# RIP "Arthur". **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur/100424 "2002-03-27T18:54:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur/100424/1 "2002-03-27T18:54:20Z")
[Actor Dudley Moore Dies at 66](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26061-2002Mar27.html) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur/100424/2 "2002-03-27T18:56:55Z")
Well I’ll be dammed. Bummer. He really and truly seemed like a very nice and likable guy. G’bye Dudley, you’ll be sorely missed. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur/100424/3 "2002-03-27T19:00:57Z")
That is so sad. Dudley Moore was such a great talent! **Arthur** is definitely one of the best comedies of all time. We’ll miss you, Dudley! Great Arthur lines: Susan: “Arthur, give me your hand” Arthur: “That would leave you with one!!” “It’s a goner” “Don’t you HATE Perry’s wife??!” Linda: “Was it wonderful?” Arthur: “It doesn’t suck” ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur/100424/4 "2002-03-27T19:02:41Z")
“She’s a princess. It’s a small island. They’re thinking of having the whole thing carpeted…” ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur/100424/5 "2002-03-27T19:05:28Z")
How sad. I always liked him. Especially in Like Father Like Son. That movie cracked me up. R.I.P. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur/100424/6 "2002-03-27T19:33:45Z")
That is so sad. Dudley Moore has been one of my favorite actors for years and I felt so bad when I saw his interview last year (?) where he annouced that he was sick with an illness that would eventually kill him. But I swear I broke down and cried when he said what upset him the most about his illness was not the dying, but that it had robbed him of his ability to play music. I think I’ll go pop Arthur into the DVD and mourn the world’s loss of the two greats that were in it. ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur/100424/7 "2002-03-27T19:42:11Z")
Damn. That’s a shame. I hope he and Peter Cook join back up, wherever they are. We’ll miss you. Zap! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur/100424/8 "2002-03-27T19:43:57Z")
Dudley Moore _really_ died when he and Peter Cook stopped being a comedy team. Check out _The Wrong Box_ and the original _Bedazzled_. ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur/100424/9 "2002-03-27T20:03:58Z")
Hobson & Arthur…together again. “Perhaps you’d like me to wash your dick for you, you little sh\*t” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur/100424/10 "2002-03-27T20:08:17Z")
Poor sod… ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur/100424/11 "2002-03-27T20:32:06Z")
Had to dig up my Derek & Clive collection–Live & Come Again. What an underappreciated and underutilized talent. Drink one for me, Arthur. ---
**Author:** ![Winnowill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@Winnowill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnowill)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur/100424/12 "2002-03-27T20:46:14Z")
☹ Aw, nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur/100424/13 "2002-03-27T21:41:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*Poor sod… \*\* We’re talking about “Arthur” here. I think “poor sot” would be more appropriate. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doublemint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doublemint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doublemint)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur/100424/14 "2002-03-28T15:27:00Z")
I think you’re being a little harsh RT. Beyond the Fringe, Not Only but Also, etc. were outstanding comedy, true (if you have not heard this stuff, Go. Now. Find.) But his solo movie career was not without merit; see **10** and **Arthur** and of course his music never faltered until the end. I’m with Arden Ranger, I saw the interview too, that his illness robbed him of his music was the most heartbreaking thing I’d heard. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-arthur/100424/15 "2002-03-28T15:54:16Z")
Awww, shit. ☹