Dudley Moore RIP

ROSEMARY · Post by **ROSEMARY** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 9:23 pm

fuck, arthur. i'm surprised he lasted as long as he did?
sloth -do they play ARE you served on bbc?

Post by **Sloth** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 9:49 pm

They probably play it here but I don't own a tv.

Post by **Sloth** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 9:50 pm

Oh yeah Dudley Moore was a fucking genius we should put him on the bus now that he's dead. Arthur will go down in history as one of the best movies of all time.

Post by **mccutcheon** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 10:40 pm

McCutcheon knows not of what he speaks. Ha! Now I'll log on as him. At least it'll help get to the thousand post mark.
And I do know who Dudley Moore was.

ROSEMARY · Post by **ROSEMARY** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 11:50 pm

and so is liza!!!

Post by **mccutcheon** » Thu Mar 28, 2002 1:10 am

Uncle Miltie can't live withwithout Dudley.

Milton Berle, the acerbic, cigar-smoking vaudevillian who eagerly embraced a new medium and became "Mr. Television" in the dawn of the video age, died Wednesday, a spokesman said. He was 93.

Berle died at 2:45 p.m. at his home after a lengthy illness, publicist Warren Cowan said. Berle's wife, Lorna, and several family members were at his side.

Berle had been under hospice care for the past few weeks. He had been diagnosed with colon cancer last year.

"He was responsible for the television set in your home today," Cowan said. "He put television on the map."

"Uncle Miltie" was the king of Tuesday nights, and store owners put up signs: "Closed tonight to watch Milton Berle." The program's popularity spurred sales of television sets and helped make the new technology a medium for the masses.

At 8 p.m., four Texaco service attendants sang the "Texaco Star Theater" theme, and then came Berle, dressed for laughs: a caveman introduced as "the man with jokes from the Stone Age"; a man in a barrel "who had just paid his taxes."

If the audience thought he looked funny in a dress, Berle was happy to oblige. Skits in drag became a trademark.

He was called the "Thief of Bad Gags" and joked about stealing quips — "I laughed so hard I nearly dropped my pencil," he said of a rival comedian. He stopped at nothing for a laugh.

ROSEMARY · Post by **ROSEMARY** » Thu Mar 28, 2002 2:20 am

what ninteen sixties or seventies( american )sitcom was milton berle in? i can't think of it.

h. · Post by h. » Thu Mar 28, 2002 8:57 am

Dudley Moore the very funny and talented, and also lucky star of 10 (with mega babe Bo Derek) has passed. I always find when comedians die it's sadder than a normal bloke. Everyone should get drunk tonight and rent Arthur. Moore leaves two sons, one from his second marriage, the other from his fourth.

Post by **mccutcheon** » Thu Mar 28, 2002 8:59 am

Fuck, how am I going to get to 1,000 posts if I keep posting as h. Anyway that last post was from me. h. never heard of Dudley Moore.

marky · Post by **marky** » Mon May 13, 2002 9:02 am

I like Dudley Moore too. Arthur is definitely
a cool film, but more recently I saw an
earlier film of his called Bedazzled which was
really funny. Not often that I just rent something on impulse and then find I like it
that much.

I am so dead tired tonight I nearly feel sick.
I'm at work right now so I can't get any
sleep for...7 more hours...6 if I leave early...
6 more hours...only 6 more hours...it was just
so awfully hot today in Seattle wasn't it? I
can't sleep right when it's that hot.