Evan Dorkin ([info]evandorkin) wrote,
2007-08-13 06:22:00
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Anonymous

August 13 2007, 10:55:37 UTC 4 years ago

Haha! Good one.

Sjo

[info]jjgalahad

August 13 2007, 11:20:48 UTC 4 years ago

*applause*

[info]fortysevenbteg

August 13 2007, 11:41:23 UTC 4 years ago

Hehe. ;)

[info]wonderbink

August 13 2007, 11:42:02 UTC 4 years ago

I was actually going to keep an eye on news reports for rampaging dairy products wreaking havoc . . .

[info]jasonwert

August 13 2007, 11:46:42 UTC 4 years ago

I don't know if I want to continue in a world that no longer includes either Merv Griffin or Don Knotts.

[info]hmfeelyat

August 13 2007, 17:58:08 UTC 4 years ago

You could always think of it this way--now Don Knotts and Merv Griffin could very well be watching everything you do.

[info]jasonwert

August 13 2007, 18:42:32 UTC 4 years ago

I'll never be able to use the bathroom again!

[info]ken_of_ghastria

August 13 2007, 13:18:22 UTC 4 years ago

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.

[info]marlowe1

August 13 2007, 19:25:24 UTC 4 years ago

So much crap in one lifetime.

[info]schwa242

August 13 2007, 13:29:37 UTC 4 years ago

It just... it just didn't seem real until now.

[info]iblis_kukl

August 13 2007, 13:55:11 UTC 4 years ago

And yet, I'll bet they've still heard of the Elevator Killer...

eliazar

Anonymous

August 13 2007, 14:13:33 UTC 4 years ago

Dairy Products Gone Sad, I shouldn't wonder.

[info]mr_sadhead

August 13 2007, 14:23:58 UTC 4 years ago

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!

[info]jevanlee

August 13 2007, 15:13:48 UTC 4 years ago

More Sad News

Mike Wieringo also died this morning of a heart attack at age 44.

[info]the_werle

August 13 2007, 15:30:23 UTC 4 years ago

Re: More Sad News

Holy shit that's awful.

[info]bjacques

August 13 2007, 16:52:02 UTC 4 years ago

This was the first thing I thought of when I heard the news. But I see M&C have moved on.

[info]puberty_rocks

August 13 2007, 22:52:58 UTC 4 years ago

Same here.

[info]carless_sam

August 13 2007, 16:53:38 UTC 4 years ago

I thought he was already dead. Lady Bird Johnson as well. Sorry.

[info]doodlesthegreat

August 13 2007, 16:55:10 UTC 4 years ago

Farewell, Merv. We'll always have a lovely bunch of coconuts.

Anonymous

August 13 2007, 22:01:40 UTC 4 years ago

As if those two ever remember what causes them to run amok.
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