A Contrast of Personalities

There have been two names in the news the past two days for markedly different reasons. One, a gentle soul who passed quietly after a three year battle with Alzheimers; the other a jaded biracial thug, angry at the country who has made him fabulously wealthy, refusing to get his ass off the bench he sits on for $11 million a year for the national anthem to “make a statement.” That statement seems to be: I want in on the attention the rest of the racially aggrieved victims are getting.

Gene Wilder, star of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Willy Wonka,’ is dead at 83
The comedy legend died late Sunday in Stamford, Conn. from complications from Alzheimer’s disease, a condition the actor kept private for three years so as not to disappoint fans.

“He simply couldn’t bear the idea of one less smile in the world,” his nephew said.

Wilder’s big break came in 1968 when he was cast in Brooks’ “The Producers” opposite Zero Mostel. Wilder had met Brooks a few years earlier when Brooks was working on the script, then just a screenplay called “Springtime for Hitler.”

Woody Allen’s “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (But Were Afraid to Ask)” was his first hit, after which Wilder convinced Brooks to direct a film he had come up with himself: “Young Frankenstein.” The black-and-white slapstick comedy was a smash, and was shortly followed by another Brooks hit, “Blazing Saddles.”

Wilder was close friends with Richard Pryor and their contrasting personas — Wilder uptight, Pryor loose — were ideal for comedy. They co-starred in four films: “Silver Streak,” ”Stir Crazy,” ”See No Evil, Hear No Evil” and “Another You.”

His third marriage to fellow comedian Gilda Radner, an original “Saturday Night Live” cast member and star in her own right, lasted from 1984 to 1989, when she died of complications from ovarian cancer.

HE AND GILDA ARE TOGETHER AGAIN. SHE WAS, TO MY MIND, A BRILLIANT COMIC MIND PERHAPS A NOTCH BELOW THE LIKES OF LUCILLE BALL.

Wilder, a Milwaukee native, was born Jerome Silberman on June 11, 1935. His father was a Russian emigre, his mother was of Polish descent.

When he was 6, Wilder’s mother suffered a heart attack that left her a semi-invalid. He soon began improvising comedy skits to entertain her, the first indication of his future career.

Revealed: Gene Wilder died holding hands with his family while listening to Somewhere Over the Rainbow… after Alzheimer’s battle which he kept secret from fans so he wouldn’t upset them
Gene Wilder died aged 83 at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, yesterday surrounded by his family
The Willy Wonka actor and his loved ones had his favorite meal – a chicken dinner – before he passed away
Wilder was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease three years ago but kept his battle secret because he ‘couldn’t bear the thought of one less smile in the world’
He died as one of his favorite songs, Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Ella Fitzgerald, played on the radio
Stars including Mel Brooks, Jim Carrey and Russell Crowe paid tribute to the Blazing Saddles actor last night

YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS THAT ‘BLAZING SADDLES’ IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES. THAT FILM COULD NEVER, EVER BE PRODUCED TODAY BECAUSE IT POKED FUN AT RACIAL STEREOTYPES AND WAS SALTED WITH WHITE PEOPLE USING THE DREADED “N” WORD.

49er’s QB Kaepernick Won’t Stand for “Oppressive” National Anthem – Was Raised by White Parents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTH9HZ2R6pI
For the record—
America is soooo racist that Kaepernick only got a $144 million six-year contract with the 49er’s
Colin Kaepernick was adopted & raised by a nice white couple after his black father abandoned his mom after knocking her up
Hey Colin Kaepernick, Check Out This Marine Who Wouldn’t Stand For The National Anthem Either

As Twitchy reported, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem prior to the start of his team’s preseason game against the Green Bay Packers, explaining that he was “not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color.”
Kaepernick knew his show of non-patriotism would be controversial, but said that the issues he was addressing were “bigger than football.”
To be honest, just about everything is bigger than football, and Nick Short scored big-time Saturday with his tweet of a Marine standing taller than the 6-foot-4 Kaepernick ever could.
The man in the photo is Marine Corps Sgt. Zachary Stinson, pictured with members of the 2012 Olympic men’s basketball team. He lost both of his legs to an IED in Afghanistan in 2010.

DONALD TRUMP On QB Kaepernick: Maybe He Should Find a Country ‘That Works Better for Him’
Donald Trump suggested that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick leave the country for another “that works better for him” after he protested criticisms of police violence against people of color, BuzzFeed News reported Monday.
“I have followed it and I think it’s personally not a good thing,” Trump said in the interview flagged by Buzzfeed News. “I think it’s a terrible thing, and you know, maybe he should find a country that works better for him, let him try, it won’t happen.”

Beyonce’s Mom Defends 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick: “He Is Truly Being Brave” For Refusing To Stand During National Anthem
EVER NOTICE THE PEOPLE WHO PONTIFICATE ABOUT THE “POOR,OPPRESSED MINORITIES” TEND TO BE EXTREMELY WEALTHY?
“I’d like to know if they are as outraged by all the senseless killing of minorities, all of the racial injustices in America, that people are okay with,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “We turn a blind eye to it and as long as it is not affecting us personally we avoid thinking, discussing, protesting, and doing a thing about it.”

ONE GAVE JOY TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGH HIS WORK. HE MADE THEM FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES.
THE OTHER IS AN ATTENTION-SEEKING LOSER WHO CAN’T BEAT SOMEBODY NAMED BLAINE GABBERT FOR THE STARTING JOB ON A TEAM THAT CAN’T TRADE HIM BECAUSE NOBODY THINKS HE’S WORTH THE MONEY HE’S BEING PAID.





MANY OF US WILL MISS MR. WILDER
MR. KAEPERNIK, NOT SO MUCH