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    America. RIP. Also quite possibly the rest of us.

    Idioicracy is alive and well though.

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    English actor Timothy West https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_West
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    Singer Johnny Duhan.

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    Jon Kenny ,Irish comedian and one half of the D'Unbelievables
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    Surely you can't be serious.

    Jim Abrahams, co-creator of Airplane! and The Naked Gun, 80.

    I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.
    Hello, hello? What's going on? What's all this shouting, we'll have no trouble here!
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    Those movies were just so damn good. When I watch them now I start laughing before the jokes happen because I know them so well but they're so good they're still funny.
    #NeverStopNotGivingUp

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    It's hard to know where to start with both Airplane movies - the red and white parking bays argument between the male and female voice (who were in real life a married couple who did the voice recorded announcements at LA Airport!), the visual gags and (cracks me up every time) the Andy/Buddy/Howie scene in the second one...



    They really don't make 'em like they used to!
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    The first time I saw the door scene, especially the bit where he opens it having appeared to be on a screen.. just killed me

    #NeverStopNotGivingUp

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    The Star Trek doors for Shatner too. "No tower, sir, just a bridge" was probably a nod to Kirk too, as well as playing on naval vs aircraft jargon, and their relationship in a more civil engineering context. Those guys could really write.
    You can't spell failure without FAI

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    Swsssh swsssh - genius.

    I'm supposed to be finishing a 130 page doc for work for Monday but, ah, looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines!
    Hello, hello? What's going on? What's all this shouting, we'll have no trouble here!
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    Quote Originally Posted by John83 View Post
    The Star Trek doors for Shatner too. "No tower, sir, just a bridge" was probably a nod to Kirk too, as well as playing on naval vs aircraft jargon, and their relationship in a more civil engineering context. Those guys could really write.
    Oh yeah there was just so much going on all the time.

    Also the bit about just ignoring the problem is genius.
    #NeverStopNotGivingUp

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    Terry Griffiths. 77.
    Big part of the 80s snooker heyday.

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    Ah, what a player! One of the slowest on the circuit. I started watching him play a frame sometime in the early 90s and, to be honest, I thought it was still going on.

    Joking aside, I remember at one of the big UK tournaments a fun competition on the Beeb: pot the colours on their spots as quicky as possible. All the top pros running round the table like crazy at their turn. Griffiths pots the yellow, the green, the brown ... stops ... takes out his chalk ... the pros just doubled over laughing...
    Hello, hello? What's going on? What's all this shouting, we'll have no trouble here!
    - E Tattsyrup.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eminence Grise View Post
    Ah, what a player! One of the slowest on the circuit. I started watching him play a frame sometime in the early 90s and, to be honest, I thought it was still going on.

    Joking aside, I remember at one of the big UK tournaments a fun competition on the Beeb: pot the colours on their spots as quicky as possible. All the top pros running round the table like crazy at their turn. Griffiths pots the yellow, the green, the brown ... stops ... takes out his chalk ... the pros just doubled over laughing...
    Terry Griffiths / Cliff Thorburn / Eddie Charlton / Peter Ebdon ~ It would take awhile to get through matches if these 4 were playing against one another !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eminence Grise View Post
    Ah, what a player!
    He was, had a game to compete which worked & was top end competitive over an extended career even if it wasn't the most exciting to watch.
    Became world champion in his first attempt in 1979, beating Higgins & Taylor among others to do so. I think that first attempt record still stands today.
    He won the triple crown, world, UK & Masters which only a small list of greats have managed.
    Went on to coach two world champions in Williams and Hendry and multiple ranking event winning players as well.
    & was the voice on BBC of so many matches we all watched later on.
    A real legacy. RIP.
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