RIP in 2009

[Gemini Cricket]

I always liked Arnold Stang's cartoon voices.

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

...Mad Mad World is one of my fav movies ever.

Oh hell yes. I LOVE that movie.

So quotable!
"Neville, you know how much I hate explosions."

"...except you, lady. You can just DROP DEAD!"

"Everybody pays taxes!- Even businessmen, who rob and cheat and steal from people everyday, even they have to pay taxes!"

"Nobody's gonna get me up in the air! "

""Where did you get that funny accent? Are you from Harvard or something"

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

This makes me wonder which of that film's major players is still alive...

Jonathan Winters

I was 100% certain that Winters is dead. But he's not. Wonder who I was thinking of.

Sid Caesar is still alive. As is Dorothy Provine.

Smaller cameo parts but Peter Falk and Carl Reiner are still around.

[Ghoulish Delight]

And Jerry Lewis (uncredited)

[Strangler Lewis]

Hell, not only had I thought that Jennifer Jones was dead, I thought that her death had previously been reported and that at that time I had thought she was dead.

I hope she sticks with it this time.

[Strangler Lewis]

Hell, not only had I thought that Jennifer Jones was dead, I thought that her death had previously been reported and that at that time I had thought she was dead.

I hope she sticks with it this time.

[Gemini Cricket]

I'm thinking that kid who leads Phil Silvers down the river might still be alive. But who knows. I tried to look him up on imdb like Alex would and I couldn't find him. Barrie Chase is still alive... I forgot that Zasu Pitts was in this one, too. Her last film apparently...

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex

I was 100% certain that Winters is dead. But he's not. Wonder who I was thinking of.

Shelley Winters? She died back in 2006

And on the subject of Shelley Winters, I was glancing through her IMDb bio when I found this jem:

On the 6 July, 1972 episode of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962), she grew tired of Oliver Reed's attitude towards women. They had a heated conversation and, after Winters told Reed what she thought of his opinions, she left the set. The show continued with Reed going on about women while Johnny Carson looked at him in a daze. Shortly afterward, Winters appeared from stage left, unannounced to Reed and to the shock of Carson. She was carrying a champagne bucket of ice and water and surprised Reed by dumping it over his head. Reed was furious over this and tried to attack her but crew members intervened. The show broke for commercial break. When it resumed, both actors were gone.

I would like to see that clip.


ETA: And I found it
Clip 1
Clip 2
Clip 3

[Alex]

Can't watch YouTube from work so can't confirm these embedded videos work, but this blog post appears to include the incident in question (though it says 1975).

http://thehollywoodinterview.blogspo...y-winters.html

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex

Can't watch YouTube from work so can't confirm these embedded videos work, but this blog post appears to include the incident in question (though it says 1975).

http://thehollywoodinterview.blogspo...y-winters.html

That link includes the same three You Tube links. I noticed the 1972 vs. 1975 discrepancy.

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Unfortunately, I cannot listen to the videos here at work. But I scanned through them. At about the 5:30 mark on part 3, I see Shelly coming back and dumping a cup of water on Olly's head, but certainly not "a champagne bucket of ice and water." Further, Reed does not lose his cool; rather, he continues to sit and talk to Johnny for a couple more minutes. I will need to look into this further when I can actually listen.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Ask and you shall receive

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Most of the action is in part 3. The ice dumping is at ~5:30 in the 3rd clip, and it was a small coffee cup, not a champagne bucket.