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#4901 Post by MichaelB » Wed Oct 08, 2014 1:31 am

hearthesilence wrote:YIKES. I've worked in academia before (which to me includes museums) and it's ridiculous how it's such a conniving, backstabbing field to work in.
I mostly loved working for the BFI (and spent nine years there), but I absolutely don't miss the internal politics. In fact, that's one of the reasons I left: I couldn't go any further in terms of salary without taking on management responsibilities, and I'd rather stick red hot needles into my eyes.
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#4902 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:05 pm

Jan Hooks
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#4903 Post by swo17 » Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:11 pm

There are thousands and thousands of uses for corn, all of which I will tell you about right now. :(
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#4904 Post by domino harvey » Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:51 pm

I remember reading something recently that said the reason she wasn't in much lately is that Phil Hartman's death really hit her hard and she never fully recovered
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#4905 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:56 pm

I've heard that too. She presented that short film they did in B&W on the 25th anniversary special and I remember he being quite overcome with emotion just in the intro.
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#4906 Post by Feego » Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:04 pm

She was indeed the best part of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. My mom and I have quoted her Alamo tour many times since my childhood.

"Do we have any Mexican-Americans with us? Well buenos dias!"
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#4907 Post by hearthesilence » Fri Oct 10, 2014 9:43 am

Very underrated, probably because she did her best work on SNL, where she was one of the best performers they ever had, all the more impressive considering SNL was so tough on women before the late '90s. Like Phil Hartman, just excellent in almost everything in any capacity, as a lead or supporting player. The barflies, the waitresses, the competitive beauty contestant, Diane Sawyer, the wicked Bette Davis impression….it's funny seeing the "video will" sketch now because it drops references to classic Hollywood stars and directors left and right, but I had no idea who Bette Davis was, much less who they were (Howard Hawks? Preston Sturges?) when I first saw it. It made it even more surreal, but I love that sketch, from the now-dated VHS jokes to the cackling, vengeful farewell.
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#4908 Post by lacritfan » Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:31 am

Jan Hooks and Phil Hartman in "Love is a Dream"
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#4909 Post by Professor Wagstaff » Fri Oct 10, 2014 1:19 pm

Thanks for posting this link. I've been looking to rewatch this for some time, but couldn't find the video.
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#4910 Post by Polybius » Sat Oct 11, 2014 1:08 am

hearthesilence wrote: Like Phil Hartman, just excellent in almost everything in any capacity, as a lead or supporting player.
Absolutely.

I've liked her since she was on Bill Tush's sketch show on TBS in the early '80's. She had a televangelist character of her own creation who I kept expecting her to break out when she joined the SNL cast. Of course, by '86, there were so many actual examples of that type (her fall on the floor hilarious version of T.F. Bakker, for example) that it sort of covered the need. She was fantastic with Phil and I always loved her with Nora Dunn, especially as the wonderful Sweeny Sisters, who made up what they lacked in talent with their enthusiasm.
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#4911 Post by hearthesilence » Sat Oct 11, 2014 9:11 am

What of my favorite moments is when they serenade/torture Paul Simon, with Hooks wailing at the top of her lungs, "Like a bridge….over trou, ou, bled, wa, ters…."
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#4912 Post by ellipsis7 » Tue Oct 14, 2014 1:53 pm

Gabrielle Reidy - far too young, RIP...
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#4913 Post by Lemmy Caution » Tue Oct 14, 2014 4:37 pm

I meant to post this last week:

Anna Przybylska dead: Polish actress and model dies of cancer, aged just 35
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#4914 Post by Ovader » Wed Oct 15, 2014 1:40 pm

Marie Dubois. French article.
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#4915 Post by Michael » Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:20 pm

Elizabeth Pena

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#4916 Post by bamwc2 » Wed Oct 15, 2014 11:03 pm

Michael wrote:Elizabeth Pena
Holy cow! Only 55 too...
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#4917 Post by jbeall » Thu Oct 16, 2014 2:18 pm

Czech actor, dissident, and Charter 77 signatory Pavel Landovsky
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#4918 Post by bamwc2 » Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:20 pm

Misty Upham. Only 32. Damn.
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#4919 Post by colinr0380 » Sat Oct 18, 2014 6:09 am

bamwc2 wrote:
Michael wrote:Elizabeth Pena
Holy cow! Only 55 too...
Very sad to hear. She was great as Jezzie,the alluring girlfriend-turned-devil woman in the bluntly allegorical Jacob's Ladder. There are issues with that film, in that being shown entirely from the point of view of Tim Robbins' character that turns the female characters into reductive angelic mother (the ex-wife Sarah and dead son Gabie, or Gabriel) versus sexy single (Jezzie being short for Jezebel), which results in Pena's character sadly being abandoned by the film, but that isn't really anything that should reflect on the fine performances on display.
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#4920 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:01 am

Ox Baker
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#4921 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:50 am

Raphael Ravenscroft
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#4922 Post by bamwc2 » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:44 am

Gerard Parkes
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#4923 Post by Ovader » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:14 am

Read on Tim Lucas' Facebook that L.M. "Kit" Carson passed away.
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#4924 Post by gcgiles1dollarbin » Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:23 pm

Ovader wrote:Read on Tim Lucas' Facebook that L.M. "Kit" Carson passed away.
Obit
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#4925 Post by Donald Brown » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:20 am

Ben Bradlee.
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