Marcel Marceau Is Dead
This Is This has just learned that the great mime artist Marcel Marceau is dead.
Apparently he was pushing a balloon in the wind when he became locked in an invisible box. People just stood around and clapped.
Tragic.
Witnesses at the scene say his last words were
September 23rd, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Oh, come on…
September 23rd, 2007 at 6:36 pm
So! Hear any good jokes lately?
;)
September 23rd, 2007 at 8:08 pm
…inaudible but he gestured with his gloved hands and clutched his stripey heart!
His last breath was reputed to have sounded like ‘Peeeep’!
September 23rd, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Dammit, Cliff, I wish I was even 1/8 as funny as you.
September 23rd, 2007 at 9:02 pm
What? I thought that was good!
September 23rd, 2007 at 11:32 pm
I’ve not seen a photo of him without stage makeup before. He looked almost exactly the same.
September 23rd, 2007 at 11:48 pm
I have to say, that he said a lot about the universal condition of Man without saying a word.
September 24th, 2007 at 7:23 am
Ed - yeah I did that here on Wednesday and Thursday last week.
You know I’m just messing around. The world has lost a talent. He did a lot to bring the tradition of mime to television.
Not so much to radio. But seriously.
Thanks Katy. Awful. Just awful.
September 24th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Gosh, he looked like Dame Barbara Cartland with his makeup on.