Patrick Swayze was in Dirty Dancing 2 and you can't inflict any more pain on society than to be in that movie. Although Point Break wasn't bad. Anyway, I'm not into making fun of the dead unless they were assholes, and this is actually really unfortunate, so I'll just tell the facts as they're coming out. The Daily Mail (UK) says:
Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and has been given only five weeks to live. For the past month, the 55-year-old actor has been travelling to Stanford University's prestigious cancer centre in Palo Alto for radical chemotherapy, The National Enquirer has reported.
He received three doses of chemotherapy and the tumour shrank but it was less than his doctors had hoped for, according to the report.
A source was quoted in the magazine as saying: "He was told he could have two more treatments, but his cancer was not responding. In short - they held out little hope for a cure."
Fortunately we have VHS copies of Red Dawn and Roadhouse to honor his memory, but basically this just sucks. Although I can promise you that if he doesn't make it it was God's will. And if he does it was God's will. And if he does, and then doesn't, it was God's will. So we're in good hands pretty much no matter what happens.
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To quote Bohdi from Point Break:
"Little hand says it's time to rock and roll.". Yes, it's that time Swayze.
This is the best - scroll to pic #1...
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2008/03/04/the-top-20-stupid-faces-made-by-patrick-swayze-in-ghost/
That movie had a ton of great lines in it. How about this one from the partner FBI guy played by Gary Busey. (The blog has now come full circle, it is like the seven degrees of Bacon but for Busey.)
Pappas: Let me tell you something, Harp. I was in this bureau while you were still popping zits on your funny face and jacking off to the lingerie section of the Sears catalog. But there's something I've learned in all my years...
That one struck a little too close to home for me. Then they named the guy Johnny Utah and I thought God was trying to tell me something.
Here is a line that made me think of you Wogget.
[Walking Utah through the FBI office]
Ben Harp: You know nothing. In fact, you know less than nothing. If you knew that you knew nothing, then that would be something, but you don't.
Here is another one from Busey's memorable character.
Pappas: I'm so hungry I could eat the ass end out of a dead rhino, I should have had you get me three of these things!
For the record I have never been that hungry. Close but not quite there.
Dude you need to post the Saturday Night Live skit of Patrick and Chris Farley as Chip and Dale dancers. That is by far some of Patrick's best work. You know when Patrick gets to heaven God is going to round up Chris and have them do that one for him one more time.
I will end with a quote from Patrick himself as Bodhi, my favorite character he played in a movie.
Bodhi: Shit happens.
This on is for you elayne:
Bodhi: Goddamn! You are one radical son of a bitch!
The Dude is actually very sad about this. He never cared about Patrick Swayze and all that dancing was ridiculous, but it's just shitty for anyone to be cut down in the prime of life like that.
Anyway, moving on, Elayne's link was amazing. Jesus Christ Elayne, where you do find this stuff? You never cease to amaze me.
Dave, I did not realize Gary Busey was in that movie. I probably saw him and thought it was "that other guy". It's like with Bill Pullman, too.
Where is Wooget and why can't The Dude get more commenters on this blog? Anonymous posted today, on the old posting about CILFs. That was pretty cool.
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