Comments on: Marcel Marceau, RIP http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 20:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Peter Swimm http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-24832 Peter Swimm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-24832 My aunt was a patron of the arts, and got tickets to a number of events, and this was the single most boring show of my childhood by far. RIP for his legacy, but please dont take your 6 yr olds to 2 hours worth of miming My aunt was a patron of the arts, and got tickets to a number of events, and this was the single most boring show of my childhood by far. RIP for his legacy, but please dont take your 6 yr olds to 2 hours worth of miming

]]> By: Paul http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-24834 Paul Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-24834 <i>R.I.P. Marcel Marceau</i> MY younger sister went to France with her boyfriend a few years ago hoping to meet him or visit his school and I'm not sure she did, though it is sad that he's done his final act already. R.I.P. Marcel Marceau

MY younger sister went to France with her boyfriend a few years ago hoping to meet him or visit his school and I’m not sure she did, though it is sad that he’s done his final act already.

]]> By: CesarB http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-25880 CesarB Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-25880 One of Marceau's most surreal moments: A mime speaking in a silent film: <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt5RaT53th0">Silent Movie</a> (YouTube Link) One of Marceau’s most surreal moments: A mime speaking in a silent film:

Silent Movie (YouTube Link)

]]> By: CesarB http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-25883 CesarB Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-25883 One of Marceau's most surreal moments: A mime speaking in a silent film: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt5RaT53th0">Silent Movie</a> (YouTube Link) One of Marceau’s most surreal moments: A mime speaking in a silent film:

Silent Movie (YouTube Link)

]]> By: microcars http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-24878 microcars Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-24878 I worked on a TV commercial with him for Kleenex in the late 1980s or early 1990s. I have a Polaroid of me and him and a box of Kleenex. somewhere I worked on a TV commercial with him for Kleenex in the late 1980s or early 1990s.

I have a Polaroid of me and him and a box of Kleenex.

somewhere

]]> By: MiCroStoogE http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-24883 MiCroStoogE Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-24883 #5: <i>...please dont take your 6 yr olds to 2 hours worth of miming</i> True. They won't appreciate it, and a mime is a terrible thing to waste. #5:
…please dont take your 6 yr olds to 2 hours worth of miming

True. They won’t appreciate it, and a mime is a terrible thing to waste.

]]> By: aixwiz http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-25141 aixwiz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-25141 ( Waves goodbye. ) ( Waves goodbye. )

]]> By: brooke http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-30019 brooke Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-30019 my grandfather is actually the cousin of marcel marceau. i was in france a few years ago and we tried visiting him, although we didn't have any success. my friend actually lived in his village! my grandfather is actually the cousin of marcel marceau. i was in france a few years ago and we tried visiting him, although we didn’t have any success. my friend actually lived in his village!

]]> By: porkbarrel http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-25930 porkbarrel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-25930 I'm speechless. I’m speechless.

]]> By: gomer_is http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-24924 gomer_is Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-24924 I wonder what his last words were? I wonder what his last words were?

]]> By: Paul Bowen http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-24964 Paul Bowen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-24964 "I wonder what his last words were?" "Will someone PLEASE turn off that wind machine!" “I wonder what his last words were?”

“Will someone PLEASE turn off that wind machine!”

]]> By: louiemanno http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-26773 louiemanno Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-26773 That’s too bad about Marcel Marceau …. I think he’s been sick a while though …the last time I saw him on TV he looked really pale. At least he has experience at being encased in a box. Here’s a little Marcel Marceau trivia: He was originally asked to star in the Quiet Man before John Wayne. I know a guy who bought one of his barrettes at a silent auction. Life is short… the mime passes so quickly The Family is asking for pretend donations in lieu of pretend flowers In honor of his passing it would be a nice gesture... if we all gestured. I wish the rest of the French were as quiet himas he was. Let’s all observe a moment of noise in honor of his passing. I’m here all week. Louie That’s too bad about Marcel Marceau ….

I think he’s been sick a while though …the last time I saw him on TV he looked really pale.

At least he has experience at being encased in a box.

Here’s a little Marcel Marceau trivia: He was originally asked to star in the Quiet Man before John Wayne.

I know a guy who bought one of his barrettes at a silent auction.

Life is short… the mime passes so quickly

The Family is asking for pretend donations in lieu of pretend flowers

In honor of his passing it would be a nice gesture… if we all gestured.

I wish the rest of the French were as quiet himas he was.

Let’s all observe a moment of noise in honor of his passing.

I’m here all week.

Louie

]]> By: louiemanno http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-26774 louiemanno Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-26774 That’s too bad about Marcel Marceau …. I think he’s been sick a while though …the last time I saw him on TV he looked really pale. At least he has experience at being encased in a box. Here’s a little Marcel Marceau trivia: He was originally asked to star in the Quiet Man before John Wayne. I know a guy who bought one of his barrettes at a silent auction. Life is short… the mime passes so quickly The Family is asking for pretend donations in lieu of pretend flowers In honor of his passing it would be a nice gesture... if we all gestured. I wish the rest of the French were as quiet himas he was. Let’s all observe a moment of noise in honor of his passing. I’m here all week. Louie That’s too bad about Marcel Marceau ….

I think he’s been sick a while though …the last time I saw him on TV he looked really pale.
At least he has experience at being encased in a box.

Here’s a little Marcel Marceau trivia: He was originally asked to star in the Quiet Man before John Wayne.

I know a guy who bought one of his barrettes at a silent auction.

Life is short… the mime passes so quickly

The Family is asking for pretend donations in lieu of pretend flowers

In honor of his passing it would be a nice gesture… if we all gestured.

I wish the rest of the French were as quiet himas he was.

Let’s all observe a moment of noise in honor of his passing.

I’m here all week.

Louie

]]> By: petreboing http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-24988 petreboing Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-24988 As the only French speaker on the stagecrew where he was appearing, I was recruited to be his assistent. His English was perfect and he truely needed no help so I got to watch him from the wings, both aspects of the performance. As the only French speaker on the stagecrew where he was appearing, I was recruited to be his assistent. His English was perfect and he truely needed no help so I got to watch him from the wings, both aspects of the performance.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-26286 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-26286 I had the pleasure of being married to a woman who studied with Marcel Marceau. I remember when I first saw Marceau and I found him to be absolutely magical as a stage performer and mime. Marcel Marceau was an artist on the order of Chaplin... and was a man of DEEP artistic wealth. The world has lost a gem... and REAL artist. Marceau was a RARE gift, a special man and a GREAT PERFORMER who entertained the entire world. Long live Bip!!! I had the pleasure of being married to a woman who studied with Marcel Marceau. I remember when I first saw Marceau and I found him to be absolutely magical as a stage performer and mime. Marcel Marceau was an artist on the order of Chaplin… and was a man of DEEP artistic wealth. The world has lost a gem… and REAL artist. Marceau was a RARE gift, a special man and a GREAT PERFORMER who entertained the entire world. Long live Bip!!!

]]> By: maingauche http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-25271 maingauche Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-25271 I saw the best mimes of my generation destroyed by madness I saw the best mimes of my generation destroyed by madness

]]> By: Flying Squid http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-24769 Flying Squid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-24769 Warning: Sick joke- Now he really IS trapped in a box! Warning: Sick joke-

Now he really IS trapped in a box!

]]> By: DragonPhyre http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-25028 DragonPhyre Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-25028 Well... we know he went quietly. *rimshot* Wow... It's always the quiet ones. *rimshot* Now he really is trapped in a box. *rimshot* And finally... Well, at least we won't hear from him again. Get it? hear? HA! Comedy. Well… we know he went quietly.

*rimshot*

Wow… It’s always the quiet ones.

*rimshot*

Now he really is trapped in a box.

*rimshot*

And finally…

Well, at least we won’t hear from him again. Get it? hear? HA! Comedy.

]]> By: Flying Squid http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-25050 Flying Squid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-25050 Everyone's a critic. Everyone’s a critic.

]]> By: ronbailey http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-24795 ronbailey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-24795 I can't believe either of you guys even went there - but I laughed my ass off both times... I can’t believe either of you guys even went there – but I laughed my ass off both times…

]]> By: kaosdevice http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-24809 kaosdevice Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-24809 Would a moment of silence cause an irony-storm? Would a moment of silence cause an irony-storm?

]]> By: romulusnr http://boingboing.net/2007/09/23/marcel-marceau-rip.html#comment-24831 romulusnr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-24831 I feel like arguing that a moment of noise would be more appropriate. I feel like arguing that a moment of noise would be more appropriate.

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