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Notable Passings and other milestones

alfaniner said:
I remember the first half-hour of the show being in conflict with the Adam West Batman, so I missed a lot of those LIS episodes.
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I remember the first episode of it overlapped with Doctor Who. I was visiting my older brother in his flat and he started watching it so I reminded him he would need to switch over, but he got interested in it and refused to do so. So I missed most of Patrick Troughton's first full episode.

alfaniner said:
(Thank tech for DVD sets -- I have both now and have seen every bit of both shows.)
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Unfortunately the BBC wiped a lot of 60s stuff and reused the tape, including this episode, so I never got to see it.

Yes, it still rankles. I've since seen all of LiS, but I don't think I ever completely forgave it. Or ITV, for deliberately making them clash. Or my brother.
 
I think the last thing I saw her in was the movie Troll. A fun, low-budget cheesy movie. (Note: not Troll 2!) She played a witch-type lady living in the apartment building with Noah Hathaway (of The NeverEnding Story, and whose character name was Harry Potter, of all things, before that series existed), Michael Moriarty, and Julia-Louis Dreyfuss. Lockhart's character took a potion that turned her into a younger version of herself, played by her daughter, Anne Lockhart. It was an effective scene.
 
alfaniner said:
I think the last thing I saw her in was the movie Troll. A fun, low-budget cheesy movie. (Note: not Troll 2!) She played a witch-type lady living in the apartment building with Noah Hathaway (of The NeverEnding Story, and whose character name was Harry Potter, of all things, before that series existed), Michael Moriarty, and Julia-Louis Dreyfuss. Lockhart's character took a potion that turned her into a younger version of herself, played by her daughter, Anne Lockhart. It was an effective scene.
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I just saw that a couple of weeks ago. It's a lot crazier than I was expecting. Also has Gary Shandy (WKRP).
 
TragicMonkey said:
I just saw that a couple of weeks ago. It's a lot crazier than I was expecting. Also has Gary Shandy (WKRP).
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If you haven't seen Troll 2 you might enjoy it. Generally considered the worst movie ever made, even by its stars. (But I've seen a lot far worse.) It's also a fun watch. Oh, spoiler... There are no trolls in it, and it's not in any way related to the earlier mentioned Troll. Nor does it have June or Anne Lockhart!
 
alfaniner said:
If you haven't seen Troll 2 you might enjoy it. Generally considered the worst movie ever made, even by its stars.
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Indeed, it was shot in my state. The actor who played Drew is a good friend. Every year the Salt Lake Film Society does a screening with as many of the cast and crew as choose to attend. It's so much better to see it with an audience of die-hard fans. The actor who plays the boy, the main character, grew up to be a successful documentary film director. His first big hit was The Best Worst Movie, about making Troll 2. His latest is a fairly terrifying film about Asian murder hornets.
 
JayUtah said:
Why be embarrassed?
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Because I thought Lassie was on the air a lot earlier than Lost in Space and that I was the only one old enough to remember it. But it turns out Lassie outlasted Lost in Space. Google AI says:
Yes, Lassie outlasted Lost in Space in terms of its original network run, with Lassie ending in 1973 after 17 seasons, while Lost in Space concluded after just three seasons in 1968.
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June Lockhart was on Lassie from 1958 until 1964 so I must have seen her on Lassie reruns. ;)
 
newyorkguy said:
Because I thought Lassie was on the air a lot earlier than Lost in Space and that I was the only one old enough to remember it. But it turns out Lassie outlasted Lost in Space. Google AI says:

June Lockhart was on Lassie from 1958 until 1964 so I must have seen her on Lassie reruns. ;)
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After noticing a lot of errors in Google search's AI summary of things lately, I've decided to start doing more fact checking. So, this is not at all a criticism of you but rather a heads up that maybe we should all be more skeptical concerning what it feeds us.

According to wikipedia, Lassie ended it's CBS network run in 1971 after its first 17 seasons and then had 2 additional seasons which were distributed through syndication for a total of 19 seasons overall, with the series itself finally ending, then, in 1973.

If I were correcting a person, I would feel like I'm nitpicking, but in that it is so tempting to copy and paste what are seemingly nice and concise summaries given to us by AI, in doing so and helping to spread misinformation we might end up rewriting history in ways maybe we shouldn't.

Now, as far as Lassie itself, wow. I remember watching a few episodes back in the day, but thinking about it now feels almost surreal with it being over half a century ago. I wonder which part of the show I saw. I kind of feel the need to go looking for some episodes. I couldn't have seen very much of it, though, if it was a 19 year long series.

I don't think I saw Lost in Space until it was in reruns - unless I was just a little too young to remember the original run. ...hmmm... Things are pretty fuzzy before I started elementary school. I have to admit I did like the show as a kid.

RIP, June Lockhart.
 

Playwright Tom Stoppard dead: Giant of modern theater and Oscar-winning screenwriter was 88 - Los Angeles Times

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Tom Stoppard, acclaimed Czech-born British playwright and Oscar-winning screenwriter, dies at 88 in his Dorset home.
The five-time Tony Award winner wrote intellectually brilliant plays including “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” and “Leopoldstadt,” plus Oscar-winning screenplays.
His final major work, “Leopoldstadt,” drew on his Jewish family’s Holocaust history—a deeply personal story he explored only late in life.
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As a script editor he radically rewrote Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (under the pen-name Barry Watson), adding most of the thrills and hilarious gags.
 
Saddened by the news of Tom Stoppard’s passing. Possibly the greatest playwright of his era—definitely the most playful. ‘Shakespeare in Love’ is full of clever tributes for Bard fans, plus this gem: for anyone who’s acted, it’s the truest line about theatre ever written.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1995106588856553856
 
Perfect story from a Tom Stoppard obituary.

His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”

Maybe connected to this.

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