Ricardo Montalban, Patrick McGoohan R.I.P.

Post by **Jim Price** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:42 am

Two of the first big stars to cross the threshhold in 2009:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/1 ... index.html

A lot of people will remember him for Fantasy Island, but he was one of my favorite Star Trek bad guys as Khan in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan...Absolutely badass!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7829267.stm

Patrick McGoohan was in The Prisoner, and his voice is heard on the Iron Maiden song "The Prisoner" off Number of the Beast. ("I am not a number; I am a FREE MAN!")

Rest in peace both.

HurricaneBob · Post by **HurricaneBob** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:53 am

Damn, i was a Ricardo fan also, loved his demeanor.
Khan was the best.
RIP

Post by **Jim Price** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:59 am

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:17 pm

KHAAAN!!!

r:>)

VENTGtr · Post by **VENTGtr** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:06 pm

Just heard about Patrick McGoohan this morning. The Prisoner was a cool show.
Those big, goofy, weather balloon-looking "eyes". SOMEWHERE, I have every
episode...except the last one.

Know HOW it ends, but have never actually seen it.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:02 pm

Bummer. Khan was one of my favorite quotable quotists.

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:06 pm

Do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us, "Revenge is a dish best served cold?" It is very cold, in space.

I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing around, I mean to deprive you of your life.

r:>)

witchhunt · Post by **witchhunt** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:46 pm

I wonder if Ricardo's coffin will be lined in "rich Corinthian leather". How can you guys watch Star Trek? Yikes.

metalchurch · Post by **metalchurch** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:18 pm

Jim Price wrote:Patrick McGoohan was in The Prisoner, and his voice is heard on the Iron Maiden song "The Prisoner" off Number of the Beast. ("I am not a number; I am a FREE MAN!")

Rest in peace both.

Good tune man! I used to know who that voice was but I forgot. I knew it was a sample from "The Prisoner", but it's been a while.
I thought he did the entire intro?

Here's that intro that he's featured on:
Iron Maiden "The Prisoner"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkBd3FD1GRY

It's a fun song to play, I love the old Maiden material, and I've been messing with "Phantom of the Opera" among others

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:22 am

witchhunt wrote:I wonder if Ricardo's coffin will be lined in "rich Corinthian leather".

LOL, I was waiting for the reference ... His family was actually going to get him the fancy, deluxe model coffin with the "rich, Corinthian leather," but instead opted to go with ...

THE PLANE! THE PLANE!

Sorry 'bout that. Couldn't resist.

r:>)

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:50 am

Did you know that Corinthian leather was a made up term and there never was actually a type of leather called this?

Corinthian leather was a phrase invented for marketing purposes used to describe the leather used in certain Chrysler luxury cars in the 1970s. In this case, "Corinthian" does not actually indicate any relationship with Corinth, nor any specific type of leather and was added simply as a linguistic cachet. In other words, it sounded fancy and exotic.

The first use of this term was to describe the leather in the 1974 Chrysler Imperial, but the best known use of this term is from the advertising campaign for the 1976 Chrysler Cordoba, featuring celebrity spokesman Ricardo Montalbán.

PanzerFaust · Post by **PanzerFaust** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:36 am

moxham123 wrote:Did you know that Corinthian leather was a made up term and there never was actually a type of leather called this?

Corinthian leather was a phrase invented for marketing purposes used to describe the leather used in certain Chrysler luxury cars in the 1970s. In this case, "Corinthian" does not actually indicate any relationship with Corinth, nor any specific type of leather and was added simply as a linguistic cachet. In other words, it sounded fancy and exotic.

The first use of this term was to describe the leather in the 1974 Chrysler Imperial, but the best known use of this term is from the advertising campaign for the 1976 Chrysler Cordoba, featuring celebrity spokesman Ricardo Montalbán.

You can be my "Phone a Friend" Anytime..... You spend much time updating Wikipedia pages? haha....

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:55 am

PanzerFaust wrote: You can be my "Phone a Friend" Anytime..... You spend much time updating Wikipedia pages? haha....

Panzer Faust,

I will be happy to be your Phone A Friend. However, I have never updated Wikipedia. HA, HA!

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:07 am

I loved The Wrath Of Khan. It was a great movie. Then all the Star Trek movies were great.

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