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drewprops
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
 
2009-04-28, 00:15

Of course I'm talking about Maude.... I mean, Bea Arthur.

Although I suspect she's largely irrelevant to the memebers of AppleNova (as you're either too young, too foreign, or too frightened of pants-suited women (as am I)), I think it's still important to commemorate the passing of a Golden Girl.

My friend Geoffrey Brown (composer of the song we used for the theme in our PiratePalooza video series) wrote a very catchy, very college coffeeshop-esque tribute song about Bea Arthur called "I Want to Be Bea Arthur", which has this line in it "I want to be a woman who sounds like a man".



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crazychester
Dick in the Abstentia, The
 
Join Date: May 2004
 
2009-04-28, 02:43

God, I thought you were talking about me but I was almost certain I wasn't that old yet.

But being dead would explain a helluva lot.

Bye Bea. Safe journey's end, babe. You sound like I would have liked you.
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addabox
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: oaktown
 
2009-04-28, 02:48

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But being dead would explain a helluva lot.
Funny, I've had that exact thought, lately.
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curiousuburb
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: that interweb thing
 
2009-04-28, 06:09

Noted

Be warned, there are links to Bea's performance in the 1979 SWHS.
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@_@ Artman
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Philly
 
2009-04-28, 08:09

I think some youngsters might know her via FARK or Golden Girls.

I myself remember watching Maude. Not for Beatrice mind you...



But rest in peace Bea, you were a funny lady.

EDIT: Better link. Scroll down and watch Bea Arthur roast Pamela Anderson. nsfw

"I always question the received reality. The consensus reality is often intentionally misleading." - George Carlin

Last edited by @_@ Artman : 2009-04-28 at 08:27.
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FFL
Fishhead Family Reunited
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Slightly Off Center
 
2009-04-28, 09:31

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God, I thought you were talking about me but I was almost certain I wasn't that old yet.

But being dead would explain a helluva lot.
The Early Bird Cafe

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She laughed like temple bells, kissed me on the cheek and then
Said "It's hard.....to be alive sometimes..... and easy to be dead."
Listen - it's a beautiful song that's pretty much unknown (even though John Mellenkamp absolutely loves it).
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RowdyScot
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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2009-04-28, 11:42

Goodbye, Bea. Thanks for the laughs.
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Foj
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Atlanta
 
2009-04-28, 12:46

Thank you for being a friend......
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