RIP Roy (plus my grandmother ate a loaf of bread)

[thehefner]

Before I get to the main story, I feel you all should know that my grandmother just ate an entire an entire loaf of sourdough bread in one sitting. Well, okay, in fairness, she didn't eat the end bits. But everything else, yeah. It's gone. Within half an hour, whoop, gone. Maybe I'm just not a big bread eater--just bread on its own and all--but that strikes me as a bit excessive.



RIP Roy Scheider. I shall remember you every May 14th when (in accordance with the new holiday started by James Wolcott this past year) I celebrate Worldwide Roy Scheider Day.

Next up, I think I desperately need to finally watch THE SEVEN-UPS, Scheider's starring role and a sorta-sequel/companion piece to THE FRENCH CONNECTION.*

So, my friendly peanut gallery, what are your favorite Roy Scheider memories? Between JAWS, 2010, ALL THAT JAZZ, KLUTE, SORCERER, BLUE THUNDER, NAKED LUNCH, and MARATHON MAN, I'm sure you folks have one or two to spare.




*It's funny, that era of true crime has created so many stories (true, fact-based, and fictional), one can really watch THE FRENCH CONNECTION, THE SEVEN-UPS, THE FRENCH CONNECTION II, SERPICO, PRINCE OF THE CITY, and AMERICAN GANGSTER (just to name a few) and I bet it'd really feel like one huge saga. Would any other movies fit into this "world"?

Comments

[mirthical.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure I've polished off an entire loaf of sourdough in one sitting all by my lonesome, but in my defense, it was sourdough that my aunt sent me from San Francisco. Authentic, you know?

Sourdough just has this great flavor, all by itself.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Hey! I just tried to call you again! If it's too late, that's cool, I need to collapse in the next hour or so, but I'm still itchin' to talk to you about Moroni!

[suburbfabulous.livejournal.com]

Oh my God.
Bob Fosse is dead again.
Excuse me while I go find a copy of SORCEROR.

[mirthical.livejournal.com]

I don't know why my phone didn't do anything... it's charging as we speak. Unless you called while I was brushing my teeth.

Tonight is too late - I shouldn't even be online, but I am being bad. And I know that talking with you about Moroni is a good healthy hour-long conversation, so, tomorrow? And you can tell me all about how your performance went, too.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Aye, I'm wiped out like crazy and shouldn't be up either. Indeed, quite right, it will be an hour-long conversation, and it requires a fresh mind to boot! So yes, tomorrow evening sounds good. :)

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

That's another one I need to see (and add to the above list).

[suburbfabulous.livejournal.com]

The opening church robbery scene? Awesome. SO awesome, I probably misspelled it.

[civilbloodshed.livejournal.com]

Oh God, just last night I lost a game of BOMB because I couldn't remember his actual name! What a terrible stroke fate! D:

[jackolantern.livejournal.com]

Blue Thunder uber alles!

[morganashkevron.livejournal.com]

SeaQuest DSV - haven't seen any of it in ages, but I loved that show when it was on TV, in large part because Scheider was so awesome.

Also, I'm not generally a bread-eater, but my sister and I can split a loaf of crusty French bread in one sitting. I think a whole loaf of sourdough might be overkill, though.

[fishymcb.livejournal.com]

When Mikey told me the news last night, I remarked that it was something of a shame that the last thing I saw Roy in was a Family Guy bit where he and a talking toilet instructed children on how to poop.

But then again, the absurdity of it all - and the fact that he willingly played along - is something of a tribute. Party on, Roy.

[jellied.livejournal.com]

We're gonna need a bigger boat.