best wishes Penny.

Regardless of what you think of her, she made some killer amps.

Get well, Penny. I'll crank it to 11 for you!

I think that it is not really a tumor... not an uncontrolled, undirected little bubbling pot of flesh... but that it is in fact a new organ... a new part of the brain.

/All hail the new flesh.

not sure I trust the journalistic integrity of the enquirer. They said on my local radio station this morning that this was false.

Damn. That's the same thing that happened to Donny Most.

Great. Now the rest of the day in my head, it's going to be nonstop "I'm a tumor, I'm a tumor....I'm a tumor"....

She provided many years of entertainment in front of and behind teh camera, I hope she pulls through this.

FTFA: "FOR THE FULL STORY with doctor's analysis of the complex surgical procedures pick up the latest ENQUIRER now on sale!"

Enquirer, please DIAF. Thanks.

My husband's best friend died from complications due to brain cancer surgery so I am NOT getting a kick from any of this.

/RIP Eric

X gets the square

good night game show man

muck4doo: Damn. That's the same thing that happened to Donny Most.

Don't exaggerate. How did it happen to Donny more than anyone else?

lostinspace1978: LIES it's all LIES



The battle for the mind of North America will be fought in the online arena: Fark.com. The computer screen is the retina of the mind's eye. Therefore, the computer screen is part of the physical structure of the brain. Therefore, whatever appears on the computer screen emerges as raw experience for those who watch it. Therefore, the Internet is reality, and reality is less than the Internet.

/hot as hellboy

You know, thinking about it, you *COULD* remake Videodrome, updated to the modern world of the Internet. Have Max be the owner of a porn site, Nicki could be a blogger. I could see it. Hell, I *WOULD* see it.

Is she going to sew a big cursive "L" on it?

So you're saying she's not a good Death Pool pick?

/yes, I'm cold.
//At least my beer never gets warm.

Why do I visualize the tumor having a Squiggy voice and personality.

/Family Guy like

madmann: Great. Now the rest of the day in my head, it's going to be nonstop "I'm a tumor, I'm a tumor....I'm a tumor"....

Came here for this.

/oh oh oh
//I'm a tumor

Not one "It's Not Lupus" yet? She fell ill on a plane trip. It just sounds like House is gonna be diagnosing this baby!!!

dittybopper: You know, thinking about it, you *COULD* remake Videodrome

The though fills me with the urge to defecate.

"Scanners" I could stomach (as it's by far the worst of D.C.'s "written/directed by" films and could only go up in terms of the quality of the lead performance [no, not Ironside {who's great as always}].

WOW! That sucks.

...thoughT fills me...

"written by without being based upon any previously existing intellectual property/directed by".

It's always about Laverne. How come Shirley never gets a tumor?

flamacue: not sure I trust the journalistic integrity of the enquirer. They said on my local radio station this morning that this was false.

the same was said on Access Hollywood or one of those shows last night - my wife was watching and that is the only thing that caused me to pay some attention - everything else was about the John and Kate guy and Levi Johnson...not really my bag man

lostinspace1978 2009-11-05 02:32:47 PM LIES it's all LIES
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How did I not realize that Subby's link was the national enquirer?

/On the other hand, while they dramatize stuff, they're usually right.
//Swayze and Newman's cancer were both vehemently denied at first. Hell, the latter's was denied until he dropped dead.

Is there a Garry Marshall Curse all of a sudden? First Mork needed heart surgery, now Laverne has a tumor. What's next, Fonzie has syphilis?

Japancakes: dittybopper: You know, thinking about it, you *COULD* remake Videodrome

The though fills me with the urge to defecate.


Oh, come on. It's not like it's high art that can't be improved. Granted, it is a *GOOD* movie, but it is not perfect, and it is showing its age a bit.

Some movies just shouldn't be remade. The 1950's Moby Dick, or The Godfather, for two examples. I don't think Videodrome is one of them.

Entertainment tonight sad this was not true

dittybopper: Japancakes: dittybopper: You know, thinking about it, you *COULD* remake Videodrome

The though fills me with the urge to defecate.


Oh, come on. It's not like it's high art that can't be improved. Granted, it is a *GOOD* movie, but it is not perfect, and it is showing its age a bit.

Some movies just shouldn't be remade. The 1950's Moby Dick, or The Godfather, for two examples. I don't think Videodrome is one of them.

I agree with you that it's imperfect (I do think that the film would have benefited from one or two more script draft polishes).

I agree to disagree with you that anybody in this day and age could improve upon it (hell, Cronenberg himself more-or-less made an effort to (with little success) with ExistenZ (his second-worst original screenplay/directorial bid [I did quite like Howard Shore's score for that project, though, so it wasn't a total wash]).

It was the milk & Pepsi combo that did it.


/gave her the whinny voice
//not the cancerous tumors

Sure, no tumor... but what of all that facial hair???

Survived 2 brain tumor surgeries here in 18mon and now praying that last dose of radiation kills it for good. Good luck Penny.

Brain tumors are the worst. yuck. bla.

That's sad. Sounds like she's a goner.

My favorite story about her is when she and Carrie Fisher dropped acid and went to Disneyland, they were in their forties at the time.

I met her at a Lakers game, back when I had the money to buy floor seats. The security guy in my section was real cool & knew I wasn't a problem & let me go and talk to celebs on the court.

While I was talking to Penny, Brendan Fraser came up & showed her an ultrasound of his baby-on-the-way, and Jeffrey Katzenberg put his arm around me from behind--thought I was someone else.

/coolstory bro.jpg

Lurkerbunny: Is there a Garry Marshall Curse all of a sudden? First Mork needed heart surgery, now Laverne has a tumor. What's next, Fonzie has syphilis?

Welcome to 1980, bucko.

"...The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively."

I'll hold my sadness 'till I read it elsewhere.

Farkengruven: "...The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively."

I'll hold my sadness 'till I read it elsewhere.

And one very smart Farker you most sincerely are for doing so.
My public displays of sympathy for Miss Marshall are likewise being held in check pending more trustworthy confirmation.