SaitoRyo Posted October 29, 2024 Posted October 29, 2024 Apologies for the double post, but Teri Garr has passed away at 79. She was in a bunch of stuff and is probably best remembered for films like Young Frankenstein, Tootsie and as being Phoebe's mother in Friends. I read that she had multiple sclerosis, which greatly affected how much she could work starting in the 90s. Despite that, she was in loads of good things and was quite funny in supporting roles as neurotic characters who had the potential to steal the show. I think, particularly, of the vengeful waitress in After Hours who tries to take down Paul Hackett after he rejects her advances. RIP.
Members SuperBacon Posted October 29, 2024 Members Posted October 29, 2024 She also thought Harry and Lloyd's tuxedo's were faaaabulous in Dumb and Dumber.
Chili Posted October 29, 2024 Posted October 29, 2024 Teri Garr was great. One of those familiar unknown actors that you know always puts a great shift in but your brain cannot remember where on earth you've watched them prior.
Paid Members Carbomb Posted October 29, 2024 Paid Members Posted October 29, 2024 Enjoyed her work most in Young Frankenstein (I BET YOU DID CARBOMB YOU DIRTY OLD BOLLOCKS ETC), but she was great in Tootsie, and I did love just how well she nailed being Phoebe's mum, right down to the mannerisms. RIP Teri Garr
Chili Posted November 2, 2024 Posted November 2, 2024 Scottish comic Janey Godley passed away aged 63. Last month she entered a hospice for end of life care. Very funny woman, tremendous at winding up very fickle dickheads on Twitter.
Paid Members johnnyboy Posted November 2, 2024 Paid Members Posted November 2, 2024 1 minute ago, Chili said: Scottish comic Janey Godley passed away aged 63. Last month she entered a hospice for end of life care. Very funny woman, tremendous at winding up very fickle dickheads on Twitter. And 100% right about Trump.
Paid Members gmoney Posted November 2, 2024 Paid Members Posted November 2, 2024 She was part of one of the strangest reality shows of the post Big Brother reality boom, that as far as I know only me and my girlfriend watched and was something we bonded over when we first met. It was called Kings of Comedy, and it put "new" comics (Godley, Ava Vidal, Andrew Maxwell, Scott Capurro and Boothby Graffoe) and old school comics (Stan Boardman, Mick Miller, David Copperfield (not the American)) into a house and pitched them against east other in loads of ways that were very badly thought out to determine which generation of comics were best. The whole show was beset with production problems and I remember the comics getting drunk and being generally miserable, wanting to walk off every show. I've always been fond of Jane Godley since then.
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted November 2, 2024 Paid Members Posted November 2, 2024 54 minutes ago, gmoney said: She was part of one of the strangest reality shows of the post Big Brother reality boom, that as far as I know only me and my girlfriend watched and was something we bonded over when we first met. It was called Kings of Comedy, and it put "new" comics (Godley, Ava Vidal, Andrew Maxwell, Scott Capurro and Boothby Graffoe) and old school comics (Stan Boardman, Mick Miller, David Copperfield (not the American)) into a house and pitched them against east other in loads of ways that were very badly thought out to determine which generation of comics were best. The whole show was beset with production problems and I remember the comics getting drunk and being generally miserable, wanting to walk off every show. I've always been fond of Jane Godley since then. Forgot all about that. Mick Miller came across as a class act. Best line of the show was the usually completely unfunny Boothby Graffoe when they were performing infront of a group of pensioners. “Good afternoon ladies, you are looking particularly gorgeous today. Mind you, I’ve not had a wank yet”
Tim Healys Chutney Spoon Posted November 4, 2024 Posted November 4, 2024 https://news.sky.com/story/quincy-jones-music-titan-who-worked-with-michael-jackson-and-frank-sinatra-has-died-13248095 Quincy Jones aged 91
d-d-d-dAz Posted November 4, 2024 Posted November 4, 2024 38 minutes ago, Tim Healys Chutney Spoon said: https://news.sky.com/story/quincy-jones-music-titan-who-worked-with-michael-jackson-and-frank-sinatra-has-died-13248095 Quincy Jones aged 91 My favourite Quincy Jones story is that he had a serious brain aneurysm rupture when he was like 40, which is rare but super fucking serious. He was rushed to surgery, they operated and whilst in his brain they found a second and had to schedule a second surgery for a few days later (he'd already been under for 8 hours so couldn't withstand anymore). In the interim period he scheduled his own funeral at short notice and attended with all his mates and famous colleagues around. He stayed with his neurologist the entire time and then when it was done immediately went back to the hospital. Incredible stuff.
WyattSheepMask Posted November 4, 2024 Posted November 4, 2024 15 minutes ago, d-d-d-dAz said: My favourite Quincy Jones story is that he had a serious brain aneurysm rupture when he was like 40, which is rare but super fucking serious. He was rushed to surgery, they operated and whilst in his brain they found a second and had to schedule a second surgery for a few days later (he'd already been under for 8 hours so couldn't withstand anymore). In the interim period he scheduled his own funeral at short notice and attended with all his mates and famous colleagues around. He stayed with his neurologist the entire time and then when it was done immediately went back to the hospital. Incredible stuff. Completely misread this as them finding a second brain within his brain. What an incredible body of work though. Far too much to cover in a post on here
SaitoRyo Posted November 4, 2024 Posted November 4, 2024 As well as being a world-class record producer and interviewee, he was also at one point married to Nastassja Kinski. Fair play and RIP.
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