Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to "The Carol Burnett Show" and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in "Blazing Saddles," died Thursday. He was 81.
Korman died at UCLA Medical Center after suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago, his family said. He had undergone several major operations.
"He was a brilliant comedian and a brilliant father," daughter Kate Korman said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "He had a very good sense of humor in real life. "
A natural second banana, Korman gained attention on "The Danny Kaye Show," appearing in skits with the star. He joined the show in its second season in 1964 and continued until it was canceled in 1967. That same year he became a cast member in the first season of "The Carol Burnett Show."
His most memorable film role was as the outlandish Hedley Lamarr (who was endlessly exasperated when people called him Hedy) in Mel Brooks' 1974 Western satire, "Blazing Saddles."
Those are awesome! If you get chance, could you make one for Dollhouse? And The Listerner, The Oaks and Harpers Island (If any promo pics have been released). Thanks.
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Lost fans are so easy to please. What on earth happened last night that was so mind-blowing? Lost should end sooner, it's getting just as ridiculous as PB has become. The good thing about PB is that in spite of the stupidity it's still entertaining, Lost is so so boring
Those are awesome! If you get chance, could you make one for Dollhouse? And The Listerner, The Oaks and Harpers Island (If any promo pics have been released). Thanks.
Here are Dollhouse and Harpers Island, plus a boinus of The Cleveland Show. No Listner or The Oks yet. I did not find anything on them at this time.
Originally posted by Marc Berman: I was blown away by the Lost season-finale. Amazing! Did anyone see it?
I was out last night and didn't get home until 10PM. So I let my VCR continue to tape the show--no sense coming in in the middle--and started to watch it at 11PM with the intention of watching one hour and going to bed so that I could get up on time this morning to start my new day. Well, the finale was so engrossing(as this series always is for me) so compelling, so intriguing that I couldn't go to bed not knowing how the finale ended and wound up watching the whole finale and getting to bed up 1PM instead of my usual 12PM. It was fantastic. So much adventure and action. I was amazed at Sun's(the actress) acting ability. I mean she's had a limited part and has done great with it however that scene in the helicopter when Jin dies--is he really dead--you never know on LOST--totally had me in tears. She conveyed her grief so perfectly. The series never ceases to amaze me. Too bad that all those viewers who left couldn't follow a complex story with all its turns and frustrations to reap the rewards that we are finally getting. Sometimes you have to go through all of the setups to get to the payoff. What a payoff this was. Any thoughts????
Originally posted by DB108: Why do you watch if the show so thoroughly disappoints you on a weekly basis?
Because Lost usually manages to do great season finales, as opposed to the rest of the episodes that just try to keep the show going as long as possible.
Not so much this year. Nothing happened we didn't already know except the ridiculous heart-bomb (can someone explain to me the logic behind the mercenary's plan, when he left his boat?) and the last minute "twist".
The series would have been much better told in 3 or 4 seasons. After three years of "We have to get off the island!!!", now it is going to be "We have to go back to the island!!!"?
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That was an outstanding finale. They eased in all the missing pieces to the story as told so far: how the O6 got off the island, why the lie was formulated, who came up with it, what happened to Jin. And then they tackled aspects that we hadn't seen yet: Penny and Desmond, Sun's revenge plans, Jack needing to get the band back together, who was in the coffin. That last scene with Ben and Jack was so incredibly tense. Loved it.
Those are awesome! If you get chance, could you make one for Dollhouse? And The Listerner, The Oaks and Harpers Island (If any promo pics have been released). Thanks.
Here are Dollhouse and Harpers Island, plus a boinus of The Cleveland Show. No Listner or The Oks yet. I did not find anything on them at this time.
Those are great! Thanks a bunch.
Posts: 516 | Location: England (UK) | Registered: 11 October 2007
That was an outstanding finale. They eased in all the missing pieces to the story as told so far: how the O6 got off the island, why the lie was formulated, who came up with it, what happened to Jin. And then they tackled aspects that we hadn't seen yet: Penny and Desmond, Sun's revenge plans, Jack needing to get the band back together, who was in the coffin. That last scene with Ben and Jack was so incredibly tense. Loved it.
I liked it a lot. They got all their ducks lined up very nicely, and set up next season. It is getting a harder to be blown away, after all this time. They do inevitably repeat themselves, though much less than most dramas on TV do after just one season. They sure aren't afraid of change.
I still have problems with Kate a lot of the time, though. I like her in kickass tomboy mode, hate her in weepy glamor girl mode. And I am not at all seeing why Jack would prefer her to Juliette. But that's not really important.
IT'S NOT JUST AN ISLAND. It was never just an island out in the Pacific with weird stuff happening. It's a domain unto itself, with odd dimensional space/time properties. I've been saying this ever since the pilot.
Meanwhile, I'm waiting for Zitrone to talk about how absurd it is to have an entire island just disappear and reappear somewhere else instantaneously. And then watch Battlestar Galactica.
Originally posted by pisher: Meanwhile, I'm waiting for Zitrone to talk about how absurd it is to have an entire island just disappear and reappear somewhere else instantaneously. And then watch Battlestar Galactica.
BSG started with killer robots nuking most of humanity using android spies. Different genres (at first), different expectations.
But please keep bringing up BSG whenever someone criticizes your beloved Lost, it is just funny how much better and more entertaining the former show is. Trying to compare them all the time won't make them anywhere similar in quality.
Although to be fair, BSG would probably become just as bad and ridiculous had it been stretched to six seasons.
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BSG started with killer robots nuking most of humanity using android spies. Different genres (at first), different expectations.
They're both science fiction shows. Lost began with people surviving an unsurvivable crash, polar bears on a tropical island, and a giant invisible monster. Both shows presented us with a scenario that, over time, turned out to be wildly different from what it originally seemed to be. Like, for example, Tigh being a cylon. And I'm still wondering how they explain that one. Though I have some guesses.
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But please keep bringing up BSG whenever someone criticizes your beloved Lost,
And please keep bristling and foaming at the mouth when anybody points out the numerous obvious similarities between the two. Seeing as I've been a longtime major critic of Lost on this very forum, and got into many fights with zealots of that show, my mouth remains dry. And smiling.
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it is just funny how much better and more entertaining the former show is.
It's funny that you keep saying that, while its already-tiny ratings continue to drop.
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Trying to compare them all the time won't make them anywhere similar in quality.
Or in audience #'s.
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Although to be fair, BSG would probably become just as bad and ridiculous had it been stretched to six seasons.
Actually, BSG would have done far better to emulate Lost's example--start off with full seasons, then graduate to shorter seasons.
Sorry, Z--I like both shows, I have serious problems with both shows, I don't think either show was ever as good or original as its diehard fangeeks thought, but based on what I'm seeing lately, Lost has a much better chance of ending strongly.
And I bet I'm just as right about the cylons as I am about the island.
This year, BG has been horrible and would be lucky to be as good as Lost is. The only interesting storyline going on is the Cylon civil war. Everything else has been a snoozefest. That Baltar stuff is perhaps some of the worse stuff written in the history of the show. Unfortunately, Ron Moore started to believe his own hype and in doing so, has changed BG from "must see" TV to "must fast forward through" TV. He'll be lucky if I bother to watch the last 10 episodes.
"But please keep bringing up BSG whenever someone criticizes your beloved Lost, "
Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to "The Carol Burnett Show" and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in "Blazing Saddles," died Thursday. He was 81.
Korman died at UCLA Medical Center after suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago, his family said. He had undergone several major operations.
"He was a brilliant comedian and a brilliant father," daughter Kate Korman said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "He had a very good sense of humor in real life. "
A natural second banana, Korman gained attention on "The Danny Kaye Show," appearing in skits with the star. He joined the show in its second season in 1964 and continued until it was canceled in 1967. That same year he became a cast member in the first season of "The Carol Burnett Show."
His most memorable film role was as the outlandish Hedley Lamarr (who was endlessly exasperated when people called him Hedy) in Mel Brooks' 1974 Western satire, "Blazing Saddles."
A loss of a comic great. His characters on the "The Carol Burnett Show" were maybe not as memorable as Carol's, Vicki's or even Conway's (even though he wasn't a regular until the end) but he was an intrical part of the show none the less. Remember all those scenes with Tim Conway where he struggled to keep his composure. And Blazing Saddles is truly a classic -- Hedy.
