Topic: Curtain Call

[KinkyCyborg]

That was very well done.  The Academy Awards could learn something from that because their tribute every year is usually the most poorly executed part of the entire show. It's always rushed, terrible timing, people still talking when it starts and always a glaring omission or two from tribute itself.

[Antares]

That was very well done.  The Academy Awards could learn something from that because their tribute every year is usually the most poorly executed part of the entire show. It's always rushed, terrible timing, people still talking when it starts and always a glaring omission or two from tribute itself.

I loved how they did the three that were in Airplane!, one after another.

[dfmorgan]

That was very well done.  The Academy Awards could learn something from that because their tribute every year is usually the most poorly executed part of the entire show. It's always rushed, terrible timing, people still talking when it starts and always a glaring omission or two from tribute itself.

I loved how they did the three that were in Airplane!, one after another.

There was a nice Blue Velvet segue as well, from Dino de Laurentiis to Dennis Hopper.

[Rogmeister]

I dislike how these tributes (some in magazines, some elsewhere) are always done up before the year is over.  What if someone has the nerve to die in the last week or two of the year now? 

[Antares]

J. Michael Hagopian

[Antares]

Eric Fullilove

[Rogmeister]

Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller has passed away at the age of 92.  He had various health problems, I think (not surprising considering his age).  I believe he won 266 games in his career.  He might have gotten 300 wins but lost about 4 years of his career spending it in the armed forces during World War 2.

[Antares]

Neva Patterson

[Antares]

Blake Edwards

[Antares]

Captain Beefheart

[Antares]

This one's for Jimmy...John Leslie

[Rogmeister]

Adrienne Roy, comic book colorist for over two decades.

[Antares]

Steve Landesberg

[Antares]

Bud Greenspan

[Antares]

Elisabeth Beresford