# Roy Scheider has multiple myeloma **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752 "2005-07-01T20:27:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/21 "2005-07-03T17:14:21Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > “I’ve never seen **J** …” > > Wait…hold up a sec…I may need a minute to process this… > > “I’ve never se…” > > No, wait…just gimme a minute… > > “I’ve ne…” > > Nope…no good…just can’t seem to wrap my brain around that one. > > Tell you what…we have a home theater complete with 65" widescreen TV, and you have a need to see one of the greatest films of the past 30 years. **twicks** , next time you find yourself at the Jersey shore, consider yourself formally invited to the Briston household. > > Hey, we’re close to the beach…you could even go for a refreshing dip in the Atlantic afterward. 🙂 I’m not angling for an invitation, but I’ve never seen that fish movie either. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/22 "2005-07-03T17:15:54Z")
> [@chatelaine](#): > > I’m sure this is English, yet I cannot comprehend it. > > Someone translate. It was a blockbuster movie back in the seventies , with a great white shark . Declan ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/23 "2005-07-03T17:17:08Z")
> [@boofuu](#): > > I totally saw Rob Schneider. Then I felt about myself for not feeling bad and thinking maybe he would be forced to stop making bad movies. I believe that by law, coating Rob Schneider with shark pheremones and throwing him in the ocean is considered a gift to humanity. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/24 "2005-07-03T19:00:25Z")
In spite of all the hype it had, **Jaws** remains one of the best horror movies made. **twickster** , my twin, you _must_ see this movie. Try your best to find the time to watch it straight through. Get a video, dont’ let it be interrupted on TV by commercials. I’m achin’ to tell you all the good bits, but it would spoil many a surprise. One scene stands out though, Chief Brody(Roy Schieder) and his youngest son, at the supper table. And there’s one scene in which you never see the shark, and nobody gets hurt, yet it’s one of the scariest(to me) in the film. I won’t say what it is, I want to tantalize you into seeing the movie. I saw **Jaws** for the first time about three weeks after it’s release, in 1975. It was still so well attended that I had to go to a _midnight_ showing the theater had added. This was in Monterey, California. About a week later I went to the beautiful white sand beaches of Carmel, and you could count on the fingers of one hand the people who were in the water further than their ankles. ---
**Author:** ![AbbyF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AbbyF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbyF)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/25 "2014-03-10T09:29:43Z")
Well,just saw this thread… ANyway, Patients with early myeloma can do well for years without treatment and starting treatment early does not seem to help them live longer. These patients are often watched closely without starting chemo. Sometimes they will be given a medication called bisphosphonate to help protect their bones… ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/26 "2014-03-10T10:01:23Z")
That’s as maybe, but Mr Scheider died back in 2008. So was it really worth reviving this thread? ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/27 "2014-03-10T10:16:25Z")
This bump launched me into an epic google search because I suddenly remembered seeing Roy’s face in the cover of Michener’s “Centennial” paperback. But alas, I couldn’t find that version and his name wasn’t in the cast (even the supporting cast) so it must have been another book, or maybe a poster. Don’t know why I did that. I was sure he died years ago. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/28 "2014-03-10T11:00:03Z")
I glanced at the topic and thought Rob Schneider had multiple myeloma. ---
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/29 "2014-03-10T11:26:52Z")
The real question is whether **twickster** has seen Jaws yet? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/30 "2014-03-10T13:22:53Z")
> [@AbbyF](#): > > Well,just saw this thread… ANyway, Patients with early myeloma can do well for years without treatment and starting treatment early does not seem to help them live longer. These patients are often watched closely without starting chemo. Sometimes they will be given a medication called bisphosphonate to help protect their bones… I say we dig him up and give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/31 "2014-03-10T16:11:05Z")
I had a real “Didn’t he die a few years back?” moment until I realized that we were talking about zombie Roy Scheider. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/32 "2014-03-12T18:13:22Z")
> [@fruitbat](#): > > The real question is whether **twickster** has seen Jaws yet? Nope. Did finally see _Jurassic Park_, if that counts for anything. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/33 "2014-03-12T18:22:15Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Nope. > > Did finally see _Jurassic Park_, if that counts for anything. I just caught some of **Jaws** the other night with my son, we love it. Forgotten in all the Roy Scheider talk is how great Robert Shaw’s performance really is in that movie. **Twickster** , you MUST put Jaws on your movie bucket list! ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/34 "2014-03-12T18:25:53Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Nope. > > Did finally see _Jurassic Park_, if that counts for anything. It doesn’t, unfortunately. Jurrassic Park is science fiction. Watch Jaws and you may never swim in the ocean again! ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/35 "2014-03-12T20:28:05Z")
I thought he was dead already. ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/36 "2014-03-12T20:29:58Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Jaws, shmaws. > His best work remains _2010: The Year we Make Contact_. > heh. Nah. _Sorcerer_. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/37 "2014-03-12T21:08:12Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Nope. > > Did finally see _Jurassic Park_, if that counts for anything. Dude. Jaws is a movie that I will watch no matter how many times I have seen it. You owe it to yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/38 "2014-03-12T22:53:25Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Dude. Jaws is a movie that I will watch no matter how many times I have seen it. > You owe it to yourself. Agreed. It truly is a beautifully-constructed movie. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/39 "2014-03-12T23:24:37Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Dude. Jaws is a movie that I will watch no matter how many times I have seen it. > > You owe it to yourself. It’s been running on cable this week and I keep watching up to the “Indianapolis” scene. The movie is fantastic, even three days in a row. ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-scheider-has-multiple-myeloma/310752/40 "2014-03-12T23:26:20Z")
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