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    RIP Fred Willard

    Active until the end, passed in his sleep at 86. That's the way to do it.




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    Damn funny guy, a true pro at staying in character. He had a good run, a high demand performer. I saw him alot on variety shows in my teens. He was great with Martin Mull on America Tonight.

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    If I ever get back to Kansas City, I'll stop by the Ramada Inn, catch a Four Jacks and a Jill set, and raise a glass to Lieutenant Hookstratten.



    100% ad-libbed

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    Shit hadn’t heard.

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    RIP. Funny guy.

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    Dang.
    Well maybe I'm the faggot America
    I'm not a part of a redneck agenda

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    WHA HAWPPENED?!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ted Striker View Post
    If I ever get back to Kansas City, I'll stop by the Ramada Inn, catch a Four Jacks and a Jill set, and raise a glass to Lieutenant Hookstratten.



    100% ad-libbed
    Yes. Awhile back, I was lucky enough to see a showing of Spinal Tap with Q&A with Harry Shearer afterwards. He said that was totally as libbed ant it was all they could do to hold it together while shooting , the riff just kept getting funnier and funnier

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThreeRidges View Post
    Yes. Awhile back, I was lucky enough to see a showing of Spinal Tap with Q&A with Harry Shearer afterwards. He said that was totally as libbed ant it was all they could do to hold it together while shooting , the riff just kept getting funnier and funnier
    That's why you have to hand it the British straight man in the Best in Show clip above. Barely flinched. Never knew most of that was coming.

    There's an out take clip somewhere. He was on a roll for a while.

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    Fuck. One of the funniest under appreciated funny men.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skistack View Post
    Active until the end, passed in his sleep at 86. That's the way to do it.



    So sad, what a loss. BEST In Show was amazing!

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    Fernwood. Episode 2



    After the intro of opie and Anthony talking, you can see the brilliance of fern wood tonight. 4:00 mark if you need to fast forward.

    Martin Mull and Fred Willard.

    And fuck I totally forgot about Mary Hartman Mary Hartman.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ThreeRidges View Post
    Yes. Awhile back, I was lucky enough to see a showing of Spinal Tap with Q&A with Harry Shearer afterwards. He said that was totally as libbed ant it was all they could do to hold it together while shooting , the riff just kept getting funnier and funnier
    Almost all of the dialogue was ad-libbed within the confines of the plot and sub-plots. The only actor that had an actual script that he stuck to was Patrick Macnee (Sir Denis Eton-Hogg).

    I've seen/read that most of the people who worked with Willard over the years had a hard time keeping it together when he's on a roll.

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    Quote Originally Posted by frorider View Post

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    Jezuz, penis reduction and vagina enlargement. How is it possible to keep a straight face?

    Schitt's Creek carries on the duo of Levy (who co wrote all of the Guest movies) and OHara. Funny people.

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    fred Willard with one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite movies, Roxanne:

    "I would like to say that I would rather be with the people in this town, than with the finest people in the world"

    TGR forums cannot handle SkiCougar !

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    and perhaps my favorite movie clip and quote of all time also from roxanne that started with fred, 'maybe i'm in the presence of greatness'. I have actually quoted this almost verbatim to some people who have posted things here.
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    Ah damn, this dude was a legend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GeezerSteve View Post
    Damn funny guy, a true pro at staying in character. He had a good run, a high demand performer. I saw him alot on variety shows in my teens. He was great with Martin Mull on America Tonight.
    Couple of funny Clevelanders there.

    RIP Fred.
    I still call it The Jake.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Core Shot View Post
    Fernwood. Episode 2


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    That was brilliant.
    RIP Fred WILLARD
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kenny Satch View Post
    That was brilliant.
    RIP Fred WILLARD
    Well he honestly wanted to know about the dago and the jap.

    I can’t believe they all stayed in character. Fucking hilarious ad lib zingers.
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    This saddens me
    No longer stuck.

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    Just an uneducated guess.

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    I always appreciated Fred Willard’s comedic genius and good nature but never saw Fernwood 2nite til now. That is some rare brilliance right there.

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    Yup. I was a bit too young to experience Fernwood during broadcast but it was something I always heard about. Countercultural, intentionally cringe inducing etc. https://dangerousminds.net/comments/...erican_comedy1

    Martin Mull was brilliant as Barth Gimble, the twin brother of Garth Gimble, a caddish wife-beater character Mull portrayed on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman who had come to a gruesome end (he was impaled on a Christmas tree!). It is implied that Barth has legal issues (which may or may not involve an underage girl in Miami) so after his brother’s death, he’s stuck working in the podunk town of Fernwood, where he feels smugly superior to everyone, especially his announcer/side-kick Jerry Hubbard. played by Fred Willard.

    In a scene-stealing role that defined his entire career playing the clueless white guy—is there ANYONE more Caucasian that Fred Willard?—Willard portrays what is quite possibly the dumbest, most dense character in all of television history. I’ve always thought that Willard was a comedic genius—the obtuse angles of his observations, so off the cuff and spontaneous, so REAL—and he was never funnier than he is in this role.

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