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Originally Posted by Pale Horse
Rest in Peace Jim Nabors
Wow. Never saw that episode before! I used to watch re-runs of "Gomer Pyle" religiously every day after school at 4:30 and don't remember this at all. Gomer doing Don Quixote?!? Gotta love it. That's Jim's singing voice, for sure, but funny how he doesn't belt this one out with Pyle's southern accent!
He was also great in the Saturday morning, Sid & Marty Krofft show, "The Lost Saucer" with Ruth Buzzi. Good memories.
Speaking of memories, how about him singing "Back Home Again in Indiana" at all the openings of the Indy 500? Here he is in 1977 (the year of "Star Wars"):
Stephen Hawking, the brightest star in the firmament of science, whose insights shaped modern cosmology and inspired global audiences in the millions, has died aged 76.
His family released a statement in the early hours of Wednesday morning confirming his death at his home in Cambridge.
The last line from the Kennedy/Spielberg produced Brief History of Time:
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Stephen Hawking: If we do discover a complete theory of the universe, it should in time be understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a few scientists. Then we shall all - philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people - be able to take part in the discussion of why it is that we and the universe exist. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason. For then we would know the mind of God.
It's not thread drift if "rest in peace" is a threat.
Are you referring to the Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool? Remember when Shia was going to play Atwater who died at 40? I've learned to stop betting on immortals. For instance, some time this year at John McCain's funeral the president will hand a folded flag to his mother (106).
Art Bell in Pahrump, Nevada, at 72. I have fond memories of forcing rental cars up to the observatories on Mauna Kea, then driving home in the dark past invisible cows and listening to his midnight radio show in prime time. I suspect island hoppers and UFOlogists Lucas and Spielberg listened a fair amount also.
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My friends & I used to imitate some of his lines from "The Boys In Company C" during the early '80s but it wasn't until "Full Metal Jacket" did we learn R. Lee Ermey's name.
He was outstanding in that. As the story goes, he was originally hired as an advisor but felt that the actor playing the sergeant wasn't good enough so he sent a videotape to Kubrick auditioning for the role. Supposedly, it's a non-stop 15 minute barrage of verbal abuse from Ermey, barking orders & delivering insult after insult. No pauses, no repeating himself, the whole time being pelted with oranges and tennis balls! I would love to see that tape someday.
