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If you could bring one back to life, who would it be?

I would choose John Belushi. The man was so talented and died too young at age 33. He could act, write comedy, and sing. He was just so talented.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddXQu8fTsZc
cafeteria scene in Animal House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeHxAXbuAiI
This would kill you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2YWHBFx3Zg
I feel really motivated after this speech


http://youtube.com/watch?v=cINjzu5773M
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cINjzu5773M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBRn7zEJkIc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IknnCeYZulU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOm7EBRBf8I
Bunch of SNL skits

Margareta Krook.

Terje "Valfar" Bakken

Douglas Adams.

As famous as he was for procrastination, why couldn't he have procrastinated his death a bit longer?:(

Sean Connery
Martin Sheen
Dan Akyroyd
Mel Gibson
Burt Reynolds
Greg Kinnear
Tom Hanks

Rodney Dangerfield. One of the funniest men ever for sure.

ROBERT GOULET-emerald nuts just killed him
JOHN CANDY-fat killed him
KURT COBAIN- crackwhore-wife killed him

Tiberius Claudius Nero

(imperial title: Tiberius Caesar Augustus)

Sean Connery
Martin Sheen
Dan Akyroyd
Mel Gibson
Burt Reynolds
Greg Kinnear
Tom Hanks

There's a joke in here somewhere - is it that you spelt Akyroyd wrong?

Tupac Shakur

I registered on the forum just to say that. You won't see me post again.

Ronald Reagan-we really need his wisdom and leadership again

Joe Strummer.

One of the best musicians of the last thirty years, as well as being a socialist through and through. Bloody shame he died of a congenital heart defect.

Johnny Cash.

Those two did a cover of Redemption Song, and it is fucking brilliant.

I miss Jerry Orbach.

http://www.nndb.com/people/877/000023808/orbach2-sized.jpg.

dimbag so i can see pantera again and janis joplin

Sean Connery
Martin Sheen
Dan Akyroyd
Mel Gibson
Burt Reynolds
Greg Kinnear
Tom Hanks
Ummm....

Aren't most of these guys still around?

Ummm....

Aren't most of these guys still around?

I don't think a single one on that list is dead.

The fact that Aykroyd is alive is more reason to bring Belushi back. They were a hilarious duo.

"Straight from Calumet City, I present the Bluuuuuueeessss Brotherssssssss!"

Frank Sinatra.

Douglas Adams.

As famous as he was for procrastination, why couldn't he have procrastinated his death a bit longer?:(

Quoted for truth. I wish he would have done something different with "Mostly Harmless." Perhaps being alive a few more years could have made him less bitter.

John Belushi and John Candy.

Quoted for truth. I wish he would have done something different with "Mostly Harmless." Perhaps being alive a few more years could have made him less bitter.

He was planning on writing another book that ended the series on a happier note. But he died.

Douglas Adams.

As famous as he was for procrastination, why couldn't he have procrastinated his death a bit longer?:(

death is the ultimate form of procrastination. way more effective than even posting on nsg.

William S. Burroughs and even though the later portion of his life he was just a bitter nut (and I suspect just a nut during the first part) Jack Kerouac.

Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, Tony Williams, Joe Williams, Thelonius Monk, Cannonball Adderly a bunch of others of their ilk.

Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick, Jim Henson, Bruce Lee.

But most of all, Steve freakin' McQueen.

Alan Coren and Willie Rushton.

James Doohan.

DeForest Kelly.

...less...does Gene Roddenberry count?

James Doohan.

DeForest Kelly.

...less...does Gene Roddenberry count?

Might as well bring back Mark Lenard too while we're at it.

Oh, one must also not forget Nathan Gale. Went out with a bang.

Might as well bring back Mark Lenard too while we're at it.

Oh, yes, Mark Lenard...almost forgot about him.

Alec Guiness
Easy E
Freddy Mercury
Tupac
John Candy

I also miss Mitch Hedburg.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ca/Mitchhedbergbw.jpg/200px-Mitchhedbergbw.jpg

I want to get a vending machine, with fun sized candy bars, and the glass in front is a magnifying glass. You'll be mad, but it will be too late.

I went to a pizzeria. The guy gave me the smallest slice possible. If the pizza was a pie chart with what would you do if you found a million dollars, he gave me the "Donate it to charity" slice. "I'd like to exchange this for the 'Keep it!'"

I like rice. Rice is great when you're hungry and you want 2,000 of something.

When you go to a restaurant on the weekends and it's busy so they start a waiting list, they say, "Dufresnes, party of two, table ready for Dufresnes, party of two." And if no one answers they'll say the name again: "Dufresnes, party of two." But then if no one answers, they'll move on to the next name. "Bush, party of three." Yeah, but what happened to the Dufresnes? No one seems to care. Who can eat at a time like this? People are missing. You people are selfish. The Dufresnes are in someone's trunk right now, with duct tape over their mouths. And they're hungry. That's a double whammy. We need help. "Bush, search party of three. You can eat once you find the Dufresnes."

I ordered a club sandwich, but I'm not even a member. "I like my sandwiches with three pieces of bread." "Well, so do I!" "Then let's form a club." "OK, but we need some more stipulations. Instead of cutting the sandwich once, let's cut it again. Yes, four triangles, arranged in a circle, and in the middle we will dump chips." "How do you feel about frilly toothpicks?" "I'm for 'em!" "Well, this club is formed."

I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughnut. I don't need a receipt for a doughnut. I'll give you the money, you give me the doughnut - end of transaction. We do not need to bring ink and paper into this. I just cannot imagine a scenario where I would have to prove that I bought a doughnut. Some skeptical friend-"Don't even act like I didn't get that doughnut-I got the documentation right here! (pause) Oh wait, it's back home in the file under 'D' for doughnut."

I saw this wino, he was eating grapes. I was like, "Dude, you have to wait."

I went to a restaurant, and I saw a guy wearing a leather jacket, eating a hamburger, drinking a glass of milk. I said, "Dude, you are a cow. The metamorphosis is complete. Don't fall asleep or I will tip you over!"

My girlfriend works at Hooters. In the kitchen.

I ate one anchovy, and that is why I did not eat two anchovies.

I was on a bus once, it was in the middle of the night, and I had a box of crackers and a can of Easy Cheese. It was dark, and it was a surprise how much cheese I had applied on each cracker. That's why they should have a glow-in-the-dark version of Easy Cheese. It's not like the product has any integrity to begin with. If you buy a room-temperature cheese that you squeeze out of a can, you probably won't get mad because it glows in the dark too.

Fettuccini Alfredo is macaroni and cheese for adults.

Swiss cheese is the only cheese you can draw and people can identify. You can draw American cheese, but someone will think it's cheddar. It's the only cheese you can bite and miss. "Hey Mitch - does that sandwich have cheese on it?" "Every now and then!"

I hate sandwiches at New York delis. Too much meat on the sandwich. It's like a cow with a cracker on either side. "Would you like anything else with the pastrami sandwich?" "Yeah, a loaf of bread and some other people!"

I think Pringles initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles is a laid back company. They said, "Screw it. Cut 'em up!"

I think pickles are cucumbers that sold out. They sold their soul to the devil, and the devil is dill.

That would be cool if you could eat a good food with a bad food and the good food would cover for the bad food when it got to your stomach. Like you could eat a carrot with an onion ring and they would travel down to your stomach, then they would get there, and the carrot would say, "It's cool, he's with me."

Terje "Valfar" Bakken

Seconded.

Quorthorn would be great, too.

Douglas Adams.

As famous as he was for procrastination, why couldn't he have procrastinated his death a bit longer?:(

Yeah, so i can finally kick the pompous fuck down that flight of stairs! Yay!

Ronald Reagan-we really need his wisdom and leadership again

He's still leading.
...people into slovenly graves of mind, spirit, and reason ... then having debt trickled ... er, shoveled down over the top of them, with a nice pat from the shovel of right wing bullshit radio.
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Perhaps being alive a few more years could have made him less bitter.
Pete Townshend tried that already. It's in "Salmon of Doubt".
The interviews don’t touch on a wide variety of subjects, but there are some interesting clips. For example, Adams’s favorite city is Santa Fe, New Mexico. At one point, Adams is asked if he was fed up with being known solely for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Adams confesses that he was for awhile, until The Who’s Pete Townshend reminded him of just how many doors a project so beloved like that can open.
I got to meet him before Townshend reminded him.

death is the ultimate form of procrastination. way more effective than even posting on nsg.

Ouch, but .... owie.

I also miss Mitch Hedburg.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ca/Mitchhedbergbw.jpg/200px-Mitchhedbergbw.jpg

*All* food?

This one's easy: Vincent Price.
He was just so creepidy.

Kerry Thornley, or Emperor Norton, or Greg Hill.

If you could bring one back to life, who would it be?


Hitler

Nobody said Phil Hartman yet?

Well, I just did. :)

Victor Borge. :( I had tickets to what would have been his last concert. I loved that guy.

Phil Hartman had a voice that could make me laugh if he was reading the phone book. I miss him, too.

Nobody said Phil Hartman yet?

Well, I just did. :)
Seconded!

It would have been so much better if Zap Branigan had been done by him, rather than as he would have done him.

Kirsty McColl, Bill Hicks and Frank Zappa

Terje "Valfar" Bakken

When I read about a blackmetal singer who has died, I'll automatically assume he has been at least shot, probably stabbed. But snowstorm, I didn't expect that.

Phil Hartman, definitely!

Sam Kinneson and Thurman Munson

Enzo Biagi, one of the best journalists in Italy.

He died this morning. Berlusconi as PM kicked him out of the state television in 2002.

Steve McQueen was my first thought, also Douglas Adams and George Orwell (although he'd be fucking ancient by now).

John Wayne FTW

All of those people are still alive. And I agree about Jerry Orbach.

Robert Jordan. I invested a friggin decade in his series The Wheel of Time ( like a dozen 1200 page books of all one basic story) and now hes dead and wont ever finish it.

Yeah, so i can finally kick the pompous fuck down that flight of stairs! Yay!

Wait, what? Why?

Primo Levi. Although he wasn't really a celebrity.

Ummm....

Aren't most of these guys still around?

Technically.

Quoted for truth. I wish he would have done something different with "Mostly Harmless." Perhaps being alive a few more years could have made him less bitter.

No kidding. Although I must say it was So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish that I had a qualm with. You have the great original trilogy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and Life, the Universe and Everything) with the second being the best. Then a few others a pumped-out that disappoint everyone. Did George Lucas work with this guy, or what?

snip*Toshiro Mifune and Akira Kurosawa so they could do more movies. Especially a sequel to the ronin-with-no-name-series.





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Robert Jordan. I invested a friggin decade in his series The Wheel of Time ( like a dozen 1200 page books of all one basic story) and now hes dead and wont ever finish it.

QFT

And he was on the last one, too. I wonder if he left behind notes so that someone could pick them up and finish the book?

It took 20 years, but it eventually worked for Frank Herbert's Dune Chronicles...

Quoted for truth. I wish he would have done something different with "Mostly Harmless." Perhaps being alive a few more years could have made him less bitter.
I loved the darker feel of Mostly Harmless. Every series should end with the complete destruction of all major characters and possibly the world as well.

Richard Pyror, cuz I think it would fuck with him.

John Candy
Phil Hartman

...

Theres probably more that I can't think of yet...

John Candy
John Belushi
Chris Farley

All taken too young. RIP.

John Lennon because he is the coolest person ever except for the fact that he married Yoko Uno i hate her with a passion

Elvis Presley and Marylin Monroe, not so much to keep doing things, I think I would just feel better knowing they were still around.

Elvis Presley and Marylin Monroe, not so much to keep doing things, I think I would just feel better knowing they were still around.

Wait... you think they died?
:p
*chuckles*

I wish Issac Asimov were still alive, because then it would be the late 80s and I could be a toddler again.

I wish Issac Asimov were still alive, because then it would be the late 80s and I could be a toddler again.

Ahh.. back before I was born.
Those were good times.
Good times...