The Kaleb Horton Deceased Estonian Trade Minister Thread, 2020 edition

[revbob]

Wow! Sterling was 35 when the Twilight Zone started. That's just five years older than I am now. The fucking chemical death drive of the war generation. Take your folk memory of Jon Hamm good looks and go fish, man.

There's something that just went viral showing how much older people looked 50+ years ago. I'm almost 50 myself, and I look younger than Jim Croce, who died at like 29 or 30.

I don't think I look 50 (apart from the scalp thing), tho my eyes are getting a little baggy. I've commented in the past about how damned old baseball players looked before the 1950s. Walter Johnson looked like he was 65 his entire career. Supposedly we lead more stress-filled and sedentary lives now, don't get as much sleep, and eat all kinds of unhealthy processed foods that they didn't have before. So why do we look younger?

Smoking fewer than 10 packs a day?

Yeah, that's one thing. People also drink a lot less than they did in the early part of the century. Which sometimes seems hard to believe, but per capita alcohol consumption was much higher a hundred years ago.

Really?

[Dr. Medulla]

There's something that just went viral showing how much older people looked 50+ years ago. I'm almost 50 myself, and I look younger than Jim Croce, who died at like 29 or 30.

I don't think I look 50 (apart from the scalp thing), tho my eyes are getting a little baggy. I've commented in the past about how damned old baseball players looked before the 1950s. Walter Johnson looked like he was 65 his entire career. Supposedly we lead more stress-filled and sedentary lives now, don't get as much sleep, and eat all kinds of unhealthy processed foods that they didn't have before. So why do we look younger?

Smoking fewer than 10 packs a day?

Yeah, that's one thing. People also drink a lot less than they did in the early part of the century. Which sometimes seems hard to believe, but per capita alcohol consumption was much higher a hundred years ago.

Really?

I don't have the work handy, but prior to Prohibition, people drank a crazy amount, and that even after Prohibition was repealed those consumption levels never returned. Some have suggested that a more widespread prosperity and better public services that made drinking water safer have played a factor. In the 19th c, it was also generally acceptable for artisans to be able to drink on the job (not piss drunk, of course), but the rise of scientific management and emphases on efficiency killed that off.

[tepista]

Rocky Johnson (age 75), who was a pretty good pro wrestler, but is more famous because Dwayne Johnson came out of his balls.

[Inder]

Rocky Johnson (age 75), who was a pretty good pro wrestler, but is more famous because Dwayne Johnson came out of his balls.

Another Canadian icon.

[Mimi]

Absolutely gutted. Terry Jones.

[Dr. Medulla]

Absolutely gutted. Terry Jones.

A relief to me—cruel that such a lively spirit and mind had to exist so compromised. He'll always be my favourite Python.

[Silent Majority]

Absolutely gutted. Terry Jones.

A relief to me—cruel that such a lively spirit and mind had to exist so compromised.

Yeah. Whether you believe in an afterlife or not, this closing of a chapter brings peace at least.

[WestwayKid]

He was also my fave Python. One of the greatest bits of culture my mom and dad exposed me to as a kid was Monty Python. It is still some of the most absurd, insane, and over the top comedy ever created.

"No, I've only got one. I've had one for some time, but a few years ago I said I was thinking of getting another, and since then some people have called me 'Two Sheds'."

[WestwayKid]

Other fave Terry Jones moments off the top of my head:

The New Gas Cooker: "Oh there's nobody here of that name. It's Mrs G. Pinnet. 46 Egernon Road."

Crunchy Frog: "We use only the finest baby frogs, dew picked and flown from Iraq, cleansed in finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope and lovingly frosted with glucose."

Playwright Sketch: "Oh Ken! Be careful! You know what he's like after a few novels."

[Kory]

I'm completely speechless. We all knew it was coming but as the first Python to go while I was aware of who they were, I don't know what to do with myself. He's free of that insidious disease now, at least. I hope Palin is holding up ok, I know he was visiting quite a bit.

[BitterTom]

No shame in admitting I welled up at this.

[WestwayKid]

No shame in admitting I welled up at this.

Me too...

[WestwayKid]

Ripping Yarns was also fantastic. Not quite Fawlty Towers fantastic, but still really funny.

[Mimi]

No shame in admitting I welled up at this.

Damn.

[Kory]

No shame in admitting I welled up at this.

Terry is up there, but Michael is my favorite and this is a good example why.