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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 7, 2020 17:03:19 GMT -5
Dagnabbit another favorite television star of yesteryear has passed away. The Virginian James Drury age 85 died of natural causes on Monday. Loved that series and rest in peace on your ride into the sunset good sir! Watched it as a kid; but only have vague memories of Drury and Doug McClure.
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Post by foxley on Apr 7, 2020 23:28:03 GMT -5
This will probably not mean anything to anyone who is not Australian, but long time radio newsreader John 'Martin' Royal has passed away. (He went by Martin Royal on the radio because when he joined the ABC in 1946, there was already a senior newsreader named John Royle.) He had an amazing voice for radio and over the years became the leading commentator for official and ceremonial events. (The Australian version of Richard Dimbleby to give a comparison UK readers will understand).
The most interesting thing I learned on reading his obituary was that during WWII, he was the radio operator on the RMS Laconia which was torpedoed off Ascension Island in the mid-Atlantic. He was one of the people rescued when the U-boat commander staged a dramatic rescue of the passengers and crew who could be reached, calling in additional U-boats to assist in an effort that became known as the Laconia incident.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Apr 8, 2020 3:04:34 GMT -5
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Post by Calidore on Apr 8, 2020 8:32:24 GMT -5
Yeah, he's been battling it for a while now. He's a local guy, so the news has been updating on him regularly. Shame he wasn't able to make it through.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 8, 2020 9:43:26 GMT -5
This was gutting. I discovered his work quite late, but became a huge fan. A brilliant writer and stylist. He was still making incredibly relevant in the last few years. And the first song of his that I really grabbed onto, from my F%@k Capitalism songlist.
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Post by chadwilliam on Apr 8, 2020 21:22:58 GMT -5
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 9, 2020 10:29:46 GMT -5
Mark Evanier, who is generally a good source, is reporting that Mort Drucker has died. Drucker was one of the greatest caricaturists ever and was one of the most important of the second wave of Mad Magazine "Idiots." R.I.P. to a great artist.
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 9, 2020 10:55:48 GMT -5
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 9, 2020 11:12:08 GMT -5
That panel above looks a LOT like Don Newton. Wonder if Drucker was one of his influences?
Cei-U! I summon the master!
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Post by Confessor on Apr 9, 2020 13:44:05 GMT -5
Awww, bad news. I loved Drucker's movie satires in MAD magazine. He was both a brilliant caricaturist and a hugely skillful cartoonist. I loved his art when I was on the cusp of my teens and I still do.
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 9, 2020 16:58:01 GMT -5
Bummer about Drucker . He was a genius and spot on for the likenesses.
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Post by beccabear67 on Apr 9, 2020 17:24:37 GMT -5
Hard to imagine how the Mad magazine I knew could've existed without Mort Drucker, one of the absolute best at caricature!
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Post by Farrar on Apr 9, 2020 21:07:19 GMT -5
RIP Mr. Drucker. ...He was a great draftsman, and obviously a master of facial expression and body language. His war stories looked like movies, so it was no mystery why the parodies in MAD looked so good... In interviews Neal Adams has said he was inspired to go to DC because "Mort Drucker, Russ Heath, and Joe Kubert were the best artists at DC, and they did war stories, so what better place for me to go and get work?" (Comic Book Artist Collection, 82).
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Post by EdoBosnar on Apr 12, 2020 18:45:29 GMT -5
This was gutting. I discovered his work quite late, but became a huge fan. A brilliant writer and stylist. He was still making incredibly relevant in the last few years. (...) And, apparently, he was a fan of Archie comics:
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Post by Confessor on Apr 12, 2020 19:31:41 GMT -5
This probably won't mean anything to the Americans in the forum, but comedian Tim Brooke-Taylor has died at 79 from coronavirus. To anyone in the UK over the age of 40, Tim Brooke-Taylor was a beloved comedy treasure due to his having been one of The Goodies, along with Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden. This anarchic, madcap trio were hugely popular on British TV in the 1970s and early 1980s, with millions tuning in to watch their show every week. They also had a number of novelty hit singles on the British charts, including "Do The Funky Gibbon", "The Inbetweenies", and "The Goodies Theme". Following the end of the show in 1982, Brooke-Taylor became a long-standing panellist on BBC Radio 4's ever popular show, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. But it is for The Goodies that he will be best remembered. I've watched some old episodes of The Goodies in recent years on YouTube and, to be honest, the humour doesn't really hold up all that well. Nevertheless, the show was a favourite of mine as a child and their surreal brand of comedy made quite an impression on me as a young boy. For millions of people in the UK, the show's opening title sequence -- especially that giant pussycat climbing up the Post Office Tower in London -- is synonymous with the 1970s and a nostalgic reminder of a time long since passed. RIP Tim and thanks for the laughs.
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