Evan Dorkin ([info]evandorkin) wrote,
@ 2007-08-13 06:22:00
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(Anonymous)
2007-08-13 10:55 am UTC (link)
Haha! Good one.

Sjo

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[info]jjgalahad
2007-08-13 11:20 am UTC (link)
*applause*

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[info]fortysevenbteg
2007-08-13 11:41 am UTC (link)
Hehe. ;)

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[info]cyanidefish
2007-08-13 11:42 am UTC (link)
I was actually going to keep an eye on news reports for rampaging dairy products wreaking havoc . . .

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[info]jasonwert
2007-08-13 11:46 am UTC (link)
I don't know if I want to continue in a world that no longer includes either Merv Griffin or Don Knotts.

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[info]hmfeelyat
2007-08-13 05:58 pm UTC (link)
You could always think of it this way--now Don Knotts and Merv Griffin could very well be watching everything you do.

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[info]jasonwert
2007-08-13 06:42 pm UTC (link)
I'll never be able to use the bathroom again!

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[info]ken_of_ghastria
2007-08-13 01:18 pm UTC (link)
First off, Evan, I noticed you've been summoned to a uber-geek talkback on Ain't It Cool about this:
http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/33659

It's amazing the effect that this guy had on popular culture: Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, his own show... My favorite Merv show was towards the end of its run, when he went to the ranch of Bo & John Derek. For the entire hour, he hung out with them and their visitor, John Derek's ex-wife Ursula Andress! (Ursula ... Linda Evans ... Bo ... he certainly had a thing for lookalike wives.) The best part was Merv, Bo, John, and Ursula lying on rugs, staring up at the ceiling as Merv got them to talk about Life, the Universe, and Everything. FAAAABulous!1 Farewell, Merv.

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[info]marlowe1
2007-08-13 07:25 pm UTC (link)
So much crap in one lifetime.

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[info]schwa242
2007-08-13 01:29 pm UTC (link)
It just... it just didn't seem real until now.

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[info]iblis_kukl
2007-08-13 01:55 pm UTC (link)
And yet, I'll bet they've still heard of the Elevator Killer...

eliazar

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(Anonymous)
2007-08-13 02:13 pm UTC (link)
Dairy Products Gone Sad, I shouldn't wonder.

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[info]mr_sadhead
2007-08-13 02:23 pm UTC (link)
Poor Merv. I notice they didn't mention his big hit ("I've Got a Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts") in the obit I read, though they mentioned that he was the singer in Freddy Martin's big band.
And in looking that up on Wikipedia, I found the following fact - -learn a new thing every day!
"His open-mouthed kiss with Kathryn Grayson in his debut film, So This Is Love (1953), was the first such kiss in a Hollywood film since the introduction of the Production Code in 1934."
Wo!

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[info]jevanlee
2007-08-13 03:13 pm UTC (link)
Mike Wieringo also died this morning of a heart attack at age 44.

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Re: More Sad News
[info]the_werle
2007-08-13 03:30 pm UTC (link)
Holy shit that's awful.

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[info]bjacques
2007-08-13 04:52 pm UTC (link)
This was the first thing I thought of when I heard the news. But I see M&C have moved on.

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[info]puberty_rocks
2007-08-13 10:52 pm UTC (link)
Same here.

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[info]carless_sam
2007-08-13 04:53 pm UTC (link)
I thought he was already dead. Lady Bird Johnson as well. Sorry.

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[info]doodlesthegreat
2007-08-13 04:55 pm UTC (link)
Farewell, Merv. We'll always have a lovely bunch of coconuts.

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(Anonymous)
2007-08-13 10:01 pm UTC (link)
As if those two ever remember what causes them to run amok.

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