Buck Henry

Hollywood and comedy legend Buck Henry has passed away aged 89.

He is probably best known as the writer of the screenplay for The Graduate and for his comedic appearances on the first few seasons of Saturday Night Live. Younger folks probably know him for playing the father of Tina Fey's Liz Lemon character on 30 Rock.

Henry also wrote the screenplay for the movie Catch-22 based upon the Joseph Heller novel of the same name. Henry also had a memorable role in the movie as Colonel Korn.

Along with Mel Brooks - Henry created the TV show Get Smart starring Don Adams who passed away in 2005 (as an aside it is little known but Don Adams was a US Marine who served on Guadalcanal).

Buck Henry was one of a kind. He will be missed.

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Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- This is a pretty interesting power ranking of the Top 25 College football teams.

- I'm excited to see Catch-22 brought to life as a 6 episode mini-series. Strange how there seems to be so little buzz about this project.

- Newly released Eric Holder memo: Feds can use FISA to spy on journalists. OK - next question: what journalists did the Obama Administration spy on if any?

- Tesla shares drop after its announced DOJ requested documents after Elon Musk's "taking company private" comments. Always something in Musk World.

- Interesting observation on Korea from Scott Adams

- This actually looks like a pretty cool idea (I'd probably never wear one though)

- Climate alarmism fails the scientific test of observation

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Stuff I found interesting and thought I'd share.

- Remember how Obama promised Obamacare would cut a family's healthcare cost by $2500? Yeah - not so much. "Broken promises with no repercussions" should be the new motto of the Democratic Party.

- The producers of True Detective are bringing Catch-22 to TV

- Interesting - Mike Tyson helps launch 100 Bitcoin ATM's in Las Vegas. My first reaction was "good for him!" Then I started to wonder if this makes laundering money so much easier.

- Cool - the USS Milwaukee. Can't help but wonder how this ship is going to get from Lake Michigan to the Atlantic Ocean. It's way too big for the Erie Canal - right?

- After reading this I'll never kill another centipede I find in my home again.