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Cleveland just can't catch a break: RIP Harvey Pekar

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Piotr Rasputin, Jul 12, 2010.

  1. Piotr Rasputin

    Piotr Rasputin New Member

    http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/harvey-pekar-who-chronicled-ordinary-lives-in-american-splendor-comics-dies/?src=me

    The teacher in History of Comic Book Art adored this dude. As did a lot of people.
     
    Piotr Rasputin, Jul 12, 2010
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  2. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    Had never heard of him before the "American Splendor" movie, but he seemed like quite a character.
     
    Steak Snabler, Jul 12, 2010
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  3. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    Sui generis. RIP.
     
    Ben_Hecht, Jul 12, 2010
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  4. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    How is David Thomas feeling?

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    Bob Cook, Jul 12, 2010
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  5. Stitch

    Stitch Active Member

    I don't think Cleveland as an entity can catch or not catch a break in the first place.
     
    Stitch, Jul 12, 2010
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  6. Smasher_Sloan

    Smasher_Sloan Active Member

    He had a bizarro moment on the old NBC Letterman show when he went on with a screed against GE, which owned the network.

    That may have been his last appearance on the show.
     
    Smasher_Sloan, Jul 12, 2010
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  7. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    "He quit on us" - Dan Gilbert.
     
    DanOregon, Jul 12, 2010
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  8. Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell

    Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell Active Member

    He made one appearance after that.

     
    Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell, Jul 12, 2010
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  9. FishHack76

    FishHack76 Active Member

    Apparently Peter Scolari was on the next night ...
     
    FishHack76, Jul 13, 2010
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  10. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    Hard to believe they ever had such a socially inept guy on in the first place. Maybe once, but after that ... fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
     
    old_tony, Jul 13, 2010
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  11. Smasher_Sloan

    Smasher_Sloan Active Member

    That was the point. It was awkward and weird. When Letterman did the 12:30 show, they couldn't always get A-list guests, so they developed a list of oddballs -- Dr. Ruth, Brother Theodore, the woman from the nut museum, Harvey.
     
    Smasher_Sloan, Jul 13, 2010
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  12. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Coroner's ruling -- died of an accidental prescription drug overdose.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Oct 18, 2010
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