Yesterday marked a tragic moment in comedy |
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Yesterday marked a tragic moment in comedy |
 Oct 6 2004, 07:24 PM
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 Local 804  Group: Associates Posts: 737 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Brooklyn Member No.: 66  |
One of the greatest comedians in history, Rodney Dangerfeild, died yesterday at the age of 82.
I didn't hear the news till today (Astrid woke me up in the middle of the night, but I don't remember that). I was at work and it was anounced over the radio. I took a 5 min. break to have a cigarette and shed a few tears in his memory. The news on his death. |
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Oct 6 2004, 07:37 PM
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 Hyper Frame Group: Paragon Caste Posts: 489 Joined: 12-October 03 From: Brooklyn, NY Member No.: 67 |
I know. :/ I was pretty choked up, myself, when I found out, and I usually couldn't care less about the deaths of celebrities.
Upon walking by the TV last night, I heard something akin to "Rodney Dangerfield died earlier today," and I couldn't believe it -- I thought I misheard something. So I started looking for information on google, and nothing came up about his death. Then I began to ask Dive and my friend, Robin, if either of them have heard something of the matter. Dive gave me a link to a CNN article that confirmed the event, and a melancholy aftermath set in. They'd better honor him on Comedy Central by showing a marathon of his stand-up and movies. It's funny. Just earlier that day, a friend and I were discussing how amusing it'd be if he was cast as the Blob, just to find out he died that very day. It's almost ironic. He was one of my absolute favorite comedians and actors, and I'll always remember him with a chuckle, which is exactly how a comic genius like him would have preferred it, I would imagine. Here's to his memory living on. 
-------------------- "So this Zealot comes to my door, all glazed eyes and clean reproductive organs, asking me if I ever think about God. So I tell him I killed God. I tracked God down like a rabid dog, hacked off his legs with a hedge trimmer, raped him with a corncob and boiled off his corpse in an acid bath. So he pulls an alternating-current taser on me and tells me that only the Official Serbian Church of Tesla can save my polyphase intrinsic electric field, known to non-engineers as 'the soul.' So I hit him. What would you do?" -- Warren Ellis, Transmetropolitan
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Oct 6 2004, 07:53 PM
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 Show-off Group: Arbiter Caste Posts: 852 Joined: 23-December 02 From: Sin City Member No.: 10 |
I still find it hard to believe it happned. . it really got to me yesterday, it hurt so bad, I been a fan of his for years
Can't stop these kind of things though. . --------------------  |
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Oct 7 2004, 01:34 AM
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 Holding these random memories Group: Magister Posts: 3465 Joined: 14-December 02 From: Utah Member No.: 8 |
Man, I always loved Rodney Dangerfield's comedy as well. It's a real shame he is gone now.
No respect, no respect.  --------------------  Steam: MrCrushin PSN : MrCrushin XBL: Mr Crushin I'm not a playa I just crush a lot. |
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Oct 7 2004, 05:05 PM
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 Revolution to the Destruction Group: Paragon Caste Posts: 2007 Joined: 14-March 03 From: The Black Spiral Member No.: 21 |
Sad to see the man go, but he's probably hanging with Bob Hope right now.
-------------------- "Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination." -Albert Einstein |
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Oct 8 2004, 08:02 AM
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 Local Ham product Group: AT Certified Posts: 203 Joined: 1-February 04 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 119 |
I shall take some time to watch caddie shack during my week off. Twas my favorite of his movies.
--------------------  Hamtaru FFXI (retired) 75 rng 65 nin 37 war 34 bst 26 rdm 18 whm 16 blm 12 mnk 91 Woodworking 60 alchemy 60 bonecraft 60 goldsmithing 40 smithing |
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