RIP Ricardo Montalban

Ricardo Montalban has died.

He was 88 years old.

To me, the role that seemed to fit him like a glove was that of Khan, and his excellent reprisal of the role in the second Star Trek film.

–James

Somewhere, on a remote, other-dimensional island, Hervé Villechaize is yelling, “De plane! De plane! De Boss is here!”

soft Corinthian leather

I wonder if heees caskeeet is lined in Cor-do’-van leather.

Cordoba is de name of de car. Corinthian is de name of de leather. :astonished:

:confused: they’re burying him in a car?

Surely he was a pioneering Mexican actor in Hollywood, and bucked against typecasting. I even saw him play a Japanese character on Hawaii Five-O.

http://en.sevenload.com/videos/3QWfA7m-Chrysler-Cordoba-commercial-with-Ricardo-Montalban

The fame of this advertisement is in that it’s not really leather from Corinth, but just a made-up gimmick to market regular leather seats, by Chrysler.

the shocks are a bit loose fer me :smiley:

I guess that’s the last time we’ll see that particular set of falsies.

djm

Or, he said, 'De higher plane, de higher plane."

Of course! Why not the best?