CURSE those damned celebrity death hoaxsters anyway!

[Cirque du So-What]

It's bad enough that some sick people get their kicks by fabricating stories about the death of some celeb or another and post it on the internet, but then it gets picked up and repeated by people who - in their zealous endeavor to be the first bearer of bad news - post it on websites various & sundry without even taking a cursory glance at anything resembling a real news site.

IT'S THE FUCKING INTERNET, PEOPLE! NOT EVERYTHING THAT FINDS ITS WAY ONTO YOUR SCREEN IS REAL!

As a public service, do us a favor and let us know the piece-of-shit websites where you find such mean-spirited tripe (personally, I'm betting Facebook is the vector behind the spread of this codswollop).

OK, rant over.

[whistler162]

1. Yes Abe Vigoda is still alive!

http://www.abevigoda.com/

hint rants are no good without a back story.

[Ken Burch]

5. he's, like, 158 years old by now, isn't he?

[whistler162]

7. Older than Methuselah!

[Cirque du So-What]

6. Rumors of Abe Vigoda's death predate the internet

It was the fault of some slack-ass reporter at People magazine - not the deliberate fabrication on the part of some sick fuck who gets off on creating grief - even if it's temporary - in society.

[Ken Burch]

8. How's Andy Kaufman doing these days, then?

n/t.

[Cirque du So-What]

9. We're about due for another sighting

of Andy or his alter ego Tony Clifton.

[Ken Burch]

11. Or maybe BOTH of them, with Elvis.

n/t.

[longship]

10. Just when Barney Miller is starting on Antenna TV

Not going to watch it. I watch the old flicks and the original Outer Limits on the sister broadcast network This!

But they shamelessly support upcoming new stuff.

But I need to get the iPhone Abe Vigoda App. I hope it exists. It is always good to have ones heart set at ease.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. In just the last two days, Eddie Murphy and Morgan Freeman have both "died."

A quick google search proved otherwise. Please try to verify internet rumors before passing them on, folks.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Yep. That's all it takes.

With so much info at our fingertips, is that really too much to ask?

[Robb]

3. If bullshit was polio, Facebook would be the stagnant pools filled with mosquito larvae.