HEDLEY LAMARR, R.I.P.
Harvey Korman was the voice of the Great Gazoo on the Flintstones and a superb straight man on The Caroll Burnett Show, but to us he’ll forever be Hedley Lamarr from Blazing Saddles. Deep down, Hedley represents the id in us all: a scheming, power-mad pervert prone to spouting purple prose bent on manipulating the world around him in unnecessarily elaborate ways. Or, as we call him, a role model for us all in a swanky suit and mustache.
R.I.P. Harvey. Go do that voodoo you do so well.
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gerry dorsey says:
heard this on the radio this morning. a sad day indeed.
in his honor i will work up a “number 6″ on “them” tonight.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:39 am
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joemartin says:
Froggy love Daddy?
May 30th, 2008 at 10:44 am
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Joshua says:
annnnnnnnnnnnnnd Methodists!
May 30th, 2008 at 10:53 am
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yoyofutbawl says:
The sad thing is how much of Blazing Saddles is censored when on regular TV these days. Mel could never have made it today.
Adios, Harvey. May you & W.C Fields & Jackie Gleason have a good drink or two up there.
May 30th, 2008 at 10:54 am
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CockDonor says:
It’s a sad day; Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cleavon Little, and Slim Pickens are all gone. Within the next decade, we’ll lose Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks. That is incredibly depressing…
May 30th, 2008 at 11:00 am
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Joshua says:
If Orson doesn’t mind, here’s the straight man at work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9T8i4FkNVo
May 30th, 2008 at 11:01 am
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Joshua says:
Sorry better copy of that here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tao1WHjKAsc
May 30th, 2008 at 11:03 am
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Conan D'Amato says:
Ditto!
May 30th, 2008 at 11:11 am
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Year2-Dave says:
Let’s all get in a movie set-transcending brawl honor of this man.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:26 am
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Mr. Wrong says:
Also, let’s not forget The Count de Money.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:26 am
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immikfefazz says:
Dee Monay!
May 30th, 2008 at 11:32 am
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macker says:
Gerry-
You spare the women?
May 30th, 2008 at 11:33 am
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skinnyphatman says:
My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:33 am
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DirkDawggler says:
I was expecting to see some of Auburn’s offensive linemen in that last clip.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:39 am
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GamecockTony says:
The scenes in the Gov’ner’s (Brooks) office in Saddles are some of the funniest ever on screen.
RIP Harvey.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:42 am
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parker91 says:
Next time I go to the movies, I’m going to slap money on the counter on bark out “Raisinets!”
May 30th, 2008 at 11:42 am
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yoyofutbawl says:
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Compared to Mike Easley here in NC, Guv Wm. J.
Le Petomane is HIGHLY competent.
And works harder, too.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:58 am
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Schnitzengruben says:
I smile, I cry. God speed to you good sir.
“Student?”
May 30th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
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mstuart4 says:
I guess those years at Texas A & M were rougher on him that we all thought!
May 30th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
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GamecockTony says:
@YoYo,
As a fellow Old North State resident, I completely agree.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
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Snowflake the Dog says:
“land, land…”Land: see Snatch.” Ah, Hailie vs. United States. Hailie: 7, United States: nothing. You see, it can be done!”
Godspeed, you funny bastard.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
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Excuse me Stewardess, but I speak jive says:
RIP Hedey.
Hurrump.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
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Miss HornDawg says:
Macker,
Naw, they rape the sh*it out of them.
May 30th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
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gerry dorsey says:
@ macker,
nope…we rape the shit out of them at the # 6 dance later on.
(sorry it took me so long)
May 30th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
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NativeSon says:
One of my personal favorites since I was a kid. Sad to see him go.
May 30th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
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Sundawg says:
Gum on line?
May 30th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
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JacketDan says:
Dude, this sucks!
Oh . . . Lilly, Lilly . . . Lilly-legs . . . Lilly
I might have to call the missus a Teutonic Twat in honor tonight.
Anybody have a spare couch?
May 30th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
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poguemahone says:
@3
“I want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull-dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and Methodists.”
“Rosebud” and “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” ain’t got shit on that, friend-o.
May 30th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
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yoyofutbawl says:
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The only problem is we now get to choose between The Bad & The Ugly for our next 8 years of mismanagement.
Living most of the time in Blowing Rock does soften it, though.
May 30th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
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Herb says:
#17,
Gov. Easley does bear a strong resemblance to Hedley/Coach Franchione.
May 30th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
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Coop says:
If North Carolinians had any sense, Vinroot would be governor at the moment.
Hopefully the hicks to the east and the west and the north of us will not make the same mistake and reject another former Charlotte mayor, merely because they resent us transplants who have made Charlotte, and to a lesser extent, North Carolina, what it is today.
Yeah, tobacco and pork bellies don’t make the world go round, Farmer Joe.
May 30th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
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Mr Pelican Pants says:
Well at least he used his tongue prettier than a 20 dollar whore, and 20 dollars was a shitload back in them frontier days, that would be like 20,000 now, which is saying something, just ask that guy in New York….
May 30th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
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hunglikehussain says:
@31 Coop
James Duke has about 3.5 Billion reasons why your argument has no merit.
May 31st, 2008 at 9:17 pm
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hunglikehussain says:
Coop by the way, if there has ever been a group of people more stereotyped, maligned, made fun of in the popular media and throughout popular culture……it is the HICK….or redneck, sooner, hillbilly,bumpkin, yokel, cracker, bubba, coonass or white trash. Common folks that had an acre dedicated to tobacco or “Christmas Money” should have been enlightened by your obvious elitist insight. Pig farmers…..the lot of them should cease to exist. Let them eat veal!
Seriously, I have no knowledge of the gubernatorial workings of North Carolina. I offer no opinions. Just refrain from the offensive hyperbole.
Your friend,
May 31st, 2008 at 9:49 pm
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Coop says:
Um, HlH…
is this 1927?
Oh, gotcha…
Show me the private tobacco concern that wields any power, today.
Actually, show me the public tobacco concern that wields any real power.
Each year the number of tobacco farmers in the US drops, as more and more take that government subsidy check to plant a different crop/s.
Each year, state after state increase taxes on tobacco.
South Carolina recently publicly rejected an increased tax on tobacco because as less and less people stop using the substance, the revenue generated will not be sufficient to pay for the programs that SC would be allowed to use the funds for.
Granted, that was a public explanation, and SC lawmakers are deep in the pockets of big tobacco, not to mention that supplementing Medicaid with a 25% increase is better than a 0% increase, but I digress.
The bottom line is that tobacco is dying a very slow, a very painful death in this country.
Simple supply and demand that the blue collar folks understand better than you, apparently.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:05 am
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Coop says:
35 – I mean to say that less and less people use tobacco, each year. Omit the word, “stop,” as that was an editing mistake.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:07 am
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Chg says:
Coop, you have a way with people. You should tell all those po ign’rant folk that dare to disagree with you to eat arugula. You may find this hard to believe, but there are a good many people that don’t care for every transformation wrought by enlightened transplants.
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:42 pm
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hunglikehussain says:
Coop, tobacco may be dying a slow agonizing death, but the dividends are nice. Equity from RJR has about run its course. Speaking of corporate death, Charlotte based Wachovia has put their head in the oven.
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:13 pm
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hunglikehussain says:
60 minutes political synopsis…..
Vinroot… conservative Republican. Contrary to your views, the rural Tecumseh Sherman/Lincoln syndrome of voting exclusively for Democrats departed around the Reagan era. Hmmmmm….
Support from African-Americans….+/-10%. Admirable from a state that gave Jesse Helms a 30 year career. Jessie, a Senator (due to the largess of RJR, American and Phillip Morris) was never known for his stance on civil rights.
Non-support from the group 5’s. Maybe an Edwards thing. Tort reform. Fuck that. Probably insignificant.
What is the reason???
Then I come upon the of “Educator Competence” issue.
Dumbass…see: Roy Barnes.
School teachers have a solidarity that Teamsters/Longshoreman envy. Bingo!
Sincerely,
June 2nd, 2008 at 6:52 pm