Penny "Laverne" Marshall Died -- Actress and groundbreaking Director

[Patrick Bateman 3966]

RIP....

 

[Knoxtnhorn 6262]

Damn.  Gonna have to drink a beer while wearing a glove tonoght, in her honor.

[Hate 20232]

Damn...RIP Penny. Looking back at some of those old shows that I watched as a kid, I’m amazed at how easily entertained we were.

[Patrick Bateman 3966]

Maybe her best movie (director).....

 

[Sbbruin 22082]

Lenny and Squiggy will be heartbroken.

RIP Penny. She was legit OG.

[Cheeseweasel 26439]

3 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Lenny and Squiggy will be heartbroken.

Hellllloooo.

[clapclapclap 9000]

An incredible loss, she was one of the greats.  Especially as a director, she often brought a different touch as compared to the usual Hollywood formula.  I thought The Preacher's Wife was outstanding in that regard.  

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

9 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Damn.  Gonna have to drink a beer while wearing a glove tonoght, in her honor.

Beer? Don't you mean milk and Pepsi?

RIP Laverne. 

[RoundRobin 828]

I’ll poor out some milk and Pepsi in her memory. 

 

Too slow. 

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[WhatTheBuck 28904]

8 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Lenny and Squiggy will be heartbroken.

I never knew at the time that Lenny was the best actor in that cast. 

Coincidentally, I happened to catch an old rerun of Murphy Brown last night that had Michael McKean as a guest star. He killed. I was in tears. He played an aging lounge singer that Murphy had a crush on in high school. A highlight was him singing "Me and Murphy Brown" to the tune of Me and Mrs. Jones. 

[AUS-97HORN 11991]

true legend.  she was damn good in whatever field she chose.

[Sbbruin 22082]

15 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

I never knew at the time that Lenny was the best actor in that cast. 

Coincidentally, I happened to catch an old rerun of Murphy Brown last night that had Michael McKean as a guest star. He killed. I was in tears. He played an aging lounge singer that Murphy had a crush on in high school. A highlight was him singing "Me and Murphy Brown" to the tune of Me and Mrs. Jones. 

He'll always be David St. Hubbins to me.

[retread 2951]

RIP. Definitely a simpler time. So many great show like L&S and Happy Days.

[phdhorn 6224]

Sister of Garry Marshall, another giant... developed Happy Days and all those spinoffs (Mork, Laverne/Shirley, etc.).  Terrific actor, producer, writer (writing credits among some of the best shows on TV ever).  They were close and a helluva team.  Garry died 2 years ago.  RIP both...

[smwhorn 484]

1 hour ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Maybe her best movie (director).....

 

A great movie but so was A League of Their Own.  RIP Penny.

[RPM 26560]

Myrna Turner. Best secretary Oscar Madison ever had.

 

[Underdog 29102]

AOTL is one of the top sports movies, always a channel surfing stop whenever on. 

[bluto 4980]

Just watched it this past weekend. Damn solid baseball flick and oh so damn quotable

[Underdog 29102]

I think it’s better than The Natural, Field of Dreams and most certainly Major League. 

[retread 2951]

That's how I always heard it

 

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[BERT 4488]

1 hour ago, Underdog said:

I think it’s better than The Natural, Field of Dreams and most certainly Major League. 

Tap the brakes there buddy

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

1 hour ago, Underdog said:

I think it’s better than The Natural, Field of Dreams and most certainly Major League. 

Debatable, wrong, VERY wrong

anything else I can help you think?

[Brisketexan 106618]

The mourners should all look like this:

[TrashMaster G 18030]

2 hours ago, Underdog said:

AOTL is one of the top sports movies, always a channel surfing stop whenever on. 

Maybe ALOTO?

2 hours ago, Underdog said:

I think it’s better than The Natural, Field of Dreams and most certainly Major League. 

Nope.  Big Nope.  Huge Nope.

But thanks for playing.

[smwhorn 484]

2 hours ago, Underdog said:

I think it’s better than The Natural, Field of Dreams and most certainly Major League. 

Agree.  Big Nope.  Agree.

[Dbeasy 15526]

I think it’s better than The Natural, Field of Dreams and most certainly Major League. 

Ok stop right there. Field of Dreams is legendary.

[phdhorn 6224]

2 hours ago, Underdog said:

I think it’s better than The Natural, Field of Dreams and most certainly Major League. 

I'll give you one out of four:
1) Major League 
2) The Natural
3) ALOTO
4) Field of Dreams

[Jerry Callo 8952]

You made me laugh, Penny.  Thank you.  RIP

[Underdog 29102]

In no particular order, well, maybe The Bad News Bears @ #1. 

The Bad News Bears

Bull Durham

A League of their Own

The Rookie

 

[Lhorn 5080]

5 hours ago, Hate said:

Damn...RIP Penny. Looking back at some of those old shows that I watched as a kid, I’m amazed at how easily entertained we were.

Damn..

but also very true.

[Deej 77671]

Better be a big L on the coffin.

[Deej 77671]

5 hours ago, Hate said:

Damn...RIP Penny. Looking back at some of those old shows that I watched as a kid, I’m amazed at how easily entertained we were.

When one of your other three options was PBS...

[MrPhlegm 3413]

RIP Sexy Lady

[DanRydell 799]

I think it’s better than The Natural, Field of Dreams and most certainly Major League. 

Agreed, and I love all three of those.

[Patrick Bateman 3966]

Love me some A League of Their Own.  It's hilarious and is there a more famous baseball move line the, "There's not crying in baseball!"?

Not sure it beats The Natural, Field of Dreams (which is as much a family movie), or Bull Durham, but aren't those the big 5 in Modern Times right there, along with Major League?  There are some other good baseball movies like Eight Men Out or Moneyball or The Sandlot, but League is definitely right there in the discussion as a top tier baseball movie of all-time.

Awakenings is a underrated Penny movie as well.  I never understood why she wasn't more prolific in her directing career.  Maybe it was the institutional sexism in the industry at the time but she obviously had the chops for it.  She pretty much quits after a Preacher's Wife.... doing only one more film.  Never made much sense.  I 

 

 

[RPM 26560]

I think we can all agree ALOTO is a great baseball movie and the GOAT of AAGPBL movies.

[Pato del Muerto 53331]

This has zero to do with penny Marshall RIP, but it seems many of you have never seen Bang the Drum Slowly. 

[RPM 26560]

We don't want to go down the baseball movie rabbit hole. That's for another thread and I started it here.

 

[Bama Llama 1505]

I hope her soul passes "near Mexico" on its way to eternal peace.  Need us more like Penny in this ole verldt.

[Post Oak 20551]

15 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

You made me laugh, Penny.  Thank you.  RIP

That's how I feel.  Simple but imo it's quite a legacy.

[Rabidhorn 121]

On 12/18/2018 at 2:57 PM, Underdog said:

I think it’s better than The Natural, Field of Dreams and most certainly Major League. 

Hahahaha.

[notre dame joe 202]

On ‎12‎/‎18‎/‎2018 at 4:38 PM, smwhorn said:

Agree.  Big Nope.  Agree.

No, About Equal, Yes