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Buddy Ebsen passes away...

First Hackett, now Ebsen..... by JPanic	Jul 7th, 2003 02:21:03 PM
Who's next? Which Hollywood Buddy will be next to feel the Reaper's chill kiss? Who I say?
2 words... by wuulfgar	Jul 7th, 2003 02:23:25 PM
Weeeeeeeeeeeeellllll doggieeeeee!
Soon to be Singin the Blues? by Deandome	Jul 7th, 2003 02:30:50 PM
Being from Chicago, I gotta think Buddy Guy is watching his step. Or this could be the end of an extended Trilogy of Death if you go back to last year when Clinton's Buddy the Dog was hit by a car (yeah, and Vince Foster committed suicide!)
Jed-I-Like by FrankCobretti	Jul 7th, 2003 02:41:38 PM
Nice work, Knowles. Nice work.
Thanks for mentioning Buddy's dancing ability by RenoNevada2000	Jul 7th, 2003 02:48:05 PM
Buddy started off in show business dancing on Broadway and in a double act with his sister Vilma. They both appeared together in the wonderful BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936, his first film role. Having grown up on reruns of the Hillbillies its been quite a delight discovering Buddy's early work as a hoofer. Rest in peace, sir.
Ain't it cool! by Puddleglum	Jul 7th, 2003 03:24:20 PM
Well, ain't it!?
My God! Some demented serial killer is after the Buddys! by Rufus_T_Firefly	Jul 7th, 2003 03:28:21 PM
That little plastic bluejeans shill had better watch his back!
Today's Room Temperature Celeb by jakebanzai	Jul 7th, 2003 03:57:58 PM
....Holy Shit, I thought he died years ago.
Jed by Billy_Oblivion	Jul 7th, 2003 04:01:09 PM
Thanks for the memories of Buddy. But keep your asinine political opinions to yourself. He deserves better
Wasn't he into porn something fierce ? by Itchy	Jul 7th, 2003 04:02:37 PM
Or am I confusing him with Jethro ? Regardless ... I know I heard one of them being interviewed ad nauseum about their extensive love of hard core porn. Anyway, every interview I ever heard with Buddy he was the gentlest, most humble and most honest guy imaginable - a total class act. None of this "I've been in the business for over 70 years" ego trip BS you hear from so many Hollywood old timers. We'll miss you, Uncle Jed - and here's hoping there's plenty of porn in heaven.
Dam...so long Uncle Jed. by morGoth	Jul 7th, 2003 04:06:51 PM
I never missed an episode when I was a kid. Adios amigo and hope you get to that big mansion in the sky.
Look. We all get it. You don't like the president. by durhay	Jul 7th, 2003 04:14:17 PM
Can you leave the sniping out of a freakin' OBIT once in awhile? Oh, and Itchy, you're thinking of the guy from Hogan's Heroes.
Current Whitehouse Hillbilly??? certainly you mean Pa Kettle fro by apostleX	Jul 7th, 2003 04:26:44 PM
You feel OK calling Bush a Hillbilly? Well what the hell was BUBBA from the Ozarks? Harry your such a jack-off!
Actually, truth be told, it's George from "Dead Like Me" who's b by SpyGuy	Jul 7th, 2003 04:39:12 PM
And the worst part? I hear she just got a Post-It with Phil "Uncle Owen from STAR WARS" Brown's name on it...
depressing by ErichRino	Jul 7th, 2003 04:45:57 PM
Peck, Cronyn, Uris, Hepburn, Hackett, Ebsen... This is getting very very sad. What's going on? How is it we're losing so many greats in such a short time? Dammit, there just aren't words for how this sucks.
Damn, Harry..Buddy gets a mention, but not Barry White? by Terry_1978	Jul 7th, 2003 05:11:28 PM
You two could've been twins weight wise, for Christ's sake.
Ebsen would've been proud of that Obit by RobinP	Jul 7th, 2003 05:38:12 PM
Personally, I don't like obits - they're depressing and morbid and never seem to capture the essence of the person that they're a tribute to. This time, you guys hit it right on the nail - with a career overview written in a lively and affectionate style that fits perfectly. Whoever wrote this, and I think it's Harry - congratualtions on a job well done. As to Buddy Ebsen, sure I remember Barnaby Jones, but my favorite memories of him are watching him on an old b&w set at my parents home when I was a small child in The Beverly Hillbillies. A dim distant memory back in the days when the Addams Family, My Mother the Car and My Favorite Martian were first being shown on ITV.
I really liked that Twilight Zone episode where he had telekinet by PORKY	Jul 7th, 2003 06:02:40 PM
That was some great acting and some great storytelling for a half-hour show...
To Cyber-Tooth, Itchy, Harry and Buddy... by Commando Cody	Jul 7th, 2003 06:06:16 PM
Cyber, Air Bud DID die. The Air Bud "act" of the pooch bouncing a basketball off his snout into a hoop had actually been going on for a while. Somewhere along the way, it ultimately attracted Disney's attention and they thought a dog doing such a cute thing could make the centerpiece for a film, and obviously they guessed right since the film was actually a hit, and the subsequent video films have become a steady financial cash cow for them. However the Air Bud who started it all, who starred in that first movie, passed away of cancer not long after it had been released. The current sequels actually star trained Air Bud II and IIIs, so to speak. **** Itchy, regarding porn, I believe what you're thinking of is Max Baer's (Jetho) SON. I seem to recall reading a news article that his KID is currently trying to etch out a career as a porn actor/producer. ** Harry, why the hell do you have to say the current residents of the White House are "hillbillys" when truth be told, despite their Texas roots, the Bushes have been FAR less "hillbilly" or traditionally southern-like then the Clintons were, or even the Carters. I agree with other posters -- fine, you don't like the Bushes. WE GOT THE POINT A LONG TIME AGO, especially back when you had that bleeding heart, whining liberal rant that ran 4 billion words long about the impending start of the Iraq war which I recall being truly groan inducing and the cure for insomnia. However, This piece should be about Buddy and AS AN OBITUARY, it should be kept classy, and NOT be a spot for you to work in some lame ass cheap shot yet again. **** As for Buddy, everything I'd ever seen about him seemed to indicate he really was as gentle, humble and nice in real life as the characters he played onscreen. I'll always remember him singing and dancing away in Disney's THE ONE AND ONLY, GENUINE, ORGINAL FAMILY BAND which I saw as a kid and which will always be a unique film oddity as the only family musical about Republicans versus Democrats. Rest in peace, Buddy. You gave the world a great amount of entertainment and smiles, and you will be surely missed.
Hooooo doggies... by Chastain-86	Jul 7th, 2003 06:08:43 PM
This sucks.
Ya'll Come back Now, Ya Hear? Err....as long as you don't say a by BrashHulk	Jul 7th, 2003 06:16:53 PM
So long, Buddy - 'twas a good long life and now yer swimmin' in that big ol' see-ment pond in the sky. Be sure ta say "howdy" to all yer other neighbors up there and they'll treat ya just like kinfolk. ** And oh yeah, all you people who are against Harry's right to make jokes about the Presidency on his own website, why don't you all go join a Hate group and gripe to the others of your ilk and the rest of us folks who can handle a joke alone. Geez, talk about hostility! It's kinda sad, y'know?
Uncle Jed's dead, baby by thetomatoer	Jul 7th, 2003 06:17:44 PM
He's pretty f*** far from ok, and you done lost your Bevery Hills privileges, so speed away on the motor bike, Elly May's arms holding tightly around your waist...
4 great people dying in such a short amount of time. Whats happ by Steal_Dragon	Jul 7th, 2003 06:44:18 PM
First, Gregory Peck. Then Katherine Hepburn. Barry White (Which I'm still in shock over), now Buddy Ebsen. Geez who is next.
Who's next?? by flint1976	Jul 7th, 2003 06:46:37 PM
Ed McMann, Johnny Carson? How many old legends are left?
I always thought it was Buddy Epson ... like the salt or the pri by I Hate Movies	Jul 7th, 2003 06:47:24 PM
[cymbal crashes]
I would be disappointed, but so many greats are dying right now by CoolDan989	Jul 7th, 2003 07:09:04 PM
Or, to put it this way, I'm prepared for anyone to die now. Just going along for the ride, I guess.
Barry white died also by Er@serheaH	Jul 7th, 2003 08:31:08 PM
I have not heared anyone mention the death of Barry white. Honestly, why do the greats in bunches. The remberence ceremony during the Orcars is going to take an hour.
Again I say. by radio1_mike	Jul 7th, 2003 09:13:07 PM
Carrot-Top is still alive! Where is the justice?! Bummer, RIP Buddy.
He never got a chance to make a guest appearance on The Simpsons by truthseekr1488	Jul 7th, 2003 10:24:11 PM
It's a gol-dang shame. I'm-a gonna go set out by the old cee-ment pond and do some whittlin'.
TOM SERVO: Glad you could join us here at the Buddy Ebsen societ by Osmosis Jones	Jul 7th, 2003 10:40:58 PM

I'm gonna head down to the SEE-ment pond and mourn a spell. by Uncle Stan	Jul 7th, 2003 11:41:23 PM
Y'all come back now, ya hear?
Buddy was the sexiest tomboy beanpole on the planet by Uncle Stan	Jul 7th, 2003 11:42:55 PM

Buddy's publicist by Darth Brooks	Jul 8th, 2003 12:15:39 AM
Mr. Ebsen was a nice guy, but his publicist seemed to believe that Buddy must never, ever do interviews. A real pain in the backside, that publicist. Rest in peace, Mr. E.
Is Buddy Ryan next? by jules windex	Jul 8th, 2003 03:18:53 AM

Welllllllllllll.....Doggy!!!! Sorry to see him go. Guess that Ba by Monkey_King	Jul 8th, 2003 03:30:39 AM
A new I DREAM OF JEANIE stands a better chance at being made. Joshua Jackson in the Larry Hagman role and some busty, sandy blonde hottie in the title role. Sam Raimi as Executive Producer and I'm there. Yum!
this site is hardly more than an obituary by Takashi	Jul 8th, 2003 03:33:10 AM
no "cool" news, just a lot of over dramatic celebrity death reports.
or.... by thetomatoer	Jul 8th, 2003 08:33:10 AM
...Buddy Love?
Orioles pitcher Buddy Groom better watch his back by Blanket-Man	Jul 8th, 2003 10:41:58 AM
Open season on buddies. Does Bob "Little Buddy" Denver count?
See Bush is a hillbilly because he is not all smart like Bill, h by JasonDkEldar	Jul 8th, 2003 11:16:47 AM
See sophisticated international playboy presidents learn how to lie til they are caught by court transcript and DNA evidence. Deny, deny, deny and let your supporters attack like vicious Carville-ized Hulk-dogs and you won't be a hillbilly, just the bought-and-paid-for son of a barfly from a backwater gambling town who has had nuthin' but Mama's exes paying off his scandals til the cows some home. Clinton needed an Uncle Jed and a trip to the woodshed. Maybe he would not have inflicted that Velma-looking harpy on us with her frosted hair-and-contacts screeching about her plan to change the Constitution since her little pet VPBore didn't win the election based on what the only document authorizing the office of the President says you have to win on--a majority of recognized states' votes. We only get to vote for President because the staes opened the elections to public voting for electors. Before that happened the states' legislatures voted for electors. Buddy Ebsen deserves better treatment than being the spark for yet another Clinton/Bush comparison, though, and I am sorry I ranted, but this is one of those subjects I have to agree to disagree with Harry on. It is his site to state his opinion on, and in all truth, he could require approval of talkback posts before they are registered onto his site as acive threads in a discussion. Thanks for the soapboxes Harry, We swear not to break them with our Light-allergic selves shuffling onto them before taking that one "Wafer-thin" mint on our tongues. Better to explode with this sort of spewing I am thinking.
I TOLD you all- It's because of Strom! by Sherlock_Holmes_	Jul 8th, 2003 06:58:30 PM
When someone as EVIL as Strom Thurmond finally runs out of immortality juice, he leaves a big karmic void in the balance. Now a HUGE amount of evil is missing, and the only way for the balance to be restored is for an equal amount of goodness to be sucked from the world. At this rate, I'd say we've got a few more deaths coming. If Bush ever dies, it will require the death of the Dalai Lama and most of Hollywood to come close to being even with the imbalance from a loss of THAT much evil. Look how many good people had to perish before we were rid of Hitler.
You know the saying "Celeberties die in 30s by RUBBERSOUL12	Jul 9th, 2003 07:21:20 AM
At least when their nineties they do!
To Cyber Tooth... by Commando Cody	Jul 9th, 2003 08:52:12 PM
So what?
Why are all these really old people dying !!? by Darth Siskel III	Jul 10th, 2003 12:17:43 AM
Wait...I think I answered my own question.

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