RIP Burt Young

[Starman]

I don't sweat you!

 

[Dog8Cats]

IMO his L&O role was one of the series' best. Young played the part so well from start to finish.

Strongly agree. He WAS that guy.

 

[UNCGrad]

I was going to bring up the L&O performance yesterday and it's great to see how beaten to it I was. It's really, really good. The entire episode he's fighting for his innocence, and you believe BOTH that AND that he's a menace. That's the work, man.

 

[mpcincal]

There's another great, quick shot in Rocky III -- probably an accident that they left in -- that cracks me up.
Between rounds in the second fight against Clubber, Rocky comes to the corner all psyched up. Paulie is holding the spit bucket, but Rocky spits before Paulie has it in position. The slobber goes all over Paulie's shirt as he looks down like, "What the hell, Rock!?"

I saw "Rocky III" (my favorite of the series) in the theater a couple of times and missed that. Then, when it hit HBO and my dad watched it with me for the first time, he caught it right away and it got a laugh out of him. After that, every time I watched that scene, I couldn't unsee it.

It's funny, but I first became aware of Young when he played a fellow trucker of Rubber Duck in the Kris Kristofferson/Ali MacGraw movie "Convoy." I hadn't seen the original "Rocky" on its original run, and when I saw "Rocky II," I was like "That's the guy from 'Convoy'" Silly, I know.

I liked seeing him as Lou in "Back to School." After seeing him mostly play the buffoon in the "Rocky" movies, it was cool to see him play a character with a little more self-confidence and a guy who really wouldn't take any crap. He still had the good lines, though:

Thornton: Home Sweet Home
Lou: I liked the old house better
Thornton: Me, too
Lou: I liked the old wife better

Also: "My two kids, one I put through college; the other, I put through a wall."

But, ultimately, RIP Paulie!

 

[MisterCreosote]

He screams, "Whoa! Goddamn!"

So he is. I had just remembered the high-pitched yelling:



I also never noticed the Gadsden flag on his jacket.

 

[Starman]

So he is. I had just remembered the high-pitched yelling:



I also never noticed the Gadsden flag on his jacket.

Nobudduh tellz Paulie whut ta dew. Freedum.

 

[BTExpress]

He thinks he is so very, very good. And we are so very, very bad.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

So he was only 36 in the first Rocky????

I was just thinking he's looked 83 forever. Only six years older than Sly, but to be fair, Sly's injected about a billion dollars worth of steroids and Botox. I read something somewhere that Burt lived quite the interesting pre-Hollywood life, to the point that some of the shady dudes he played might not have required much acting.

 

[Starman]

He thinks he is so very, very good. And we are so very, very bad.

WE GO!!!

 

[Baron Scicluna]

He thinks he is so very, very good. And we are so very, very bad.

Now who's that? Al Capone?

 

[Gutter]

He thinks he is so very, very good. And we are so very, very bad.

Who am I? I'm the unsilent majority, big mouth!

 

[exmediahack]

So he was only 36 in the first Rocky????

He and Sparky Anderson took the same aging vitamins.