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R.I.P. Rip Taylor

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  • Mikey
    Verbose Member
    • Aug 9, 2001
    • 47242

    R.I.P. Rip Taylor

    Rip Taylor always reminded me of CNR on cocaine

    Wow, 2 Rip deaths in the same year

    His wiki page
  • Megotastrophe
    Permanent Member
    • Jun 29, 2018
    • 2693

    #2
    When I saw their names my brain frequently mixed up RIP Torn and Rip Taylor.

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    • powersthatbe
      Persistent Member
      • Sep 27, 2010
      • 1959

      #3
      me too, also I thought taylor has already passed on. I think my favorite rip moment of him on the monkees episode(which seemed to be about getting high on pot

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      • LonnieFisher
        Eloquent Member
        • Jan 19, 2008
        • 10814

        #4
        R.I.P. Rip!

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        • Nostalgiabuff
          Muddling through
          • Oct 4, 2008
          • 11290

          #5
          I remember him making guest appearances in the 70s all the time. Rest in peace!

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          • Earth 2 Chris
            Verbose Member
            • Mar 7, 2004
            • 32498

            #6
            My wife saw he had passed, and asked me who he was. I told her he was "the confetti guy" and she instantly knew what I was talking about. But then she asked "But what was he in?" and all I could tell her was...everything. I couldn't think of a particular thing he was known for, other than being "the confetti guy" and showing up on pretty much everything for 40 years.

            When I was a kid, I thought he was also the guard at the door of the Emerald City in The Wizard of Oz. I guess it was the mustache?

            Chris
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            • Mikey
              Verbose Member
              • Aug 9, 2001
              • 47242

              #7
              Originally posted by Earth 2 Chris

              When I was a kid, I thought he was also the guard at the door of the Emerald City in The Wizard of Oz. I guess it was the mustache?

              Chris
              That's funny … When I was a kid I thought he was the toymaker in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang … I'd never seen or heard of Benny Hill until the mid 70's when his show was first broadcast in the USA

              The Rip Taylor Mandela Effect might be a thing

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              • PNGwynne
                Master of Fowl Play
                • Jun 5, 2008
                • 19444

                #8
                RIP Rip. Some may have considered you irritating, I found you droll.

                Chris and Mikey--It's funny, as a child I conflated Rip Taylor--The Gong Show, The $1.98 Beauty Pageant--with David Wayne's effete, squirrelly portrayal of the Mad Hatter.
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                • Megotastrophe
                  Permanent Member
                  • Jun 29, 2018
                  • 2693

                  #9
                  One of his last roles was in Precious as a child services worker. No wig no confetti. With a toned down Maria Carey.

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                  • Barnabas Collins
                    Veteran Member
                    • Feb 15, 2010
                    • 387

                    #10
                    Rip Taylor was hilarious. I got to meet him (along with many other Krofft stars) at a convention years ago. He was the same in person as on tv--always "on." He told some great stories. RIP, Rip Taylor.

                    Barnabas Collins

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                    • Earth 2 Chris
                      Verbose Member
                      • Mar 7, 2004
                      • 32498

                      #11
                      Chris and Mikey--It's funny, as a child I conflated Rip Taylor--The Gong Show, The $1.98 Beauty Pageant--with David Wayne's effete, squirrelly portrayal of the Mad Hatter.
                      Wow, you just jogged a memory. I think at one time I had him pegged as the Mad Hatter too! I didn't realize the Mad Hatter was the little white-haired doctor I saw every week when my Mom watched House Calls!!!

                      Chris
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