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SkunkMonkey t1_j6kl7or wrote

Schlemiel! Schlimazel!

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walterodim77 t1_j6klis4 wrote

Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!

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Dzotshen t1_j6kx3l9 wrote

(Gesundheit!) We're gunna do it!

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BriefClaim6072 t1_j6kybnu wrote

Give us any chance, we'll take it...

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yakusokuN8 t1_j6kyxer wrote

Give us any rule, we'll break it.

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CatScratchJohnny t1_j6l09ha wrote

We're gonna make our dreams come true.

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SnooMemesjellies7469 t1_j6l0hc5 wrote

Doing it our way!

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SithKittie t1_j6l0g5y wrote

We’re gonna make our dreams come true

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jfq722 t1_j6l3nl7 wrote

....doin it our way...

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jermleeds t1_j6kn9jp wrote

I want Michael McKean bubble wrapped, stat.

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Snuggle__Monster t1_j6knx3u wrote

How about an aluminum blanket instead?

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exegedi t1_j6kr424 wrote

Ha. I like what you did here. As much as I think you deserve more up votes, it's such a fine line between stupid and clever. ;-)

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RayzTheRoof t1_j6ld4ub wrote

I don't get it

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wankerbot t1_j6mxfgw wrote

his char in better call saul was afraid of/allergic to radio waves and would wear a mylar blanket to protect hisself.

but i only explain one joke per day, so no more!

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exegedi t1_j6n1ymk wrote

And "it's a fine line between stupid and clever" is one of his most well known lines from when he was in This is Spanaltap.

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Ibelieveinphysics t1_j6kwlx5 wrote

Yeah he's the last one of the main cast left.

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DBDude t1_j6l40r5 wrote

Holy shit, never made the connection that Lenny is Chuck McGill. He looks and acts so different that I didn’t recognize him.

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zuuzuu t1_j6lvz5j wrote

I've loved him in everything I've ever seen him in, and I have no difficulty seeing him as the character he's playing. But my initial reaction to seeing him in anything is always "Lenny!"

I watched a lot of Laverne & Shirley as a child.

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jermleeds t1_j6o27mi wrote

He's just one of my favorite actors. He also happens to be the actor who uttered my favorite line of dialog in all of cinema:

>I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem may have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf. Alright? That tended to understate the hugeness of the object.

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DBDude t1_j6ng5gp wrote

Yes, he's great in everything. I loved Shadwell in Good Omens too. It's kind of sad that he rarely picks up a series he's on for very long, usually just an episode or two on various shows. I'm glad he got Better Call Saul for a longer run so he could develop a character, and he nailed it.

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rocketpack99 t1_j6ljqoj wrote

I think he's about to start filming Spinal Tap 2 with Rob Reiner directing again.

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NoodlesrTuff1256 t1_j6p5bf5 wrote

McKean's now the last man standing from the cast of 'Laverne and Shirley' and it's the same with John Astin from 'The Addams Family' after Lisa Loring died.

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Dead_Is_Better t1_j6ku78o wrote

Bit by bit my childhood is being stripped away. RIP Ms. Williams and thanx for the laughs.

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7042016566 t1_j6mpoc7 wrote

Yea this getting older shit is starting to sink in..

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Andrew34668 t1_j6orv06 wrote

Ya tell me about it, 41.... 42 is coming. Uhg I didn't sign up for this crap.

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7042016566 t1_j6os7m5 wrote

I’ll be 65… less years in front of me than behind me..

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TheMightySurtur t1_j6os5dr wrote

I turned 51 yesterday and am having some kind of existential crisis over it.

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WArainWA t1_j6oybu0 wrote

I turn 49 tomorrow. I am absolutely, positively in my late 40s. Sigh.

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Morphitrix t1_j6lj8b6 wrote

The actress wasn't part of your childhood. The show still exists.

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fighterpilotace1 t1_j6n3fse wrote

One day, when you get older you'll understand. The shows you watch now with your parents or shows they watch, in 20 or 30 years when those actor(esses) pass on you'll remember them through those rose tinted lenses we do and feel the same.

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Morphitrix t1_j6nd0t5 wrote

I used to watch Laverne and Shirley late at night growing up in the 90s. The show was literally part of my childhood. Does that mean an actor that starred in the show passing away means my childhood is "ripped from me?" No, I think that sentiment is a bit dramatic.

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fighterpilotace1 t1_j6ndfli wrote

And that's your opinion. You're entitled to it, just as others are entitled to theirs as well. You're getting upset by someone else's opinion. And while you are allowed to do that, and be upset by it, you're not entitled to tell people their own personal opinion is wrong on subjects like this. This isn't something scientific and measurable that you absolutely can argue about, it's about feelings. And feelings aren't invalid nor can you tell someone theirs are wrong.

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Morphitrix t1_j6ne3ka wrote

You continuing to tell me that I am upset won't make it true.

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fighterpilotace1 t1_j6nebn0 wrote

Continuing to deny what I'm saying won't make you right and won't make me wrong

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Morphitrix t1_j6nggi9 wrote

Like you said. It's an opinion. Neither of us is right or wrong. Just like you seemed to assume I was a lot younger for some reason, you're also putting words in my mouth. If you want to keep arguing with the straw man you've set up, feel free. I'll be continuing on with my day.

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fighterpilotace1 t1_j6ngqs4 wrote

It's not what you say, it's how you say it. You're old enough to know that one. Idk about putting it to use. I'm sorry you feel being told you're being rude is hurting your feelings that much. I hope you have a day.

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marjoethefalse t1_j6ox96f wrote

Oooh the 90s. Watch out guys we have an old timer here.

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Morphitrix t1_j6ozhbn wrote

Not nearly as old as you though I bet. Teach me your ways, oh wise one!

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MSeanF t1_j6km6uv wrote

She was also in American Graffiti

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_ShigeruTarantino_ t1_j6koihw wrote

And in Coppola's The Conversation

A really different role for her too.

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PoxyMusic t1_j6kxtvp wrote

One of the best uses of sound in film. Everything Walter Murch does is amazing.

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Clean_Integration754 t1_j6kzebq wrote

Amazing such a small piece of tape can have such an integral part of such a great movie. Love that one. Coppola made it in between the two Godfather movies. Again, it was a simple idea, but executed brilliantly.

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davidreiss666 t1_j6lmf11 wrote

> The Conversation

That's a movie people should see too. If only so they get to know who John Cazale was. Every movie he made in the 1970s going forward was always nominated for Best Picture. He really was that good.

Cancer really sucks. Think of he career he could have had.

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NoodlesrTuff1256 t1_j6p5lon wrote

I could see Cazale doing a variety of roles had he lived. He could have been in several of Scorsese's films and maybe even had a recurring role on 'The Sopranos'.

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sushipusha t1_j6lwsve wrote

The entire cast was amazing. And hey, John Cazale was in it also.

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whydoiIuvwolves t1_j6l57d2 wrote

And in "Travels With My Aunt" She was so young and might have been her first or one of her first films.

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SpaceTabs t1_j6mjb85 wrote

That film is still very watchable. The character interactions were quite good for the time.

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oxnarder t1_j6krt4d wrote

Her portrayal of an American teenage girl from the pre-hippie era was spot on.

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davidreiss666 t1_j6llsij wrote

I was coming into the thread to mention American Graffiti. Ron Howard and Cindy Williams were both excellent in that movie. They both ended up in Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley respectively because they were in the more serious movie before hand.

Most people today remember it as the thing George made before Star Wars. When... well, it was a very serious movie in it's own right. It's more than the movie about high school kids that the rich guy made before Star Wars. In a lot of ways, his career would have been very different if he made more films like it instead of Star Wars.

But if you need a connection to Star Wars to watch it, Harrison Ford was also in America Graffiti, kids. It really is worth a watch.

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WirelessBCupSupport t1_j6oqp68 wrote

If you don't mean directed, Lucas created Indiana Jones (Raiders, IMHO, best of them). And Empire Strikes Back was the best Starwars, and thankfully directed by Kershner.

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Valdotain_1 t1_j6lz9kg wrote

It was a huge success and partly financed his next movie. Where he forgot how to write dialog.

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lhbtubajon t1_j6mo6oj wrote

You mean the one that was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay?

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Your_acceptable t1_j6kq4j6 wrote

Awe, man. She's a good one. Definitely a core memory for me watching Laverne and Shirley. RIP

2023 ain't playin

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Sreg32 t1_j6ksuwg wrote

Totally. I grew up with Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Sanford & Son, Jefferson’s, Mary Tyler Moore….loved when the shows overlapped with the first two

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NoodlesrTuff1256 t1_j6p5wn3 wrote

Just in terms of celeb obits alone [not even counting all the rest of the regular news], 2023 has started off pretty rough and there are eleven months to go.

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AryaNunya t1_j6klg1p wrote

RIP. Hossenpfeffer Incorporated.

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Sweatytubesock t1_j6kzkib wrote

I’m not claiming that either show was a masterpiece, but Laverne and Shirley was funnier much longer than Happy Days. RIP.

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amosmydad t1_j6ldcll wrote

Lenny and squiggly wanting to borrow sheets because theirs are "stiff"

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rocketpack99 t1_j6lk112 wrote

I watched the supercut of Lenny and Squiggy with Squiggy saying "Hello" whenever they entered the room and it's quite hilarious.

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Backbeatking t1_j6kmvv4 wrote

The article didn't mention her role in The Conversation (1974 Coppola film nominated for best picture). She could do dramatic roles as well as comedy. Edit- It did. Missed it on first read, probably while scrolling past the giant ad.

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Dollarist t1_j6knap2 wrote

Yup. She had terrific range, but ended up typecast and trapped in a single role. The seventies were particularly virulent about that.

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CapnSmite t1_j6kqcj7 wrote

> The article didn't mention her role in The Conversation

Yes it did. Fourth paragraph, right after it mentions her role in American Graffiti.

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kstinfo t1_j6ktvvp wrote

She wanted to be Princess Leia.

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amadeus2490 t1_j6ly27b wrote

Here's some of her audition I could see her playing the role, but I think her nerves really just got the best of her here.

Carrie Fisher was playing it much more relaxed, with a almost slightly arrogant demeanor, and with a touch of the old Hollywood transatlantic accent.

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mrseddievedder t1_j6l05fk wrote

I was just thinking about boo boo kitty the other day.

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zuuzuu t1_j6lwgsb wrote

Oh my god. I'd forgotten all about boo boo kitty!

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PickleweaselNaeNae t1_j6ksf49 wrote

This sucks. I grew up watching them and still drink milk and Pepsi sometimes.

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inkyblinkypinkysue t1_j6ku8mm wrote

Oh man she was hilarious in Laverne & Shirley. 75 is too young!

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zuuzuu t1_j6lx86m wrote

I find that the older I get, the higher the age I perceive to be "too young" gets. I think I can accept 75 as a decently long life, though.

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Introvert_Life t1_j6kp141 wrote

Dayum. 2023 ain’t playing. At this rate no stars are going to be left.

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xultar t1_j6krvsl wrote

WTF enough… I can’t take any more.

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Dzotshen t1_j6kx8on wrote

over restaurant loudspeaker

Pick up, Betty! Pick up please!

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autopsis t1_j6lihnf wrote

Oh man, I’m so glad someone else knows this! It’s been decades but I still say “Betty pick up” in my head and it makes me laugh. I didn’t think anyone else found it funny.

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DonJuanWritingDong t1_j6kuiv2 wrote

The number of celebrities who have passed recently where only “a brief illness” has been given as cause, is very high. I’m wondering what the true cause of death is. No conspiracy theory here, just concerned as there have been an uptick in those 55-75 years of age with no direct cause listed.

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officerfett t1_j6ky832 wrote

I don’t know if Im remembering correctly, but I seem to remember Laverne and Shirley showed up in Scooby Doo episodes, or Scooby and Shaggy showing up on their cartoon series.

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SapientRaccoon t1_j6loltp wrote

Yeah, the series after Where Are You, with all the weird celebrity guests. Also had Carol Channing, and the Harlem Globetrotters

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zuuzuu t1_j6lxav7 wrote

The Harlem Globetrotters were in everything when I was a kid!

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officerfett t1_j6lpt7c wrote

Oh yeah, celebs like Batman and Robin, Sonny and Cher, Tim Conway, and who could forget the Sandy Duncan.

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fajitabowl t1_j6lazki wrote

Just introduced my spouse to the iconic American Graffiti and had been wondering how she's doing. RIP Cindy 🐈‍⬛ (boo boo kitty forever)

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why621 t1_j6lvbkx wrote

As a child we had two cats named Laverne and Shirley :(

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zuuzuu t1_j6lxm7d wrote

For years I've said that once my current cats pass on, I'm committed to being a one cat household. But now you've got me thinking of being a two cats called Lenny and Squiggy household.

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NarrMaster t1_j6n5eiy wrote

My sister had two hamsters named Lenny and Squiggy. I dropped one accidently when I was a small child. He died. :(

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RationalBassist t1_j6l5aoo wrote

Aww. Literally cursed 2023 when I read the news.

Like to think she's skipping down the golden lane with Penny right now.

Rest in peace, Cindy.

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HavohejPantocrator t1_j6ms4my wrote

I loved this show as a kid and now I work in a brewery - just a coincidence but a little part of me just died with her. I'll put a glove on the bottling line in her memory.

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mangoes_n_rainbows t1_j6luuec wrote

TIL that Michael John McKean, who played Lenny Kosnowski in Laverne & Shirley also played Chuck McGill in Better Call Saul.

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VeryVito t1_j6muxfm wrote

You mean Spinal Tap lead singer, David St. Hubbins?

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robreddity t1_j6lixqb wrote

Well that is kinda sad

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President_Calhoun t1_j6o11fc wrote

My favorite L&S moment was when Squiggy had to stay at the girls' apartment, and the next morning after he left for work, Laverne came out of the bathroom and said, "I don't know how he did it, but he left a ring around the mirror."

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Galactus2025 t1_j6l497o wrote

R.I.P(Cindy Williams) 😇 AKA: Shirley of Laverne and Shirley (Godspeed) 🙏

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Imaginary_Question_4 t1_j6m9vj8 wrote

I just watched her on celebrity ghost on Saturday now she dies today crazy rip

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no_body_cares_4me t1_j6mzste wrote

Being from the Milwaukee area we have always had a warm heart for these girls. She will be missed. Saw her last year at the Iola car show. RIP!

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JustMyAura t1_j6nimjn wrote

RIP, Cindy. Use to enjoy the Laverne & Shirley Show and would always look forward to those arguments Laverne would have with Big Rosie Greenbaum (Carole Ita White) the girls' childhood classmate/bully whom after graduation - married a rich doctor and would rub this in the girls' faces because they had to work while she got to go out shopping and spend money. Shirley always had to hold Laverne back from fighting her! Ha haaaaa

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memagil t1_j6n98ql wrote

Fishsticks and Scooterpies

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