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Charles Rocket will not be in the sequel to Dances with Wolves

post #1 of 13
10/17/05 at 2:31pm
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Wow...I'm more interested in the fact that he slit his own throat. What a way to go.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/1....ap/index.html
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post #2 of 13
10/17/05 at 2:33pm
Utterly wrong forum.
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post #3 of 13
10/17/05 at 2:40pm
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Sorry about that. Please move it wherever you deem it more appropriate.
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post #4 of 13
10/17/05 at 2:50pm
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His movie credits included "Earth Girls are Easy," "Dumb and Dumber" and "Dances With Wolves," according to the Internet Movie Database.
That last bit seems strangely sarcastic.
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post #5 of 13
10/17/05 at 2:52pm
Yeah, cutting one's throat is about the most hardcore way one can go. He must have been depressed about something fierce.
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post #6 of 13
10/17/05 at 2:53pm
It's kind of sad that they had to hit IMDB for his credits. No agents or friends to contact for the info?
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post #7 of 13
10/17/05 at 2:56pm
I just think it's weird that they say "according to IMDB", almost like it's the kind of information that could be disputed.

"Hey! He was not in Earth Girls Are Easy! Goddam liberal media! It's Memogate all over again!"
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post #8 of 13
10/17/05 at 5:07pm
Wait, he died ten days ago and this if the first we're hearing of it?
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post #9 of 13
10/17/05 at 6:37pm
For some reason, my lasting image is of Mr. Rocket as "Dr. Love" in EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY.

No man deserve such a lasting memory.
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post #10 of 13
10/17/05 at 7:41pm
I'll always remember him for saying fuck on Saturday Night Live.
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post #11 of 13
10/17/05 at 7:51pm
Wow, if anyone was going to kill themselves from the early 80's era of "SNL" I would have guessed Tim Kasurinsky, Kasurzinsky? Kaza... You know, Sweetchuck.

I wonder if this was Rocket's shrewd ploy to finally get a "Best Of SNL" DVD of his memorable work, or at least have his memorable work be a bonus feature on someone funnier's "Best Of" disc.
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post #12 of 13
10/17/05 at 8:17pm
I must admit to feeling slightly bummed about this. Rocket was never gonna be more than a C-lister after his association with one of SNL's worst seasons ever, and the notoriety of being booted after saying 'fuck' on live TV was always going to be his epitaph.

But I quite liked him as Bruce Willis's brother on a couple of MOONLIGHTING episodes, was pleasantly surprised in 'Hey, It's That Guy' kind of way when he appeared in DANCES WITH WOLVES and thought he was sort of cool in an Albert Pyun movie (yeah, I know) called DOWN TWISTED.

Wonder if he and any other cast members from the Doumanian era of SNL got invited to that 25th anniversary special a few years back? Jeez, they would have felt like lepers in that room - even the crew from the the '85-'86 season would have cold-shouldered 'em.

Rest in peace, Mr Rocket.
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post #13 of 13
10/17/05 at 11:33pm
There were some good/odd things in those years (Francis Ford Coppola "directing" a John Goodman episode, where the first skit is the Honeymooners, and Jackie Gleason punches his wife after threatening to). Crystal, and Short, etc. They played them on Comedy Central mixed in with Lovitz/Hartman/Carvey stuff. Rocket wasn't bad, and he was one of the central players. That he seemed to lose his career over one word was sad.
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