Hall of Fame basketball coach and former NBA player Jerry Sloan passed away on May 22 at the age of 78. Sloan had been dealing with diagnoses of both Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia, something he had announced back in 2016.
From 1966 to 1976, Sloan played for the Chicago Bulls, and they retired his Jersey number (4) after he left. From there, he went on to a coaching career, during which he lead the Utah Jazz team through 23 seasons. He also became the NBA's No. 4 on the all-time winningest coaches list with 1,221 victories.
Bunch of these people I saw play. Unseld, McCormick, Kick, Sloan.
Carl Reiner dead at 98. He produced the Dick Van Dyke Show, Oh, God! and The Jerk. He also acted on the shows he created, also on Two and a Half Men which Orson Bean appeared on there who died earlier this year.
And I think you didn't give Carl Reiner enough credit. He was appearing on TV shows in 1950 for goodness sakes (Your Show of Shows, which is a classic). He also directed a number of really funny Steve Martin movies, and was appearing in shows as recently as last year (Toy Story 4, and also Forky Asks A Question on Disney Plus, he and Mel Brooks voiced two of the characters).
He was also the father of Rob Reiner of course. And his wife Estelle had a memorable cameo in Rob's movie When Harry Met Sally (she's the woman in the restaurant after Meg Ryan goes through her fake orgasm who says to the waiter 'I'll have what she's having').
We still have Mel Brooks with us thankfully (he just turned 94 two days ago and Carl was at his house to celebrate the birthday). And then perhaps the only actor or actress whose television career predated Carl Reiner is Betty White (she's also 98 and she and Carl Reiner were boyfriend and girlfriend on the show Hot In Cleveland).
(This post was last modified: 06-30-2020 08:49 PM by Fort Bend Owl.)
(06-30-2020 08:48 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: Buck Henry died in January.
And I think you didn't give Carl Reiner enough credit. He was appearing on TV shows in 1950 for goodness sakes (Your Show of Shows, which is a classic). He also directed a number of really funny Steve Martin movies, and was appearing in shows as recently as last year (Toy Story 4, and also Forky Asks A Question on Disney Plus, he and Mel Brooks voiced two of the characters).
He was also the father of Rob Reiner of course. And his wife Estelle had a memorable cameo in Rob's movie When Harry Met Sally (she's the woman in the restaurant after Meg Ryan goes through her fake orgasm who says to the waiter 'I'll have what she's having').
We still have Mel Brooks with us thankfully (he just turned 94 two days ago and Carl was at his house to celebrate the birthday). And then perhaps the only actor or actress whose television career predated Carl Reiner is Betty White (she's also 98 and she and Carl Reiner were boyfriend and girlfriend on the show Hot In Cleveland).
Carl Reiner was a generally funny and talented actor/writer/producer. he was left-wing, but he was far from the mean, anti-American Left wing of today. He will be missed. Sadly, and not without irony, some of Carl's comedy would be verboten and hated by today's crazy Left. Meathead's dad was one-of-a-kind.
(06-30-2020 08:48 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: Buck Henry died in January.
And I think you didn't give Carl Reiner enough credit. He was appearing on TV shows in 1950 for goodness sakes (Your Show of Shows, which is a classic). He also directed a number of really funny Steve Martin movies, and was appearing in shows as recently as last year (Toy Story 4, and also Forky Asks A Question on Disney Plus, he and Mel Brooks voiced two of the characters).
He was also the father of Rob Reiner of course. And his wife Estelle had a memorable cameo in Rob's movie When Harry Met Sally (she's the woman in the restaurant after Meg Ryan goes through her fake orgasm who says to the waiter 'I'll have what she's having').
We still have Mel Brooks with us thankfully (he just turned 94 two days ago and Carl was at his house to celebrate the birthday). And then perhaps the only actor or actress whose television career predated Carl Reiner is Betty White (she's also 98 and she and Carl Reiner were boyfriend and girlfriend on the show Hot In Cleveland).
Don’t mean to throw a hex on anyone but the oldest living actor is Norman Lloyd, 105. He is most remembered for St. Elsewhere and the Dean from Dead Poet Society. Larry Storch, from F Troop fame, is still alive and kicking at 97.
(06-30-2020 08:48 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: Buck Henry died in January.
And I think you didn't give Carl Reiner enough credit. He was appearing on TV shows in 1950 for goodness sakes (Your Show of Shows, which is a classic). He also directed a number of really funny Steve Martin movies, and was appearing in shows as recently as last year (Toy Story 4, and also Forky Asks A Question on Disney Plus, he and Mel Brooks voiced two of the characters).
He was also the father of Rob Reiner of course. And his wife Estelle had a memorable cameo in Rob's movie When Harry Met Sally (she's the woman in the restaurant after Meg Ryan goes through her fake orgasm who says to the waiter 'I'll have what she's having').
We still have Mel Brooks with us thankfully (he just turned 94 two days ago and Carl was at his house to celebrate the birthday). And then perhaps the only actor or actress whose television career predated Carl Reiner is Betty White (she's also 98 and she and Carl Reiner were boyfriend and girlfriend on the show Hot In Cleveland).
Ennio Morricone died this morning in Italy at the age of 91 (complications from a fall). He was a famous film composer that probably was best known for his film scores in a bunch of spaghetti westerns (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly). Even if you don't know his name or those films, you know some of his music. They've been used in a lot of TV commercials too.
(This post was last modified: 07-06-2020 06:27 AM by Fort Bend Owl.)
(07-06-2020 06:25 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: Ennio Morricone died this morning in Italy at the age of 91 (complications from a fall). He was a famous film composer that probably was best known for his film scores in a bunch of spaghetti westerns (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly). Even if you don't know his name or those films, you know some of his music. They've been used in a lot of TV commercials too.
I found this song by Morricone a few years back. It's strange but oddly catchy. I'm pretty sure I heard it in a commercial ad and did some digging to find out the name of the song.