In Appreciation (GB Lounge Version)

Judith Kerr, beloved author of The Tiger Who Came to Tea, dies aged 95

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Kerr, pictured with actor Benedict Cumberbatch and Kitty Forbes, dressed as her character Sophie, for the 50th anniversary for The Tiger Who Came to Tea in 2018.

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Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Writer and illustrator of more than 30 books, including the Mog series based on her pet cats, arrived in England in 1936 as a refugee from the Nazis


https://www.theguardian.com/books/2...hor-of-the-tiger-who-came-to-tea-dies-aged-95

May 23, 2019

Earlier this year, Channel 4 announced it would air a special animated adaptation of the book, which tells the story of a tea-guzzling tiger, who turns up unannounced and eats and drinks Sophie and her mother out of house and home.

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/...author-judith-kerr-dies-aged-95-38140868.html

https://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/celebrities/who-was-judith-kerr-author-tiger-who-came-to-tea/

Before the inter-webs changed everything, MAD magazine, was there.

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#RIP @MADmagazine

The original art to the cover of Mad 155
by #normanmingo

#frommycollection

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5:02 PM - 4 Jul 2019 from Los Angeles, CA

Thank you, Terrance Dicks

The early days of Dr. Who lead to a lifetime of enjoyment, of Dr. Who episodes.

R.I.P.



British author Terrance Dicks, best known for his long association
with Doctor Who, has died at the age of 84.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49555763

well, fuck

Never, again, will I wait to hear to hear what recent cackle, snort,
or muffled laugh, he might add, or see a grin, or glint of mirth
in his eye.

He has kicked the bucket.

He had some of the best lines!



The 1979 film Monty Python’s Life of Brian, a satire about an ordinary
Jewish boy mistaken for the Messiah, which Terry Jones directed and
co-wrote with his fellow Pythons Graham Chapman, John Cleese,
Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle and Michael Palin, was banned by 39 British
local authorities, and by Ireland and Norway. Jones and his chums
were unrepentant: they even launched a Swedish poster campaign
with the slogan: “So funny it was banned in Norway.”

Jones is survived by his second wife, Anna (nee Söderström),
whom he married in 2012, and their daughter, Siri; and by Bill
and Sally, the children of his first marriage, to Alison Telfer,
which ended in divorce.

(He was 77.)

Thank you, Ennio Morricone



6 July 2020

"His most famous work foregrounded unconventional instruments like harmonicas, whistles
and cowbells, he created inspirational melodic voices and so he was often closer to what
might be called a songwriter."

"Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars in 1964, featuring Clint Eastwood’s legendary gunfighter,
gave us one of Morricone’s most haunting scores, with its plaintive and slightly nasal
mariachi trumpets that declaimed a robust Aranjuez pastiche. The main theme had its
ghostly and desolate whip-poor-will whistling cries, whipcracks, bells, eerie percussive
shouts. Morricone brilliantly created the mood, the style, the rhetoric of the film, just
with the music."

A very different musical score was his work on Joffé’s The Mission in 1986, and one of
his biggest popular smashes: the main theme, Gabriel’s Oboe, denoting Jeremy Irons’s
18th-century Jesuit priest Father Gabriel attempting to use his oboe to beguile the
indigenous tribes and convert them to Christianity. The theme itself – for oboe, of course
– is very much not inspired by 18th-century music (maybe closer to Tchaikovsky?) but
certainly an overwhelmingly seductive and rich melody, with that shrewdly measured
spoonful of sugar that Morricone knew how to add.

His music for Cinema Paradiso in 1988, composed with his son Andrea, gives full rein
to a swirlingly emotional Italianate extravagance.

It was a surprise that his first Oscar for best original score only came in 2016 when he was 88

This was for Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/20...hrilling-ability-to-hit-the-emotional-jugular

See- L’Ultima Diligenza Per Red Rock (or Last Stage to Red Rock)
See- John Carpenter’s The Thing

Ennio Morricone, Italian composer who wrote wildly inventive theme of
‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,’ dies at 91

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...628092-bf5d-11ea-9fdd-b7ac6b051dc8_story.html

In appreciation of old vintage films-

'Queen of Technicolor' Rhonda Fleming (she was a beautiful woman, inside and out.)

The days of transition, from black and white films to tinted films, to full colour.

Alfred Hitchcock "suspense' films gave her a role in "Spellbound."

A theatrical star, all of her working life.

She may have had the gift of precognition, she looked after women with cancer, in many ways.

Now, her work is ended, and she is freed.

R.I.P.

In appreciation of Flonase™. Fall used to be a living hell. Now I can enjoy it.

Spencer Davis is gone, too

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/20/925942702/gimmie-some-lovin-bandleader-spencer-davis-dead-at-81

Part of rock n' roll archaeology, now.



R.I.P.

Actor Carol Sutton - a fixture on stages in her native New Orleans who built a
steady career on the big and small screens, including roles in the 1989 comedy
“Steel Magnolias”and the TV series “Queen Sugar,” has died from complications
from COVID-19, according to New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell. Sutton was 76.

https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/celebrities/article247804480.html

The world may recognize her from her performances in movies and on TV —
whether it’s ‘Treme’ or ‘Claws,’ or ‘Runaway Jury’ or ‘Queen Sugar’ — but we will
always remember her commanding stage presence, her richly portrayed characters,
and the warm heart she shared with her fellow cast and crew,” Cantrell said in a
statement. Sutton died Thursday at Touro Infirmary.

Her film work includes roles in such movies as “Monster’s Ball,” “Ray” and “The Help.”
She played a policewoman in “The Pelican Brief” with Julia Roberts and Denzel
Washington and a nurse opposite Sally Field, Dolly Parton and Shirley MacLaine
in “Steel Magnolias.” She was a judge in “The Big Easy” with Dennis Quaid and
Ellen Barkin.

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/movies_tv/article_c17e8b80-3c08-11eb-aacf-fb950522b808.html

Shortly before Sutton took sick in November, she'd participated in an as-yet-unreleased
film presentation honoring Breonna Taylor, the African-American emergency room
technician who was shot and killed in March during a police raid at her home in
Louisville, Ky.

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/13/9460...-known-for-role-in-steel-magnolias-dies-at-76

Barbara Windsor, pocket (Four feet eleven inches) Venus, busty star of the Carry On films with a wicked laugh and landlady of The Rovers in Coronation Street has died after a long battle with dementia.

She brightened up our lives.

Much appreciation, for actresses that are brave enough to toss aside male gaze,
and focus on the craft they practice -

Cloris Leachman disguised herself, and became Frau Blücher



R.I.P Cloris Leachman

Young Frankenstein

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein : That music...

Frau Blücher : Yes. It's in your blood - it's in the blood of ALL Frankensteins.
It reaches the soul when words are useless. Your grandfather used to play it
to the creature HE vas making.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein : Then it was you all the time.

Frau Blücher : Yes.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein : You played that music in the middle of the night...

Frau Blücher : Yes.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein : ...to get us to the laboratory.

Frau Blücher : Yes.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein : That was YOUR cigar smoldering in the ashtray.

Frau Blücher : Yes.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein :
And it was you... who left my grandfather's book out for me to find.

Frau Blücher : Yes.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein : So that I would...

Frau Blücher : Yes.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein : Then you and Victor were...

Frau Blücher : YES. YES. Say it. He vas my... BOYFRIEND.

Nicola Pagett, a British stage and screen actress who dazzled millions
of television viewers as Elizabeth Bellamy, a headstrong daughter of
Edwardian aristocrats who grows up to become a militant suffragette
in the acclaimed period drama “Upstairs, Downstairs,” died March 3
at a hospice center in Esher, a London suburb. She was 75.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...b788f4-7dc4-11eb-a976-c028a4215c78_story.html

https://www.theguardian.com

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56291059

R.I.P.



What I will say, that the press and media are not saying -
Some women objected to being told to "lie back, and think of England."
Some women wanted to have a love-life.
She portrayed a woman that married, only to face a sexless marriage.

The shocking idea, that a woman has a sex drive!

Someone cared about America's astronauts more than his job

The Man Who Tried To Stop The Space Shuttle Challenger Launch
And Exposed NASA's Cover-Up Dies At 83

"There are two ways in which [McDonald's] actions were heroic," recalls Mark Maier,
who directs a leadership program at Chapman University and produced a documentary
about the Challenger launch decision.

"One was on the night before the launch, refusing to sign off on the launch authorization
and continuing to argue against it," Maier says. "And then afterwards in the aftermath
exposing the cover-up that NASA was engaged in."

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/07/9745...ed-to-approve-challenger-launch-exposed-cover

Good bye, Frank Jacobs

Frank Jacobs, an inventive satirist who in his 57 years at Mad magazine
mocked popular culture and politics, often in pitch-perfect verse and lyrics,
died April 5 in Tarzana, Calif. He was 91

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/04...d-magazine-writer-with-lyrical-touch-dies-91/

Remembering Frank Jacobs, the ‘poet lauridiot’ of Mad magazine
who inspired comics like ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/04/07/frank-jacobs-mad-magazine/

In appreciation of Norman Lloyd -

He breathed his last at age 106.

I remember him, from Martin Scorsese's Age of Innocence film (1993)
He was perfect for his part. He was in his eighties. His intelligence and
long life gave him the wisdom for the fulfilment of his role.

(Born in 1914) A long life, and a very long career.

R.I.P.

There are always children, if you are not a hermit. Children have
enormous appetites for learning. Junk food may be fun, but it does
not help them to grow.

In appreciation, for supplying nourishing sources for little eyes and ears-

Eric Carle, Creator Of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar,' Has Died

According to a family statement, Carle "passed away peacefully and surrounded
by family members on May 23, 2021 at his summer studio in Northampton,
Massachusetts." He was 91 years old.

In 2002, Carle and his second wife, Barbara, founded the Eric Carle Museum
of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Mass, inspired by the picture book museums
they'd toured on visits to Japan. Barbara Carle died in 2015.

Eric Carle is survived by his sister and two adult children from his first marriage.

(more at the link)

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/26/970974320/eric-carle-creator-of-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-has-died

R.I.P.

A down-to earth person, that was creative, and a master of his art.

Goodbye, Bill Staines



R.I.P.



see- seacoastonline

ALL GOD'S CRITTERS
(Bill Staines)

All God's critters got a place in the choir
Some sing low, some sing higher
Some sing out loud on the telephone wire
And some just clap their hands, or paws or anything they got

https://www.peterpaulandmary.com/music/24-10.htm

River, take me along in your sunshine, sing me a song
Ever moving and winding and free
You rolling old river, you changing old river
Let's you and me, river, run down to the sea

- Bill Staines

Thrust your hands out, into the revenue stream and you may be rewarded -

Anne Rice caught the wave of interests and trends, and gifted readers with entertainment.

Movie ready characters, that thankfully were not crushed by morphing or CGI.

Anne Rice, Who Spun Gothic Tales of Vampires, Dies at 80

Anne Rice, the Gothic novelist best known for “Interview With the Vampire,”
the 1976 book that in 1994 became a popular film

- The New York Times

2 hours ago

And what if the ex-Monkee?

In appreciation of strange, old movies

Just as strange, as Zabriskie Point, but more interesting

From The Stranger -

Peter Bogdanovich is dead and New York Times has a good, complicated obituary.
I've somehow avoided watching most of Bogdanovich's movies
(The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon), so I don't have much to say
about this passing. "My friend Rux loves Bogdanovich," staffer Rich Smith
told me today, "but I think he just loves saying Bogdanovich."
Other staffer Jas Keimig fucking loves his movie Mask.
Keimig is on vacation, but when reached for comment, sent:
"He was cool." RIP.

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/20...ntain-closures-dead-raccoons-dead-bogdanovich

Monkees ? Will not be seeing their TV series, until the last Monkee dies.

Fun fact -

“We were confused, especially me,” Mr. Nesmith later said, recalling his disappointment
that the Monkees initially lacked control over their music.

Songs were overseen by music publisher Don Kirshner and written by leading
songwriters including Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Neil Diamond, Neil Sedaka,
Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. When Mr. Nesmith tried to join the club,
offering a song he had written called “Different Drum,” he was promptly
rejected by the showrunners.

They “said to him, ‘That’s not a Monkees song,’ ”

Dolenz recalled in an interview with Rolling Stone. “Michael said, ‘Wait a minute,
I am one of the Monkees.’ He gave it to Linda Ronstadt, and the rest is history.”
The song became Ronstadt’s first hit when it was recorded in 1967 with the
Stone Poneys, reaching No. 13 on the Billboard pop chart.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2021/12/10/michael-nesmith-dead/

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gotsnowgotslush said:

Harlan Ellison is dead. He was 375 years old. He died fighting alien space bears.

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He was a very short guy who was permanently mad about being bullied as a kid.