Harold Ramis Dead at 69

[Archies Bat]

Precisely.

The best sportscaster from back in the day was Keith Jackson. There was something reassuring and comforting in that rich, bourbon-infused baritone.

The worst was Curt Gowdy who, unfortunately, called the Marquette-UNC Title Tilt in '77.

And when giving a promo to lead into the next show about Mohammed Ali after the game, he could not even read the name correctly, he called him "All"

[Blue Horseshoe]

Precisely.

The best sportscaster from back in the day was Keith Jackson. There was something reassuring and comforting in that rich, bourbon-infused baritone.

Keith Jackson is awesome. Pat Summerall was also great. Stay tuned for Murder....She Wrote
http://deadspin.com/remembering-pat-summeralls-wonderful-murder-she-wrote-1450992513

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I remember Schenkel well....Wide World of Sports, bowling, etc.   

Either Al Michaels or Bob Costas told a Wide World of Sports story during the Olympics.  They talked about the skier taking the awful crash into the fence that they showed in the intro.  Someone caught up to the skier many many years later for an interview and he was a farmer in like Croatia and he had no idea he was famous in America for his crash and that they showed it on TV every week.

[Lighthouse 84]

Precisely.

The best sportscaster from back in the day was Keith Jackson. There was something reassuring and comforting in that rich, bourbon-infused baritone.

The worst was Curt Gowdy who, unfortunately, called the Marquette-UNC Title Tilt in '77.

Come on.  Curt Gowdy doing the saturday afternoon game of the week with Tony Kubek was fabulous. There are far worse.

It's Stripes for me....in a clear runaway.  My homage to Harold Ramis.....

I'm going to call you by your first names, because I'd have a pretty tough time pronouncing some of your last names.

Can I take your last beer?  We'll split it!

[ChicosBailBonds]

Precisely.

The best sportscaster from back in the day was Keith Jackson. There was something reassuring and comforting in that rich, bourbon-infused baritone.

The worst was Curt Gowdy who, unfortunately, called the Marquette-UNC Title Tilt in '77.

Keith Jackson spoke at NACMA back in 1998 or 1999 in Reno.  One of the most entertaining speeches I had ever heard.  He was starting to slow down just a touch, said he wouldn't do many more games to be with his wife.  Ultimately he did a few, but cut back on his travel.  He was a master at his craft.

He was in an interview last year, and he still sounds good.


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[ChicosBailBonds]

LA Times article on Ramis.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-harold-ramis-erskine-20140227,0,1069369.column#axzz2uYHWN3Hd

[Blue Horseshoe]

The Second City put together a short piece on Ramis. Looks like some of the footage is from the 50th Anniversary at SC from 2009. There are some other videos on the SecondCityNetwork youtube channel. Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqaX5LVsxvc&feature=share&list=UUzkcuUgsMln4y_aSxhE0H-g

[Silkk the Shaka]

Zoolander is another very quotable movie from the early 2000s

This and Wet Hot American Summer. Unreal writing and it gave a ton of people their big break.

[Blue Horseshoe]

This and Wet Hot American Summer. Unreal writing and it gave a ton of people their big break.

Wet Hot American Summer was really good. I do disagree that most of the cast had already gotten their breaks from other projects. The State was really the big break that got the film legs. David Wain directed it and cast members of The State and other already established actors such as Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon, and Chris Meloni.

[ChicosBailBonds]

The Second City put together a short piece on Ramis. Looks like some of the footage is from the 50th Anniversary at SC from 2009. There are some other videos on the SecondCityNetwork youtube channel. Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqaX5LVsxvc&feature=share&list=UUzkcuUgsMln4y_aSxhE0H-g

"You can never get enough of what you don't really need"

Pretty powerful

[Silkk the Shaka]

Wet Hot American Summer was really good. I do disagree that most of the cast had already gotten their breaks from other projects. The State was really the big break that got the film legs. David Wain directed it and cast members of The State and other already established actors such as Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon, and Chris Meloni.

True, but it was Paul Rudd's comedic break (he had played romantic drama leads prior and now pretty much all he does is comedies), as well as Bradley Cooper & Elizabeth Banks' first "big" roles. Also it was post UCB but pre-SNL Amy Poehler, and Jon Benjamin as the Can of Vegetables' voice pre-Archer & Bob's Burgers. So while it definitely had some already-big names, a few went on to big(ger) things from that movie.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243655/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

Pretty stunning cast top to bottom in retrospect with a mix of established names and newcomers, though like I said the writing is what made it (Showalter & Wain from the State).


I clearly need more to do at work today.

[Spotcheck Billy]

I clearly need more to do at work today.

Got those TPS reports done yet?

[keefe]

"You can never get enough of what you don't really need"

Pretty powerful

American Materialism in one sentence.