RIP Gene Wilder

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/gene-wilder-star-of-blazing-saddles-and-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory-dies-at-83-195513023.html

One of my favorite actors

Originally posted by whodey
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One of my favorite actors

I used to love Gene Wilder.
I still do, but I used to, too.

Originally posted by whodey
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/gene-wilder-star-of-blazing-saddles-and-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory-dies-at-83-195513023.html

One of my favorite actors

Thumbs down?

WTH?

Now take that same thumb and.............well.....you know what to do with it whoever you are.

Hopefully it was directed at me and not a man who has just died.

Originally posted by whodey
Thumbs down?

WTH?

Now take that same thumb and.............well.....you know what to do with it whoever you are.

Hopefully it was directed at me and not a man who has just died.

I'd be more concerned about the thumbs up.

Put.....the......candle.................back.

Here's a whole page full of people giving their twitter goodbyes to a true comic genius.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/08/29/mel-brooks-steve-martin-more-pay-tribute-to-gene-wilder.html

Originally posted by Suzianne
Here's a whole page full of people giving their twitter goodbyes to a true comic genius.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/08/29/mel-brooks-steve-martin-more-pay-tribute-to-gene-wilder.html

He died several weeks ago but the family just revealed his death to the world. He was a genius for sure. I'll never forget his line when someone said, ah, you are Frankenstein (pronounced like we all know) and he said haughtily 'That's FRANKEN STEEN'.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
I used to love Gene Wilder.
I still do, but I used to, too.

RIP Mitch Hedberg.

Originally posted by vivify
RIP Mitch Hedberg.

He was another great one, not as famous though.

Originally posted by whodey
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/gene-wilder-star-of-blazing-saddles-and-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory-dies-at-83-195513023.html

One of my favorite actors

Brilliant comic actor.
Young Frankenstein was my favourite.
Sad to his passing.

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Originally posted by whodey
Thumbs down?

WTH?

Now take that same thumb and.............well.....you know what to do with it whoever you are.

Hopefully it was directed at me and not a man who has just died.

it was
I'm adding another

Originally posted by whodey
RIP Gene Wilder

Actually, he didn't appear in all that many films - 20 in 25 years, with 4 of them in 1974 - and he did even less TV.

What other characters might he have been cast to play to which he could have brought his inimitable style?

I could've seen him playing the Major Frank Burns character in M*A*S*H (played by Larry Linville), or the part of John Singer in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (played by Alan Arkin). I am not suggesting there was anything wrong with Linville's or Arkin's work in these two productions.

I could also picture as a recurring character in Cheers maybe as one of Frasier Crane's patients who - much to the latter's chagrin - frequented the bar [uninvited] on occasions.

Comic genius has no time for TV. That's why it's a wasteland.

Originally posted by Suzianne
Comic genius has no time for TV. That's why it's a wasteland.

What a bizarre couple of suggestions! 🙂