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Title: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: Highlander on December 27, 2016, 02:14:20 PM
rip  :sad:

As a footnote...

Richard Adams, no youngster mind you, author of Watership Down has gone... rip

George Michael... singer... almost as notable for his sexuality as a singer here... rip

Any more...? Still a few more days Lord... :rolleyes:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=grbSQ6O6kbs
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: Basvarken on December 27, 2016, 02:30:54 PM
Never a big fan of George Michael. But his performance at the Freddy Mercury tribute was quite impressive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvM2Cmi-YRU


And 53 is way too early...
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: westen44 on December 27, 2016, 02:41:50 PM
I hope there are not more.  But in a year like 2016 just a few days can be a long time.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS5LFUyzJi4
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: uwe on December 27, 2016, 02:45:17 PM
Carrie: It was nice that we all got to see her once again in the penultimate Star Wars sequel, a befitting closure. A Sci Fi series icon like Spock and a real slow and enduring burner as regards adventurous beach wear fashion following the "less is more"- golden rule. If I may say so.

(http://screencrush.com/442/files/2015/11/slave-leia-disney-pic.jpg?w=720&cdnnode=1)


George Michael: Anybody that can pull off singing "guilty feet have got no rhythm" with the whole world listening rather than laughing deserves respect. Also: D / B minor / E minor and A7 were never put to better and more effective use than in Last Christmas (and whenever I think of young hipsters on an alpine vacation, that video dominates everything). A troubled man, but one of the best white soul singers ever.

And my three day stubble never looks as immaculate as his either, sigh!  :-\
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: Dave W on December 27, 2016, 08:18:24 PM
A history of drug addiction usually results in premature death, even if it's not the direct cause.

I'm so far removed from pop music that I never heard of Wham until reading about George Michael's death. First heard of him when I saw a video of I Want Your Sex. Seemed obvious to me that it was directed at another man. Heard of him twice more before yesterday, both times when he was arrested for having sex in a public restroom. Probably the tip of the iceberg.
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: OldManC on December 27, 2016, 09:14:46 PM
Probably the tip

Of something!

Then there was this...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/dudepit/carrie%20fisher_zps7s5adpn1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/gcarlston/media/dudepit/carrie%20fisher_zps7s5adpn1.jpg.html)

I was a little old to freak out over Star Wars but I remember being Ms. Fisher (crazy or not).
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: uwe on December 28, 2016, 09:05:28 AM
Not just the tip, I think George preferred the full enchilada.
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: Chris P. on December 28, 2016, 12:02:13 PM
Carrie Fisher will always be Jake Blues' bride for me.
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: slinkp on December 28, 2016, 12:08:09 PM
Her one-woman show, based on her book "Wishful Drinking", is well worth watching.  Sort of a comic memoir.  I remember laughing a lot. It  was a TV version filmed live, which can probably still be obtained somewhere...  ?
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: uwe on December 28, 2016, 02:18:46 PM
Of something!

Then there was this...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/dudepit/carrie%20fisher_zps7s5adpn1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/gcarlston/media/dudepit/carrie%20fisher_zps7s5adpn1.jpg.html)

I was a little old to freak out over Star Wars but I remember being Ms. Fisher (crazy or not).

You remember being Ms. Fisher? You mean they dressed you up in "Slave Leia"-attire that one fateful night when you woke up innocently (and, we were informed, against your will) in women's clothes? It seems that after all these years even-saucier-still details of this noteworthy and collectively well-remembered incident seem to surface. Tell us more!
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: Dave W on December 28, 2016, 03:16:09 PM
She was always hilarious on Craig Ferguson. She was one of his favorite guests.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMSLF_NyX0Q
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: gweimer on December 28, 2016, 08:58:19 PM
And mom, Debbie Reynolds, follows her the next day.  RIP to one of the movie icons.
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: Dave W on December 28, 2016, 11:25:32 PM
Almost unbelievable. And there's 72 hours left.

The Carson repeat on Antenna TV tonight had Carrie Fisher and Garry Shandling as guests. She was funny, he was really on top of his game.

I probably mentioned this at the time, but when he died in March, Jerry Seinfeld had just released Garry's guest appearance on Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, which had been taped a few weeks prior. The episode was subtitled "It's Great That Garry Shandling Is Still Alive.”  :sad:
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: uwe on December 29, 2016, 08:04:56 AM
Surviving your kids is crap.
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: Highlander on December 29, 2016, 11:35:30 AM
... But only by 24 hours... shock is a terrible thing... rip
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: OldManC on January 15, 2017, 03:22:58 PM
Not just the tip, I think George preferred the full enchilada.

That would be a yes.  :mrgreen:

And still sad about Ms. Fisher. I wasn't all that aware of her over the last couple decades and am feeling like I missed out after seeing clips of her appearances. Now I want to read her books too. Too young...
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: slinkp on January 15, 2017, 08:43:41 PM
"Wishful Drinking" was on last night. Definitely worth s watch.
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: Dave W on January 16, 2017, 05:46:04 PM
I'll just leave this right here.  :vader:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/davepix/humor/carrie_zps1vvmqv5w.jpg)
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: OldManC on January 17, 2017, 01:29:18 AM
BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: Pilgrim on January 17, 2017, 09:05:27 AM
Methinks Dave be neither an Amy Schumer nor a Gwyneth fan.

I pick up on subtle clues like that.  ;)
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: Rob on January 17, 2017, 05:12:41 PM
Damn Dave Diet Coke hurts inside your nose
Title: Re: Carrie Fisher joins the list...
Post by: 66Atlas on January 17, 2017, 05:50:58 PM
Thats kind of an insult to Jabba The Hut.  Unlike Amy Schumer he writes his own jokes.