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Gene Wilder, ‘Willie Wonka’ Star and Comedic Icon, Dies at 83.
Variety ^
| 8/29/2016
| Richard Natale
Posted on 08/29/2016 12:27:39 PM PDT by Carriage Hill
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To: carriage_hill
"Good, maybe that means the end of all of those silly Willy Wonka memes."
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:38:36 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:38:37 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(There's never enough anime.)
To: dfwgator
Hopefully he’s reunited with Gilda.That depends on where Gilda is at.
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:39:46 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: carriage_hill
Let’s all sing in his honor. “Springtime for Hitler and Germany....”
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:40:11 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: knarf
Who would photograph the poor man in that condition?
Seems cruel to me.
To: carriage_hill
Oh, wow. I had no idea he was in his 80’s. He had a rare, strange sort of comedic genius. I’ve enjoyed so many of his performances.
To: carriage_hill
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:41:00 PM PDT
by
bgill
(From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
To: carriage_hill
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:41:06 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: carriage_hill
remember the Oompa Loompas?
early test audiences and black activist panicked at the idea that they were actually Africans so they had to paint them blue or something.
it was such a huge hullabaloo that at the time the movie almost was not made only because of the Hang-Ups about the Oompa Loompas.
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:41:32 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: dp0622; knarf
"His nephew Jordan Walker-Pearlman said he died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83. " This is somewhat surprising.
If I had been asked to guess, I would have supposed he had been "memed" to death on Facebook.
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:41:49 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(I am the Nexus One I want more life Muthah I ain't done *~)
To: carriage_hill
OH DAMN IT..sorry for my language but just damn, just saw Willy Wonka a few days ago, they show it a lot here, a true ICON, he will be missed
To: carriage_hill
Wow ... RIP to a very funny man.
Young Frankenstein will always be one of my favorite movies.
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:42:15 PM PDT
by
Kommodor
(Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
To: mountn man
So much talent between those two.
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:42:31 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Buckeye McFrog
I thought about that before posting, but I am one of those "true to yourself" kind of guys who sees Dad when he looks in the mirror.
Americans are VERY good at living in fantasyland .... so I posted the picture
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:42:48 PM PDT
by
knarf
To: carriage_hill
Truly a comic genius...
RIP...
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:43:44 PM PDT
by
Popman
(Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
To: eyedigress
HAH ... you’ll never see “Song Of The South” on American TV ever again .... ever.
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:43:52 PM PDT
by
knarf
To: SamAdams76
Gene Wilder brought Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory to life. Without him, it would never have been the hit that it was. Johnny Depp was just too weird in that character but that was probably due to Tim Burton’s inherent weirdness and direction.
To: knarf
My, what knockers!
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:44:31 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(This posting is a microaggression.)
To: carriage_hill
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:44:32 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: carriage_hill
He was really a great one!
He will be sorely missed.....................
Rest in peace Gene, say hi to Gilda!................
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:44:57 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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