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http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-harold-ramis-dead-20140224,0,2259309.story

Aw, I has a sad.

NO

He did more than a lot of people realize. Wrote Animal House, directed Groundhog Day.

Damn it, there goes a man with a hand in a large part of my childhood.

Did this one come out of left field for anyone else? I mean, I know that they were always being cagey about why there wasn't going to be a Ghostbusters reunion, but I had no clue the dude was even sick.

This sucks bigtime.

Oh shit, that one came out of left field.

I know what he did and how much it influenced what I grew up to love and still love.

I'm off, having some red wine and a lot of good laughs watching 'Caddyshack' while being sad.

Well... fuck.

Augh!

I'm gonna watch Ghostbusters I and II tonight.

Sucks to lose some one that always seemed to be one of the good guys.[DOUBLEPOST=1393267401,1393267365][/DOUBLEPOST]And yes, It did come out of left field, I am quite shocked.

People often forget how much "Caddyshack" meant to a certain generation. Not for me, before my time, but my parents reference it enough that it was "the thing" for them.

Caddyshack, Ghost Busters, Groundhog Day, Stripes. Huge parts of my childhood.

When being a Ghostbuster doesn't make the top 5 things about your film career, you're kind of a big deal.

Heartbreaking.

I was just saying of Facebook that I grew up watching Caddyshack and National Lampoon's Vacation, but Ghostbusters is the first movie I memorized word for word. I suspect that he had a lot to do with my sense of humor, which is basically saying he had a lot to do with who I am.

God. Dammit.

Basically what Special KO said... the man was such an influence on me growing up through various works... he's helped to guide and build who I am, insofar as appreciation for zany and dry comedies are...

Fuck dammit.

/Sees Harold Ramis as the newest post in General.

/Hopes when he clicks that it's missing the Brazleton tag

/Is disappointed

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.

I bought Vacation, Animal House, and Caddyshack on Blu-ray at lunch today

I guess my thread got lost in the shuffle.

jwhouk said:

I guess my thread got lost in the shuffle.

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All of the timestamps I see say you were 6 hours too late.

I didn't see anything with Ramis' death out there, so I created a thread. Meh, doesn't matter.

All the stuff he's been a part of - including the "Analyze" movies with Crystal and DeNiro. It's just sad how it went out.

Good thing Twinkies are back; we can celebrate this by visualizing an "awfully big Twinkie."

--Patrick

Dave said:

http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/5/1/4/514...93302097&hwt=f441f22adf33b22f8e7d513ca1a21112

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Thank you for sharing that. I found his insight on being a part of the making of "Groundhog Day" to be incredibly interesting.

"I once got my ass kicked in Wisconsin."

jwhouk said:

"I once got my ass kicked in Wisconsin."

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Which is such a great response to Bill Murray's "C'mon, it's Czechoslovakia, it'll be like going to Wisconsin".

For any of you younger kids out there, this was during the Cold War.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/NinjainkArt

Dave said:

http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/5/1/4/514...93302097&hwt=f441f22adf33b22f8e7d513ca1a21112

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Wow, I could listen to this guy all day. Apparently, he has a podcast series called The Stephen Tobolowsky Files. I'll definitely be checking more of these.

http://kotaku.com/criterion-games-is-giving-away-free-ecto-1s-in-burnout-1531828471

Wow. That's pretty fantastic.

Gilgamesh said:

http://kotaku.com/criterion-games-is-giving-away-free-ecto-1s-in-burnout-1531828471

Wow. That's pretty fantastic.

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Odd... the console versions get it but not the PC version?

GasBandit said:

Odd... the console versions get it but not the PC version?

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EA stopped supporting DLC on the PC version like, right after release. It's never gotten any of the DLC. But you can unlock all of the cards just by using a save editor, since it's all included in the code anyway and the dlc codes just enable it.

Bill Murry added an ad lib at the end of the list of nominees for Best Cinematography at the Oscars last night:

Yeah that was sweet. But I thought for the in memorium, they should have ended with Ramis - a talented guy who did it all instead of just acting. Instead, they ended with Philip Hoffman, a guy who was a great actor but basically killed himself. Ramis should have been the final, lingering shot.

Dave said:

Yeah that was sweet. But I thought for the in memorium, they should have ended with Ramis - a talented guy who did it all instead of just acting. Instead, they ended with Philip Hoffman, a guy who was a great actor but basically killed himself. Ramis should have been the final, lingering shot.

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Addiction is a disease just like the vascular something Ramis had.

Charlie Don't Surf said:

Addiction is a disease just like the vascular something Ramis had.

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I disagree.

Dave said:

I disagree.

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Research would seem to confirm that there is something to this.

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

Research would seem to confirm that there is something to this.

--Patrick

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While I agree that addiction is a disease, it is not a comparable disease to what Ramis had. Ramis would have had this regardless of his life choices. Hoffman never would have gotten hooked had he not pumped himself full of illegal chemicals in the first place. He made a conscious choice to start using and his "disease" was a result. It would be like saying slamming my hand over and over again with a hammer is an injury. Yes, it is, but had I not slammed myself with the hammer I would have voided said injury. It's a matter of choices.

And this is coming from a guy whose dad was a raging alcoholic.