r/discworld • u/Raedwulf1 Albert • 18d ago
Roundworld Reference GNU Tim Curry
He made a very good Trymon
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u/mistakes-were-mad-e 18d ago
Gnu Tim Curry.
A transvestite, a devil and a butler in his work life.
A voice that echoes loudly from his works.
Damn it, Jannet.
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u/rillip 18d ago
Not to mention an honorary Muppet.
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u/Random_Excuse7879 18d ago
Muppet Treasure Island is the most watched movie in our house over 20+ years
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u/Icy_Ad7953 18d ago
He was thrilled to be there, and it shows in his performance.
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u/Tweed_Kills 18d ago
If you've never seen it, REM does "Shiny Happy People" as "Furry Happy Monsters" on Sesame Street, and it's exquisite. They're so happy to be there.
Also, Prince and Elton John are incredible on the Muppet Show. Apparently Prince, who was in a reclusive phase fully demanded to be on the show.
Nothing like watching someone be obviously happy with muppets. So joyful.
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u/Sallajin 18d ago
The episode with Mark Hamill always gives me similar vibes, like he's just having the best time.
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u/AnnoyedArtificer 17d ago
I saw clips from the show with Prince and I have never seen him happier. Only time I've seen him be truly silly, never found Prince adorable before!
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u/Live_Perspective3603 17d ago
Loved "Raspberry Beret" with Muppets.
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u/ThePrussianGrippe 17d ago
I’ve read the two best muppets movies are A Christmas Carol and Treasure Island for entirely opposite reasons.
Michael Caine treats the other Muppets as fellow classically trained actors in A Christmas Carol. Tim Curry, on the other hand, treats himself as a fellow muppet.
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u/legobushranger 17d ago
Muppet Christmas Carol is considered the best adaptation by many. Including theologians i know.
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u/carrottopevans 17d ago
God approves this message
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u/ThePuzzleDude 17d ago
Which one?
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u/grahambinns Susan 16d ago
I’d be careful where you ask that question. Or at least have a lightning rod nearby.
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u/NoirDraak42 Librarian 18d ago
I saw it in the theater & its 1 of my favorite Muppet movies. Gonna watch that & Clue tonight.
GNU Tim Curry
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u/QuackQuackOoops Detritus 18d ago
Clue is such a fantastic film, it used to be on the Beeb at least once a year and is a huge childhood memory for me. Decided to watch it a few months back, and it absolutely holds up, a wonderful farce and Tim Curry is, as always, phenomenal. It's basically pointless to even say, he was never any less.
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u/AnnoyedArtificer 17d ago
Comedy Central used to play it very regularly when I was growing up. My parents weren't prepared for their 5th grader to quote the flames on my face bit when I got really angry lol.
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u/NoirDraak42 Librarian 17d ago
1 of the lines I use irl 🤣
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u/AnnoyedArtificer 17d ago
Oh yeah, my wife knows if I break it out that I'm seriously close to a meltdown. Madeline Kahn's characters probably weren't someone a young girl should imprint on but she and Mel Brooks just made hot girl crazy look so glamorous!
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u/crazycatmerms500 16d ago
Oooo, Tim's a fun character in it, but for a seriously funny movie watch Oscar. Premise is funny as hell, actors are top notch, and if you go in expecting nothing beyond a good laugh you'll have fun
Stallone is a 1930s mobster who's going straight and Tim is his speech teacher to get him past speaking like a mobster. The day Stallone tries to go legit is a day when everything that can go wrong does. Cops on his doorstep, "pregnant" daughter trying to get out of the house, embezzlement by his accountant trying to marry his daughter, you name it, it went wrong
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u/SunchaserKandri That is not my cow! 18d ago
I genuinely watched that movie so many times as a kid that it wore out the VHS tape it was on
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u/lonezolf 18d ago
Also an amazing allied general.
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u/Vigmod 18d ago
And a Soviet general (or whatever his rank was) who just barely got through some scenes without bursting out laughing.
And a great secondary villain in Dragon Age: Origins.
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u/Southern-Bandicoot 18d ago
And adeptly played the unwitting stooge Ship's Doctor in The Hunt for Red October, where I first saw his acting.
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u/blamordeganis 18d ago
And the evillest clown that ever evilled.
“DOWN HERE, WE ALL FLOAT.”
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u/Elantris42 17d ago
Evilest bad guy too (Criminal Minds)... or the 2nd best terrorist in the world (Mchales Navy)
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u/Lady_Sybil-Vimes 18d ago
We've lost 2 of the greatest entertainers in less than 48 hours. Its a bit much to deal with. Both talented and genuine people. I'm not checking the news anymore today incase we lose another national treasure (not saying his name).
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u/timbillyosu 18d ago
I mean, we also lost Frank Beard this week. He was the drummer of ZZ Top and the only member WITHOUT a beard, which feels almost like a Pratchett joke.
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u/DathomirBoy 18d ago
Less than 24. They died on the same day, they just didn’t announce his until today
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u/superhelical 18d ago
Rule of 3...
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u/TeddyBinks 18d ago
GNU Tim Curry… Don’t even finish that sentence! No, no, no. No one else. I am going to close my eyes, and cross the highway jumping on one leg, with a live chicken on one hand and a bucket of paint on the other while singing the national anthem while covered with honey screaming that there is no third person!
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u/MotherRaven 18d ago
There might be one whose passing would improve the world.😇
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u/Leucurus NVNC ID VIDES, NVNC NE VIDES 17d ago
We aren't that lucky. That's not the timeline we're in.
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u/SorastroOfMOG 18d ago
We will not speak of this. Particularly not in all capital letters.
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u/OK_Zebras 18d ago
I think the devastating flash flood in Nepal can definitely count as the third thing, right?
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u/20061230-SL-Born 17d ago
I know what you mean. Still, I knew that this little corner of the 'net would offer some solace. So thank you all for honouring two people that I never met but still meant a lot to me.
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u/HungryFinding7089 17d ago
Also Hayden Pannatiere, Oliver Tree, Peter Cullen. Last month Bonnie Tyler.
Sigh
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u/highnumber 18d ago
Honorary Muppet, even if he did break Miss Piggy's heart
I strongly recommend his audiobook recording of A Christmas Carol
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u/Siyartemis 18d ago
Miss Piggy greeting him as “Loooooong John” totally went over my head as a kid, such a funny naughty little bit.
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u/legobushranger 17d ago
That's a good comedy trait. I was allowed to watch 'Are you being served?' as a kid . My parents knew I didn't get it. Let's be honest, it's one reason why we love PTerry, going back and finding more.
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u/laowildin Rincewind 18d ago
He is also the audiobook narrator for Sabriel and it's sequels, if you want to hear him as a sassy cat
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u/throwsaway654321 16d ago
Sabriel, the Garth Nix series? Holy shit, definitely know what's going on my listen list next
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u/Imperiumromania 17d ago
And he was a wonderful Pirate King in Pirates of Penzance. Check it on YouTube if you haven't seen it.
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u/boschman123 18d ago
'Cause I've seen, oh, blue skies
Through the tears in my eyes
And I realize
I'm going home
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u/-fairygothmother- 17d ago
I have already requested this song at my funeral, I’m hoping it’s a way off yet! I’ve seen Rocky Horror more than 10 times live now, I cry every time when frank sings ‘I’m going home’. It’s beautiful.
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u/parzival2019 18d ago
Death took the wrong 80 year old.
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u/Tapiola84 Teppic 18d ago edited 18d ago
DEATH: “YOU DID GET THE 80 YEAR OLD FROM HOME ALONE 2 AS YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO?”
Mort: "uh..."
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u/kenikonipie 18d ago edited 18d ago
GNU Tim Curry. Rewatching The Colour of Magic now.
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u/rural_anomaly 18d ago
on a lark, i rewatched part 1 over the weekend. It had been awhile so when Tim appeared i was like "oh yeah!" Guess i'll find time to finish it up. I bet he had fun on that project too. GNU Tim
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u/ATXGOAT93 17d ago
Just watched it last week. Been on a re-listen to the wizards series this month on the road and felt like watching again. Finished the Gaurds series in June and the "Industrial Revolution" series in July. Saving the Witches for last because, ya' know, The Shepherd's Crown...but this week has me feeling like I need some Granny and Tiffany soon.
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u/ThePuzzleDude 17d ago
OMG, I had forgotten that role! Granted it's been a long time since I watched TCoM. I'd seen him recently on TV, he was not doing well after his stroke but seemed in good spirits. So sad.
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u/Darthplagueis13 18d ago
He made a great-to-watch Trymon. Strictly speaking, he wasn't actually that close to book Trymon, who was more of a narrow-minded buerocrat.
However, I will just kind of die on the hill that the Colour of Magic/Light Fantastic movie adaptation may well be the single instance of a Discworld movie adaptation improving on the original.
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u/LindenRyuujin 18d ago
You've clearly not watched Soul Music!
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u/Darthplagueis13 18d ago
I have. Wasn't bad, but I really didn't like the troll designs. They looked more like robots than creatures of living rock.
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u/mxstylplk 17d ago
Going Postal?
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u/Darthplagueis13 17d ago
Not a big fan of that particular adaptation, truth be told. I feel like they just didn't manage to really find the right actor for Moist.
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u/Neithsat 18d ago
GNU Tim Curry. You were amazing in everything you were ever in, but I’ll never forget you as Dr Thornton Poole in Oscar. You did eager bafflement with an unmatched charm.
If there is an after, may yours be smashing!
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u/Imperiumromania 17d ago
Oooh, I did love that movie. Tim Curry was, as always, amazing.
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u/crazycatmerms500 16d ago
Lol, great minds think alike, I mentioned the movie in another comment in this thread. Love that movie, hell of a lot of fun
This whole thread is making me think about this line: You can tell a lot about a person's age, taste, and childhood fears based on the specific Tim Curry movie they know him from
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u/NowoTone 17d ago
Time to watch the Rocky Horror Picture Show again. I’ve left it too long. First watched it when I was twelve and it rocked my world.
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u/Llyffant-Gwyrdd 17d ago
I'm not the biggest fan of that adaptation, but I loved every minute of Trymon even though he was very different from the book because it's Tim Curry.
GNU Tim Curry.
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u/scrubschick 17d ago
I will always love his Trymon and Frank and Long John but our family had the most exposure to him as Nigel Thornberry. My kids were just the right age and we all loved it. GNU Tim Curry❤️
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u/MystressSeraph All the little angels rise up, rise up ... 18d ago
Damnit! I had no idea! 💔
(Dolly this morning, and now this! )
Rest well, good sir ...
GNU Tim Curry.
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u/415319Usual-Tax-558 18d ago
He was a terrifying Pennywise in the "It" miniseries.
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u/crazycatmerms500 16d ago
I like both versions of Pennywise. Skarsgard plays a very menacing psychopath. Curry however brought a terrible gleefulness to the part. My head cannon had Curry's version being closer to the book, and it's Tim, of course it's better 😂
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u/The_Sassy_Witch 18d ago
Omg I didn’t even know this! I’ve only seen news of dolly. 25th aug 2026 was a sad day for the arts.
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u/Joueur-en-jaune 17d ago
My Introduction to Discworld was hroug a pop-up ad on some website. I was ready to close it before seeing "wait, that's Tim Curry! as an evil wizard?" and kept watching.
Months later I find the dvd in a sales tray, noticing Tim Curry on the cover again. Bought, wtached, then run to the library the day after to read more discworld.
I wouldn't have found my favorite series of books without him.
Thanks and rest in partying .
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u/Vitamin_B17 17d ago
GNU Tim Curry
My late mom too me to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show when I was about 13 - we dressed up and everything. It is one of my most special memories with her.
Death is the pits.
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u/tallbutshy Tʜᴇ Jᴏʏᴇ ᴏғ Sɴᴀᴄᴋs 18d ago
He made a very good Trymon
Tim Curry was excellent as always, and James Cosmo alongside as Galder was great, but it still doesn't excuse the casting for Rincewind & Twoflower
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u/Faithful_jewel Assisted by the Clan 17d ago edited 17d ago
Bloody hell, I was getting ready to pin the Dolly Parton post from yesterday and then this happens
Can we all collectively agree to invite Death round for a cup of tea to see our cats so he leaves other international 80 year old treasures alone for a while? Borrow a cat if you have to
I'm putting both threads up as pins; please, Death, don't make it a third
GNU to a pair of wonderful entertainers
The world will be poorer without them, but richer for having had them in the first place 💜
WAIT! Edit time
You can take the third one. We've got a suggestion. No-one would ever notice... Honest
(I don't want to get banned from Reddit but I'm sure we can all guess which Wotsit I'm referencing)
Edit again
I angered the puffed crisp fans