Mike at C&M Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 The BBC are announcing the death of the actor Gene Wilder at the age of 83. So what to watch first in tribute...Young Frankenstein, The Producers, Blazing Saddles..... So much excellent comedy, thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Abel Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 The BBC are announcing the death of the actor Gene Wilder at the age of 83. So what to watch first in tribute...Young Frankenstein, The Producers, Blazing Saddles..... So much excellent comedy, thank you RIP Hmmm, has to be Blazing Saddles I think Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdseyecircus Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 RIP Gene Wilder. Silver Streak will never be the same. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 RIP Hmmm, has to be Blazing Saddles I think ...followed by Stir Crazy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler Fan Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 + Following his 1955 graduation from Iowa, he was accepted at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, England. - Wikipedia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertiedog Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 The Producers was a fantastic film, but all his material was good, Young Frankenstein exceptional, apart from Mel Brooks not really providing an ending......but then he did not bother with Blazing Saddles.......He specialised in flustered frustration and deep worry, to great effect. Stephen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted August 29, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2016 That's sad... Another great talent gone Blazing saddles will be on the DVD player shortly.... Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted August 29, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2016 R.I.P. Mr Wilder. Alzheimers is such a debilitating illness, at least to those who see it from the outside. I'll remember him for The Producers and Willy Wonka. He wasn't someone to draw me to watch a film, but I could see his style and why many found it funny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 See No Evil, Hear No Evil for me. At the time one of the funniest films. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Hard to go past this for a performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Since the blue blanket clip is copyright protected, we'll do this one: and this one: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Young Frankenstein (Young Fronkensteen?) was one of my all-time favourites, but he starred in many other very good movies. The Woman in Red, all of the Richard Prior ones, various Mel Brooks movies mentioned several times above, all good, clean (well, mostly!), funny entertainment.A sad loss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 What he could do well, he did very well indeed. Probably YF tops the list for me. RIP. Alzheimers is such a debilitating illness, at least to those who see it from the outside... From observation of two relatives over many years, some forms are perceived as debilitating, and cause great frustration. These are both long-term progressive losses of memory function; my mother for example, fourteen years in from first diagnosis is convinced she is a newly qualified nurse (she was, in 1946) and cannot comprehend why on earth she isn't allowed to work on patient care in the residential home. Others I have known have literally 'fallen off a cliff' in a matter of months, from normal function to near vegetative state, and while confused didn't appear to be aware that they had lost capacity and were not frustrated by their increasing debility. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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