Peter Graves, best known for his roles in the classic TV show Mission: Impossible and the satirical Airplane! films, has died. He was 83.
Graves’ film career began in the 1950s with American creature features such as It Conquered the World (where he fought a grabby alien from beyond the stars) then moved to TV in the late 1960s where he played Agent Phelps on Mission: Impossible for seven years.
Around Gamesville HQ, Graves is best known for voicing this classic line as the seemingly straight-laced pilot in the movie Airplane!…
Sad news today: Fred Morrison, inventor of the Frisbee, has died at his home in Utah at the age of 90.
A bomber pilot in World War II, Morrison applied his new knowledge of aerodynamics to the “Flying Cake Pan” he’d been selling on the beaches of Santa Monica before the war.
Morrison tweaked the toy’s design continuously, and changed its name many times over the years… the Whirlo-Way, the Flyin-Saucer, the Pluto Platter. Morrison signed on with toymaker Wham-o to produce and distribute the toy, changed the name to “Frisbee”, and the rest was history.
Author J.D. Salinger, whose novel “The Catcher in the Rye” has sold over 61 million copies worldwide, died yesterday in his Cornish, NH, home at the age of 91.
Published in 1951, “The Catcher in the Rye” became Mr. Salinger’s most famous work with its depiction of its angry, teenage protagonist, Holden Caulfield. For several generations of American high school students Salinger’s novel has been the seminal coming-of-age work assigned in English classes.
Salinger, who had not published a new work since 1965, lived in near-total isolation, having refused the attention of the literary world and the news media for decades. Read more about the life of JD Salinger…
Elvis Presley may have passed away in 1977, but his influence on rock & roll (and pop culture) lives on! Celebrate The King's 75th birthday with this video of his historic performance on the Milton Berle Show from 1956.
Louis Vincent Albano, better known as Captain Lou Albano to professional wrestling fans, died this morning at age 76 as the result of an undisclosed illness. Albano had been under hospice care in Miami prior to his death.
Albano was a professional wrestler, manager and actor. With an over-the-top personality and a flare for boisterous declarations, Albano was a pioneer of the antagonistic wrestling manager in the 1980's. Throughout his forty-two-year career Albano guided 15 different tag teams and 4 singles competitors to championship gold.
Albano played Cyndi Lauper's father in her "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" video and also appeared in subsequent Lauper videos including "She Bop", "Time After Time" and "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough".
Below is a clip from Pro Wrestling Illustrated of the always rambunctious Albano trading insults with managing foe Paul E. Dangerously:
John Hughes — critically acclaimed film director, producer and writer — passed yesterday, Thursday August 6, according to the New York Daily Times.
Best known for his work in establishing the teen coming-of-age comedy genre, Hughes, 59, will be sincerely missed.
Hughes was considered to be a film genius of the 1980's, whose credits include National Lampoon's Vacation; Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Weird Science; The Breakfast Club; Some Kind of Wonderful; Sixteen Candles; Pretty in Pink: Uncle Buck; and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Below is a montage of Hughes' movies from the 1980's to music from The Who…
Billy Mays — the gregarious infomercial pitchman who could making anything sound like a blast — passed away on Sunday, June 28, according to The New York Times.
Probably most well-known for his OxiClean commercials, Mays, 50, will be greatly missed. Although not a game show personality, his larger-than-life presence definitely made him feel like part of the family.
Below is a clip of Mays parodying himself in a bit for the Electronic Retailers Association's 2008 Awards…
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Author J.D. Salinger, whose novel “The Catcher in the Rye” has sold over 61 million copies worldwide, died yesterday in his Cornish, NH, home at the age of 91.
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