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OT - Richard Pryor - RIP
Died today, age 65.
-- To e-mail, replace "bucketofspam" with "dleegordon" _________________________________ Lee Gordon http://www.leegordonproductions.com |
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On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:40:28 -0500, "Lee Gordon"
wrote: Died today, age 65. A sad story. Immensely talented--possibly the funniest comic I ever heard. Followed the too-much-money-too-soon path common to celebrity and fried his body while trying to fry his brain. The ultimate irony was survinving that only to fall victim to a slow acting debilitating disease. Another candidate for the John Belushi memorial "you could have made us laugh for years, but, n-o-o-o-o" award. -- LRod Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999 http://www.woodbutcher.net Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997 |
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On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:48:27 +0000, LRod wrote:
On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:40:28 -0500, "Lee Gordon" wrote: Died today, age 65. A sad story. Immensely talented--possibly the funniest comic I ever heard. Followed the too-much-money-too-soon path common to celebrity and fried his body while trying to fry his brain. The ultimate irony was survinving that only to fall victim to a slow acting debilitating disease. Another candidate for the John Belushi memorial "you could have made us laugh for years, but, n-o-o-o-o" award. Yep, definitely funny. Certainly more funny than some of his successors, such as Eddie Murphy. Murphy always struck me as this kid, looking at the audience like he was looking at his parents or other superiors, just trying to find out how much he could get away with saying. Watching some of his concerts on HBO and others in the 80's, he would tell a joke, then look at the audience with that "gee, I wonder if I'll get slapped for this one" look. +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
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LRod wrote: On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:40:28 -0500, "Lee Gordon" wrote: Died today, age 65. A sad story. Immensely talented--possibly the funniest comic I ever heard. He's way up there, that's for sure. There are many funny comics and comedians. (The difference being that a comic says things funny, and a comedian says funny things.) In my eyes Pryors a giant, a view not shared by everybody. It is such a personal call. The top is very wide in that category. Even Jerry Lewis is funny when he's not trying to be. But don't pay any attention to me...I'm the guy who thinks Nathan Lane is one of the funniest people alive...no wait.. Charlie Callus is the funniest....Carson?? Or was it Jonathan Winters? Richard Jeni... yes Jeni cracks me up... did I mention Carlin? I meant to say Lee Evans.. (Mouse Hunt is VERY funny.. in spots..) I just KNOW I'm missing a few hundred... Anyway.. we lost a very talented guy. He will be missed. Oh... then there is Ron James who got a slice of ham so thin once, that the pig didn't even know it was missing from his arse. |
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Robatoy wrote:
But don't pay any attention to me...I'm the guy who thinks Nathan Lane is one of the funniest people alive...no wait.. Charlie Callus is the funniest....Carson?? Or was it Jonathan Winters? Richard Jeni... yes Jeni cracks me up... did I mention Carlin? I meant to say Lee Evans.. (Mouse Hunt is VERY funny.. in spots..) I just KNOW I'm missing a few hundred... Wanda Sykes! |
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"LRod" wrote in message ... On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:40:28 -0500, "Lee Gordon" wrote: Died today, age 65. A sad story. Immensely talented--possibly the funniest comic I ever heard. Followed the too-much-money-too-soon path common to celebrity and fried his body while trying to fry his brain. Much of his stuff was just reworked trash, but he could be funny. Did you see his network show, both episodes? It was the best TV I have seen, so I guess it didn't stand a chance. |
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Eugene McCarthy also died today - at 82.
Both men tried to change things - for the better - and did. Not a bad obit for my money. charlie b |
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On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 22:45:02 -0500, Robatoy
wrote: Oh... then there is Ron James who got a slice of ham so thin once, that the pig didn't even know it was missing from his arse. My favorite line about thin meat has always been, "...it was so thin it only had one side." I've used that for so long, I don't even remember now if I heard it from someone else or if I made it up myself...I wish... -- LRod Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999 http://www.woodbutcher.net Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997 |
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"LRod" wrote in message ... On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 22:45:02 -0500, Robatoy wrote: Oh... then there is Ron James who got a slice of ham so thin once, that the pig didn't even know it was missing from his arse. My favorite line about thin meat has always been, "...it was so thin it only had one side." Better yet, the Seinfeld episode where Kramer got the deli meat slicer - "It's all surface area, Jerry, there's no place for the flavor to hide!" B. |
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"LRod" wrote in message ... On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:40:28 -0500, "Lee Gordon" wrote: Died today, age 65. A sad story. Immensely talented--possibly the funniest comic I ever heard. I personally never found Pryor all that funny - seemed like he just cussed for the sake of cussing. Followed the too-much-money-too-soon path common to celebrity and fried his body while trying to fry his brain. The ultimate irony was survinving that only to fall victim to a slow acting debilitating disease. Another candidate for the John Belushi memorial "you could have made us laugh for years, but, n-o-o-o-o" award. Now HE was funny. Great physical comedian. He could draw laughs with a joke, body language, or just a facial expression. The SNL show where he did the Joe Cocker impersonation side-by-side with Cocker is still one of my favorites. But to this day, nobody can reduce me to tears like Sam Kinison when he got on a roll. B. |
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"Buddy Matlosz" wrote in message ... Another candidate for the John Belushi memorial "you could have made us laugh for years, but, n-o-o-o-o" award. Now HE was funny. Great physical comedian. He could draw laughs with a joke, body language, or just a facial expression. The SNL show where he did the Joe Cocker impersonation side-by-side with Cocker is still one of my favorites. Remember the samurai chef? |
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I don't get into discussions about who is the funniest comic bvecause
it is so personal and so subjective. For every Bill Cosby fan there's a Woody Woodbury (remember him?) fan as well. FoggyTown |
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On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:40:28 -0500, "Lee Gordon"
wrote: Died today, age 65. "Mizz Rudolph could you please do somethin' 'bout dis monkey" "I don't have ta do nuttin' 'bout da monkey. Da monkey live here. You just visitin'" (Is It Something I Said, 1975) Tom Watson - WoodDorker tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (email) http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/ (website) |
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On 10/12/2005 5:40 PM, Lee Gordon wrote:
Died today, age 65. Wherever he is, I betcha' he's still low-runnin'. |
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LRod wrote: My favorite line about thin meat has always been, "...it was so thin it only had one side." I'll be using this...G |
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"foggytown" wrote in message oups.com... I don't get into discussions about who is the funniest comic ..... Don't look now, but I think you just did. B. |
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Doug Payne wrote: Wherever he is, I betcha' he's still low-runnin'. Cap backwards, yessir. |
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I personally never found Pryor all that funny - seemed like he just cussed
for the sake of cussing. [snip] But to this day, nobody can reduce me to tears like Sam Kinison when he got on a roll. I find this combination of sentiments somewhat odd. There is hardly a better example of cussing for the sake of cussing than Kinison. Pryor was the guy who cleared the path for Kinison and so many others like him. I thought they were both pretty damn funny. Lee -- To e-mail, replace "bucketofspam" with "dleegordon" _________________________________ Lee Gordon http://www.leegordonproductions.com |
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Years ago he almost died when that cigarette lighter accidently lit in
his pants pocket. Remember? |
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In article , Buddy Matlosz
wrote: But to this day, nobody can reduce me to tears like Sam Kinison when he got on a roll. "Don't send 'em food. Send 'em U-Hauls! Send 'em luggage! TAKE 'EM WHERE THE F*#@ing FOOD IS!" G |
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