Celebrity RIP Thread

THE Hal E. Burton 9000 · Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:54 pm Post subject:

^ you know, years ago I now recall hearing rumors on other forums that MJ was clandestinely writing and releasing songs using pseudonyms and front companies because he felt that after the 1993 situation the public at large could no longer accept the public image he had cultivated up to that point

though I wonder if that Sonic 3 connection could be an amusing coincidence in the vein of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz

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BrikHaus · Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:31 pm Post subject:

Gendo'sPapa wrote:

It's not like any of them have contributed anything worthwhile in the past couple decades.

That sort of depends on what you call a contribution. Michael Jackson's style, his songwriting, dancing, breaking cultural barriers, music videos telling stories, pretty much everything has been copied/imitated/used as a template for every pop singer/songwriter since. If there was any pop song that you have enjoyed in the last 20 years, you can probably thank Michael Jackson for that. To say he contributed nothing is fairly short-sighted.

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**Mr. Tines** · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:14 am Post subject:

THE Hal E. Burton 9000 wrote:

I agree, but I guess it's the price we pay for mass media

News having become just another branch of the entertainment industry.

Bread and circuses, man, bread and circuses.

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Mr. Tines wrote:

THE Hal E. Burton 9000 wrote:

I agree, but I guess it's the price we pay for mass media

News having become just another branch of the entertainment industry.

Bread and circuses, man, bread and circuses.

Prolefeed?

I wonder how many government press releases are being overshadowed? Same as that British government wan tried to hide stuff with 9/11....

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Rommel · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:47 am Post subject:

Fox News is reporting that Billy Mays has died at 50.

I have been hooked on his show on the discovery channel since it premiered.

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Logan Payne · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:03 am Post subject:

Rommel wrote:

Fox News is reporting that Billy Mays has died at 50.

I have been hooked on his show on the discovery channel since it premiered.

Make that 4.

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It was just on TV now too, that sucks! Billy was awesome, and Pitchmen was a pretty good show.

CorporalChaos · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:38 pm Post subject:

Anon wrote:

HE SAW AN ORANGE GLOW AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

THEY BURIED BILLY MAYS WITH AN AWESOME AUGER

THUNDER HAS BEEN REPLACED BY BILLY MAY'S INFOMERCIALS IN HEAVEN

WIPE YOUR TEARS WITH A ZORBEEZ

THEY MENDED BILLY'S WOUNDS WITH MIGHTY PUTTY

DIED FROM OXYCLEAN OVERDOSE

GODS ROBE JUST GOT WHITER

BILLY MAYS WAS ACTUALLY 75, BUT SINCE HE DID WITHIN THE LAST HOUR, THEY TOOK OFF 25 YEARS.

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THE Hal E. Burton 9000 · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:52 pm Post subject:

Billy Mays

dear God

my family and I loved to make fun of him, with his facial expressions and hand gestures

now that MJ and Mays are dead, who's left to be mocked?

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BrikHaus · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:08 pm Post subject:

THE Hal E. Burton 9000 wrote:

now that MJ and Mays are dead, who's left to be mocked?

You.

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THE Hal E. Burton 9000 wrote:

now that MJ and Mays are dead, who's left to be mocked?

You can still make fun of them, but everyone will think that you're ignorant.

It's sad whenever an emotional punching bag dies.

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THE Hal E. Burton 9000 · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:13 pm Post subject:

BrikHaus wrote:

I wrote:

now that MJ and Mays are dead, who's left to be mocked?

You.

what?

my current title as the admins/mods have made it still isn't enough for you, you FIEND you?!!?

[/jk, though I still wish my request of "NAW's Yes Man" would have been fulfilled]

anyway back on topic, can anyone imagine a previous time period in history where four famous people died literally within a week?

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**Mr. Tines** · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:20 pm Post subject:

Nowadays people get to be famous just for being famous (and doing jack shit), so it's skewed the likelihood.

THE Hal E. Burton 9000 · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:23 pm Post subject:

^good point, I had failed to consider that

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CorporalChaos · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:46 pm Post subject:

THE Hal E. Burton 9000 wrote:

anyway back on topic, can anyone imagine a previous time period in history where four famous people died literally within a week?

Haha! You didn't say the deaths had to be independent of each other!

The execution of the Russian Royal Family. I win.

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THE Hal E. Burton 9000 · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:53 pm Post subject:

well, the Romanovs' execution is one

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Omegagouki · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject:

We can always make fun of Vince, in response to the death of Billy Mays.

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Vince's career is pretty much over with.

THE Hal E. Burton 9000 · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:12 pm Post subject:

but he's still not dead yet, and he's still some years away from being 50 years old

I heard some whore bit his tongue off, there's a comedy goldmine there

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Joseph the PRPD · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:36 pm Post subject:

I was so shocked to hear about Billy Mays' death.
Damn...

His infomercials/commercials had style!

"Billy Mays here with the Ding King!"
"Billy Mays here with Orange Glow!"

Damn... Just damn...

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**Sailor Star Dust** · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:05 pm Post subject:

RIP Billy Mays.

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