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A little post for Tim Curry

I know it's a bit late, but i have this screenshot from a Mastodon post that is funny.

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owenfromcanada lemmy.ca owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca
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I primarily knew him from Muppet Treasure Island.

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chemical_cutthroat lemmy.world chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
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Legend for me, but not until a few years after it's home video release. My parents got it after Willow was a hit with me, and... well...

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Lushed_Lungfish lemmy.ca Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca
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He was the oh so smarmily, charmingly, evil Cardinal Richelieu in the Three Musketeers for me.

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bizarroland lemmy.world bizarroland@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-08
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For me, it was Hexxus in "Ferngully, the last Rainforest".

Both him and Robin Williams gave amazing performances for an animated movie for kids.

To this day, whenever I stumble or trip and fall, I still catch myself saying "Gravity works", or when I touch something disgusting, I'll end up singing "Slime beneath me, ooh, slime up above!"

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CerebralHawks lemmy.dbzer0.com cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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IT. The 1990 TV movie.

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raglan lemmy.world raglan@lemmy.world
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Legend for me, but not until a few years after it's home video release. My parents got it after Willow was a hit with me, and... well...

Saw it in theater as an 8yr old. My little mind was blown by the final speech he did as darkness.

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๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐ŸŒ€ ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ณ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ pawb.social Kolanaki@pawb.social
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I can't even remember. Probably the Muppets. I did know of him before he was ever in Command & Conquer, tho. IIRC, Clue is older than C&C too. Came out the same year I was born.

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Bitflip lemmy.ml Bitflip@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-27
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Home Alone 2

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Eldritch piefed.world Eldritch@piefed.world
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Legend for me, but not until a few years after it's home video release. My parents got it after Willow was a hit with me, and... well...

Yep, legend here as well. It was all over HBO Showtime and Cinemax in the mid 80s.

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frustrated_phagocytosis fedia.io frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io
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For me, it was Hexxus in "Ferngully, the last Rainforest". Both him and Robin Williams gave amazing performances for an animated movie for kids. To this day, whenever I stumble or trip and fall, I still catch myself saying "Gravity works", or when I touch something disgusting, I'll end up singing "Slime beneath me, ooh, slime up above!"

Toxic Love plays randomly in my head to this day. Right now it's that and Jolene going back and forth which is an interesting contrast.

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Dr. Bob lemmy.ca DrBob@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-05
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Rocky Horror.

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Gristle lemmy.world tkohldesac@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
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Long John to his friends.

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TheTechnician27 lemmy.world TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-25
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Scooby Doo! Night of 100 Frights.

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Omnifarious lemmy.world natedog526@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
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For me, that would have to be Captain Hook of Peter Pan and the Pirates.

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cheers_queers lemmy.zip cheers_queers@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-04
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first saw him in Clue but that doesnt show my age, i first saw it about ten years ago lol

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Drusas fedia.io Drusas@fedia.io
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He was so prolific throughout my childhood that it's hard to even think of just one. IT, Clue, The Three Musketeers, Congo....

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bizarroland lemmy.world bizarroland@lemmy.world
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Toxic Love plays randomly in my head to this day. Right now it's that and Jolene going back and forth which is an interesting contrast.

What. Happened. To. The. ENER-GY!?

It is such a quotable movie.

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HM King Charles III DG FD feddit.uk Flax_vert@feddit.uk
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Annie

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4am lemmy.zip 4am@lemmy.zip
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โ€œEughweare ipfz zee meekeowfilm?โ€

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SmokedBillionaire sh.itjust.works SmokedBillionaire@sh.itjust.works
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He was the oh so smarmily, charmingly, evil Cardinal Richelieu in the Three Musketeers for me.

I think this and The Hunt for Red October are my earliest memories of him. Muppet Treasure Island is probably my favorite though.

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ToiletFlushShowerScream piefed.world ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world
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He was the oh so smarmily, charmingly, evil Cardinal Richelieu in the Three Musketeers for me.

He was having too much fun in that role.

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Undearius lemmy.ca Undearius@lemmy.ca
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Nigel Thornberry from The Wild Thornberrys

But more iconically from Rocky Horror.

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SayJess piefed.blahaj.zone SayJess@piefed.blahaj.zone
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Nigel Thornberry from The Wild Thornberrys But more iconically from Rocky Horror.

He absolutely made that show so awesome.

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qualia lemmy.world qualia@lemmy.world
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Wadsworth, Mr Boddy's butler.

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2hundredpancakes lemmy.blahaj.zone 2hundredpancakes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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"I'm going to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism! SPACE!"

I just love when actors are clearly having a great time in their role. It makes me happy. RIP Tim Curry, truly we lost a good one.

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kaidenshi lemmy.world kaidenshi@lemmy.world
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SinningStromgald lemmy.world SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
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Clue.

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sartalon lemmy.world sartalon@lemmy.world
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I LOVED Legend growing up. I did not recognize him as Tim Curry though, until later in life.

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kablez lemmy.world kablez@lemmy.world
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Welcome to Toonstruck! Mwahahaha

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CromulantCrow lemmy.zip CromulantCrow@lemmy.zip
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In the theater watching Rocky Horror, toast flying, newspaper on heads, people up at the front acting it out. good times...

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sangriaferret sh.itjust.works sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works
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Clue.

I just watched it (for the thirtieth time) in his honor.

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blindbunny lemmy.ml blindbunny@lemmy.ml
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#33 · Quote Reply

I primarily knew him from Muppet Treasure Island.

Yo same

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heliotrope slrpnk.net heliotrope@slrpnk.net
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Mr. Hector (the concierge) in Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992)

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FarceOfWill infosec.pub FarceOfWill@infosec.pub
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Mr. Hector (the concierge) in Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992)

I still think of him as having a giant grinch grin

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sem piefed.blahaj.zone sem@piefed.blahaj.zone
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Nigel Thornberry from The Wild Thornberrys But more iconically from Rocky Horror.

Til that was him

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sem piefed.blahaj.zone sem@piefed.blahaj.zone
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Home Alone 2

Same, i was probably 7

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stephan262 lemmy.world stephan262@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-25
#38 · Quote Reply

Nigel Thornberry from The Wild Thornberrys But more iconically from Rocky Horror.

I cannot think of the word smashing without thinking of his voice.

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tetris11 feddit.uk tetris11@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-02-17
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Tim Curry and Alan Rickman never starred in the same film together, TIL

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antianarchist sopuli.xyz antianarchist@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2026-08-08
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Yeahโ€ฆ same.
Only know him of C&C and the awesome movie Congo (including the awesome PC game)

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DLS lemmy.world DLS@lemmy.world
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I know him as Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island... What age does that make me?

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Killer57 lemmy.ca Killer57@lemmy.ca
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#42 · (edited) Quote Reply

Vladikov from McHales Navy

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SapphironZA sh.itjust.works SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works
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RedSnt โ™พ๏ธ๐Ÿฆ‹โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ‘“๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿง feddit.dk RedSnt@feddit.dk
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#44 · Quote Reply

Ron Gilbert, what a legend. If you haven't played Thimbleweed Park you've been missing out.

I didn't know it was Tim Curry, but I'm pretty sure that his performance that I saw was in "Legend". Then most likely IT.
I don't didn't I played enough Wing Commander III (also feat. Mark Hamill, John Davies Rhys and other known actors, absolutely stacked for its time) to have met the character that Tim Curry voiced there, but I for sure played enough Toonstruck to have heard his acting there! Also an amazing game which features Christopher Lloyd.

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CetaceanNeeded lemmy.world CetaceanNeeded@lemmy.world
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Mr. Hector (the concierge) in Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992)

This for me too, I had Home Alone 2 recorded off the TV on VHS as a kid.

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FryHyde lemmy.zip FryHyde@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-12-27
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Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster on CD-ROM

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tpyo lemmy.world tpyo@lemmy.world
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#47 · Quote Reply

Nigel Thornberry from The Wild Thornberrys But more iconically from Rocky Horror.

That was one of my favorites, and I love Nigel so much. You blew my mind with this, I had absolutely no clue. He was ever present in our upbringing

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tpyo lemmy.world tpyo@lemmy.world
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I just watched it (for the thirtieth time) in his honor.

Such a great movie I fell in love with the movie and the Butler the first time I saw it, and is on the list of "will watch repeatedly"

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BetterDev programming.dev BetterDev@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-06-13
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Home Alone 2

This is how I remember him, despite all his way more iconic and memorable roles.

I just see that big ol' grin when the credit card comes up stolen.

"Mmmmhehehe" it says to me.

Pure 90's nostalgia. ๐Ÿ‘Œ

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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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Welcome to Toonstruck! Mwahahaha

special room for special people!

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Ertain feddit.online Ertain@feddit.online
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#51 · Quote Reply

Ron Gilbert, what a legend. If you haven't played Thimbleweed Park you've been missing out. I didn't know it was Tim Curry, but I'm pretty sure that his performance that I saw was in "Legend". Then most likely IT. I don't didn't I played enough Wing Commander III (also feat. Mark Hamill, John Davies Rhys and other known actors, absolutely stacked for its time) to have met the character that Tim...

Thimbleweed Park is good. I'm sure the sequel is going to be good, too.

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