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Dear heaven, PACE YOURSELF. This is getting ridiculous. From the CBC (via ONTD):
Actor Les (Leslie) Earnest Lye, best known for the 1979 hit children’s program You Can’t Do That on Television, died Tuesday in Ottawa. He was 84.
Lye’s career as an actor and broadcaster on television and radio has spanned half a century.
The show You Can’t Do That on Television, which featured teenage actors performing comedic skits, was a Canadian success. It went international a year later and earned a large following. The program went on for 10 seasons and was later syndicated on Nickelodeon.
Oh man. He played Ross! And Barth! And Blip! And Coach! This is a SUMMER BUMMER even if it is the Summer of Death. Goodbye, Les Lye. You’re up in heaven now, sliming the angels.
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He died?! Aw, shit!
My 80s childhood is slowly dying off.
He has MJ, Farrah, Ed, Billy, et. al. to thank for his death making the news. I mean for realios.
I’m pretty sure the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation would have picked up the story regardless.
Was this guy the inspiration for the young Patches O’houlihan?
Can we get Lindsay a job now?
Shuffled off this mortal slime by accidentally walking in front of the firing squad.
Don’t eat the Barth burgers, you guys! Who do you think is in the burgers? (Too soon?)
I don’t know.
Iiiiiii heard that.
I already said that, and it did not get rave reviews.
Did he get stamped in the face causing it brake into a million pieces?
(this sucks. I need some locker room jokes to cheer me up)
Dear summer 2009 me,
Tell Les Lye to watch out for that slime truck.
Summer 2010 lakehouse me
land on juniper.
Ricky, that’s not very good. Use space words, real ones – not talking about space weed!
this thing’s probably smarter than me, but it’s got a battery so..
“Blue skies, Barthy Burgers… angels!”
The saddest part is that some douche in Hollywood will buy Les Earnest Lye’s life rights, just in case ‘You Can’t Do That On Television’ is ever optioned to get filmed.
Note to self…buy the life rights to Les Earnest Lye.
I think this man was responsible for more
’s in my childhood than Ed McMahon, MJ and Farrah combined, at least until the age of 10.
P.S. Bridesmaid at my sister’s wedding at 0:41.
Whoa! Your sister had Stephanie Chow or Vanessa Lindores in her bridal party! 3 gold stars for her and 10 demerits for me for remembering the full names of two Canadian child stars on a show I haven’t seen for 20 years.
single tear for my childhood and all, but seriously, dude was creepy.
yeah so i guess you’re glad he’s dead then, tattoarm?
“ddaaaaaaa-Iiiieeee Heeeeeaaarrrrdd that”
of course not. i was just stating his characters on YCDTOT were creepy. ventriloquist dummy face.
touché
I don’t feel bad for him. You’d think after the third or fourth time he’s learn to keep moving while inside that EPCOT bubble on the stage. Never stay put. That gives the slimers time to set up. He never learned!!!
What is this, some sort of slow roll out of the rapture?
Correct my memory, I kind of remember a sketch where he plays the dad – in the ones with the abusive, neglectful, drunk parents – where they force the kids to drink blood out of a ziplock bag. Anyone na’mean?
Well, now I just want to stuff myself into a locker and never come out.
Stop repeatedly tricking my childhood into walking in front of the firing squad, Summer of 2009.
Man, a guy died today and all i’m thinking is “OH HEY OTTAWA! I LIVE THERE. I LIVE IN OTTAWA.”
(sidenote: it is also becoming increasingly easier for any internet creepaloids to track me down)