Jack Valenti dies at 85

April 27, 2007 2:21 AM

Jack Valenti. War hero, special assistant to LBJ & sometimes controversial president of the Motion Picture Association of America died today aged 85. He truly was a PG gentleman in an NC-17 world.
posted by seanyboy (42 comments total)

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posted by seanyboy at 2:22 AM on April 27, 2007

Don't nobody say nothing bad about him!!!
posted by dreamsign at 2:22 AM on April 27, 2007

Uh...
posted by chillmost at 2:26 AM on April 27, 2007

and...
posted by dreamsign at 2:27 AM on April 27, 2007

See ya later alligator!
posted by chillmost at 2:29 AM on April 27, 2007

Sorry for the snark, seanyboy. I think I was just delighted by the combination of the 2nd Valenti thread, in which MeFites were admonished to keep their comments positive, and the original, which by that time was already chock full o' bile.
posted by dreamsign at 2:29 AM on April 27, 2007

Damn my eyes. I truly didn't see the original.
posted by seanyboy at 2:35 AM on April 27, 2007

Since this is a double, let me just call Jack Valenti an asshat so we can get it over with.
posted by chuckdarwin at 2:47 AM on April 27, 2007

Ta-ripple!

Seriously, is "valenti" too difficult a a word to find in a mefi search?
posted by zardoz at 2:54 AM on April 27, 2007

Video reruns already?
posted by Smart Dalek at 2:55 AM on April 27, 2007

"In a world gone mad..."
posted by maxwelton at 3:23 AM on April 27, 2007

Full. Stop.
posted by Elmore at 3:50 AM on April 27, 2007

Somebody else won the newsfilter race.
posted by LarryC at 4:39 AM on April 27, 2007

Multiple deaths are becoming more and more common round here at MeFi.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:21 AM on April 27, 2007

You know the first time I heard about him passing , I didn't care but now. . .
posted by nola at 5:37 AM on April 27, 2007

If you'd just drive a stake through their hearts before burying them maybe they'd stay dead so we wouldn't end up with 3 obituary posts in under 24 hours for one guy. Sure, zombies or other forms of undead seem like a great idea, they're cute and cuddly right up until they eat your brains or drink your blood.
posted by substrate at 5:43 AM on April 27, 2007

Now y'all are just rubbing it in.
posted by moonbiter at 6:13 AM on April 27, 2007

You'll be getting a letter from the MPAA about illegally dubbing this post.
posted by WinnipegDragon at 6:26 AM on April 27, 2007

Wow, is this thread still here?
posted by chillmost at 6:30 AM on April 27, 2007

How horrible! Dying once is bad enough, but three times!
posted by byronimation at 6:35 AM on April 27, 2007

He's still a douche, btw.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:36 AM on April 27, 2007

::checks::

yup, still dead.
posted by pxe2000 at 6:40 AM on April 27, 2007

Weekend at Valenti's III
posted by pardonyou? at 6:43 AM on April 27, 2007

Stake the heart, cut off the head, stuff the mouth with garlic, bury the whole mess at a crossroads...seriously, this isn't that hard!
posted by kittens for breakfast at 6:57 AM on April 27, 2007

I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone. -- Jack Valenti

Dosn't sound very PG to me.
posted by delmoi at 7:00 AM on April 27, 2007

You know how the MeTa sidebar lists proposed meet-ups, so that there doesn't have to be a new thread about each of them every couple of days? We need that for obitfilters, but it needs to be on the new post page. Just a list that says:

We already know that the following people are dead:
James Brown
Anna Nicole Smith
Kurt Vonnegut
Jack Valenti

Then all you would have to do would be to glance at that list before hitting 'Post".
posted by ND¢ at 7:17 AM on April 27, 2007

is this a pirated copy of the Mefi Jack Valenti thread?
posted by Busithoth at 7:20 AM on April 27, 2007

We already know that the following people are dead:
James Brown
Anna Nicole Smith
Kurt Vonnegut
Jack Valenti

OMG!!! James Brown is dead?!!

*scurries to make FPP*
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:21 AM on April 27, 2007

LOLLERCOASTER
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 7:24 AM on April 27, 2007

Last post!
posted by evilcolonel at 7:30 AM on April 27, 2007

He's still dead? And this thread is still alive? Damn.
posted by terrapin at 7:38 AM on April 27, 2007

Am I too late for the dead pool? I missed Yeltsin, too, dammit.
posted by malaprohibita at 7:39 AM on April 27, 2007

I was at the beach last week and didn't watch the news or read the paper, and I had no idea that Boris Yeltsin was dead until 40 minutes ago when you made that comment.
posted by ND¢ at 8:19 AM on April 27, 2007

You know who else is dead?
posted by clearlynuts at 8:21 AM on April 27, 2007

Abe Vigoda?
posted by mbd1mbd1 at 8:41 AM on April 27, 2007

Wait, no - it's Generalissimo Francisco Franco.
posted by mbd1mbd1 at 8:42 AM on April 27, 2007

Elliott Ness? I heard his whole family is dead. His house got burned to the ground!
posted by Busithoth at 8:55 AM on April 27, 2007 [1 favorite]

Goddammit, wake up, Matt!

Jess?

Cortex?

...Uh oh, it's Lord of the Flies time...
posted by languagehat at 9:07 AM on April 27, 2007

Of all the things to have multiple posts about.. we get this?
posted by drstein at 9:09 AM on April 27, 2007

last comment!
posted by shmegegge at 9:13 AM on April 27, 2007

Also died on this date (might as well make this thread educational):

Edward R. Murrow - Journalist - 57
Kwame Nkrumah - Politics - 62
Stanley Adams - Entertainment - 62
William Colby - Politics,Espionage - 76
Carlos Castaneda - Literature - 72
Al Hirt - Music - 76
Vicki Sue Robinson - Music,Theater - 45
Ruth Handler - Inventing,Business - 85
Mstislav Rostropovich - Music,Social Activism - 85
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 9:15 AM on April 27, 2007

Anyone here familiar with Vickie Sue Robinson's theater work?
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 9:16 AM on April 27, 2007