Rest In "Blank"

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In the chagrin-fringed "I Didn't Know They Were Still Alive When They Died" Department, a new entry . . .

Just read on Mark Evanier's blog that the beloved (by some, including me) Match Game stalwart Brett Somers has passed away. This is confirmed on Brett Somers' website (my god, there's a www.brettsomers.com!).

Of course she had a career and life outside of that game show, but I couldn't for the life of me have told you anything about that before reading the links I just included in this sentence. She was married to the Klugmeister? Huh. Somehow makes sense. Grew up around Portland, ME . . . lived in Westport, CT. Whaddya know?

And in tribute, a little piece of performance art from Mystery Science Theater 3000, as Crow T. Robot performs his one-robot show, a tribute to Gene Rayburn, Give 'Em Hell, Blank!:

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Phew!

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Scanning that quickly, my first impression was that you were saying Trace Beaulieu had died.

Speaking of MST3k-related stuff, I tried some RiffTrax a couple weeks ago, and finally got some enjoyment from my DVD of The Grudge.

Re: Phew!

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Whoa! Dear god, if I'm still around when Trace goes, he'll get something about 20 times bigger, if I could think of a way to do it.

With any luck, by that time, this little electronic tin-cans-on-strings thing we call the Internet will have advanced to such a point that I can have a post blare out "TRACE BEAULIEU IS GONE, DAMMIT!" with an angelic choir in full surround sound while floating holographic clips of his finest work surround the viewer in loving tribute.

There are SO MANY things I have to catch up with, and RiffTrax is one of them. Dear god, when will I have the time? Maybe November . . .