Harold Ramis, Chicago actor, writer and director, dead at 69

Chicago Tribune ^ | 2/24/2014 | Mark Caro

[Borges]

Harold Ramis was one of Hollywood’s most successful comedy filmmakers when he moved his family from Los Angeles back to the Chicago area in 1996. His career was still thriving, with “Groundhog Day” acquiring almost instant classic status upon its 1993 release and 1984’s “Ghostbusters” ranking among the highest-grossing comedies of all time, but the writer-director wanted to return to the city where he’d launched his career as a Second City performer.

“There's a pride in what I do that other people share because I'm local, which in L.A. is meaningless; no one's local,” Ramis said upon the launch of the first movie he directed after his move, the 1999 mobster-in-therapy comedy “Analyze This,” another hit. “It's a good thing. I feel like I represent the city in a certain way.”

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

“Egon, your mucous.”

[discostu]

Well that just made a bad day worse.

[GOPsterinMA]

This sucks!

RIP...guy was a comedic genius.

[Monty22002]

This is getting freaky. People I grew up with that looked young in the 80s are starting to die off at semi-old age. That’s when you start truly feeling old I guess. Damn this sucks.

[RckyRaCoCo]

SCTV > SNL...

Thanks for the laughs, R.I.P.

[GraceG]

RIP Egon

[NFHale]

Damned shame. Funny guy. RIP

[GraceG]

Ghostbusters III seems to be a completely cursed...

[Excellence]

My generation are starting to die off. The loss is great.

[wizr]

He was always the “second” as in a duel, the for support. But, I loved his casual humor. First noticed him in Stripes, which has always been my favorite.

[SpinnerWebb]

“Son of Beach! Sheet!”

[joethedrummer]

“I met her on a Monday and my heart stood still..”

Da do ron ron ron, da do ron ron...

[miliantnutcase]

He either wrote, directed or acted in nearly all of my favorite comedies.

[muir_redwoods]

Very funny actor, RIP Mr Ramis

[mkleesma]

He was great with SCTV, as Moe Green:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75HVcA3SdcQ

RIP, Harold.

[Big Red Clay]

Also co wrote Animal House and Caddyshack. What a loss to the world of comedy.

[COBOL2Java]

Ray: You mean you never even had a Slinky?
Egon: We had part of a Slinky. But I straightened it.

[JPG]

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[sharkhawk]

Recruiter: Now, are either of you homosexuals?
John Winger: [John and Russell look at each other] You mean, like, flaming, or...
Recruiter: Well, it's a standard question we have to ask.
Russell Ziskey: No, we're not homosexual, but we are *willing to learn*.
John Winger: Yeah, would they send us someplace special?
Recruiter: I guess that's "no" on both. Now if you could just give Uncle Sam your autograph...

That movie still cracks me up.

Winger: C'mon, it's Czechoslovakia. We zip in, we pick 'em up, we zip right out again. We're not going to Moscow. It's Czechoslovakia. It's like we're going into Wisconsin.
Russell: Well, I got the s**t kicked out of me in Wisconsin once. Forget it.

Growing up in Chicago we used that line all the time.

[jimbo123]