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RIP Isaac Hayes

#1 Post by ulysses5019 » Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:36 pm

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#2 Post by BackInTex » Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:47 pm

I always liked him.

I liked him in his recurring role as Gandy on the Rockford Files. A quick IMDB search says he was on only 3 episodes. Seemed like more.
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#3 Post by Ritterskoop » Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:15 pm

We think the celebrity deaths coming in threes thing is over, if you count Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes, and the death of John Edwards' career.




Except I think Edwards will be fine in a year or two, especially if he just wants to concentrate on poverty rather than standard politics.
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Re: RIP Isaac Hayes

#4 Post by traininvain » Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:17 pm

BackInTex wrote:
I always liked him.

I liked him in his recurring role as Gandy on the Rockford Files. A quick IMDB search says he was on only 3 episodes. Seemed like more.
And one half of a great songwriting team with David Porter.

I always liked that he call Rockford, Rockfish.
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#5 Post by marrymeflyfree » Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:56 pm

Awww, man. He was a good guy. He was on a flight of mine once from Newark to Vegas, and came up to the galley to chat with me for over an hour. I told him that he was an answer to my last BAM question. (Turns out I was mistaken about that, though...whoops.)

One funny thing from that flight...he watched one of the inflight movies. Some comedy. He was laughing a lot and really loudly, in that unmistakable voice of course. Some teenager approached me later in the flight and said that he KNEW Chef (South Park) was somewhere on the plane, but didn't know what he looked like.

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#6 Post by Jesus of South Park » Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:13 am

Oh my god, they killed Chef!

YOU BA$TARD$!!

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#7 Post by RDelo5 » Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:31 am

Jesus of South Park wrote:Oh my god, they killed Chef!

YOU BA$TARD$!!

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#8 Post by BackInTex » Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:49 am

traininvain wrote: I always liked that he call Rockford, Rockfish.
LOL, I'm surprised I didn't mention that.

In college, my roommates and I were avid Rockford file watchers (syndication version, 10:30PM Mon-Fri).

I named my dog Rockfish as a result.
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#9 Post by Appa23 » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:52 am

Jesus of South Park wrote:Oh my god, they killed Chef!

YOU BA$TARD$!!
I hope that South Park does honor him by re-showing the "Closet" episode and the "Adventure Club" episode. They were two of the funniest ones in the show's history.

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#10 Post by megaaddict » Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:06 am

Appa23 wrote: I hope that South Park does honor him by re-showing the "Closet" episode and the "Adventure Club" episode. They were two of the funniest ones in the show's history.
I'd be surprised if they don't do something like that. Those two were great episodes but recalling them doesn't make me chuckle as much as does the "Succubus" episode with Chef's parents and the Loch Ness Monster stories. I think I'll break out the the Season 3 DVDs and watch that one in honor of Isaac.

But maybe they'll even do another new episode. After all, the adventure club one was made entirely with recycled Chef audio tracks. No reason they couldn't do it again, hopefully with a more dignified end to the character.

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#11 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:56 pm

He was married three times and fathered 11 children. He was also an honorary king of Ghana, taking the title Nene Katey Ocansey I.
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#12 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:57 pm

megaaddict wrote:
Appa23 wrote: I hope that South Park does honor him by re-showing the "Closet" episode and the "Adventure Club" episode. They were two of the funniest ones in the show's history.
I'd be surprised if they don't do something like that. Those two were great episodes but recalling them doesn't make me chuckle as much as does the "Succubus" episode with Chef's parents and the Loch Ness Monster stories. I think I'll break out the the Season 3 DVDs and watch that one in honor of Isaac.

But maybe they'll even do another new episode. After all, the adventure club one was made entirely with recycled Chef audio tracks. No reason they couldn't do it again, hopefully with a more dignified end to the character.
A dignified end to Chef, eh? Personally, I hope they give Chef the Sgt. Esterhaus treatment and say that he died while having sex. I'm sure that's how Chef wanted to go.

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#13 Post by Here's Fanny! » Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:17 pm

megaaddict wrote:
Appa23 wrote: I hope that South Park does honor him by re-showing the "Closet" episode and the "Adventure Club" episode. They were two of the funniest ones in the show's history.
I'd be surprised if they don't do something like that. Those two were great episodes but recalling them doesn't make me chuckle as much as does the "Succubus" episode with Chef's parents and the Loch Ness Monster stories. I think I'll break out the the Season 3 DVDs and watch that one in honor of Isaac.

But maybe they'll even do another new episode. After all, the adventure club one was made entirely with recycled Chef audio tracks. No reason they couldn't do it again, hopefully with a more dignified end to the character.
I love South Park (and have taken my knocks for it over the years), but I thought that was the worst episode ever, with the possible exception of Scott Tenorman Must Die.

I'd love for them to give him a better send off than that (although I understood the reasoning at the time, I just didn't think it was entertaining).
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#14 Post by earendel » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:36 am

All I can say is Samuel L. Jackson better watch out - he stars in an upcoming movie (Soul Men) that also featured Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac. If bad things happen in threes, well, I'm just sayin'...
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#15 Post by T_Bone0806 » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:45 am

megaaddict wrote:
Appa23 wrote: ..the "Succubus" episode with Chef's parents and the Loch Ness Monster stories.
One of my all-time favorites. Chef's parents had me in hysterics.
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#16 Post by danielh41 » Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:54 am

I have never watched an episode of South Park. But oddly enough, I have heard Isaac Hayes, as Chef, singing "Chocolate Salty Balls," a song which I find hilarious. If I ever want to get a rise out of my wife, all I have to do is start singing "Have you seen my balls, they're big and salty and brown. If you ever need a quick pick-me-up, just put my balls in your mouth..."

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#17 Post by Harry Sachs » Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:00 am

danielh41 wrote:I have never watched an episode of South Park. But oddly enough, I have heard Isaac Hayes, as Chef, singing "Chocolate Salty Balls," a song which I find hilarious. If I ever want to get a rise out of my wife, all I have to do is start singing "Have you seen my balls, they're big and salty and brown. If you ever need a quick pick-me-up, just put my balls in your mouth..."

Just be careful not to get a furball....

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#18 Post by ulysses5019 » Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:12 am

Harry Sachs wrote:
danielh41 wrote:I have never watched an episode of South Park. But oddly enough, I have heard Isaac Hayes, as Chef, singing "Chocolate Salty Balls," a song which I find hilarious. If I ever want to get a rise out of my wife, all I have to do is start singing "Have you seen my balls, they're big and salty and brown. If you ever need a quick pick-me-up, just put my balls in your mouth..."

Just be careful not to get a furball....
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