IN MEMORIAM 2009 - A VIDEO TRIBUTE

[billysscreeningroom2]

So much better than the awful one the Academy Awards presented! To leave out Farrah, Bea Arthur, Henry Gibson, and Ron Silver (and many more, too) was just unconscionable!

[TheBigValley]

Craig, I think that the organizers wanted to renew the Oscars ceremony because of the loss of viewers in recent years had become unstoppable. But they forgot that the memory must be protected!!!!

Its was a big MISTAKE not to have given the Honorary Academy Award during the evening!! Traditions must be preserved!!!!

One can not reduce everything to speed up the evening.

With this video you did a great job!!!!

Amazing tribute!!

[billysscreeningroom2]

Excellent comment!

[RockyWhyNot]

I'm on my way out the door for work, Baby Boy...and you have me in tears already half way thru this TERRIFIC and touching video tribute to so many beloved stars!

My God, BRAVO!

Off with the heads of the Academy for forgetting.

Will view again when I get home and make a special place for this lovely piece of work.

All my love and appreciation,

~Tammi~

(and cInDy too!)

[nnoidone]

sadly, you have someone to start your 2010 tribute - andrew koenig :(

this vid really made me think about how short life can be...and that I'll never be in one of these...not because I wont die, but because I'm not important enough...weird huh? c'est la vie ;)

[movieman4life]

Great video, nice job!!

[bbne1]

I just came upon this tonight - as so many others have said, this is truly a wonderful tribute to so many lives well-lived. Thank you!

One additional footnote - I see this was originally posted on December 21. On December 24 we lost one of the great comedic characters of the 50s - my former neighbor, Arnold Stang. Only the oldsters will remember his signature line - "Chunky, what a chunk 'a chocolate!"

[roryphelan]

Henry Gibson! I never knew he died. He was great. R.I.P.

and Ron Silver! oh my...

actually I am a tad overwhelmed by the amount of faces popping up that I recognise and admire. And there are so many young faces.

It kinda feels like the recent past is not so recent anymore. The cornerstone images from my past, a myriad of recognisable faces/lives which defined a period in their own little way, are starting to fade away.

sad. but thats mortality I guess.

[illaveyoubutler2]

Thanks for this....did not know Ironsides Ed Brown died till I seen this.

[Doknot1999]

This is very beautiful.Great Job!

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

lol..thanks it's "Can't Cry Hard Enough" by The Williams Brothers!

[VIDEOFREAK076]

I had no idea so many people passed in 09. This is a very nice tribute.

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

thank you!

[BoloDrek1]

charlie chaplin wrote smile

[Comictalent]

terrific tribute

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

thank you!

[suziestew]

.....In Memory of my Wolfgang  1994-2009

aka...wolfie, "little man", sugarbritches, boo bear, laptop, chief feather ears underfoot, sugga pugga wooga booga... wooster busta man,wee bear, love muffin....

Thank you for gracing my life, and being the love of my life....your mommy suziestew... 1994-2009

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

R.I. P. wolfie!

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

lol...that is great comment, thanks and happy new year!

[littlerebel7869]

amazing.

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

wow, thank you so much, Happy New Year!

[nnoidone]

this is amazingly moving & beautiful & respectful...it made me cry...and I hate it...BECAUSE it made me cry... and remember all we lost...the famous & obscure...the loved & the relatively unknown (how do you know Al Alberts???) it was a terrible year for losing those we knew - even if only vicariously...

you are excellent at making these moving remembrances, craig, choosing the right music and the right clips to make us all remember the best these people gave us...I hope 2009 is less cruel

[nnoidone]

@nnoidone oops I meant I hope 2010 is less cruel...sorry :(

btw, you know who wrote "smile" don't you...without looking? :) lol

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

lol..thanks buddy, honestly I had never heard of Al Alberts before I did this, but they had a write uo on him on the Entertainment Weekly website, so I added him..there are a couple recent people I missed like Vic Chesnutt and Connie Hines from "Mr. Ed" but oh well can't get everyone....btw Charlie Chaplin wrote "Smile' and I knew that without looking ..lol

[suziestew]

......what a beautiful tribute to those we love, hold dear & never want to let go...

the song you chose will always we a favorite of mine...simply because of you, your artistic touch and heart....

love you so...

blessings,

suziestew aka gracie;)

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

Thank you Suzie!

[glennmach]

Great video Tribute of the Stars, who have left us in 2009.They wiil be missed,5 *****..Marc Jones..Los Angeles,U.S.A.(Vocalist-pop/ja­zz)

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

Thanks man!!

[alfthechamp]

Merry Christmas! Thank you for this beautiful and touching tribute. This work can hardly be surpassed and make me proud of being your subscriber.

I didn't know about the death of "Danger Man", "The Equalizer", "Bat Masterson" and "Mrs. Partridge". So many memories come to mind...

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

thank you...but Mrs. Partridge?

[alfthechamp]

My mistake, I was thinking on Shirley Jones.

[illaveyoubutler2]

...a fitting end to a great year of videos from you...thanks for them all.....Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

wow, what a nice comment!....happy holidays to you and yours!

[222pj222]

I've just loved your video. I received it from a friend who also made a video tribute for the loved ones of 2009.

(I don't know exactly who are the celebrities in his video but it seemed to me that they are others).

How many people to miss. 5 stars.

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

thank you!

[leebobby13]

Very moving, thank you so much for sharing.

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

Thanks for watching, and taking the time to comment!!...btw HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

[MegaSpliffer]

Fabulous Tribute...They will all be missed. I am so glad you had Naomi Sims in here. You are the BEST my friend.

Love,

Buster

5 stars and added

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

thank you so much Buster!

[TheBigValley]

Great finale with Walter Cronkite. historical character of CBS!!

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

yes Cronkite was a giant in Broadcasting thanks!

[PatricianBeauty]

They should use this for the Oscar, Craig!

;) There's been so many great loss this year. Iconic and mostly talented. Great of you to make this wonderful memoriam..

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

what a great comment..thank you so much for that!

[IHeartPrinceMJ]

michael jackson.. the biggest loss ever

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

thanks for commenting!

[christopher242424]

You're right. Can't cry hard enough. Maybe the only thing to do is to find that life is still worthwhile and smile.

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

thanks Chris!

[vambo23]

Lovely tribute Craig...5*!!!

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

Thank You!

[billysscreeningroom]

Very sad to watch. Your year-end tributes are among your very best films, so it is with this one. Lotta work in there, sir. Very comprehensive and touching and a far, far cry better than we'll see at the Oscars, no doubt. 5 stars and favorited.

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

Rick, that is such a nice comment..thank you so much!....you made my day!

[RockyWhyNot]

Rick's comment: couldn't have said it any better!

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

Again you both made my day..I am really glad you liked it so much!

[youhurtmyeyes]

these wonderful people will be missed but never forgotten you've immortalized them in a well made video.

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

thank you so much!

[RockyWhyNot]

Beautiful and Touching, Kiddo!

*tears*

Huge losses of both young and not-so-young...

Lubya,

~Tammi~

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

thank you Tammi, lubya much!

[jollymanbigboy]

I loved the Dom Deluise clip. I was also a fan of Karl Malden, James Whitmore, and David Carradine. Budd Schulberg sounds so familiar and I just found out he wrote the screenplay for one of my favorite movies On The Waterfront. Great video! 5 stars and favorited!

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

thank you very much!

[TheBigValley]

This video is important as a testimony of characters more or less popular! Is nice year-end review the faces of those artists who have left us. Great memory! Thank you for this tribute!!

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

Thank You Mirko!

[spacecowboy5000]

This is a really beautiful video. I'm sad to say I wasn't even aware that most of them had passed away. So many affected my life in different ways. You're choice of music was exceptional. Thanks so much for this.

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

thank you so much!

[anglicansag]

A beautiful tribute.

I just found out Ron Silver died .......... VERY sad.......

[ZABRISKIEPOINTER]

Ron Silver was a great talent..thanks for the comment!