James Darmody - boardwalk Empire
For some reason, I was rooting for this guy.
Great call.
James Darmody - boardwalk Empire
For some reason, I was rooting for this guy.
Here's McLean Stevenson on how he found out his character was being killed.If you recall, the final Col. Blake MASH episode had ended happily, or so we thought. They went to the final commercial and returned for the one minute denouement when usually nothing happens.
Col. Blake didn't have to die. It was unnecessary to the overall plot line. And yet, it was so necessary.
I always thought George Lucas's two eulogies before rolling the closing credits of American Graffiti completely out of place.If you recall, the final Col. Blake MASH episode had ended happily, or so we thought. They went to the final commercial and returned for the one minute denouement when usually nothing happens.
Col. Blake didn't have to die. It was unnecessary to the overall plot line. And yet, it was so necessary.
They didn't kill Duke in the GI Joe movie because of the backlash from parents about this one.
Interesting, never knew that. IIRC, the TV shows of those 2 where on back to back at like 3 and 3:30 on one of the Philly UHF stations in the 80s.They didn't kill Duke in the GI Joe movie because of the backlash from parents about this one.
Those were the glory days! i remember rushing home to watch them each day on channel 11 out of NY.Interesting, never knew that. IIRC, the TV shows of those 2 where on back to back at like 3 and 3:30 on one of the Philly UHF stations in the 80s.
Leo McGarry West WingA fictional death necessitated by a real life death.
While we're in that subcategory, I'll go back in time and nominate Mr. Hooper from Sesame Street.
You produce a show for preschoolers. A key actor dies. What do you do? Sesame Street made the very controversial decision to deal with it honestly. A lot of two year olds learned about death for the first time.
I thought the deal was MacLean Stevenson was such a pain in the ass that they wrote him off the show, and killed him off.If you recall, the final Col. Blake MASH episode had ended happily, or so we thought. They went to the final commercial and returned for the one minute denouement when usually nothing happens.
Col. Blake didn't have to die. It was unnecessary to the overall plot line. And yet, it was so necessary.
Had one of the greatest lines ever.James Darmody - boardwalk Empire
For some reason, I was rooting for this guy.
I believe that's what I'd always heard, as well.I thought the deal was MacLean Stevenson was such a pain in the ass that they wrote him off the show, and killed him off.
Ugh didn’t even think of that oneMarley from
Marley and Me
I believe you are mixing up two stories.I thought the deal was MacLean Stevenson was such a pain in the ass that they wrote him off the show, and killed him off.
I saw that movie as a large dude in his thirties and I am not ashamed to admit I cried like a little baby.Marley from
Marley and Me
I've never met Gary Burghoff, but I recall seeing him on game shows (e.g. Hollywood Squares and the like) and he did not strike me as someone I would want to know.I believe you are mixing up two stories.
I had always heard killing was Blake was, as Stevenson said, to keep the character from being cheapened, but also as an FU to Stevenson for leaving a good thing and chasing money . Remember, they had to make a lot of cast changes within a few years and no one could be sure the show wasn’t going to suffer in the ratings for it.
The person the rest of the cast could not stand and were happy to see leave was Gary Burghoff.
This is the winner. I won’t watch the movie again for that scene alone. Bravo to Spielberg for knowing all of the visuals and sounds to make you in anguish as you watch that kill. Most disturbing movie scene ever IMOMellish in Saving Private Ryan
As brutal as that movie is at times this is the one death I can't watch. The personal nature, face to face, inches apart, sweating on each other, begging for mercy fight is too much for me.
Sgt. Elias (Willem Dafoe) in Platoon
Marcus (Willem Dafoe) in John Wick
That was what I had heard and always assumed was true. Not that I had any inside info/connection as a grade schooler.I believe you are mixing up two stories.
I had always heard killing was Blake was, as Stevenson said, to keep the character from being cheapened, but also as an FU to Stevenson for leaving a good thing and chasing money…
If you recall, the final Col. Blake MASH episode had ended happily, or so we thought. They went to the final commercial and returned for the one minute denouement when usually nothing happens.
Col. Blake didn't have to die. It was unnecessary to the overall plot line. And yet, it was so necessary.