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RIP Tatsuo Umemiya

Japanese actor Tatsuo Umemiya died Dec. 12. He had been being treated for several different cancers. He was 81.

MSTies will remember his performance in the title role of the movie in episode 816- PRINCE OF SPACE.

UPDATE: He died of kidney failure at a hospital near Tokyo.

The only news story we have so far is in Japanese. Google translates it as well as it can.

Here’s an English article.

Thanks to Tim for the heads up.

RIP Carroll Spinney

Connecticut–Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Dec. 8 at his home here according to the Sesame Workshop. He was 85.
MSTies will recall that Big Bird was mentioned in a host segment in episode 318- STAR FORCE – FUGITIVE ALIEN II.

People Magazine has the story.

Thanks to Tim for the heads up.

Kevin and Trace in Chicago

Kevin Murphy and Trace Beaulieu will be joining radio station WDCB in a special live broadcast celebrating the 50th Anniversary of its “Those Were The Days” program on Saturday, May 2, 2020. If you’re in Chicago and would like to attend, you can get tickets here.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Ballyhoo Extras We Might Have Had

Alert regular “Sitting Duck” writes:

A disappointing aspect of the physical media releases for Seasons 11 and 12 is the dearth of features from Ballyhoo Motion Pictures. What Nexflix-era subject matter do you wish could have been given the Ballyhoo treatment and what title would you have given the feature? A suggestion I once heard that I found particularly appealing was one on the career of the star of the two Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptations with the title, “Hi, I’m Doug McClure”.

Have at it!