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Harold Ramis, RIP

by $8 blue check mistermix|  February 24, 20143:18 pm| 107 Comments

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  1. 1.

    Napoleon

    February 24, 2014 at 3:20 pm

    RIP Harold.

    BTW, isn’t “lighten up Francis” a tag here?

  2. 2.

    Arclite

    February 24, 2014 at 3:22 pm

    Yeah, just saw this. So sad. He was still pretty young. Makes me feel my mortality.

    He was a genius, and apparently a really nice guy.

  3. 3.

    Arclite

    February 24, 2014 at 3:25 pm

    @Napoleon: Stripes had so many famous people in it. I’d forgotten about that. Will have to try and watch that again, in honor of Harold’s passing.

  4. 4.

    Cassidy

    February 24, 2014 at 3:26 pm

    So no Ghostbusters reunion then?

  5. 5.

    Linnaeus

    February 24, 2014 at 3:26 pm

    I didn’t know Ramis was from the Chicago area, but having just watched some clips with him speaking, I can hear it in his voice.

  6. 6.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 3:27 pm

    Just heard it on local NPR. Sad. Couldn’t believe he was that old.

    He made some seriously classic comedy. If you are of a certain age you have been quoting from his films most of your life.

    At least he got the girl in a couple movies; he always seemed like such a loveable dork.

  7. 7.

    raven

    February 24, 2014 at 3:28 pm

    @Linnaeus: I wonder where he went to high school?

    eta, it was a joke, he went to Senn.

  8. 8.

    Linnaeus

    February 24, 2014 at 3:29 pm

    @raven:

    Maybe the same one you did!

  9. 9.

    Mustang Bobby

    February 24, 2014 at 3:29 pm

    He was my favorite character in Ghostbusters.

  10. 10.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 3:29 pm

    @Arclite: Rewatched it recently. Still funny but it has one of the most incredibly silly plots I can ever remember seeing. It almost defies you to take it seriously. Which is part of its charm. John Candy is so goddamn funny.

    Plus: Warren Oates!

  11. 11.

    raven

    February 24, 2014 at 3:30 pm

    @Linnaeus: Nah, he was in the Rogers Park area, I’m west side burbs.

  12. 12.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 3:30 pm

    @raven: I live a 5 minute walk from that HS.

  13. 13.

    the Conster

    February 24, 2014 at 3:31 pm

    Groundhog Day was genius. I once read an essay that it reflected certain core beliefs of Catholicism (purgatory), Buddhism (samsara) and Judaism (Gehenom), with a happy ending (in more ways than one). RIP funny sir.

  14. 14.

    raven

    February 24, 2014 at 3:32 pm

    @BGinCHI: I guess it’s not really Rogers Park is it? My buddies all went to Mather.

  15. 15.

    Linnaeus

    February 24, 2014 at 3:33 pm

    @raven:

    Oh, okay. Would’ve been cool if he had…

    ETA: I know you were kidding (in reference to that earlier thread).

  16. 16.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 3:33 pm

    Wow. Just checked his wiki page. Born 11/21/44. Same exact day as my father, who has been dead since the late 80s.

    That’s a wild coincidence.

  17. 17.

    raven

    February 24, 2014 at 3:33 pm

    @BGinCHI: Hand down greatest line “We’re the US Army, we’re 10-1”!

  18. 18.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 3:34 pm

    @raven: Firmly Edgewater. Just on the north side of Ridge Road above Andersonville.

  19. 19.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 3:35 pm

    @raven: Aaaarmy training sir!

  20. 20.

    dedc79

    February 24, 2014 at 3:36 pm

    @the Conster: I agree, such a clever film. I just wish I’d never learned that Jonah Goldberg loves it too.

  21. 21.

    raven

    February 24, 2014 at 3:36 pm

    @Linnaeus: I was actually continuing the morning thread about how dumb it was to ask people what HS they went to.

  22. 22.

    raven

    February 24, 2014 at 3:38 pm

    @BGinCHI: Yea. My boys was Cal-Touhy. The schools are 2 miles apart.

  23. 23.

    Napoleon

    February 24, 2014 at 3:38 pm

    @the Conster:

    Groundhog Day was genius

    Last year I happened upon that movie on TV and watched it for the first time since I saw it when it came out, and I was amazed at how good it is and how well it has stood up. You feel funny saying this about a comedy, but that movie really carries a deeper message.

  24. 24.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 3:38 pm

    @dedc79: I picture Goldberg as the insurance salesman who Murray finally punches. Be fun to get to do that every single morning.

  25. 25.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 3:39 pm

    @raven: That ain’t the old ‘hood anymore.

  26. 26.

    raven

    February 24, 2014 at 3:41 pm

    @BGinCHI: Last time I was up there I thought I was in Dehli not the Deli!

  27. 27.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 3:41 pm

    Anyone know when the Bill Maher – Alec Baldwin celebrity boxing match is happening?

  28. 28.

    the Conster

    February 24, 2014 at 3:42 pm

    @Napoleon:

    Also I think it was the first time I saw Bill Murray’s real acting chops on display. Prior to that I thought of him – when I thought of him at all – as the bad lounge singer from SNL who could deadpan his way through a spoof. There was real nuance and depth to that role, and movie. It’s in my top 10.

  29. 29.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 3:42 pm

    @raven: It’s definitely way more diverse than it used to be. True of all of Rogers Park.

  30. 30.

    raven

    February 24, 2014 at 3:42 pm

    @BGinCHI: When you lived here he used to come into town with Kim.

  31. 31.

    raven

    February 24, 2014 at 3:44 pm

    @BGinCHI: Yea, diverse it wasn’t in the late 60’s.

  32. 32.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 3:45 pm

    @raven: I never saw either one in the flesh when I lived there. She was only a sexy rumor.

    I do remember she paid for the lights at the football field at the HS or something though. What a philanthropist.

    You remember when River Phoenix was around a lot? Esp in ’93.

  33. 33.

    Turgidson

    February 24, 2014 at 3:47 pm

    RIP. He was ridiculously talented and I’ve also read about how good a guy he was.

    I call dibs on his spores, molds and fungus collection. And the ectoplasmic residue too.

  34. 34.

    raven

    February 24, 2014 at 3:47 pm

    @BGinCHI: Her mother goes to the Wallgreens (which wasn’t here) and she’s sort of a well-to-do bag lady. I remember seeing him at Jittery’s in 5 points. Did you see the pics I have of Zevon and REM at the Watt?

  35. 35.

    Mnemosyne

    February 24, 2014 at 3:52 pm

    As I mentioned in the thread below, Stripes was the second R-rated movie I saw (I was about 12 when it came out). My parents were pissed at the friend’s dad who took us to see it, but it’s mostly swearing and a few boobies, so I escaped being scarred for life. ;-)

    And if you haven’t seen it in a while, Ghostbusters still holds up. Murray and Ramis play so well off each other.

    Dr. Peter Venkman: Egon, this reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole through your head. Remember that?
    Dr. Egon Spengler: That would have worked if you hadn’t stopped me.

  36. 36.

    ranchandsyrup

    February 24, 2014 at 3:52 pm

    Going to give my wife the Aunt Jemima treatment in Harold’s honor.

  37. 37.

    katie5

    February 24, 2014 at 3:56 pm

    Really sad news. I knew him from the Canadian SCTV, for example, his stethoscope sketch.

  38. 38.

    Senyordave

    February 24, 2014 at 3:56 pm

    When I think of Ramis, I think of Animal House. And when I think of Animal House, I always think of the scene where they show picture of the potential pledges and as seen as Bluto sees Flounder’s picture he just makes this amazing face of horror, and he screams. It is a priceless moment. RIP, Harold.

  39. 39.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 3:56 pm

    @raven: No. From what year?

  40. 40.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 3:57 pm

    @ranchandsyrup: Safe and appropriate.

  41. 41.

    Dead Ernest (Thought Wrangler)

    February 24, 2014 at 3:57 pm

    One of a diminishing number of artists I admire with no reservation. Sad he is gone. Glad he was here.
    He did make my life more enjoyable.

    GH Day was indeed inspired.
    I’ll give it all the superlatives.

  42. 42.

    monkeyfister

    February 24, 2014 at 3:58 pm

    Sad News: Harold Ramis is dead.
    Sadder news: Henry Kissinger is still alive.

    The world is an unjust place.

  43. 43.

    raven

    February 24, 2014 at 3:58 pm

    @BGinCHI: Hindu Love Gods.

  44. 44.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 3:59 pm

    @Senyordave: Whenever I see someone over-eat or do something ridiculous I always say the line (in my best southern girl voice): “That boy is a P-I-G pig.”

  45. 45.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 4:00 pm

    @monkeyfister: Also Phyllis Schlafly. Prolly hell voted against taking her.

  46. 46.

    Bex

    February 24, 2014 at 4:01 pm

    @raven: @raven: Just to continue the HS thread a bit longer, my dad went to Senn, I went to Schurz and my sister went to Taft.

  47. 47.

    ranchandsyrup

    February 24, 2014 at 4:02 pm

    @BGinCHI: I’ll get a sterilized spatula for safety’s sake.

  48. 48.

    raven

    February 24, 2014 at 4:03 pm

    @Bex: There ya have it!

  49. 49.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 4:03 pm

    @raven: Not sure how many times I saw them in 89-90. Remember when Zevon was around town. What a cool dude.

    You ever meet Peter Zaremba? Of the Fleshtones and the only good show ever on MTV?

  50. 50.

    NotMax

    February 24, 2014 at 4:03 pm

    May be the only one who found Ghostbusters so insipid that I walked out on it.

    Diff’rent strokes and all that.

  51. 51.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 4:04 pm

    @ranchandsyrup: I know how you like to put a lot of love into these things.

    Maybe get a large sea chest as well.

  52. 52.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 4:05 pm

    @NotMax: Yeah, it could have been more realistic.

  53. 53.

    raven

    February 24, 2014 at 4:07 pm

    @BGinCHI: Stay away from his bio. he was a low-life motherfucker and it is amazing no one offed his ass. On the other hand I was talking to the non-REM guy that was part of that and he had no idea what he was really like.

  54. 54.

    Cermet

    February 24, 2014 at 4:09 pm

    What a loss – he was the real driver and primary creator/writer for Ghost Buster series. He wrote a number of movies – who’d know it was good because he wrote it. Nor did he have to fall back on old stories and “re-invent” like so many worthless movies that are being churned out ….

  55. 55.

    raven

    February 24, 2014 at 4:10 pm

    I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead

    Warren’s addictions (to alcohol, drugs and sex), personal demons (intense obsessive-compulsion and commitment-phobia) and paternal shortcomings (to him, kids were nuisances) all get plenty of play here.

  56. 56.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 4:10 pm

    @raven: Jesus. That’s news to me. I’m surprised he was tolerated by everyone in that circle, who always treated me really well. My memory of that period was that assholes weren’t usually kept around. At least not very many.

  57. 57.

    ranchandsyrup

    February 24, 2014 at 4:11 pm

    @BGinCHI: lulz at sea chest.
    It’s all love in our kitchen — whether it means cooking everything Wisconsin style (at least one stick of butter in everything) or the mutual devotion between my family members.

  58. 58.

    NotMax

    February 24, 2014 at 4:11 pm

    @BGinCHI

    Realism has naught to do with it. Never cared for the Three Stooges, and the film is a bigger budgeted and more slickly produced extended Stooges short.

    Again, YMMV. Not a movie I’d recommend to anyone, but neither one I would be adamant about actively avoiding.

  59. 59.

    raven

    February 24, 2014 at 4:13 pm

    @BGinCHI: He was actually sober for most of the time he was around here. My friend said he took a twelve to the after-recording set and Zevon’s manager about had a stroke.

    The show I saw at the Georgia Theater was as good as I have ever seen.

  60. 60.

    Mnemosyne

    February 24, 2014 at 4:14 pm

    I like the Tribune’s obit — it includes a lot of local detail for a hometown hero.

  61. 61.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 4:15 pm

    @NotMax: Funniest parts are with Rick Moranis. And Sigourney Weaver is the sex bomb, so you might be on to something.

  62. 62.

    Mnemosyne

    February 24, 2014 at 4:15 pm

    @NotMax:

    Never cared for the Three Stooges, and the film is a bigger budgeted and more slickly produced extended Stooges short.

    Since you admittedly have never seen the whole film, you know this … how?

    And, yes, I realize that there always has to be someone to come into an obituary thread and complain about how the dead person wasn’t really that talented, but jaysus.

  63. 63.

    Jamey

    February 24, 2014 at 4:17 pm

    @the Conster: Yes. Only now I’m afraid that I’ll wake up tomorrow and he’ll be dead again.

  64. 64.

    monkeyfister

    February 24, 2014 at 4:20 pm

    @BGinCHI: Levels of evil like that seem to make one near immortal.

  65. 65.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    February 24, 2014 at 4:21 pm

    @NotMax:

    Oh, come on! Tobin’s Spirit Guide and Spates Catalog? The Three Stooges couldn’t create stuff like that no matter how hard they tried.

    BTW: There’s nothing wrong with The Three Stooges- or slapstick in general- as long as you take it in small doses. That’s one of the not-so-secret secrets behind the success of Chaplin, Keaton and the Marx Brothers.

  66. 66.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 4:21 pm

    @Jamey: Side of the eye, side of the eye. Don’t drive angry.

  67. 67.

    Mnemosyne

    February 24, 2014 at 4:22 pm

    Though I suppose we could create a divide among Ramis fans — pre-Groundhog Day and post-Groundhog Day. Who wants to start the debate? ;-)

  68. 68.

    currants

    February 24, 2014 at 4:24 pm

    @BGinCHI: OLD??? 69, OLD?

  69. 69.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    February 24, 2014 at 4:25 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    Oh, definitely pre-Groundhog Day. Animal House alone…

  70. 70.

    NotMax

    February 24, 2014 at 4:25 pm

    @Mnemosyne

    Sheesh.

    I don’t deny his talent (and success) in any way.

    Only mentioned that that one film wasn’t my cuppa.

  71. 71.

    dedc79

    February 24, 2014 at 4:26 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Good luck finding anyone to take the Post-Groundhog Day side.

  72. 72.

    DH

    February 24, 2014 at 4:27 pm

    I was glad to see that he made up with Murray, who for some reason had been estranged from him. 100 years from now, people will laugh while watching Groundhog Day.

  73. 73.

    Mnemosyne

    February 24, 2014 at 4:28 pm

    @dedc79:

    Lots of people liked Analyze This — it was probably one of his biggest hits as a director (he was a writer/actor in Ghostbusters, not the director). And his version of Bedazzled has its defenders.

  74. 74.

    eric

    February 24, 2014 at 4:28 pm

    hey, he is a sailor. he is in ny. we get him laid; no problem

    you cant park that here. we are not parkin it, we are abandoning it

    gay? no. But we are willing to learn. Will they send us someplace special.?

  75. 75.

    Not Adding Much to the Community

    February 24, 2014 at 4:28 pm

    Yet Dick Cheney still draws breath. Son of a bitch.

  76. 76.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    February 24, 2014 at 4:29 pm

    @Mnemosyne: @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again):

    And he directed National Lampoon’s Vacation!

  77. 77.

    dedc79

    February 24, 2014 at 4:31 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Re Bedazzled, I thought this scene was pretty great

  78. 78.

    Villago Delenda Est

    February 24, 2014 at 4:32 pm

    Another decent human being dies, and the warmongering assholes deserting coward and Dark Lord still live, or are at least somewhat animated.

    There is no fucking justice.

  79. 79.

    Villago Delenda Est

    February 24, 2014 at 4:33 pm

    @Not Adding Much to the Community:

    Yeah, what you said!

  80. 80.

    Haydnseek

    February 24, 2014 at 4:33 pm

    “Dead at 69.” Sounds like he expired doing something he dearly loved. I wouldn’t mind having that inscribed on my tombstone. Oh, and for all the good taste police? I’ll bet his first reaction to this comment would be laughter……

  81. 81.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    February 24, 2014 at 4:36 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    Analyze This is good, but Animal House is the most influential comedy of the last 50 years. Yeah, the idea came from Doug Kenney and Chris Miller, but Ramis is the one who translated it from literature to screenplay- and that screenplay fucking killed.

  82. 82.

    eric

    February 24, 2014 at 4:37 pm

    @Haydnseek: somewhat relatedly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsHk9WC7fnQ

  83. 83.

    NotMax

    February 24, 2014 at 4:37 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est

    warmongering assholes deserting coward and Dark Lord still live

    If there were an eternal afterlife, presume its management to be less than anxious to have them arrive.

  84. 84.

    Not Adding Much to the Community

    February 24, 2014 at 4:37 pm

    @Haydnseek: well played, sir.

  85. 85.

    Napoleon

    February 24, 2014 at 4:40 pm

    @DH:

    I was glad to see that he made up with Murray, who for some reason had been estranged from him.

    I thought I read that they fought like mad during the filming of Ground Hogs day and that is what did it between them. It was Murray who wanted to make the movie have deeper meaning. I came away with the impression that perhaps the reason it worked so well was the product of that differing vision, kind of in the Lennon and McCartney in one band tended to submerge their weak spots and bring out their strengths.

  86. 86.

    the Conster

    February 24, 2014 at 4:43 pm

    @dedc79:

    Seriously. Caddyshack?! I’ve had a lifetime of comebacks from that movie alone.

  87. 87.

    Haydnseek

    February 24, 2014 at 4:44 pm

    @eric: Thank you!…I’m a huge Python fan, but I hadn’t seen this. They just keep on giving…..

  88. 88.

    Bobby Thomson

    February 24, 2014 at 4:45 pm

    @NotMax: Didn’t walk out, but I agree that it sucks. It’s just not funny, even putting aside the ridiculous caricature of the EPA administrator who requires them to release toxic material.

  89. 89.

    piratedan

    February 24, 2014 at 4:52 pm

    and Meatballs still has a certain charm to this day

  90. 90.

    eric

    February 24, 2014 at 4:54 pm

    @Haydnseek: a genius sending off a genius just seems right about this genius as well. I still know most of ghostbusters and stripes by heart.

  91. 91.

    sheldon vogt

    February 24, 2014 at 4:55 pm

    @BGinCHI: and died the same day as my grandfather, milton willis. hope they’re sharing laughs right now–noone better to spend time with than my grandpa

  92. 92.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 5:01 pm

    @sheldon vogt: Sorry to hear that. RIP.

  93. 93.

    GregB

    February 24, 2014 at 5:08 pm

    RIP Harold Ramis. He was quite the influence in my formative years.

  94. 94.

    canuckistani

    February 24, 2014 at 5:09 pm

    I am saddened beyond the capacity for rational thought.

  95. 95.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 5:09 pm

    I hate to sully the Ramis thread with this, but guess who wrote this:

    The president has been so wan, [Christie] confused people into thinking that bluster was clarity. In a climate with no leadership, the bully looks like a man. If you’ve only been drinking water, Red Bull tastes like whiskey.

    Obama’s ethereal insipidity made Christie’s meaty pugilism attractive; Obama’s insistence on the cerebral made voters long for the visceral, even the gracelessly visceral.

    George W. Bush was the Decider who engaged in thoughtless action. So America veered toward Obama, who engaged in thoughtful inaction. Then they careered toward Christie, another practitioner of thoughtless action.

    When all you have is leading from behind, there’s a place in your heart for in-your-face.

    Hint: more Daddies please!

    ETA: “thoughtful inaction” so perfectly encapsulates the op-ed punditry of our times, especially as it ignores any evidence to the contrary. Substance-free arguments equals big payouts.

  96. 96.

    Not Adding Much to the Community

    February 24, 2014 at 5:12 pm

    @BGinCHI: Yeah, I figured it was Our Lady of the Dolphins before the clue.

  97. 97.

    sheldon vogt

    February 24, 2014 at 5:14 pm

    @BGinCHI: thank you. he was 99–long full life

  98. 98.

    Sherparick

    February 24, 2014 at 5:19 pm

    Thirty years since Ghostbusters came out and 21 years since Groundhog Day. It seems like yesterday and we would all be eternally 29, but unfortunately not. Take care Harold, we will miss you, you left us to early.

    Although a masterpiece, Groundhog Day apparently was made at the cost of Murray and Ramis friendship. Hopefully they made up at then end.

  99. 99.

    Ruckus

    February 24, 2014 at 5:20 pm

    @eric:
    Everyone dies. We never know when(OK most of us never know when, some make it happen when they think it’s time) but it is about life. Most people will be missed by a few and then those few are gone as well. But some are missed because they made our lives a little better. People like Graham Chapman, Harold Ramis, they made our lives a little easier, a little more fun, sometimes for a hour or so, sometimes for decades. We should be sorry they died, even if it was at 110. There are tens of thousands of people who have made our lives better, some in little ways, some in huge ways, Dr Salk for example. But we should celebrate their lives for how well they lived and how they helped us live a little better.
    So, Thanks for the reminder.

  100. 100.

    PJ

    February 24, 2014 at 5:21 pm

    @dedc79: The Ice Harvest is very bleak and funny.

  101. 101.

    Villago Delenda Est

    February 24, 2014 at 5:27 pm

    @BGinCHI:

    The drunken Noonan bint?

  102. 102.

    Villago Delenda Est

    February 24, 2014 at 5:29 pm

    @Bobby Thomson:

    Ah, but this exchange was the funniest thing in the entire movie:

    Dr Ray Stantz: Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here.
    Walter Peck: They caused an explosion!
    Mayor: Is this true?
    Dr. Peter Venkman: Yes it’s true.
    [pause]
    Dr. Peter Venkman: This man has no dick.

  103. 103.

    Citizen_X

    February 24, 2014 at 5:36 pm

    @BGinCHI: Oh, for fuck’s sake. Shut up, drunk lady. How the hell did “America” “veer” towards the governor of a coastal state? Talk about “ethereal insipidity.” Noonan’s insipidity has all the solidity of a brick.

    And no matter what you’ve been drinking, Red Bull tastes like shit.

  104. 104.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 6:35 pm

    @Citizen_X: MoDo.

  105. 105.

    WaterGirl

    February 24, 2014 at 6:56 pm

    @BGinCHI: Have you started reading This Dark Road to Mercy yet? Really good.

  106. 106.

    BGinCHI

    February 24, 2014 at 8:02 pm

    @WaterGirl: No, not yet! On my list for when things slow down a bit.

    Thanks for reminding…. I hope we have another book chat here about it.

  107. 107.

    leeleeFL

    February 24, 2014 at 9:23 pm

    My first thought? ” Egon’s gone bye-bye.” He made me laugh a lot. I hope he’s at peace.

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