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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby Grenville » Fri Jan 15, 2016 3:53 pm

Alan Rickman gone. Hans Gruber will always be one of my favourite movie villains.
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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby Fluffbag » Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:19 am

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

Loved him in Galaxy Quest

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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby Magellan » Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:26 am

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.
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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby GWW » Sat Jan 16, 2016 3:34 pm

RIP - Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams) & singer Glen Campbell.
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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby woodublieve12 » Sat Jan 16, 2016 4:05 pm

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
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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby Magellan » Tue Jan 19, 2016 9:59 am

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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby JK » Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:06 am

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


Internet hoax apparently? (Albeit it wont be long anyway)
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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby Magellan » Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:11 am

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.
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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby Hondo » Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:16 am

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
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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby Footy Chick » Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:36 am

Glenn Frey of the Eagles passed away this morning, aged 67.
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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:45 pm

RIP Sir Terry Wogan

The best Eurovision special comments in history among other things
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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby JK » Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:51 pm

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:RIP Sir Terry Wogan

The best Eurovision special comments in history among other things


Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! :(
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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby Fluffbag » Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:57 pm

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.

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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby Magellan » Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:19 am

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.
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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby Dogwatcher » Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:38 am

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.
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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby Magellan » Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:57 am

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.
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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby Magellan » Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:26 am

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

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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Mon Feb 01, 2016 10:52 am

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.
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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby Magellan » Mon Feb 01, 2016 11:15 am

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.
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Re: Celebrity Casualties

Postby Fluffbag » Mon Feb 01, 2016 12:04 pm

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.
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