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Harold Ramis dead at 69
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twinturbo2
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I'm gonna watch Groundhog Day for the first time and rewatch Caddyshack in his honor...
Man what a kick in the guts. I don't think a celebrity death has affected me this much before.
What a weird morning. I had borrowed a really legit looking Ghostbusters costume off a friend recently to get some photos. He dropped in at about 5:30 in the morning, I had also found a cool 1:18 scale Ecto 1 really cheap and was getting one for him too.
We were both standing in my driveway while he was showing me how loud the proton pack could get and how it could play the ghostbusters song while I stood there holding the model. Some joggers ran past and must have wondered wtf was going on. Just before he leaves he goes "did you see one of the ghostbusters died?" I go "what?!" and "yeah spengler"
And then I just stood stunned while he drove off. Fuck.
Then I saw this pic on twitter, taken outside of the ghostbusters fire house in New York
Streams were crossed this morning
What a weird morning. I had borrowed a really legit looking Ghostbusters costume off a friend recently to get some photos. He dropped in at about 5:30 in the morning, I had also found a cool 1:18 scale Ecto 1 really cheap and was getting one for him too.
We were both standing in my driveway while he was showing me how loud the proton pack could get and how it could play the ghostbusters song while I stood there holding the model. Some joggers ran past and must have wondered wtf was going on. Just before he leaves he goes "did you see one of the ghostbusters died?" I go "what?!" and "yeah spengler"
And then I just stood stunned while he drove off. Fuck.
Then I saw this pic on twitter, taken outside of the ghostbusters fire house in New York
Streams were crossed this morning
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
The man was a genius. He either wrote or directed all the movies that defined comedy for their time. And a brilliant actor of course. What a formidable list this is:
SCTV
Animal House
Meatballs
Vacation
Caddyshack
Stripes
Ghostbusters
Back To School
Groundhog Day
Multiplicity
Analyze This
SCTV
Animal House
Meatballs
Vacation
Caddyshack
Stripes
Ghostbusters
Back To School
Groundhog Day
Multiplicity
Analyze This
brandonh83
Banned
fuck this shit.
DrForester
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Ghostbusters 3 to be a documentary where Murray, Aykroyd, and Hudson go to the other side and get him back!
RIP Ramis, you were awesome.
RIP Ramis, you were awesome.
Anticitizen One
Banned
Have the Co-stars of Ghostbusters made any kind of statement yet?
DrForester
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See You Next Wednesday
Banned
One of the greatest comedy writer/directors of all time!
R.I.P.
His classics will be remembered are part of history.
R.I.P.
His classics will be remembered are part of history.
Bill Murray
http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/24/bill-murray-harold-ramis-statement/#ixzz2uHSA11c0
Harold Ramis and I together did the National Lampoon Show off Broadway, Meatballs, Stripes, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day. He earned his keep on this planet. God bless him.
http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/24/bill-murray-harold-ramis-statement/#ixzz2uHSA11c0
Harold Ramis and I together did the National Lampoon Show off Broadway, Meatballs, Stripes, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day. He earned his keep on this planet. God bless him.
Murray sorta did, but it sounds lawyer-written and I hope he reflects on it more sometime in the future.
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Sorta. Ramis has been sick for a long time and sometime in the past couple years Murray visited him and they were cordial, allegedly.
GentlemanCrow
Member
Shit I'm welling up here. I heard about it early but now it's actually hit me.
Epsilon-delta
Banned
When Murray, Aykroyd, and Hudson go I will be deeply saddened. Same with Shatner and Nimoy.
FlashbladeGAF
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R.I.P.
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Apophis2036
Banned
RIP Egon :'(.
Gozer the Gozerian
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You were a worthy adversary. RIP.
DrForester
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Ghostbusters is on Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Also in my PC and heart.
pigeon interrupted
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Yeah, they went their separate ways after Groundhog Day. Bill is a very big character, likes attention, sometimes ruffles a few feathers. I bet he could be quite hard to work with in some instances especially to direct.
Amazing guy to go out and get wasted or play a round of golf with
But there's no way this wouldn't break his heart, just he's carrying on with that short and succinct façade because he hadn't been on best terms with Ramis' these last few years and maybe there's bit of anger aimed at himself in there, amongst other stuff.
Rhomega Beta
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Same, but replace with Caddyshack.
speculawyer
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Incendiary
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Man, this sucks. RIP. Gonna have to watch Ghostbusters tonight in his honor.
Christina Mackenzie
Member
RIP. You were always my favorite Ghostbuster.
captmcblack
Member
Watching Ghostbusters right now in his honor. RIP.
TheWorthyEdge
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Heard about this an hour ago.
Damn shame. He was awesome in the Ghostbusters. RIP.
Damn shame. He was awesome in the Ghostbusters. RIP.
iirc it started over groundhog day. murray wanted it to be darker and ramis wanted it to be lighter. their fighting led to compromises that made the film what it was.
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