RIP That Guy Who Was in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

December 6, 2007 12:50 AM

Though best known for his role as hunky Lance Rocke in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, the actor/author was also distinguished by a career as a beefcake pin-up boy. Sadly, he has passed away at the age of 67.
posted by dhammond (25 comments total)

This obituary seems... less than sincere.

Also, less than notable.
posted by dersins at 1:07 AM on December 6, 2007

Truth be told, I'm a big fan.
posted by dhammond at 1:08 AM on December 6, 2007

Someone please edit this so it makes sense.
posted by fire&wings at 1:59 AM on December 6, 2007

Oh, hey look! He had a name, too! It was Michael Blodgett.

(Is that a spoiler?)
posted by Kirth Gerson at 2:43 AM on December 6, 2007

Name the guy in your FPP for f***k's sake.
posted by autodidact at 3:26 AM on December 6, 2007

I don't know that you'll be awarded any karma points for making an obit post about a guy with the only apparent goal of making it clear that no one should care anyway, but...

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posted by Alex404 at 3:27 AM on December 6, 2007

Lotta hate, right outta the gates.

I give a thumbs up any post that includes the terms 'beefcake' and 'hunky'.

And the red head in the 5th link is teh hawt.
posted by Dagobert at 4:22 AM on December 6, 2007

Thank you for honoring my father.
posted by Henry C. Mabuse at 4:56 AM on December 6, 2007

Z-man, you're a chick!

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posted by jonp72 at 5:02 AM on December 6, 2007

Is it post your favorite obscure obituary week?
posted by arnold at 5:29 AM on December 6, 2007

And the red head in the 5th link is teh hawt.

The cheesecake in BTVotD is, well, it can only be described as epic.

BTVotD is also the most tasteful movie ever made. A character leaps to his or her death, so Meyer superimposes the sound of a diving Stuka over it. Class-y, as only Russ Meyer can bring you.

(it's really a weird, blippy movie that's well worth watching just for that reason)
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 7:06 AM on December 6, 2007

BTVotD is also the most tasteful movie ever made. A character leaps to his or her death, so Meyer superimposes the sound of a diving Stuka over it. Class-y, as only Russ Meyer can bring you.

Don't forget the abortion scene followed by a jump cut to pouring pancake batter.
posted by jonp72 at 7:22 AM on December 6, 2007

BONUS - He's got mad C++ skillz.
</coder crush>
posted by LordSludge at 8:57 AM on December 6, 2007 [1 favorite]

Fare thee well, Jungle Lad.

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posted by space2k at 9:13 AM on December 6, 2007

Wow, so only Notable and Esteemed Worthies Who Kick the Bucket deserve a FPP? What is this, the Times of London? Even they let their hair down recently and published Evel Knievel's obit (complete with appropriately stuffy references to his being "an amalgam of resilience and weakness").
posted by blucevalo at 9:15 AM on December 6, 2007

Personallly, I'm glad this was posted. One my favorite movies ever...

HOLIDAY SEASON IS HARD.
posted by space2k at 9:21 AM on December 6, 2007

In college we had a good drinking games that we companioned with each Russ Meyer movie. With Beyond the Valley of The Dolls every time a charachter took a pill you ate a tick tack and washed it down with a shot of Tequila.
posted by tkchrist at 9:44 AM on December 6, 2007

Jungle Lad wrote the screenplay for Turner & Hooch! I did not know that. Wild weird stuff.
posted by jonp72 at 10:06 AM on December 6, 2007

He's puffing a blunt with pimp c in b-list heaven.
posted by 2sheets at 10:20 AM on December 6, 2007

Wow, so only Notable and Esteemed Worthies Who Kick the Bucket deserve a FPP?

Well, the line has to be drawn somewhere, doesn't it? I mean, unless you want to see tens (or even hundreds) of thousands of obituary posts every day, you have to say that some deaths are worthy of a post to metafilter, and others, not.

I mean, maybe you do want that-- maybe you ARE that obsessed with the recently deceased-- but, if so, you should probably hang out at this site instead of at Metafilter.
posted by dersins at 10:40 AM on December 6, 2007

He gave a great performance in that movie. Lance Rocke RIP
posted by cell divide at 10:47 AM on December 6, 2007

This FPP is some guy's happening and it's freaking me out.
posted by First Post at 12:52 PM on December 6, 2007 [1 favorite]

No regrets.

Would post again.

Rest in Peace, Mr. Blodgett.
posted by dhammond at 1:58 PM on December 6, 2007 [1 favorite]

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posted by davros42 at 3:23 PM on December 6, 2007

So pretty.
posted by dhammond at 1:38 AM on December 7, 2007