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Alan Rickman gone. Hans Gruber will always be one of my favourite movie villains.

Grenville wrote:Alan Rickman gone. Hans Gruber will always be one of my favourite movie villains.

Loved him in Galaxy Quest

"By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!"

RIP

Grenville wrote:Alan Rickman gone. Hans Gruber will always be one of my favourite movie villains.

Absolutely. One of the reasons why "Die Hard" is one the best action films ever.

RIP - Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams) & singer Glen Campbell.

Magellan wrote:

Grenville wrote:Alan Rickman gone. Hans Gruber will always be one of my favourite movie villains.

Absolutely. One of the reasons why "Die Hard" is one the best action films ever.

That was his first film too!!! Great actor

Glenn Frey from The Eagles passes away at 67.

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/glenn-frey-of-the-eagles-dead-at-67-20160119-gm8q0s.html

GWW wrote:RIP - Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams) & singer Glen Campbell.

Internet hoax apparently? (Albeit it wont be long anyway)

JK wrote:

GWW wrote:RIP - Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams) & singer Glen Campbell.

Internet hoax apparently? (Albeit it wont be long anyway)

Still alive according to Wikipedia, the most trusted editable resource on the internet, but JK's right - he has Alzheimers and is in a pretty bad state.

Magellan wrote:

Grenville wrote:Alan Rickman gone. Hans Gruber will always be one of my favourite movie villains.

Absolutely. One of the reasons why "Die Hard" is one the best action films ever.

Yes, Hans Gruber is one of the most memorable villians and in fact most memorable movie characters of all time IMO

Glenn Frey of the Eagles passed away this morning, aged 67.

RIP Sir Terry Wogan

The best Eurovision special comments in history among other things

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:RIP Sir Terry Wogan

The best Eurovision special comments in history among other things

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!

JK wrote:

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:RIP Sir Terry Wogan

The best Eurovision special comments in history among other things

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!

I remember rolling on the floor with laughter when I heard him on my first Eurovision.

A national treasure and raised a lot of money for the charity "Children in Need"

One of a kind.

RIP

Terry Wogan made Eurovision worth watching. The subtle p!sstake of either the venue city, the upcoming country's performer, or calling our the dodgy bloc-voting that went on between those countries that were either allied or enemies.

Regardless of the location, I always got the impression Wogan was commentating Eurovision in a BBC studio with a glass of whiskey in his hand.

RIP Terry.

Magellan wrote:Terry Wogan made Eurovision worth watching. The subtle p!sstake of either the venue city, the upcoming country's performer, or calling our the dodgy bloc-voting that went on between those countries that were either allied or enemies.

Regardless of the location, I always got the impression Wogan was commentating Eurovision in a BBC studio with a glass of whiskey in his hand.

RIP Terry.

Terry Wogan kept Eurovision alive/relevant as a cultural icon.
I, kind of, get the feeling that had he not commentated on Eurovision in that fashion, our interest in it may well have been dead years ago.

Dogwatcher wrote:

Magellan wrote:Terry Wogan made Eurovision worth watching. The subtle p!sstake of either the venue city, the upcoming country's performer, or calling our the dodgy bloc-voting that went on between those countries that were either allied or enemies.

Regardless of the location, I always got the impression Wogan was commentating Eurovision in a BBC studio with a glass of whiskey in his hand.

RIP Terry.

Terry Wogan kept Eurovision alive/relevant as a cultural icon.
I, kind of, get the feeling that had he not commentated on Eurovision in that fashion, our interest in it may well have been dead years ago.

I think you're right. The interest that Eurovision now has garnered in Australia, which is now broadcast with our own commentary (IIRC), stems from his influence. Sadly, the subtle irony that Wogan used to make the broadcast entertaining is being missed, which is the point.

Here's some Terry banter from the 2000 Eurovision, plus IMHO a great song.

Magellan wrote:

Dogwatcher wrote:

Magellan wrote:Terry Wogan made Eurovision worth watching. The subtle p!sstake of either the venue city, the upcoming country's performer, or calling our the dodgy bloc-voting that went on between those countries that were either allied or enemies.

Regardless of the location, I always got the impression Wogan was commentating Eurovision in a BBC studio with a glass of whiskey in his hand.

RIP Terry.

Terry Wogan kept Eurovision alive/relevant as a cultural icon.
I, kind of, get the feeling that had he not commentated on Eurovision in that fashion, our interest in it may well have been dead years ago.

I think you're right. The interest that Eurovision now has garnered in Australia, which is now broadcast with our own commentary (IIRC), stems from his influence. Sadly, the subtle irony that Wogan used to make the broadcast entertaining is being missed, which is the point.

Spot on Magsy

Plus I think Eurovision needs the subtle pommy humour. The way we have hosted it (SBS) has been nothing short of a disgrace.
SBS go way overboard with trying to be funny and it actually is a turn off.

Indeed MT. The beauty of Eurovision was we watched as outsiders from the other side of the world, peeking into something bizarre that we didn't understand, and Terry Wogan explained it to us in his somewhat dismissive and sarcastic manner.

I can't stand how Australia has participated as a contestant in the last year or so. Now we're actually part of it, which makes no geographic or cultural sense.

Magellan wrote:

Dogwatcher wrote:

Magellan wrote:Terry Wogan made Eurovision worth watching. The subtle p!sstake of either the venue city, the upcoming country's performer, or calling our the dodgy bloc-voting that went on between those countries that were either allied or enemies.

Regardless of the location, I always got the impression Wogan was commentating Eurovision in a BBC studio with a glass of whiskey in his hand.

RIP Terry.

Terry Wogan kept Eurovision alive/relevant as a cultural icon.
I, kind of, get the feeling that had he not commentated on Eurovision in that fashion, our interest in it may well have been dead years ago.

I think you're right. The interest that Eurovision now has garnered in Australia, which is now broadcast with our own commentary (IIRC), stems from his influence. Sadly, the subtle irony that Wogan used to make the broadcast entertaining is being missed, which is the point.

I have not seen Graham Norton doing Eurovision but I thought someone like Dave Lamb (come dine with me) might have been good as a replacement.

Got some old eurovisions on VHS so this Friday, it will be a pizza, beer and Terry night.