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Joe Karlosi	Victor Spinetti (Beatles friend and frequent co-star)	Lead	[-]
Jun 19 12 6:07 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	British actor Victor Spinetti has died at age 82. He was well known among other things for appearing in Beatles movies like A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (the neurotic TV director), HELP! (a mad scientist), and MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (the drill sgt). "Guy named Squeamy got thrown from the fifth floor. He's deader'n a mackerel."
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Dale Sherman		#1	[-]
Jun 19 12 8:02 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This is one of those that I feel kind of bad about upon hearing, as I thought he had passed away a few years ago. Spinetti was also great as the villain in Start The Revoultion Without Me.
rvoyttbots		#2	[-]
Jun 19 12 9:55 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A HARD DAY`S NIGHT, HELP & START THE REVOLUTION WITHOUT ME! What a fun triple bill that would be. Those three films wouldn`t be half as good without Spinetti. RIP
Wich2		#3	[-]
Jun 19 12 11:34 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	What an entertaining guy! RIP, sir. -Craig
Rick		#4	[-]
Jun 19 12 1:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Absolutely. One of those guys I always loved to see, always brought a smile to my face on first sight. Thank you, sir, and Rest in Peace.
blackbiped		#5	[-]
Jun 19 12 4:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"It's a plot. That's what it is. A plot." "I'll bet his wife knitted that sweater for him." "She knitted him!" Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way. Porfle's Secret Blog HK and Cult Film News Andersonvision.com
Rapfred		#6	[-]
Jun 20 12 4:15 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Interesting factoid: Spinetti's life partner was the late Graham Curnow, aka Rick, the hypnotized psycho killer in HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM.
skelton knaggs		#7	[-]
Jun 20 12 6:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Saw Victor Spinetti on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, where he did a routine of a French comedian without saying one word in French. My brother and I were rolling on the floor crying and close to urination... Funny.funny gent. RIP. "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
Grant		#8	[-]
Jun 20 12 7:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	To me, he and Roy Kinnear in HELP were nearly the best comical mad scientists ever. (Including the MST ones - and I think they probably helped inspire them.) And I know that the story in Magical Mystery Tour (unlike the music) is considered very hit and miss, but he and Ringo made his scene in it very funny.
Psychonolfi		#9	[-]
Jun 20 12 9:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"It's the brain drain...his brain is draining" from HELP! Hilarious chap! Will be missed! *Humans are such easy prey!*
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WalesGuy		#10	[-]
Jun 21 12 2:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	He also co starred with the late Carry On star Sid James in the Britcom TWO IN CLOVER (available on region 2 DVD)
classicboi1		#11	[-]
Jun 22 12 6:31 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	RIP
kcor.tylerandjacksmo...		#12	[-]
Jun 22 12 8:22 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The guy with the nose! Of course! A character man I already knew by sight when I saw him in the color Beatles film. "Good British plugs!" Ah, well.
ryanbrennan		#13	[-]
Jun 22 12 3:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	British audiences were favored with his presence through his frequent TV appearances but I never felt we got enough of him Stateside. His casting in a film was always a special treat.
Dale Sherman		#14	[-]
Jun 22 12 10:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Finally remembered the name of this little gem from 1986 - "All I Need is a Miracle" by Mike & the Mechanics - sharing the screen again with Roy Kinnear.
Wich2		#15	[-]
Jun 23 12 10:47 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Fun! God bless Old Pros. Thanks, Dale. -Craig
Jim Burns		#16	[-]
Jun 24 12 3:40 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A few years ago-- Literally, JUST a few years ago, Spinetti gave a lecture at Lincoln Center, the Bruno Walter Aditorium... Now, one of the reasons I mention this is ALL the great stuff going on in New York, that no one would ever know about, unless you paid attention to listings... Spinetti's chat was not SRO... Which was a shame, because he was absolutely charming, and fun, and effervescent... And seemed to have his best stories about Peter Sellars, and Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. When I arrived, I noticed four rather beautiful young women in the audience, with no one around them. I was curious as to why they were there.... "Well," one said, "He was in a lot of good movies, and he knew the Beatles!" A short surmise, to be sure, but there's certainly something to be said for being 80ish, and getting four grand gals, and a diverse audience, to want to hear you. Jim
capmonte		#17	[-]
Jun 25 12 2:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Psychonolfi wrote: "It's the brain drain...his brain is draining" from HELP! Hilarious chap! Will be missed! My FAVORITE line from the film. "The important question is not, are there aliens on other worlds? No. The important question is, do they have ray guns?"
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