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Caganer
Feb 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/RLeeErmey/status/985651917870202883

I was watching Seven in the other window when I saw this, his character onscreen.

He got his part in full metal jacket by making a video of him screaming at a bunch of extras as they hurled garbage at him. A true goon. RIP sweet prince.

quote:

Ermey played a series of minor film roles until 1987, when he was cast as drill instructor Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket.[6]

Initially, he was intended to be only the technical advisor.[6] Kubrick changed his mind after Ermey put together an instructional tape, in which he went on an extended tirade towards several extras, convincing Kubrick he was the right man for the role.[6] Seeking authenticity for the film, Kubrick allowed Ermey to write or edit his own dialogue and improvise on the set, a notable rarity in a Kubrick film. Kubrick later indicated that Ermey was an excellent performer, often needing just two or three takes per scene, also unusual for a Kubrick film.[7]

Edit: just realized in my rush I misspelled his name - now his ghost is going to skull gently caress my dreams :ohdear:

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Over There
Jun 28, 2013

by Azathoth
Noooo :(

Vato
Jan 14, 2018

I seriously thought he passed a couple of years ago. Who was I thinking of?
Rest in power, man.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
Sounds like his lungs... suffered a major malfunction :smug:

Good soup!
Nov 2, 2010

I'm more disappointed I didn't see goatse tbh

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
No but seriously he was a great comedic talent and will be missed.

Putty
Mar 21, 2013

HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS
DO YOU SUCK DICKS

Who What Now
Sep 10, 2006

by Azathoth
He's showing his war face to the devil now

jimmsta
Oct 24, 2004

Shedding bell-end tears in the pocket of her resistance.
Grimey Drawer
Aw man :(
Few years ago, not sure what show he was on, but it seemed his memory was failing pretty badly.

Caganer
Feb 15, 2018

Vato posted:

I seriously thought he passed a couple of years ago. Who was I thinking of?
Rest in power, man.

he's only 75 :(

CelticPredator
Oct 11, 2013
🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

drat art Bell was 72. Stop killing cool old people. Kill lovely olds!!!

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin
I used to watch mail call. I feel like he was probably a bad person though.

Fiend
Dec 2, 2001
Jesus is probably doing pushups right now wondering what he got his self into.

lol but
Feb 24, 2007

body is a dinosaur
Slippery Tilde

A Bakers Cousin posted:

I used to watch mail call. I feel like he was probably a bad person though.

When you get right down to it, we're all bad people. :rip:

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
R Lee had the decency to gently caress me in the rear end and give me a reach around

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
HooooAAAaahhh

TheKingslayer
Sep 3, 2008

A Bakers Cousin posted:

I used to watch mail call. I feel like he was probably a bad person though.

He wasn't a fan of the gays.

china bot
Sep 7, 2014

you listen HERE pal
SAY GOODBYE TO TELEPHONE SEX
Plaster Town Cop
he's kissing Jack Black in heaven

PathAsc
Nov 15, 2011

Hail SS-18 Satan may he cleanse us with nuclear fire

PISS TAPE IS REAL

Steel fuel can't melt beam jets

FuriousGeorge
Jan 23, 2006

Ah, the simple joys of a monkey knife-fight.
Grimey Drawer
His days of finger-banging ole Mary Jane Rottencrotch through her pretty pink panties are over.

Pennywise the Frown
May 10, 2010

Upset Trowel
When I was at MCRD San Diego he was there getting his honorary Gunnery Sgt. promotion.

I was watching full metal jacket the day my recruiter picked me up to take me to the airport. My dad cried like a baby. Never seen that before.

:rip:

Madcosby
Mar 4, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
Oh no some nobody actor died

Pennywise the Frown
May 10, 2010

Upset Trowel

Madcosby posted:

Oh no some nobody actor died

Get bent.

Kuato
Feb 25, 2005

"I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"
Buglord
Pretty sad. Sending him and his family thots and prayers

Blast of Confetti
Apr 21, 2008

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Madcosby posted:

Oh no some nobody actor died

lolling at you

mind the walrus
Sep 22, 2006

That stinks. I hope he had a good run. I always liked seeing him show up in media where he wasn't just quoting his FMJ stuff, although he seemed happy to do that a lot too.

Fuckstick
Nov 30, 2000

It’s okay because Marines die, but the corps lives forever, so he’ll live forever.

Now you can whip all those grabastic pieces of amphibian poo poo into shape in the afterlife. Semper Fi, Gunny!

Skeleton Ape
Dec 21, 2008



Madcosby posted:

Oh no some nobody actor died

I'm gonna tear you up like a Kleenex at a snot party!

china bot
Sep 7, 2014

you listen HERE pal
SAY GOODBYE TO TELEPHONE SEX
Plaster Town Cop
i'll spend tonight remembering his finest role

Kazak
Jan 10, 2012

Fiend posted:

Jesus is probably doing pushups right now wondering what he got his self into.

Jesus better unfuck himself real quick

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.
A couple of decades ago, I lived next to a lady that said he was her cousin. She was mad that he didn't give her money after becoming famous. I was like," I doubt he makes that much money."

Welp, that's my story. Hope his lovely, greedy side of the family won't make it to his funeral.

Caganer
Feb 15, 2018

A Bakers Cousin posted:

I used to watch mail call. I feel like he was probably a bad person though.

yup

quote:

On December 10, 2010, Ermey denounced the Obama administration's economic policies while speaking at a Marine Corps Reserve's Toys for Tots rally, stating that it was difficult to raise money for the charity because "the economy sucks". He went on to say:

We should all rise up, and we should stop this administration from what they're doing because they're destroying this country. They're driving us into bankruptcy so that they can impose socialism on us, and that's exactly what they're doing, and I'm sick and drat tired of it and I know you are too

a peck of pickled peckers
Aug 3, 2014

I am your Redeemer! It is by my hand that you arise from the ashes of this world!

IF GOD WANTED YOU UP THERE HE WOULD’VE MIRACLED YOUR rear end UP THERE!

CelticPredator
Oct 11, 2013
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china bot posted:

i'll spend tonight remembering his finest role


It was SGT Hobo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLVvySV7mKU

zenguitarman
Apr 6, 2009

Come on, lemme see ya shake your tail feather


I thought I remembered hearing that he said some lovely things too, but I thought he walked that back. I always thought he seemed like a cool dude, all things considered, but I'll wait for goons to come around and ruin that too, just like Jackie Chan (still alive).

Anyway, Mail Call was cool and good.

Teikanmi
Dec 16, 2006

by R. Guyovich
This guy was about as close to a Japanese tarento that America ever had

In the sense that he wasn’t formally trained at anything that made him famous and was able to transition a single movie role into a career of copying that one role over and over

Also he was a piece of poo poo irl so I’m glad he’s dead, get hosed idiot

mind the walrus
Sep 22, 2006

Given the era he lived in it makes 100% sense that he would have those views, although that doesn't make them ok.

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

He was a war criminal

crazycarl
Jun 13, 2001

Welcome to TB Diddlers in Mokena.

Where the special is always Dr Rassmusin's Hot Beef Injection and you can play "Whers my Manometer" with other diners

a peck of pickled peckers posted:

IF GOD WANTED YOU UP THERE HE WOULD’VE MIRACLED YOUR rear end UP THERE!

I guess God did want his rear end up there

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a peck of pickled peckers
Aug 3, 2014

I am your Redeemer! It is by my hand that you arise from the ashes of this world!

I’m excited for the last goon to shuffle off this mortal earth.

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