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Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Monday, June 29, 2009 - 9:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
What are they going to do about all the commercials that would be airing this week? It would seem odd to air them right now, but what will they do instead?

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, June 29, 2009 - 9:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I'm sorry he didn't get to get through the hip replacement.. they can be major, from what I understand, but they can really improve life, too.

Wow, such sad irony.. he was nervous about the surgery, then had the rough landing, bopped on the head.. I'm sure he was relieved to just get home and then.. this.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 6:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
They've been airing them. I still see (or should I say HEAR them all the time.) Plus they've got that new younger (dare I say even more "vocal" than his predecessor!!) guy who recently started doing the shamwow commercials.

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 8:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
Before having hip replacement surgery, wouldn't the doctors have given him some tests for his heart to make sure he could handle the surgery?

Holly
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 8:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
Did Billy Mays do anything besides commercials and pitches for products???

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 8:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
Al Roker said something last week about the elderly (Ed McMahon), the sick (Farrah Fawcett) and the sudden (Michael Jackson).

It seems the pattern repeated itself this week with The elderly (Gale Storm), the sick )Fred Travelena), and the sudden (Billy Mays).

Panda
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07-15-2005

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
That Shamwow guy doesn't compare!! My fav Billy Mays commercial was for the Big city sliders!

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 11:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
That Sham-wow and slap chop guy freaks me out. I heard some disturbing things about him anyway, but his eyes disturb me...

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 11:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I'd prefer not to be shouted at by anyone. The beauty of the mute button and FF. Also don't respond well to shouted products.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 11:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Shamwow Spokesman arrested

Panda
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07-15-2005

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
ewww what a creep!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 1:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Actually, since the Sham wow guy seems to be alive and well, perhaps the Passings thread should remain for discussion of those who have recently passed..

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 1:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
If we're really lucky this thread can take a well deserved rest.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 3:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Really, way too many celebrity deaths later!

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 3:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Discovery channel is doing a marathon of Pitchmen from 11AM to 10PM tomorrow in honor of Billy Mays.

Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004

Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 10:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluejaxrock a private message Print Post    
Alexis Arguello, International Boxing Hall of Famer and winner of titles in three different weight classes, found dead with a shotgun wound to the chest. Arguello was elected Mayor of Managua last year.
(Not sure if this classifies as a "celebrity" unless you're into boxing.)

-Managua-mayor-Arguello-found-dead?

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 12:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Karl Maldan has died today :-(

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Malden

Just heard on Twitter.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 12:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
OK, finally an announcement on aol

Karl Malden was 97! Died of natural causes, per his daughter.

LINK

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 1:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I am so saddened by this. He always reminded me of my father and I just loved him.

Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004

Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 1:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluejaxrock a private message Print Post    
Good grief, Karl Malden? Sure, he was 97, but still.
I first saw him on "The Streets of San Francisco". Back then, on Sunday afternoons, they'd run what I considered "old" movies. Imagine my surprise when I saw him in "Gypsy" as Rosalind Russell's beau, Herbie. And then caught him in "Streetcar Named Desire". I guess I'd never thought of him as anything other than Det. Stone. Even now when I watch "Patton" I still think, there's Stone!
My heartfelt sympathies and prayers for his family and loved ones.
rip

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 2:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Karl Malden oh my!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved him in Streets Of San Fransisco and loved his ad for American Express years ago.

Lyn
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08-07-2002

Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 2:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lyn a private message Print Post    
Actor Harve Presnell dies of cancer at 75
NEW YORK - Harve Presnell, whose booming baritone graced such Broadway musicals as “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” and “Annie,” has died at the age of 75.

Presnell’s agent Gregg Klein says the actor died Tuesday of pancreatic cancer at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif.

Presnell also appeared in the film versions of “Molly Brown” and “Paint Your Wagon” as well as “Fargo.” ~ MSNBC.MSN.COM

I remember him more from The Pretender as Mr Parker (aka Daddy)

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 2:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
There is a wonderful pix on IMDb of Harve Presnell dancing with Debbie Reynolds from the movie Molly Brown, but for the life of me I can't get it here. Maybe one of you computer whizes can do it for me. All the rest of the photos I found didn't do him justice and I want to remember him in his prime.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 2:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Also Mollie Sugden has died, aged 86. She was Mrs Slocombe in Are You Being Served? if anyone watched that.

Mollie Sugden

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 2:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
I saw Harve Presnell on Broadway in Unsinkable Molly Brown, and just recently on Ovation TV special about the grown-up chorus of "little girls" from Annie.

And yes I did watch "Are You Being Served"!