Bully Wee Villa Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Ken Starr, Clinton-Impeachment bloke. Death Starr. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 1 minute ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Ken Starr, Clinton-Impeachment bloke. Death Starr. Starr-fished 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DA Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Irene Papas papped oot o the Mamas and The Papas. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/14/irene-papas-obituary 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 5 minutes ago, The DA said: Irene Papas papped oot o the Mamas and The Papas. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/14/irene-papas-obituary She was in the Guns of Navarone: and in The Trojan Women which also starred BRIAN BLESSED 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Not a good year for international cricket umpires with Asad Rauf following Rudi Koertzen back to the eternal pavilion at 66. Would have been an incredibly niche pick though no doubt one of the English broadsheets or the Heil will post a qualifying obit if so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.V.T. Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Eddie Butler at 65. A trying time for the family. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Eddie Butler at 65. A trying time for the family. Who's going to do the voice-over for his montage? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, peasy23 said: 32 minutes ago, D.V.T. said: Eddie Butler at 65. A trying time for the family. Who's going to do the voice-over for his montage? Judging by the poems for the Queen on the Normal Island thread, there are plenty of contenders to replace the tedious old bore. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 On 13/09/2022 at 20:40, BillyAnchor said: Few non Americans and even West Coast Americans fail to grasp the cultural significance of Waffle Houses. They are America, if you visit U S and A make it a point to visit at least one, way more important than Disney. True dat. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) actually uses the status of Waffle Houses (open, open/limited menu, closed) to assess the seriousness of natural disasters in an area. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomintroll Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 On 14/09/2022 at 17:18, tamthebam said: She was in the Guns of Navarone: and in The Trojan Women which also starred BRIAN BLESSED Lovely points due to my encyclopedic knowledge of '60s War films crossed with my love of Reggae & Ska. I would say thoughts & prayers etc but that doesn't seem to apply to old mothers, grandmothers, et al round these parts anymore. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 Week 38 update One death this week, the actor Irene Papas: Irene Papas obituary | Film | The Guardian Quote It is apposite that Irene Papas, who has died aged 96, was at her peak when playing the heroines in film versions of classical Greek tragedies. Notwithstanding her many roles in a wide range of Hollywood, international and Greek films, including The Guns of Navarone (1961), Zorba the Greek (1964) and Z (1969), Papas always gave the impression that there was an Electra, Antigone or Clytemnestra bubbling beneath the surface. She balanced expertly between theatrical tradition and the cinema closeup, her strong, expressive face being especially eloquent in moments of silent suffering. All the films of the Euripides trilogy – Electra (1962), The Trojan Women (1971) and Iphigenia (1976) – directed by Michael Cacoyannis, were dominated by Papas’s dramatic beauty in closeup against realistic Greek landscapes, and proved that the ancient myths could grip modern audiences. It was Cacoyannis, with whom Papas made six films, including Zorba the Greek, who brought out her talent in full. The daughter of teachers, she was born Eirini Lelekou in a village near Corinth, and attended the royal drama school in Athens. She started her career in her teens as a singer and dancer in variety shows before launching her film career in 1948, by which time she had married the director Alkis Papas. In the words of Roger Ebert: "I thought then, and I still think, that Irene Papas is the most classically beautiful woman ever to appear in films." I'll need to keep an eye out for one coming on the telly. Papas died at 96, so she's worth 29 Base Points for @Moomintroll who also gets a Solo Shot taking him to 79 points. After that, the standings look like this: 1. Bishop Briggs 691 2. Indale Winton 635 3. chompmyroot 551 4. Ned Nederlander 496 5. JustOneCornetto 452 6. sparky88 445 7. Moomintroll 416 8. Billy Jean King 411 9. gkneil 382 10. weirdcal 372 11. Arch Stanton 358 12. psv_killie 353 13. Sweaty Morph 342 14. Savage Henry 338 15. mathematics, The DA 321 17. peasy23 318 18. The Master 273 19. The_Craig 266 20. scottsdad 262 21. Arbroathlegend36-0 255 22. pub car king 239 23. lichtgilphead 237 24. Arabdownunder 230 25. microdave 228 26. buddiepaul, thistledo 226 28. senorsoupe 219 29. Raidernation 218 30. Desp 217 31. pawpar 216 32. Melanius Mullarkey 207 33. Aim Here 205 34. Florentine_Pogen 202 35. Fuctifano, jimbaxters 196 37. blootoon87 180 38. tamthebam 168 39. thisal 160 40. cdhafc1874 159 41. Mark Connolly 153 42. gingette 150 43. ayrunitedfw 140 44. Lofarl 127 45. HI HAT 122 46. sleazy 121 47. willie adie 115 48. Scorge 114 49. nessies long lost ghost, The Naitch 113 51. Hamish's Passenger, speckled tangerine 112 53. Les Cabbage 111 54. Miguel Sanchez 105 55. Bully Wee Villa 104 56. djchapsticks, Enigma 81 58. cambozpar 74 59. The Hologram 73 60. ThomCat 69 61. paulathame 63 62. D.V.T., Karpaty Lviv, qos_75 59 65. Aladdin, BillyAnchor, doulikefish, ICTJohnboy, invergowrie arab, mizfit, Oystercatcher, smpar, Soapy FFC 58 74. Cardinal Richelieu, get_the_subbies_on, Lex, RossBFaeDundee 52 78. Ray Patterson 47 79. Amarillo Bairn 44 80. Bert Raccoon, statts1976uk 39 82. 10menwent2mow 34 83. Bold Rover, dagane, Duszek, Hedgecutter, HTG, LoonsYouthTeam 29 89. Everyone else 0 The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mup1IJllKHs0a47J8G6IXUkvShJrV28Iuc-Kkn7RKuo/edit?usp=sharing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 On 14/09/2022 at 17:18, tamthebam said: She was in the Guns of Navarone: and in The Trojan Women which also starred BRIAN BLESSED I actually watched The Trojan Women a while back - BRIAN BLESSED is hilarious in it as always. He plays Talthybius who is meant to be a fairly sympathetic character, but bellows the lines at the bemused women in his usual style: "SORRY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KILL YOUR KID, ANDROMACHE...DO NOT HATE ME!!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Henry Kissinger. Is he one of the undead ? Gone before Christmas. I could do with the points. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Henry Kissinger. Is he one of the undead ? Gone before Christmas. I could do with the points. 99 - and he's in China today.Toadying to scumbags as ever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: 99 - and he's in China today. Toadying to scumbags as ever. He's in New York, toadying to Chinese scumbags. But still, for a near-centenarian, he's keeping pretty active. I wouldn't be inclined to stick him in next year's team on current form. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-62949006 Raju Srivastava no longer doing stand-up of any form. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Aussie (Play) School's Out for John Hamblin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hamblin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 On 20/09/2022 at 18:29, DeeTillEhDeh said: 99 - and he's in China today. Toadying to scumbags as ever. What - he died fairly recently; I swear it. I even remember folk making memes with his Simpsons version. What the f**k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.V.T. Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Hilary Mantel’s life reaches its final chapter at 70 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Bringing Up The Body. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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