The TUMBREL of MISSED OPPORTUNITY

Ben Trovado · Post by **Ben Trovado** » Thu Jan 27, 2022 1:20 am

"What could I do?"

"Suddenly, I was looking down the barrel of a fist."

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 7:23 pm

Howard Hesseman, 81, complications from surgery.

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/30/10768243 ... cincinnati

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 9:07 pm

Adios Dr. Johnny Fever.

– J.D.

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 9:58 pm

Well shit.

Fellow babies.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Feb 02, 2022 2:01 am

Milltown Mel.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/new-jerse ... 20201.html

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:28 am

Don't phuck with Phil.

– J.D.

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Wed Feb 02, 2022 6:19 am

I wonder how many Phils there have been since the beginning of the celebration.

Sure hope an early Spring is predicted 'cause frankly, I've had enough of this damned Winter! :)

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Wed Feb 02, 2022 7:24 am

What?

With all this Global Warming! [Stop it! – Ed.]

https://gifimage.net/wp-content/uploads ... gif-11.gif

– J. "Don't Drive Angry!" D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:53 pm

Douglas Trumbull.

https://www.rogerebert.com/tributes/dou ... -1941-2022

https://i.imgur.com/nigwwuL.gif

Fid · Post by **Fid** » Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:15 am

Pyrrho wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:53 pm Douglas Trumbull.

https://www.rogerebert.com/tributes/dou ... -1941-2022

https://i.imgur.com/nigwwuL.gif

Indeed, his boney warriors haunted my dreams for years.

One of his last efforts. Worth a watch though a bit long winded.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478304/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Fid · Post by **Fid** » Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:34 am

Oops, the boney boys were Ray Harryhausen. RIP both. Thanks for the nightmares guys.

Ben Trovado · Post by **Ben Trovado** » Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:53 am

Fid wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:34 am Oops, the boney boys were Ray Harryhausen. RIP both. Thanks for the nightmares guys.

When I was 9 the Voyages of Sinbad was the best thing ever.

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:37 am

Pyrrho wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:53 pm Douglas Trumbull.

https://www.rogerebert.com/tributes/dou ... -1941-2022

https://i.imgur.com/nigwwuL.gif

Well shit! RIP Mr. Trumbull.

And BTW: It's full of stars.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sat Feb 12, 2022 9:28 am

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... ct2012.jpg

まだ生きていますよ、馬鹿 !

– J.D.

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Mon Feb 14, 2022 2:20 pm

RIP Mr. Corman.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Tue Feb 15, 2022 5:11 pm

Ivan Reitman.

– J.D.

DJ · Post by DJ » Wed Feb 16, 2022 12:19 am

P.J. O’Rourke, 74.

Parliament Of Whores was a great read. He had a lot of great reads.

😞

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:16 am

I recall him describing "Poppet" letting out a shriek. Not knowing what to do, his better half arrived, plopped her before the television and gave her a sippy cup. O'Rourke mused about giving sippy cups to various tin-pot dictators.

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 1:26 am

https://apnews.com/article/new-england- ... c30d9b138a

A Maine woman recognized by the New England Patriots as their oldest fan has died at age 106.

Myrtle Milledge, of the town of Mexico, was well into her 40s when the Patriots became a franchise in the old American Football League in 1960.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 4:56 am

See what you did, Tom Brady?

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 8:16 pm

https://www.dw.com/en/candy-bomber-berl ... a-60821090

'Candy bomber': Berlin Airlift US pilot dies at 101
US air force pilot Gail Halvorsen became known for dropping candy during the Soviet blockade of West Berlin after World War II.

Ben Trovado · Post by **Ben Trovado** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 8:30 pm

Pyrrho wrote: ↑Fri Feb 18, 2022 8:16 pm https://www.dw.com/en/candy-bomber-berl ... a-60821090

'Candy bomber': Berlin Airlift US pilot dies at 101
US air force pilot Gail Halvorsen became known for dropping candy during the Soviet blockade of West Berlin after World War II.

Damnit. I always had a soft spot for that story.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:03 pm

Will not anyone think of the Children who got the tooth decade and the autisms . . . probably?

– J.D.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:57 pm

A nice essay on P.J. O'Rouke.

– J.D.

Fid · Post by **Fid** » Sat Feb 19, 2022 12:23 am

Why couldn’t it have been you?” said my old friend, Jack Shafer, once the bad tidings had settled. Such a pal. No, really I hope for the same.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sat Feb 19, 2022 12:26 am

I loved and considered for a Thought for the Day:

We were on the Big Island, Hawaii proper, the place where migrating Polynesians originally landed more than 1,500 years ago and where Captain Cook died in 1779. Cook was the first haole (a Hawaiian word meaning “person whose luggage is still at the Los Angeles airport”) to visit Hawaii. His crew spread venereal disease through the islands, the Hawaiians beat Captain Cook to death with clubs, and the tourist trade has continued with only minor alterations to the present day.

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sat Feb 19, 2022 1:47 am

Link: https://twitter.com/eliehonig/status/1494842403450195972

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Sat Mar 05, 2022 3:16 am

Shane Warne, 52, heart attact.

Greatest leg spin bowler in history, scourge of England in the 1990s and early noughties. Grudgingly respected baggy green cap wearer. Second highest test wicket taker in history.

Shame, Shane.

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 6:21 pm

Laurel Goodwin. Last original trekker.

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/s ... odwin.html

Yeoman Colt, 2nd star to the right, and straight on till morning. Adieu.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Wed Mar 09, 2022 7:33 am

https://www.tor.com/wp-content/uploads/ ... _large.jpg

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Fri Mar 11, 2022 4:46 pm

Emilio Delgado, 81, multiple myeloma.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/emili ... years-dies

Ben Trovado · Post by **Ben Trovado** » Sat Mar 12, 2022 12:04 am

Pyrrho wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 4:46 pm Emilio Delgado, 81, multiple myeloma.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/emili ... years-dies

Well, hell. I liked him and Maria when I was a kid.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sun Mar 13, 2022 9:27 pm

William Hurt, 71.

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Sun Mar 13, 2022 10:15 pm

Shit.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 12:54 am

Double shit.

– J.D.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 3:46 am

Ah shit.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:03 am

Prof. Clayton.

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Sat Mar 19, 2022 8:13 pm

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 9:17 pm

Madeleine Albright, 84

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Thu Mar 24, 2022 4:05 am

Anyone notice?

– J.D.