Thank Blue Skies, this is the only place on the internets with no mention of Whitney Houston's death!
Thank Blue Skies, this is the only place on the internets with no mention of Whitney Houston's death!
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There's an opening for you to make your Houston joke, Dalek.
Who wants to start a celebrity death pool?
There's an opening for you to make your Houston joke, Dalek.
Who wants to start a celebrity death pool?
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I had genuinely forgotten she existed until it was announced, which is a bit mad considering just how big she was ~20 years ago without just being a random fad. The Guardian obit claims she influenced Mariah Carey and Celine Dion; thanks for that, love.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/fe ... intcmp=122 - I never get that. I can understand - especially now it's all downloads - fans picking a song to get it to #1 as a tribute, but who goes out and buys someone's back catalogue when they die? Especially if they're not a complete unknown who, say, suddenly gets a lot of media coverage because of the way they die - Houston's already apparently sold 170m records.
Dead pool wise I fear very much for Bowie, actually - he's been incredibly quiet and inactive since his heart surgery, which would suggest to me that his health is on the decline.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/fe ... intcmp=122 - I never get that. I can understand - especially now it's all downloads - fans picking a song to get it to #1 as a tribute, but who goes out and buys someone's back catalogue when they die? Especially if they're not a complete unknown who, say, suddenly gets a lot of media coverage because of the way they die - Houston's already apparently sold 170m records.
Dead pool wise I fear very much for Bowie, actually - he's been incredibly quiet and inactive since his heart surgery, which would suggest to me that his health is on the decline.
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I find it interesting that none of of the people on Facebook who had a go at Amy Winehouse for daring to die without having been One Of Our Boys haven't done the same with Houston. Apparently dying a crack whore is only a bad thing if you're not good enough to manage it for thirty odd years.
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I sometimes feel sad for the oldest actors who had bit parts in The Young Ones. I think my favourite is the old lecturer who cracks a parrot joke to Baz in 'Nozin' Aroun' in the very first episode.
Sad in that they're probably not around anymore. But absolutely brilliant in that they were willing to do some completely off-the-wall humour in their twilight years. I hope I can do that when I reach their age. Heroes.
Sad in that they're probably not around anymore. But absolutely brilliant in that they were willing to do some completely off-the-wall humour in their twilight years. I hope I can do that when I reach their age. Heroes.
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On a more upbeat note, in conversations on another board a few people worked out that season 2 of The Avengers is probably the oldest series where the entire regular cast is still alive (though I was surprised to find out Doctor King was still with us. He looked barely alive in the show). So that can be watched safely without too many sad thoughts. Well, as long as you don't start thinking about the guest actors...
Patrick Macnee is actually looking surprisingly sprightly for a 90 year old:
Patrick Macnee is actually looking surprisingly sprightly for a 90 year old:
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