Take a Moment from Anger to Remember Laughter
Aug 30, 2016 13:52:56 #
I certainly was never Gene Wilder's biggest fan. His particular kind of absurd and silly humor usually did not strike a chord in me.
But he spent his entire life making people laugh and doing everything he could to bring a little more joy into an increasingly unhappy world.
We should all be so lucky to have not only his gift, but his unrelenting commitment to sharing it with the world.
You will be sorely missed Mr. Wilder, and I for one am thankful for what you did with your life.
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/gene-wilder-dead-dies-willie-wonka-young-frankenstein-1201846745/
But he spent his entire life making people laugh and doing everything he could to bring a little more joy into an increasingly unhappy world.
We should all be so lucky to have not only his gift, but his unrelenting commitment to sharing it with the world.
You will be sorely missed Mr. Wilder, and I for one am thankful for what you did with your life.
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/gene-wilder-dead-dies-willie-wonka-young-frankenstein-1201846745/
Aug 30, 2016 14:17:25 #
PaulPisces wrote:
I certainly was never Gene Wilder's biggest fan. H... (show quote)
You have something in common with Wilder.
He told jokes.
You ARE a Joke.
Wilder will be missed.
And you will always be a........Punk !!
Aug 30, 2016 14:20:17 #
slatten49
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
PaulPisces wrote:
I certainly was never Gene Wilder's biggest fan. H... (show quote)
Count me as one who enjoyed Mr. Wilder's on-screen performances and antics.
Aug 30, 2016 14:49:16 #
no propaganda please
Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun
PaulPisces wrote:
I certainly was never Gene Wilder's biggest fan. H... (show quote)
I did not like Willie Wonka but from the Silver Streak, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and other movies I came to really liked his work.
Aug 30, 2016 15:23:31 #
lpnmajor
Loc: Arkansas
PaulPisces wrote:
I certainly was never Gene Wilder's biggest fan. H... (show quote)
I liked his brand of humor. The more Wilder the better. He was married to Rossana Rossana Danna at one time.
Aug 31, 2016 05:47:37 #
crazylibertarian
Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island
PaulPisces wrote:
I certainly was never Gene Wilder's biggest fan. H... (show quote)
I did like Wilder's comedy which was really comedic acting. His work with Mel Brooks was excellent. Young Frankenstein, for my money, was light years better than Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot, regarded by many as the greatest screen comedy ever.
Yes, we should all be glad for what he did with his life and that is a very interesting way of putting it. We should all do the right things with our life, the things we were created to do. The problem is figuring it out.
PaulPisces, this is a very nice posting and we disagree a lot, in fact more than we agree, but you at least exhibit respect for other opinions. That is in marked difference from some of the other liberals in this venue.
Take care.
Aug 31, 2016 06:39:35 #
QuestGirl
Loc: Jayhawk Country
lpnmajor wrote:
I liked his brand of humor. The more Wilder the better. He was married to Rossana Rossana Danna at one time.
They were only married for about five years (1982-1987, I think) before she died of cancer.
Aug 31, 2016 09:46:20 #
crazylibertarian
Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island
Wolf counselor wrote:
You have something in common with Wilder.
He told jokes.
You ARE a Joke.
Wilder will be missed.
And you will always be a........Punk !!
He told jokes.
You ARE a Joke.
Wilder will be missed.
And you will always be a........Punk !!
I've only recently begun differentiating the varous liberals in this venue but it seems to me that PaulPisces deserves this kind of opprobrium. Others certainly do but PaulPisces seems to have respect for other viewpoints and even solicits disagreeement.
Aug 31, 2016 14:18:57 #
crazylibertarian wrote:
I did like Wilder's comedy which was really comedi... (show quote)
Many thanks. Though I do manage to poke fun sometimes, I have no interest in demonizing others. What the hell would that do to solve a disagreement?
God knows I've had enough therapy to know that it's better to attack the problem rather than the person.
Aug 31, 2016 14:59:03 #
crazylibertarian
Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island
crazylibertarian wrote:
I've only recently begun differentiating the varous liberals in this venue but it seems to me that PaulPisces deserves this kind of opprobrium. Others certainly do but PaulPisces seems to have respect for other viewpoints and even solicits disagreeement.
I meant that PauPisces does NOT deserve this kind of opprobrium & that was not a Freudian slip. I was in the middle of my office hours and patients and didn't edit properly.
My apologies to PaulPisces.
Aug 31, 2016 15:00:36 #
crazylibertarian wrote:
I meant that PauPisces does NOT deserve this kind of opprobrium & that was not a Freudian slip. I was in the middle of my office hours and patients and didn't edit properly.
My apologies to PaulPisces.
My apologies to PaulPisces.
I knew what you meant, but thanks for the correction!
Aug 31, 2016 17:35:05 #
PaulPisces wrote:
I certainly was never Gene Wilder's biggest fan. H... (show quote)
Was not a Wilder fan, but must say the movies discussed here were enjoyed..
He did have an unusual array that's for sure.
He did make many happy...A wonderful tribute itself...
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