RIP Dolemite!

[Gazoo]

Rudy Ray Moore, 81, of diabetes complications:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/21/obit.moore.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

My first SF roommate had a friend, Dee Dee Russell, with a public-access TV show.  She devoted part of an episode to a celebration of Rudy Ray as Dolemite; I believe Mark saw it at some gathering at my place in '96 or '97.  Classic.

[Lightnin' Rod]

Rudy Ray Moore, 81, of diabetes complications:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/21/obit.moore.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

My first SF roommate had a friend, Dee Dee Russell, with a public-access TV show.  She devoted part of an episode to a celebration of Rudy Ray as Dolemite; I believe Mark saw it at some gathering at my place in '96 or '97.  Classic.

I have friends who can quote long bits from Dolemite routines.  We used to play Rudy Ray on camping trips, sitting around the camp fire.  Good time.  RIP.

[RGMike]

Rudy Ray Moore, 81, of diabetes complications:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/21/obit.moore.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

My first SF roommate had a friend, Dee Dee Russell, with a public-access TV show.  She devoted part of an episode to a celebration of Rudy Ray as Dolemite; I believe Mark saw it at some gathering at my place in '96 or '97.  Classic.

I have friends who can quote long bits from Dolemite routines.  We used to play Rudy Ray on camping trips, sitting around the camp fire.  Good time.  RIP.

I've never seen Dolemite, but I'm fascinated by its influence -- this is a movie that truly existed on the fringe of "blaxploitation"; most white people in the '70s had heard of Sweet Sweetback, for example (despite its limited release), but Dolemite barely played in *any* theaters, yet black people of a certain age have all seen it. I did not become aware of Dolemite until many years later -- and I was a film junkie. It became a white-hipster fave on video.

[Lightnin' Rod]

Rudy Ray Moore, 81, of diabetes complications:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/21/obit.moore.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

My first SF roommate had a friend, Dee Dee Russell, with a public-access TV show.  She devoted part of an episode to a celebration of Rudy Ray as Dolemite; I believe Mark saw it at some gathering at my place in '96 or '97.  Classic.

I have friends who can quote long bits from Dolemite routines.  We used to play Rudy Ray on camping trips, sitting around the camp fire.  Good time.  RIP.

I've never seen Dolemite, but I'm fascinated by its influence -- this is a movie that truly existed on the fringe of "blaxploitation"; most white people in the '70s had heard of Sweet Sweetback, for example (despite its limited release), but Dolemite barely played in *any* theaters, yet black people of a certain age have all seen it. I did not become aware of Dolemite until many years later -- and I was a film junkie. It became a white-hipster fave on video.

I don't think I've seen the movie either, just listened to his albums -- material to make Red Foxx blush.

[RGMike]

Rudy Ray Moore, 81, of diabetes complications:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/21/obit.moore.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

My first SF roommate had a friend, Dee Dee Russell, with a public-access TV show.  She devoted part of an episode to a celebration of Rudy Ray as Dolemite; I believe Mark saw it at some gathering at my place in '96 or '97.  Classic.

I have friends who can quote long bits from Dolemite routines.  We used to play Rudy Ray on camping trips, sitting around the camp fire.  Good time.  RIP.

I've never seen Dolemite, but I'm fascinated by its influence -- this is a movie that truly existed on the fringe of "blaxploitation"; most white people in the '70s had heard of Sweet Sweetback, for example (despite its limited release), but Dolemite barely played in *any* theaters, yet black people of a certain age have all seen it. I did not become aware of Dolemite until many years later -- and I was a film junkie. It became a white-hipster fave on video.

I don't think I've seen the movie either, just listened to his albums -- material to make Red Foxx blush.

[Gazoo]

Happy Friday to you too, Mike   

[RGMike]

Happy Friday to you too, Mike   

That belongs on that "worst LP covers" list, no?