie it is almost flawless. Ted Danson is brilliant in his role, and Mickey Rourke plays a small time thief to perfection.
It was just too steamy for any sort of awards.

[atlpam]

Madeleine Albright has died.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics ... index.html

[dryrunguy]

Ouch!

[ponchi101]

A sad day for American politics.
Biden has ordered the flag to be flown at half staff in all federal buildings. His popularity will drop two more points.

[ptmcmahon]

Why would doing that lower his popularity?

[dryrunguy]

Why would doing that lower his popularity?

Because that's generally how 25-30% of the U.S. population responds when Biden does anything.

[ptmcmahon]

Oh ok, thought there was some backstory I didn't know about.

[ponchi101]

Because of what Dry said. For some reason, the kneejerk reaction of all Americans when a president does something decent is to dislike him for that.
You would not know, you are Canadian!

[JTContinental]

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried has died after a long illness. He was 67.

[ti-amie]

He was one of my favorites. RIP.

[ponchi101]

I did not recognize him by name, and then I saw the picture. He was brilliant. Indeed, may the universe welcome him.

[ti-amie]

This clip takes five minutes of your time. Gottfried at his loony best.

[Fastbackss]

That clip was great. The other "tribute" I saw online was from the roast of Hef a few weeks after 9/11.

He pivots during it to do a rendition of "The Aristocrats.". I won't post here because of how blue it was - but I will say the other comedians were rolling on the floor laughing - which is the true tribute to how masterful he was at his craft.