Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

“woke” is the new caravan.

In my day, never was longer.

When do the post office & the dmv weigh in on the wuhan virus?

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

The willow is too close to the house.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

White supremacy is terrorism.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

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  1. 1.

    PST

    I saw Mahoney perform several times here in Chicago, most recently in 2015 at Steppenwolf. I had no idea until today that he grew up in England. I always thought of him as a local. Oddly enough, the play we saw that year, The Herd, takes place in London, and my wife and I both noticed that unlike the rest of the cast, Mahoney didn’t speak with a British accent. Very sorry to see him pass, especially since 77 doesn’t seem all that old to me anymore.

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    Mnemosyne

    I knew him slightly and had dinner (in a group) with him a couple of times. Really nice guy. His health hadn’t been good for a while so we were expecting this news, but it’s still sad.

    @PST:

    He worked really hard to lose his accent. And the original Steppenwolf theater was in the basement of my (now-gone) Catholic school in Highland Park.

    (The Steppenwolfers who say it was in the basement of Immaculate Conception church in Highland Park are misremembering — it was in the basement of the adjacent parochial school, which is now condos.)

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    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    So many good character parts that I would see him in, a lot of times recognizing him in rematches after he blew up on Frazier

    @PST: I always wanted to see him on stage, sad I won’t now

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    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    I remember a story that Oprah wanted to have the whole cast of Frazier on during the last season, but he thought it was a silly idea and wouldn’t do it

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    satby

    I always thought if my dad had lived long enough he would have been very much like Martin Crane. Mahoney wasn’t born there, but he was a Chicagoan through and through.

  11. 11.

    Tokyokie

    He was one of my favorite character actors, able to convey genuine warmth or quiet menace with equal ability, depending on the nature of the role.

  12. 12.

    OldDave

    Mahoney also voiced General Rogard in one of my favorite Brad Bird animations, “The Iron Giant”.

  14. 14.

    WaterGirl

    @satby: Hi satby!

    This is said. He was one of thereat character actors. Now I want to find an episode of Burn Notice where he is a menace.

  16. 16.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Mnemosyne:
    No email until I can afford to repair or replace defunct iPad, but you can PM me through the FB messenger app. Now I’m intrigued!

  19. 19.

    PST

    @Mnemosyne:

    We saw him in 2001 at the Geffen. He was good, but Lindsay Crouse blew everyone else off the stage.

    Funny to see her name in this context. I was trying to think of times I saw Mahoney on stage, and one was a two man play with Mike Nussbaum, a great Chicago actor even older than him. Nussbaum was in the cast of House of Games with Lindsay Crouse, a movie with scenes that have stayed with me a long time.

  21. 21.

    Miss Bianca

    @satby: ooh! Was he “Management”, by chance?

    (Been binge-watching “Burn Notice” because I am a huge Bruce Campbell freak, but been loving the rest of the casting!)

  25. 25.

    Ruckus

    @Tenar Arha:
    He did make that show. Without him it would just have been 2 pompous idiots who wanted to be assholes but didn’t have the upbringing.

  27. 27.

    Miss Bianca

    @NotMax: Did he play Artie?

    (I actually played Bunny Flingus my sophomore year in high school. Looking back on it, I still can’t believe the administration let my drama teacher direct that play! Kind of racy for high school.)

  31. 31.

    Tehanu

    He was absolutely brilliant as William Faulkner in the Coen Bros. movie Barton Fink. I’m so sorry he’s gone, what a shame.

  36. 36.

    Skippy-san

    “There is never an egg timer around when you need one.”-from his role in The American President.

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