R.I.P.s

[Low D]

Jeez, 2016 is turning out to be a major suckfest. Alan Rickman, 69 Hans Gruber in Die Hard and Dev in Michael Collins.

An actor so good he made that terrible 1991 Prince Of Thieves worth watching just to see him as Sheriff of Nottingham.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhfuuKiTcYQ

Not to mention his fabulous turn as King Phillip in Season 6, Episode 8 of King of the Hill, "Joust Like a Woman".




Lost a couple of Canadian theatre greats and icons of the Stratford Festival this week: Brian Bedford, 80, and William Needles, 97.

[DzM]

Lemmy, Bowie, Rickman. It's a bad year already. RIP.

Other English icons might be getting just a tad nervous.

Clearly George R.R. Martin has been tapped to write 2016. That guy is a jerk and kills off all the characters you like.

[Mike from Boston]

Saw this posted on FB. I forgot about Galaxy Quest. Not a big Sci-Fi fan or a Tim Allen fan, but my wife always raved about it. I would call it the Spinal Tap of Sci Fi parodies-a classic. So Mr. Rickman:

"By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Worvan, you shall be avenged!!!"

[firehazard]

Lemmy, Bowie, Rickman. It's a bad year already. RIP.

Other English icons might be getting just a tad nervous.

Clearly George R.R. Martin has been tapped to write 2016. That guy is a jerk and kills off all the characters you like.

Just don't ask him when he's going to finish the book, or else...

[Mike from Boston]

Dan Haggerty aka TV's Grizzly Adams

Dead at 74 due to Spine Cancer.

[Low D]

Hey rock n roll heaven, there's a new kid in town: Glen Frey of The Eagles, dead at 67.

(Either that or he's gone to R n R hell, and The Heat Is On)

[Mike from Boston]

Hey rock n roll heaven, there's a new kid in town: Glen Frey of The Eagles, dead at 67.

(Either that or he's gone to R n R hell, and The Heat Is On)

[Low D]

Randomly, Mott The Hoople drummer (and Peel Sessions producer) Dale Griffen, also 67, passed away yesterday.

[DzM]

Hey rock n roll heaven, there's a new kid in town: Glen Frey of The Eagles, dead at 67.

(Either that or he's gone to R n R hell, and The Heat Is On)

Hey now, take it easy.

[Low D]

Hey rock n roll heaven, there's a new kid in town: Glen Frey of The Eagles, dead at 67.

(Either that or he's gone to R n R hell, and The Heat Is On)

Hey now, take it easy.

Oh, are we into the puns now for the long run?

[Low D]

Also, here's a short film, er, about Glen Frey?

[The Heat is On] was the inspiration for a digital short written by then-Saturday Night Live veteran writer Adam McKay called "The H is O" about Glenn Frey starring Will Ferrell as Frey and Ben Stiller as a fan who tries to win a bet and pick up Frey with three lines or less. Jimmy Fallon and Horatio Sanz are also in the skit. McKay would go on to write a number of hit movies starring Ferrell, including Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy and Talladega Nights.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/540b14 ... 57966a4e92

[Low D]

Hey rock n roll heaven, there's a new kid in town: Glen Frey of The Eagles, dead at 67.

(Either that or he's gone to R n R hell, and The Heat Is On)

Hey now, take it easy.

Oh, are we into the puns now for the long run?

C'mon, I'm waiting for somebody to take it to the limit here.

[Fr. McGreer]

Hey rock n roll heaven, there's a new kid in town: Glen Frey of The Eagles, dead at 67.

(Either that or he's gone to R n R hell, and The Heat Is On)

Hey now, take it easy.

Oh, are we into the puns now for the long run?

C'mon, I'm waiting for somebody to take it to the limit here.

This is in very bad taste considering he's already gone.

[Mike from Boston]

Looks like Mojo Nixon messed up and got the wrong Eagle...

[Low D]

This is in very bad taste considering he's already gone.

Sorry, I'm Out of Control. You're right, it's in bad taste and won't seem so funny After The Thrill Is Gone.