You know what I heard on the news yesterday? I don't remember his name and never saw his face (that I know of)...but the guy who whistled the Andy Griffith theme song passed away. Yep, a familiar tune to some of us.



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Btw, the title of that song is something like "Goin' to the Fishin' Hole" (well close)

Earle Hagen was his name. He also wrote the theme songs to The Dick Van Dyke Show and Dukes of Hazzard.

That is the one and only thing I've been able to teach my cockatiel to whistle.

I believe Earl was the one who whistled that tune to the Andy Griffith Show.
Was he related to Tom Hagen?

Maybe you're right DT. I had understood he whistled the Griffith tune, but may have misunderstood. I only heard later today he wrote the Dick Van Dyke tune as well. Anyway, what a fun way to make a living, if your talented that way no???


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He wrote and whistled the theme for the show. By the way, the year that the Andy Griffith Show went off the air, it was the #1 show of the tv season.

It's one of my all time fav shows. I could watch it all day long.

Agreed, sort of Miggie, I probably have watched the entire series about a dozen times. The show slipped badly towards the end, and it nearly jumped the shark once Don Knotts left and that other deputy came in. There were a few funny episodes using Floyd the Barber, but by the time Opie was laying in a band with Clara managing them, it wasn't funny anymore.

The early episodes are absolute classics, but even then it's mostly the same plot over and over: Some bad guy is up to no good, Barnie makes things worse, Andy saves the day, but gives Barnie the credit, and Barnie reverts to being full of himself.

I have not been able to find the story yet, but I my way home from work I heard that Harvey Korman (Carol Burnett Show) passed away today. I loved that show. He was great, as was the whole cast

Anyway, don't know if anyone had him on their list.

Btw, Geoff or SC, is there anyway we can easily pull up everyone's list. I though they were on page nine, but they're not. Anyone remember the page the lists are on?


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Harvey Korman dies 4 months after aneurysm

I thought I had'm, oh well - no one did. The lists are on Page 6, TIS.

What a shame (about his passing! ) -- I thought he and the rest of the crew on the Carol Burnett Show were hilarious!

Awww, what a shame. Him and Tim Conway were quite a team.

RIP!

What a team is right. They had me cracking up when they were trying not to laugh. I also liked Harvey as Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles. RIP Harvey.

Harvey Korman and Tim Conway were absolutely hilarious together, mostly because they cracked each other up so much.

One of their funniest moments was this one Dentist Sketch . Check out Harvey's face. He's supposed to be a dental patient in agony, but he can't keep a straight face to save his life.

RIP Harvey.

Dunno why, but I always think of Korman when I watch Part II and see the Rocco Lampone death scene (he looks like Korman).

He was a funny man!

Good one SC, I agree and I think Korman would have done a better job. That has to go down in cinema history as one of the worst death scenes.

Designer Yves Saint Laurent (71) passed away (no one had'm)

I saw that too. I would like to say, "oh yea, I own lots of his designs", but alas, I don't. I only know him by name.

Anyway RIP!!


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Never heard of 'em. RIP anyway.

Another one not on my list. RIP!

Stupida focking game. I may not play next year.

Ha.... you'll be the first one contributing 50 picks for '09!

You're probably right. I'm honing my list already.

It shouldn't be too hard. You'll have lots of names from this year's list that'll still be eligible next year.

Junkies have to knock off sometime, right.

Breaking News:

Bo Diddley died. Nobody had him on their list.

Man, what a shame. I remember his commercials, "Bo, you don't know didley".

RIP!

Shame. Wasn't it feared that he had been killed by Hurricane Katrina? Or am I thinking of someone else?

That was B. B King.

Dammit! Ah well, RIP Bo!

I am still batting 0 for June. Didn't Bo Diddley have a minor role in Trading Places with Dan Akroyd and Eddie Murphy?

No. That was Fats Domino.