RIP Gene Wilder

[Shauna]

Perhaps we should just make a long thread titled "2016 sucks" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37215553)

:( So many excellent films headed by this guy.

[FFNut]

H really could put on a show. He carried a lot of movie on his talent alone. rIap Mr. Wonka.

[charliepanayi]

He was genius in Mel Brooks films:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1FLZPFI3jc

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr9xVmCL0bA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTAFUn7nETc

[Skyblade]

I don't think I've seen a performance of his I dislike. Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Frisco Kid...

But really, he will to me always be Willy Wonka. He was what made that movie work. Such a wonderful performance. He was the ultimate mad candymaker. Off-kilter, in his own world, but a world that so perfectly fit what the chocolate factory was. He breathed life into that otherwise completely cartoonish place. He was what let us accept it.

Another great performer gone.

[DMKA]

Oh man, he was so great in Blazing Saddles.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Hold your breath, make a wish, count to three...