Ricardo Montalban dies at age 88

Peoplepc Online ^ | Thursday, January 15, 2009 | Ataff

[Turret Gunner A20]

Ricardo Montalban dies at age 88 Thursday, January 15, 2009

LOS ANGELES - Ricardo Montalban, the Mexican-born actor who became a star in splashy MGM musicals and later as the wish-fulfilling Mr. Roarke in TV's "Fantasy Island," died Wednesday morning at his home, his family said. He was 88.

[Turret Gunner A20]

Another one of the Great Ones gone.

RIP

[Tijeras_Slim]

IBTFCL

[Borges]

Posted a few days ago but R.I.P.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

Great, now I’ll have “De plane, boss, de plane!” echoing in my head all day.

[Turret Gunner A20]

IBTFCL

Translation, please.

[Ozone34]

R.I.P. Ricardo. I just hope they took the trouble to line your coffin with Rich Corinthian Leather to make the ride that much more comfortable!

[Tanniker Smith]

Great, now I’ll have “De plane, boss, de plane!” echoing in my head all day.

You could have this variation running through your head instead:

Friday, January 16, 2009

Fantasy Island

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Calling it "Imaginary i-land" would have been as redundant as having an assistant named "Two-too".

And so we have also lost Ricardo Montalbán, who will be forever known to those of a certain age as the enigmatic Mr. Roarke as well as the subject of the cheesiest line ever uttered by William Shatner, "Khaaaaaaan!!!"

And, no, I don't know why today I decided to use only shades of gray.

[Tijeras_Slim]

In before the fine corinthian leather.

[bassmaner]

I’m guessing ‘In before the Fine Corinthian Leather’ ...

[struggle]

My reaction:

[JoeA]

He died again? I thought he died a few days ago. What was this, an encore?

[ChocChipCookie]

I just found out that Majel Barrett Roddenberry died last month of leukemia. I wonder who will do the computer voice in future movies and/or series? Now that I think of it, they have probably tens of thousands of recordings of her voice and could just write the dialogue so it “matches” what they have on file. Problem solved.

[xJones]

William Shatner had better watch out. As Khan said of Admiral James T. Kirk, “I’ll chase him ‘round the moons of Nivea, and ‘round the Antares maelstrom, and ‘round perdition’s flames before I give him up!”

[TC Rider]

I think of Ricardo and I hear,

“Rich Corinthian leather” rolling off his tongue

[dfwgator]

“Quien es mas macho, Fernando Lamas o Ricardo Montalban?”

[clintonh8r]

Ignore the site nannies. I hadn’t heard this, so thatks for posting it.

[xJones]

Oh, I forgot this one from Khan:

"To the last, I will grapple with thee... from Hell's heart, I stab at thee! For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee!"

Montalban was just great in Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan. He chewed up the scenary and stole every scene he was in.

[Turret Gunner A20]

He died again? I thought he died a few days ago. What was this, an encore?

If that's supposed to be funny --- ha,ha, ha.

Feel better now?

[Turret Gunner A20]

Posted a few days ago but R.I.P.

I humbly apologize to you and all the other pests who think that everyone who posts here has rerad EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE HUNDREDS OF POST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE UNIVERSE EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, AND EVERY WEEK OF THE YEAR.

Now, why don't you and the rest of the annies go find domething worthwhile to occupy your time with, and quit being pests?

[Borges]

Searching isn’t hard...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=Montalban