RIP

[Batalov]

Ernst Neizvestny ('Unknown'), 91.

[kladner]

Originally Posted by Batalov

Ernst Neizvestny ('Unknown'), 91.

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EDIT: The style of the giant head makes me think of several public monuments in Mexico, DF. The figures there are stern and resolute, and in some cases we saw, of decidedly Indigenous extraction.

[Nick]

Toots Thielemans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toots_Thielemans

[tServo]

Actor Gene Wilder, probably best know for his hilarious roles in Mel Brooks films such as "The Producers", "Young Frankenstein", and "Blazing Saddles". Also he played the title role in "Willy Wonka".

[rogue]

Originally Posted by tServo

Also he played the title role in "Willy Wonka".

The first Willy Wonka, not the pedophile version with Johnny Depp.

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by kladner

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Wikipedia has not yet updated his entry.

EDIT: The style of the giant head makes me think of several public monuments in Mexico, DF. The figures there are stern and resolute, and in some cases we saw, of decidedly Indigenous extraction.

Makes me think of an interesting combination of Easter Island stone head, heroic Soviet-style concrete architecture, and a repurposed flak tower, WW2 Berlin-style.

[Batalov]

Originally Posted by tServo

Actor Gene Wilder, probably best know for his hilarious roles in Mel Brooks films such as "The Producers", "Young Frankenstein", and "Blazing Saddles". Also he played the title role in "Willy Wonka".

Gene was great - absolutely unforgettable in "The Producers" (way before this century's Broadway and film remake, there was this rather obscure 1967 gem), but not bad in a string of slapstick comedies like "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" or "Silver Streak"...
RIP!

[rogue]

Young Frankenstein is a classic and (IMHO) his best film.

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by rogue

Young Frankenstein is a classic and (IMHO) his best film.

(Haycart carrying Dr. Fronk and the lovely buxom Ilsa pulls up to Castle F, and Dr. F. is agog at the huge iron door-clappers)

Dr. Fronk: What knockers!
Ilsa: Vy sank you, Doctor!

I rewatch YF nearly every Halloween - may have to break out the DVD early this year in honor of Gene.

(At breakfast, the day after Dr. F. succeeds in bringing the 7-foot-tall monster back to life)

Ilsa: Is every part of the monster proportionally large?
Dr. Fronk: I suppose so...
Ilsa: He must 'aff an enormous Schwanzestücken!

[tServo]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

(At breakfast, the day after Dr. F. succeeds in bringing the 7-foot-tall monster back to life)

Ilsa: Is every part of the monster proportionally large?
Dr. Fronk: I suppose so...
Ilsa: He must 'aff an enormous Schwanzestücken!

Eye-gor: He's going to be a very popular fellow!

[snme2pm1]

Originally Posted by tServo

Also he played the title role in "Willy Wonka".

Most curiously, last night was the broadcast of a cooking competition segment that had been promoted heavily for many week.
Likely the TV network reckoned that seeing a dessert floating in the air due to magnets would be a great draw to viewers.
The program was obviously recorded many weeks ago, with tribute to Willy Wonka.
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment...64118a970270cc