Celeb Deaths

[BigAl]

Ex US President Jimmy Carter, aged 100.

Decent innings 

Would take that right now. Might live long enough to see us win a couple of games again 

[manc_don]

Shame about Carter, was a proper president and go Mr fucked over by the GOP did he not? 

[BigAl]

Johnnie Walker

A proper DJ and influence on me

RIP Johnnie

[JessianK]

https://www.afc.co.uk/2025/01/17/denis-law/

 

RIP Denis. 

 

True legend.

[scotfree]

Alzheimer's is a fucking horrible way to go. My father-in-law is going through it now. Every time I see him it's heartbreaking. 

[Elgindon]

Billy Pirie,76. Never saw him in the flesh,but was with the Dons/Dundee when I was a loon

 https://www.afc.co.uk/2025/02/03/billy-pirie-1949-2025/ 

[BigAl]

3 hours ago, Elgindon said:

Billy Pirie,76. Never saw him in the flesh,but was with the Dons/Dundee when I was a loon

 https://www.afc.co.uk/2025/02/03/billy-pirie-1949-2025/ 

I can mind seeing him playing for Huntly in the Highland League 

His goalscoring record at Dundee was off the scale.

[Kowalski]

Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog!

[BigAl]

George Foreman, ex heavyweight boxer and the name behind those kitchen items, aged 76.

[Reekie_Red]

Panainis around the world will be flying at half-mast 

[tom_widdows]

Val Kilmer - 65

[OrlandoDon]

4 hours ago, tom_widdows said:

Val Kilmer - 65

Watched his documentary, sad story all stemming from losing his brother during childhood. Never recovered.

[RicoS321]

Pope'd it.

[Jute]

ETA beaten to it by Rico. Useless train wifi. 

[Reekie_Red]

At Easter too. Wonder if he'll return in a couple of days 

[Kowalski]

[Jute]

[Kowalski]

Norm from Cheers. 

[BigAl]

Major Margaret "Hot Lips"Houlihan aka Loretta Swit.

Loved her back in the day.

You youngsters have probably never even heard of M.A.S.H

If so, you haven't lived lads 

[scotfree]

2 hours ago, BigAl said:

Major Margaret "Hot Lips"Houlihan aka Loretta Swit.

Loved her back in the day.

You youngsters have probably never even heard of M.A.S.H

If so, you haven't lived lads 

M.A.S.H. didn't have a laughter track when it was shown in the U.K., but it does in the U.S and here in Australia. It's a much better watch without the laughter track.

 

Just saw this on Wiki  'The laugh track is also omitted from some international and syndicated airings of the show. On one occasion during an airing on BBC2 in the UK, the laugh track was accidentally left on, and viewers expressed their displeasure; an apology from the network for the "technical difficulty" was later released, for during its original run on BBC2 in the UK, it had been shown without the laugh track. UK DVD critics speak poorly of the laugh track, stating "canned laughter is intrusive at the best of times, but with a programme like M*A*S*H, it's downright unbearable."^[20]

[tom_widdows]

8 hours ago, scotfree said:

M.A.S.H. didn't have a laughter track when it was shown in the U.K., but it does in the U.S and here in Australia. It's a much better watch without the laughter track.

 

Just saw this on Wiki  'The laugh track is also omitted from some international and syndicated airings of the show. On one occasion during an airing on BBC2 in the UK, the laugh track was accidentally left on, and viewers expressed their displeasure; an apology from the network for the "technical difficulty" was later released, for during its original run on BBC2 in the UK, it had been shown without the laugh track. UK DVD critics speak poorly of the laugh track, stating "canned laughter is intrusive at the best of times, but with a programme like M*A*S*H, it's downright unbearable."^[20]

I believe the laugh track was never used during the surgery scenes (no matter where is was shown).

Still the best box set I ever bought.

Think there's only 4 cast members still alive now

 

[tom_widdows]

Thinking about it now the laugh track is only in the early series.

Completely removed when they really started to push the Anti Vietnam message

[BigAl]

Brian Wilson aged 82

Won't be feeling those Good Vibrations any longer.

[tom_widdows]

God only knows what we'd be without him

[BigAl]

James Prime co-founder and keyboard player of Deacon Blue has passed away after short illness with cancer

Only aged 64 for fuck sake