Mary Ann is gone:
Dawn Wells Dead: 'Gilligan's Island's' Mary Ann Dies of COVID - Variety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbiJvBhcJKo
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That's sad. I always chose her in the Ginger vs. Mary Ann debate. I used to watch the show all the time, while it was goofy I thought it was funny.
It was one of the dumbest shows on television. But even so, I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
The very first creative thing I ever did start to finish was a puppet show made brown paper bag puppets of Gilligan, Skipper, Professor and Thurston, and I will never forget the classroom laughing their asses off.
Even though it was extremely sophomoric in its humour, I loved it.
I would also have ridiculously difficult time deciding between Mary Anne and Ginger, but wow. That movie where they get off the boat. Yowzaz.
A baseball fixture of my childhood and teen years:
Hall of Fame Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda dies at 93 (espn.com)
I wasn't a Dodger fan, but it seemed like I was always seeing Lasorda on TV. And he did win two titles without having overwhelming talent, so he must have known something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKUmQQl5SWA
Hey, moved this here from the Super Bowl thread. Let me know if that's not OK and I'll move it back.
yeah, thanks, I hit the wrong thread.
I'll go so far as to say I hated the Dodgers back when they were in their heyday with Lasorda, but I really never hated him. He was definitely one of the biggest names ever when it came to managing.Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
RIP Mr. Lasorda. He was very much woven into the fabric of the So Cal sports world.
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Same lol. R.I.P.Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/enter...bit/index.html
Siegfried of Siegfried and Roy at 81
With this one, more Baseball Hall of Famers have died since last January than in any previous 12-month period:
Dodgers Hall of Fame ironman pitcher Don Sutton dies at 75 (yahoo.com)
Another article pointed out that the afterlife can put together a killer 5-man rotation just with the pitchers lost over the past year: Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson, Whitey Ford, Phil Niekro just a few weeks ago and now Sutton to round it out. And Tommy Lasorda can manage them.
I wouldn't take it as a sign of anything, though, other than that the guys from that era -- all of the aforementioned individuals made their MLB debut in the '50s or '60s -- are now old.
Wow, Hammering Hank passed away. RIP
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb...?ocid=msedgntp
I have always cherished the memory I have of watching him hit a homer in the Astrodome when I was a kid playing Little League. Even though I was rooting for the Astros we all still cheered loudly when he hit it. He was a classy guy, too, and will be missed.
For all of his acknowledged greatness, Aaron might have been underrated as an overall player. We all know about the home runs, but he also has a .305 career batting average and he's seventh on the all-time WAR list. Hell of a player.
Larry King, talk show host, 87:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/23/us/la...rnd/index.html
No cause given, but he was in hospital for COVID at the start of the month.
2020: I'm the king of the world!
2021: Hold my beer...
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Mira Furlan, who played "Delenn" in "Babylon 5"!
fuck FUCK FUCK!!! :angry: these two years so far have been FUCKING SHIT!!
so many great folk gone
she was awesome in that show, sigh :(
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55763658
Cloris Leachman, Oscar Winner and Sitcom Star, Dies at 94 | Vanity Fair
Another one of those performers who seemed like she was in everything. A very small sampling:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_iOqFjzOJk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4uvLXCUhVg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn8pDEPbWFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcgEN3CaqXs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6jhfBo09cU
Seems like I've been watching her in shows forever, and it really has been for almost my entire life. I really liked her role in American Gods and Young Franenstein, but another role that she was great in was the mother/grandmother in Raising Hope, which I found to be a hilarious sitcom and her a standout in it.
Cloris Leachman was wonderful. RIP
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