What happened to Cleavon Little?

In my opinion his oscar winning performance in Blazing Saddles put too
much pressure on him to continue at that level of quality. A role like
Bart only comes along once in a lifetime.

I'd like to see him make a cameo in the remake of Blazing Saddles, but
I can understand if he's turned his back on Hollywood.

No one else could deliver a line like:

"No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. "

With the same kind of wry passion. Cheers, Cleavon, wherever you are!

Jade

 

"Daedalus" <jade@netk0o0oks.org> wrote in message
news:inprj3p446guvk4l7vh11k92a3jdi3ph2n@4ax.com...
>
> In my opinion his oscar winning performance in Blazing Saddles put too
> much pressure on him to continue at that level of quality. A role like
> Bart only comes along once in a lifetime.
>
> I'd like to see him make a cameo in the remake of Blazing Saddles, but
> I can understand if he's turned his back on Hollywood.
>
> No one else could deliver a line like:
>
> "No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. "
>
> With the same kind of wry passion. Cheers, Cleavon, wherever you are!
>
> Jade

I don't think he will be making a remake of anything...he passed away... ;o(

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001476/

Did you watch *Blazing Saddles* last night?

I stayed up all by myself to see it one more time.

 

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:01:03 -0500, in
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Daedalus <jade@netk0o0oks.org>
bloviated:

>
>In my opinion his oscar winning performance in Blazing Saddles put too
>much pressure on him to continue at that level of quality. A role like
>Bart only comes along once in a lifetime.
>
>I'd like to see him make a cameo in the remake of Blazing Saddles, but
>I can understand if he's turned his back on Hollywood.
>
>No one else could deliver a line like:
>
>"No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. "
>
>With the same kind of wry passion. Cheers, Cleavon, wherever you are!
>
>Jade

Dead in the early 90's

I loved Temperature's Rising. He and James Whitmore were hilarious.

 

On Nov 16, 12:01 pm, Daedalus <j...@netk0o0oks.org> wrote:
> In my opinion his oscar winning performance in Blazing Saddles put too
> much pressure on him to continue at that level of quality. A role like
> Bart only comes along once in a lifetime.
>
> I'd like to see him make a cameo in the remake of Blazing Saddles, but
> I can understand if he's turned his back on Hollywood.
>
> No one else could deliver a line like:
>
> "No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. "
>
> With the same kind of wry passion. Cheers, Cleavon, wherever you are!
>

Did you ever hear the line that was in the screenplay but cut from the
film?
It's right after the lights go out and Lily says, "It's TWUE...Oh,
it's Twue!"

"Sorry to disappoint you m'aam but that's my elbow you're sucking on."

 

****I MISS CLEAVON LITTLE******Re: What happened to Cleavon Little?

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:29:40 GMT, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
wrote:

>On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:01:03 -0500, in
>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Daedalus <jade@netk0o0oks.org>
>bloviated:
>
>>
>>In my opinion his oscar winning performance in Blazing Saddles put too
>>much pressure on him to continue at that level of quality. A role like
>>Bart only comes along once in a lifetime.
>>
>>I'd like to see him make a cameo in the remake of Blazing Saddles, but
>>I can understand if he's turned his back on Hollywood.
>>
>>No one else could deliver a line like:
>>
>>"No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. "
>>
>>With the same kind of wry passion. Cheers, Cleavon, wherever you are!
>>
>>Jade
>
>Dead in the early 90's
>
>I loved Temperature's Rising. He and James Whitmore were hilarious.

Beloved Cleavon deserves a tribute message.

God's speed Cleavon - I know where the white women at. I know.


Jade

 

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:01:03 -0500, Daedalus wrote:

> In my opinion his oscar winning performance in Blazing Saddles put too
> much pressure on him to continue at that level of quality. A role like
> Bart only comes along once in a lifetime.
>
> I'd like to see him make a cameo in the remake of Blazing Saddles, but
> I can understand if he's turned his back on Hollywood.
>
> No one else could deliver a line like:
>
> "No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. "
>
> With the same kind of wry passion. Cheers, Cleavon, wherever you are!

"If you-all will just excuse me while I whip this out . . . ."

<mass gasp and recoil>

--
tinmimus99@hotmail.com

smeeter 11 or maybe 12

mp 10

mhm 29x13

You want a job and a lizard to ride?

< _The Einstein Intersection_

 

In article <inprj3p446guvk4l7vh11k92a3jdi3ph2n@4ax.com>, jade@netk0o0oks.org
says...
>
> In my opinion his oscar winning performance in Blazing Saddles put too
> much pressure on him to continue at that level of quality. A role like
> Bart only comes along once in a lifetime.
>
> I'd like to see him make a cameo in the remake of Blazing Saddles, but
> I can understand if he's turned his back on Hollywood.
>
> No one else could deliver a line like:
>
> "No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. "
>
> With the same kind of wry passion. Cheers, Cleavon, wherever you are!
>


"Uh...let's play chess..."

Pulling the gun on himself.

"Candygram for Mongo!"

--
Halmyre

What in Swansea are going on here?!

 

Daedalus wrote:
>> In my opinion his oscar winning performance in Blazing Saddles put
>> too much pressure on him to continue at that level of quality. A
>> role like Bart only comes along once in a lifetime.
>>
>> I'd like to see him make a cameo in the remake of Blazing Saddles,
>> but I can understand if he's turned his back on Hollywood.
>>
>> No one else could deliver a line like:
>>
>> "No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. "
>>
>> With the same kind of wry passion. Cheers, Cleavon, wherever you are!
>>
>> Jade



He died of colon cancer in '92, aged 53.





--

Cheers

Dave Kearton

 

Halmyre <nospam@this.address> wrote in
news:MPG.21a81dc868e69c1e989d5a@news.tesco.net:

> In article <inprj3p446guvk4l7vh11k92a3jdi3ph2n@4ax.com>,
> jade@netk0o0oks.org says...
>>
>> In my opinion his oscar winning performance in Blazing Saddles put
>> too much pressure on him to continue at that level of quality. A role
>> like Bart only comes along once in a lifetime.
>>
>> I'd like to see him make a cameo in the remake of Blazing Saddles,
>> but I can understand if he's turned his back on Hollywood.
>>
>> No one else could deliver a line like:
>>
>> "No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. "
>>
>> With the same kind of wry passion. Cheers, Cleavon, wherever you are!
>
> "Uh...let's play chess..."
>
> Pulling the gun on himself.
>
> "Candygram for Mongo!"

The movie never did anything for me.

 

"Daedalus" <jade@netk0o0oks.org> wrote in message
news:inprj3p446guvk4l7vh11k92a3jdi3ph2n@4ax.com...
>
> In my opinion his oscar winning performance in Blazing Saddles put too
> much pressure on him to continue at that level of quality. A role like
> Bart only comes along once in a lifetime.
>
> I'd like to see him make a cameo in the remake of Blazing Saddles, but
> I can understand if he's turned his back on Hollywood.
>
> No one else could deliver a line like:
>
> "No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. "
>
> With the same kind of wry passion. Cheers, Cleavon, wherever you are!
>
> Jade

He's dead

http://imdb.com/name/nm0001476/

 

Re: ****I MISS CLEAVON LITTLE******Re: What happened to Cleavon Little?

Don't fight it, Daedalus...Just lie down and try to relax:

>On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:29:40 GMT, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:01:03 -0500, in
>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Daedalus <jade@netk0o0oks.org>
>>bloviated:
>>
>>>
>>>In my opinion his oscar winning performance in Blazing Saddles put too
>>>much pressure on him to continue at that level of quality. A role like
>>>Bart only comes along once in a lifetime.
>>>
>>>I'd like to see him make a cameo in the remake of Blazing Saddles, but
>>>I can understand if he's turned his back on Hollywood.
>>>
>>>No one else could deliver a line like:
>>>
>>>"No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. "
>>>
>>>With the same kind of wry passion. Cheers, Cleavon, wherever you are!
>>>
>>>Jade
>>
>>Dead in the early 90's
>>
>>I loved Temperature's Rising. He and James Whitmore were hilarious.
>
>Beloved Cleavon deserves a tribute message.
>
>God's speed Cleavon - I know where the white women at. I know.

Where's the pun? I figure he deserves a "Little" more than that, don't
you? LOL?

>
>
>Jade

 

Don't fight it, Agent Smith...Just lie down and try to relax:

>Halmyre <nospam@this.address> wrote in
>news:MPG.21a81dc868e69c1e989d5a@news.tesco.net:
>
>> In article <inprj3p446guvk4l7vh11k92a3jdi3ph2n@4ax.com>,
>> jade@netk0o0oks.org says...
>>>
>>> In my opinion his oscar winning performance in Blazing Saddles put
>>> too much pressure on him to continue at that level of quality. A role
>>> like Bart only comes along once in a lifetime.
>>>
>>> I'd like to see him make a cameo in the remake of Blazing Saddles,
>>> but I can understand if he's turned his back on Hollywood.
>>>
>>> No one else could deliver a line like:
>>>
>>> "No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. "
>>>
>>> With the same kind of wry passion. Cheers, Cleavon, wherever you are!
>>
>> "Uh...let's play chess..."
>>
>> Pulling the gun on himself.
>>
>> "Candygram for Mongo!"
>
>The movie never did anything for me.

I find Mel Brooks's humour to be generally overrated, but that's coming
from the perspective of a jaded younger man who has witnessed the
killing of the genre (by the Zucker brothers, Nielson's later stinkjobs,
and those God-awful "Scary"/"Epic"/"Date"/etc "Movie" movies), which
happened well after this movie was made. The movie has its moments,
though.

 

In article <inprj3p446guvk4l7vh11k92a3jdi3ph2n@4ax.com>,
jade@netk0o0oks.org says...
>
> In my opinion his oscar winning performance in Blazing Saddles put too
> much pressure on him to continue at that level of quality. A role like
> Bart only comes along once in a lifetime.
>
> I'd like to see him make a cameo in the remake of Blazing Saddles, but
> I can understand if he's turned his back on Hollywood.
>
> No one else could deliver a line like:
>
> "No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. "
>
> With the same kind of wry passion. Cheers, Cleavon, wherever you are!
>
> Jade


Wonderful comic actor, died ridiculously young of heart failure.
Sometimes the world just sucks that way.

 

In article <473e0ed4$0$31189$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
01.iinet.net.au>, dkearton///////@ozemail.com.au says...
> He died of colon cancer in '92, aged 53.

Oh! I thought it was a heart attack.

D'oh...

 

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"Forge" <forge@killallspammers.youneedageek.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.21a81a82cfb067af989687@newsgroups.comcast.net...
> In article <473e0ed4$0$31189$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
> 01.iinet.net.au>, dkearton///////@ozemail.com.au says...
>> He died of colon cancer in '92, aged 53.
>
> Oh! I thought it was a heart attack.
>
> D'oh...
>

And he was on a bad FOX sitcom at the time with, I believe, Nancy Walker, as
his cranky mother in law - and she also died before the series was finally
allowed to die.

 

"explorer" <Nona@ubidnis.com> wrote in message
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> x-no-archive: yes
> "Forge" <forge@killallspammers.youneedageek.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.21a81a82cfb067af989687@newsgroups.comcast.net...
>> In article <473e0ed4$0$31189$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
>> 01.iinet.net.au>, dkearton///////@ozemail.com.au says...
>>> He died of colon cancer in '92, aged 53.
>>
>> Oh! I thought it was a heart attack.
>>
>> D'oh...
>>
>
> And he was on a bad FOX sitcom at the time with, I believe, Nancy Walker,
> as his cranky mother in law - and she also died before the series was
> finally allowed to die.
>

Are you talking about *True Colors*??

 

Re: ****I MISS CLEAVON LITTLE******Re: What happened to Cleavon Little?



--
"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
news:k6esj35ldniu5hsmqlnds5f54olpbp55a7@4ax.com...
> Don't fight it, Daedalus...Just lie down and try to relax:
>
>>On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:29:40 GMT, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:01:03 -0500, in
>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Daedalus <jade@netk0o0oks.org>
>>>bloviated:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>In my opinion his oscar winning performance in Blazing Saddles put too
>>>>much pressure on him to continue at that level of quality. A role like
>>>>Bart only comes along once in a lifetime.
>>>>
>>>>I'd like to see him make a cameo in the remake of Blazing Saddles, but
>>>>I can understand if he's turned his back on Hollywood.
>>>>
>>>>No one else could deliver a line like:
>>>>
>>>>"No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. "
>>>>
>>>>With the same kind of wry passion. Cheers, Cleavon, wherever you are!
>>>>
>>>>Jade
>>>
>>>Dead in the early 90's
>>>
>>>I loved Temperature's Rising. He and James Whitmore were hilarious.
>>
>>Beloved Cleavon deserves a tribute message.
>>
>>God's speed Cleavon - I know where the white women at. I know.
>
> Where's the pun? I figure he deserves a "Little" more than that, don't
> you? LOL?
>
>>
>>
>>Jade

"Excuse me while I whip this out!!"
>

 

Re: ****I PISS CLEAVON LITTLE******Re: What happened to Cleavon Little?

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:43:02 -0500, Wavy G
<imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote:

>Don't fight it, Daedalus...Just lie down and try to relax:
>
>>On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:29:40 GMT, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:01:03 -0500, in
>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Daedalus <jade@netk0o0oks.org>
>>>bloviated:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>In my opinion his oscar winning performance in Blazing Saddles put too
>>>>much pressure on him to continue at that level of quality. A role like
>>>>Bart only comes along once in a lifetime.
>>>>
>>>>I'd like to see him make a cameo in the remake of Blazing Saddles, but
>>>>I can understand if he's turned his back on Hollywood.
>>>>
>>>>No one else could deliver a line like:
>>>>
>>>>"No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. "
>>>>
>>>>With the same kind of wry passion. Cheers, Cleavon, wherever you are!
>>>>
>>>>Jade
>>>
>>>Dead in the early 90's
>>>
>>>I loved Temperature's Rising. He and James Whitmore were hilarious.
>>
>>Beloved Cleavon deserves a tribute message.
>>
>>God's speed Cleavon - I know where the white women at. I know.
>
>Where's the pun? I figure he deserves a "Little" more than that, don't
>you? LOL?

Cleavon on a jet plane?

---
"This jerk's to stupid to realize he's sending posts to a killfile."

alt.horror's own John W. Donaldson in
CPSdndzIucYVmKTanZ2dnUVZ_oKhnZ2d@rcn.net

 

Re: ****I MISS CLEAVON LITTLE******Re: What happened to Cleavon Little?

Don't fight it, Flint Nine...Just lie down and try to relax:

>
>
>--
>"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>news:k6esj35ldniu5hsmqlnds5f54olpbp55a7@4ax.com...
>> Don't fight it, Daedalus...Just lie down and try to relax:
>>
>>>On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:29:40 GMT, Aratzio <a6ahlyv02@sneakemail.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:01:03 -0500, in
>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Daedalus <jade@netk0o0oks.org>
>>>>bloviated:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>In my opinion his oscar winning performance in Blazing Saddles put too
>>>>>much pressure on him to continue at that level of quality. A role like
>>>>>Bart only comes along once in a lifetime.
>>>>>
>>>>>I'd like to see him make a cameo in the remake of Blazing Saddles, but
>>>>>I can understand if he's turned his back on Hollywood.
>>>>>
>>>>>No one else could deliver a line like:
>>>>>
>>>>>"No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. "
>>>>>
>>>>>With the same kind of wry passion. Cheers, Cleavon, wherever you are!
>>>>>
>>>>>Jade
>>>>
>>>>Dead in the early 90's
>>>>
>>>>I loved Temperature's Rising. He and James Whitmore were hilarious.
>>>
>>>Beloved Cleavon deserves a tribute message.
>>>
>>>God's speed Cleavon - I know where the white women at. I know.
>>
>> Where's the pun? I figure he deserves a "Little" more than that, don't
>> you? LOL?
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Jade
>
>"Excuse me while I whip this out!!"

Yes, that's a very good quote. Almost as good as the last time I
overheard some knucklehead recite it in a public place to impress his
peers. But the question at hand is: Do you have a *pun*?

In case you're the last person on Usenet who is not familiar with this
now-famous routine, I'll give you a quick lesson.

Here's how it works:

1) Locate the name of a dead celebrity (usually, this is reserved for
the recently deceased, but no won said Jade was "playing with a full
deck," as poker enthusiasts would say to describe somewon who is missing
a point, or is mentally unsound).

2) Create a Usenet post with an "all caps" subject line stating "I
LOVED" and the name of the dead celebrity (generally with the text
enveloped in asterisks, or "splats," as my colleagues in the glamourous
"IT" industry say for purposes of jocularity).

3) Compose the body of the post, making sure to feature a short vignette
about said celebrity, again, in all caps, and (here's the key) work a
"pun" based upon the subject's name into the text (a pun is a comical
play on words).

Here's an example from a famous Usenet poster from years gone by:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.real-world/msg/852919f37b865776

Subject: *****I LOVED ANNA NICOLE SMITH****&**7&**

WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT MADE THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY SO MEMORABLE,
THERE ARE JUST TWO VERY BIG THINGS THAT COME TO MIND: HER HEART, AND HER
PASSION. FROM HER CAREER AS A PLAYBOY PINUP MODEL, TO WHATEVER IT WAS
THAT SHE DID AFTER THAT, SHE WARMED THE HEARTS OF MANY WITH HER
MONROESQUE SEXY, SQUEAKY VOICE AND HER VOLUPTUOUS FIGURE, AND WHEN I
THINK THAT HER LIFE WAS CUT TRAGICALLY SHORT, I WANNA TAKE OUT MY OLD
ISSUES OF PLAYBOY, "ANNA" WANNA HANG 'EM UP ON MY CEILING AS A TRIBUTE.


See how it works? Now, we can all enjoy the fun of "roasting" a
celebrity--albeit posthumously--with a lighthearted gag. I am glad to
have helped you.

Love,
Wavy G

 

Wavy G <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in
news:g7fsj351ok39atqektva11a8adkj630v52@4ax.com:

> Don't fight it, Agent Smith...Just lie down and try to relax:
>
>>Halmyre <nospam@this.address> wrote in
>>news:MPG.21a81dc868e69c1e989d5a@news.tesco.net:
>>
>>> In article <inprj3p446guvk4l7vh11k92a3jdi3ph2n@4ax.com>,
>>> jade@netk0o0oks.org says...
>>>>
>>>> In my opinion his oscar winning performance in Blazing Saddles put
>>>> too much pressure on him to continue at that level of quality. A
>>>> role like Bart only comes along once in a lifetime.
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to see him make a cameo in the remake of Blazing Saddles,
>>>> but I can understand if he's turned his back on Hollywood.
>>>>
>>>> No one else could deliver a line like:
>>>>
>>>> "No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. "
>>>>
>>>> With the same kind of wry passion. Cheers, Cleavon, wherever you
>>>> are!
>>>
>>> "Uh...let's play chess..."
>>>
>>> Pulling the gun on himself.
>>>
>>> "Candygram for Mongo!"
>>
>>The movie never did anything for me.
>
> I find Mel Brooks's humour to be generally overrated, but that's
> coming from the perspective of a jaded younger man who has witnessed
> the killing of the genre (by the Zucker brothers, Nielson's later
> stinkjobs, and those God-awful "Scary"/"Epic"/"Date"/etc "Movie"
> movies), which happened well after this movie was made. The movie has
> its moments, though.

I'm inclined to agree, although I did find Young Fronkensteen and High
Anxiety to be really good. But in general, I think Brooks led the way
for th modern trend in low comedy, of which I think you listed several
examples.