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Apologies if anyone had posted this already. Found this on CBR:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?pid=27274&disp=ilib&oty=1&oid=55193

Sorry to hear about Bill Kerr. I've always loved Hancock' s Half Hour since I'd heard a comedy album when I was a kid. I remember listening to an interview with him a few years ago where he talked about how well he got on with the rest of the cast except Kenneth Williams, strangely enough.

Start - good call Monty, forgot all about Mr Foxton.

But Jim dear boy, I found Near Dark a great film apart from the rather weak pay-off at the end.

As for rock you can't beat the late Mr Entwhistle:

https://m.youtube.com/?reload=7&rdm=183bqp5ro#/watch?v=80dsyo2Ox-0

Or Flea:

https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=cM46WAY6MIc

As for funk I agree with Mr Fox; Bootsy is a God but there was also the late great Bernard Edwards:

https://m.youtube.com/?reload=7&rdm=183bqp5ro#/watch?v=h1qQ1SKNlgY

His performance in Rillington Place was a revelation but my favourite Attenborough role would have to be Pinkie in Brighton Rock. It's a great film but please stay well away from the awful remake from a few years ago.

https://m.youtube.com/?reload=7&rdm=183bqp11j#/watch?v=bCgfhZjdGk8

What the hell happened to Melanie Griffith? The last time I saw a pic of her she looked an escapee from a plastic surgeon's nightmare.

Near Dark.

Lauren Bacall possessed a talent rarely seen in Hollywood actresses; she played sexy with a strong, intelligent edge. It was this ability - in her youth - that made her characters more than just the 'love interest.' It is the sign of a survivor that when the times changed so did she - forsaking Hollywood for the theatre. Considering that it was only a magazine cover that led to her big break, the length of her career must surely be a indication of her acting ability.

I'm sorry about the length of this and the Robin Williams post. It's just when you are a fan, you just enthuse a little too much!

Very true TordelBack. First Rik and now Robin. My comic heroes are leaving the stage for the last time. Yes I was one of the Mork and Mindy generation (I was the only kid in school who could do the laugh!) but I fell in love with his comedy when I saw one of his stand-up videos. Recent generations of fans will know him more for his mainstream family-oriented movies but I remember his brilliant acting in movies like The Fisher King. Williams was a great actor. He was far beyond the mania and goofiness. I feel that even though he was in his early sixties, there would come role that would have suited his genius characterisation. I often wondered why he never took on a bad guy role as he certainly had the presence for it. (And I'm not referring to the Hollywood shenanigans that stopped him from playing the Joker or the Riddler etc).

Or a Roger Melly meet and greet.

Well a Viz ride would be highly amusing!

Fepised? Damn you Kindle keyboard!!!!

That's going to be great. Well done so far!

Reboot I think. Unless there's some way that Tom Hardy' s character picks up the mantle of Max.