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Post by EdoBosnar on Aug 24, 2021 12:56:17 GMT -5
Just saw the news elsewhere. He was getting up there in age, but it's still a bit of a bummer. And yeah, he participated in the creation of quite a musical legacy.
Edited to add: I'm also happy that I managed to the Stones as well, back in late 1989. They put on a fantastic show.
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Post by impulse on Aug 24, 2021 13:00:20 GMT -5
RIP, Mr. Watts. I have not seen them yet, unfortunately.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 24, 2021 13:11:54 GMT -5
Just saw the news elsewhere. He was getting up there in age, but it's still a bit of a bummer. And yeah, he participated in the creation of quite a musical legacy.
Edited to add: I'm also happy that I managed to the Stones as well, back in late 1989. They put on a fantastic show.
I saw them Oct. 23, 1994 in Salt Lake City. Seal opened for them.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Aug 24, 2021 13:21:53 GMT -5
I saw them Oct. 23, 1994 in Salt Lake City. Seal opened for them. Oakland (Colosseum), also October. Living Color was the opening act - they were pretty damned good, too.
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Post by Confessor on Aug 24, 2021 14:13:04 GMT -5
Yeah, real shame to hear about Charlie Watts. With that great deadpan expression and his slightly unorthodox, but instantly recognisable drumming style, Charlie really was a rock icon and the backbone of the Stones. It's really sad to see another one of the greats gone.
I saw the Rolling Stones at Wembley Stadium in summer 1994, with the Black Crows as support. Was a very good show.
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Post by Farrar on Aug 24, 2021 16:06:22 GMT -5
Aww, just heard this. RIP Mr. Watts.
Saw the Stones at the Garden a few times and also at the Beacon theatre. Always a great show!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2021 17:09:17 GMT -5
I saw them at their 1st "farewell" tour, at the Astrodome in Houston, in 1981 (ZZtop & the Fabulous Thunderbirds opened): (NOT MY PICS but from that show)
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 27, 2021 14:38:52 GMT -5
R. I. P. Kenny Malone. It's unlikely that you know Malone's name. But I guarantee you've heard his drumming. A top session drummer and percussionist, Malone played on Dolly Parton's "Jolene," Dobie Gray's "Drift Away," Merle Haggard's "Dreamin' My Dreams," and hundreds (probably thousands) of other recordings.
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Aug 29, 2021 16:30:14 GMT -5
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Post by foxley on Aug 29, 2021 16:39:43 GMT -5
A sad loss (although, somewhat shamefacedly, I must admit that I had not known he was still alive ).
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 29, 2021 16:59:50 GMT -5
Asner had appeared as Johnny Lawrence's stepfather in a few episodes of Cobra Kai. He really gave you a sense of why Johnny was such a jerk and why he would turn to Kreese as a mentor, and how Ally could have seen something else in him. Asner did a terrific job in it, as always.
He had also done voice work, in recent years, including Pixar's Up (great film and he is awesome, as Carl Fredericks), as well as J Jonah Jameson, in the 90s Fox Spider-Man cartoon, and Roland Daggett, in Batman TAS. He was really creepy as the voice of Granny Goodness, in Justice League (and JLU).
Loved Asner, as Lou Grant. He kind of plays Lou in the film, The Wrestler, where he plays a wrestling promoter, looking to replace his existing champion, with an up and coming younger star, in preparation for a big "Super Bowl", to pit the three major champions against each other. The film was made in conjunction with the AWA and features promoter and star Verne Gagne, as Asner's existing champion, and various other AWA wrestlers, including Billy Robinson, as the young up-and-comer", Dusty Rhodes & dick Murdoch, Bruiser & Crusher, Nick Bockwinkel, Harold Sakata, Mike Graham, a young Don Muraco, equally young Ken Patera, and a rookie Ric Flair, with darker hair and about an extra 50 pounds on him. Asner makes the thing work, as much as it does (it's not a good film; but, Asner is good in it). he does his best to make it seem believable, despite the horrible acting by the eal wrestlers and presenting wrestling as actual competition.
He appeared in 2 different Elvis movies: He made his debut, in Kid Galahad and plays a cop, in Change of Habit, alongside future co-star, Mary Tyler Moore, who plays a young nun, working on an inner city project (Elvis is a doctor, at the local free clinic, if you can believe that!).
One of my favorite MTM Show episodes has Lou babysit Phyllis' daughter, Bess, when Mary goes out on a date. It is hilarious watching Lou trying to relate to the young girl, and watch "the fights".
Asner was just a tremendous actor. Watch his sea captain, in the mini-series Roots, as he struggles with his own faith, his desire to command a ship, and transporting slaves, including the newly captured Kunta Kinte. You can't exactly hate the man, though you can despise his actions. Great performance of a complex character.
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Post by Ozymandias on Aug 30, 2021 0:29:09 GMT -5
Just saw it on the TV news, first good show I recall ever watching. I was constantly surprised to find out he was still alive, no he isn't
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Post by brutalis on Aug 30, 2021 8:37:11 GMT -5
Nobody did cantankerous yet lovable than Asner! And when he chose to, made one heck of a villain!
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 4, 2021 17:55:11 GMT -5
RIP to former Today Show weatherman and original Ronald McDonald, Willard Scott..... Sadly, he didn't live long enough to get a birthday greeting from himself. He was 87. Scott had portrayed Bozo, on the local Washington DC franchise show, which was sponsored by the McDonald's franchise, locally and they asked him to portray Ronald McDonald. He began on the Today Show in 1980 and continued until going into semi-retirement, in the mid-90s, reducing his schedule to 2 days per week. He fully retired in 2015.
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Post by foxley on Sept 4, 2021 21:53:06 GMT -5
I have to say that picture of him as Ronald says not so much 'friendly fast food mascot' as 'John Wayne Gacy style serial killer'!
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