"Who was Joan of Arc?" "Uh, Noah's wife?"

September 20, 2017 8:19 PM

Bernie Casey, NFL player, actor, painter, and poet, has passed at the age of 78.
posted by hanov3r (15 comments total)

Revenge of the Nerds AND Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure! A heady legacy.

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posted by Chrysostom at 8:31 PM on September 20, 2017

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posted by jim in austin at 8:40 PM on September 20, 2017

Classic dude.

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posted by rhizome at 8:58 PM on September 20, 2017

At whatever cool place he landed, I hope he was met by his own theme music.


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posted by droplet at 9:45 PM on September 20, 2017 [3 favorites]

I'd forgotten he was in Never Say Never Again, too, but I may have blocked out everything in that film but the video game that electrocutes Bond.

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posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 10:54 PM on September 20, 2017 [1 favorite]

Gargoyles is a damn great movie.

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posted by lapolla at 11:23 PM on September 20, 2017

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posted by shoesietart at 1:02 AM on September 21, 2017

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posted by filtergik at 3:39 AM on September 21, 2017

Also, Spies Like Us.

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posted by condour75 at 5:09 AM on September 21, 2017 [3 favorites]

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posted by doctornecessiter at 5:18 AM on September 21, 2017

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posted by allthinky at 6:27 AM on September 21, 2017

Cal Hudson.

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posted by Halloween Jack at 6:30 AM on September 21, 2017 [2 favorites]

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posted by prodigalsun at 7:49 AM on September 21, 2017

I think of his small-but-great role in Revenge of the Nerds as the Lambda Lambda Lambda head. Great straight man.
posted by zardoz at 5:23 PM on September 21, 2017

The first black Felix Leiter in Never Say Never Again.

Burt Reynolds' awesome Zen sidekick in Sharky's Machine. "They broke him like a stick. They Kung-fu'd him."
posted by kirkaracha at 8:29 AM on September 22, 2017 [1 favorite]