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We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - Redrum - 02-24-2014

How can the world not mourn a guy with THIS track record:

Animal House (1978)
Meatballs (1979) [ ehhh ]
Caddyshack (1980)
Stripes (1981)
Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989)
Groundhog Day (1993)

Harold Ramis.  The guy had game.  ( And that's a fact, Jack! )

Re: We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - CowboyIndian - 02-24-2014

Really? What the hell? He was my age...ulp!!...or thereabouts.  Dammit, anyway! :(

Re: We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - Spiny_Norman - 02-24-2014

As I noted on Facebook,  The number of movie quotes that I use in everyday conversation would be reduced by about 50% without Harold Ramis movies.  And I never would have begun collecting molds, spores and fungus.  Very sad to learn of his passing.

Son of beach. Sheet.

Hardly any of us will claim this honor - Redrum - 02-24-2014

The larger "Groundhog Day" metaphor(  being stuck in an endless repeating loop)  pops up everywhere.  I've heard it used in a TED talk,  in political campaigns,  coming out of the mouths of tech investment gurus, college lectures and on and on.  Offered every time with the unspoken understanding that the reference is comprehended by anyone listening. And it didn't have to retweeted to get to that status.  However fleeting, that is cultural impact.  Maybe Harold Ramis is stuck in one and will come back to do it  all again. I could handle that.

Re: We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - CowboyIndian - 02-24-2014

He also had a nice, if more serious, turn as a compassionate doctor in "As Good As It Gets".

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Re: We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - teejers1 - 02-24-2014

RIP, Harold . . . man, that saddens me for some inexplicable reason.

P.S.  On those Animal House retrospectives, I recall having distinct impression that Ramis felt he should have actually been cast in the movie itself, instead of contributing solely from behind the camera.  And on-camera, how about when John Candy (another lost great one) was giving his story to Sargeant Hulka and the troops?  The facial expressions of Ramis made that scene (along with his quote ". . . I'll be behind you all the way.").


Re: We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - Spiny_Norman - 02-24-2014

Thanks for the reminder of that scene, Teejers.  He cracks me up without saying a single word.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD4xwK13lGk

Re: We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - dpbrewster - 02-24-2014

:(  That is a big loss.  So good and so funny.  RIP Harold.  Heaven is a much funnier place now.

Re: We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - CornFed - 02-24-2014

That saddens me very deeply for a couple of reasons.  For one thing, the flow of raw, original, side-splitting writing has been severely impaired.  Fortunately, he left us with an incredible abundance of material that will never, ever grow old.

For another thing, he was really quite young in today's terms.  I, myself, am within shouting distance of his age.  Actually, come to think of it, I could probably speak in a normal voice.

I believe I will have to have a binge on his movies here soon.

Re: We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - jacketree - 02-24-2014

That is really tough stuff.

Watching a retrospective of his movies will be insanely fun and entertaining. I can't think of a better compliment than that.

Re: We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - oman - 02-24-2014

Wow.  I am not going through a happy time, and this does not help.


Re: We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - Hulk01 - 02-25-2014

I shared some nice Scotch last night with a guy who has seen Stripes over 100 times.

Not kidding. 

Harold Ramis had soul.

Re: We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - terry - 02-25-2014

(02-24-2014, 02:50 PM)Redrum link Wrote:How can the world not mourn a guy with THIS track record:

Animal House (1978)
Meatballs (1979) [ ehhh ]
Caddyshack (1980)
Stripes (1981)
Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989)
Groundhog Day (1993)

Harold Ramis.  The guy had game.  ( And that's a fact, Jack! )

And National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

Re: We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - Kathy - 02-25-2014

And there's your Stanford connection.

C'mon, we can do better than that - Mick - 02-25-2014

(02-25-2014, 12:08 PM)Kathy link Wrote:And there's your Stanford connection.


Harold Ramis was the Stanford Dean of Admissions in Orange County.  Pick up your game, people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hJlwQwwCGk

Re: We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - Mick - 02-25-2014

(02-24-2014, 03:57 PM)teejers1 link Wrote:RIP, Harold . . . man, that saddens me for some inexplicable reason.

P.S.  On those Animal House retrospectives, I recall having distinct impression that Ramis felt he should have actually been cast in the movie itself, instead of contributing solely from behind the camera.  And on-camera, how about when John Candy (another lost great one) was giving his story to Sargeant Hulka and the troops?  The facial expressions of Ramis made that scene (along with his quote ". . . I'll be behind you all the way.").

You're right, Teejers.  Ramis' two co-writers had reasonably substantial parts (Doug Kenney was Stork and Chris Miller was Hardbar) Ramis wrote the role of Boon for himself, but John Landis told him he was too old to play the part and Landis cast Peter Riegert (who was 2 1/2 years younger) instead.  He offered him a much smaller part, possibly the dishwasher part that Landis himself took.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_House

BTW, Bravo's Hundred Funniest Movies of all time include a number of Ramis' hits, including (with position on list) Animal House and Caddyshack as #1 and #2:

1.  Animal House
2.  Caddyshack
18.  Stripes
33.  Groundhog Day
52.  National Lampoon's Vacation
76.  Ghostbusters

Re: We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - jacketree - 02-25-2014

And I'm sure they offer 19th Century French Poetry at Stanford, even if Andie MacDowell has probably never even used L'Oreal in San Mateo or Santa Clara Counties.

Cracks me up every freaking time....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OEIYdcUu18




Re: We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - BostonCard - 02-25-2014

This is what a search of the Stanford catalog for French poetry produced:

https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/search?view=catalog&filter-coursestatus-Active=on&page=0&catalog=&academicYear=&q=french+poetry&collapse=

Here's probably the closest match:

FRENCH 132: Literature, Revolutions, and Changes in 19th- and 20th-Century France
This course will explore several of the most important texts of 19th- and 20th-century French literature. The aim of the course will be understanding stylistic and thematic experimentation in its historical/cultural context, with a focus on the theme of transgression : moral, political, and social. We will read works in all major literary genres (poetry, prose, and drama) and will discuss prominent movements such as Realism, Romanticism, Symbolism, Decadentism, and Existentialism through the works that best define them. Readings include Constant, Balzac, Baudelaire, Mallarmé, Rimbaud, Flaubert, Maupassant, Jarry, Gide, Apollinaire, Breton, Yourcenar, Sartre. All readings, discussion, and assignments are in French.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors: Montanari, D. (PI)
Schedule for FRENCH 132

BC

Re: We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - washingtonismoney - 02-26-2014

Ned Ryerson (bing?) reminisces and explains what made Ramis so great, drawing on his experience as Ned Ryerson (bing?) in Groundhog Day, when he played Ned Ryerson (bing????): http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/02/harold_ramis_stephen_tobolowsky_remembers_the_groundhog_day_director.html

Re: We lost a good...no, make that GREAT one today - CompSci87 - 02-26-2014

(02-26-2014, 09:01 AM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:Ned Ryerson (bing?) reminisces and explains what made Ramis so great, drawing on his experience as Ned Ryerson (bing?) in Groundhog Day, when he played Ned Ryerson (bing????): http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/02/harold_ramis_stephen_tobolowsky_remembers_the_groundhog_day_director.html

I guess I'm missing the joke, but the article has Stephen Tobolowsky reminiscing about playing Ned Ryerson, not Ned Ryerson reminiscing about playing Ned Ryerson playing Ned Ryerson.

Good article, regardless.