# The Big Lebowski has died; Dude still abiding **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796 "2016-08-05T01:36:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/21 "2016-08-05T16:19:58Z")
Not many left from _Blazing Saddles_: Mel Brooks himself, Gene Wilder, Carol Arthur, Burton Gilliam, John Hillerman, Robyn Hilton, Rodney Allen Rippy, producer Michael Hertzberg, and writer Andrew Bergman. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/22 "2016-08-05T16:28:57Z")
The Big Lebowski: What makes a man, Mr. Lebowski? The Dude: Dude. The Big Lebowski: Huh? The Dude: Uhh… I don’t know sir. The Big Lebowski: Is it being prepared to do the right thing, whatever the cost? Isn’t that what makes a man? The Dude: Hmmm… Sure, that and a pair of testicles. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/23 "2016-08-05T16:34:48Z")
The Big Lebowski: Are you employed, sir? The Dude: Employed? The Big Lebowski: You don’t go out looking for a job dressed like that? On a weekday? The Dude: Is this a… what day is this? The Big Lebowski: Well, I do work sir, so if you don’t mind… The Dude: I do mind, the Dude minds. This will not stand, ya know, this aggression will not stand, man. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/24 "2016-08-05T16:39:28Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > David Huddlestone, who played the Big Lebowski, as well as Olsen Johnson from _Blazing Saddles_, has [died](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/david-huddleston-dead_us_57a3e214e4b021fd98782a56?section=&). > > Are we out of celebrities yet? It feels like we should be almost out of celebrities by now. Settle in; unfortunately it’s going to be a while. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/25 "2016-08-05T17:18:41Z")
The Cohens and the Brooks. Two different producers with David Huddleston as the common element. He really tied them together, man. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/26 "2016-08-05T18:24:36Z")
I’ve never seen that movie. You mean Jeff Bridges isn’t this Lebowski guy?? ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/27 "2016-08-05T18:29:56Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > I’ve never seen that movie. You mean Jeff Bridges isn’t this Lebowski guy?? They are both Lebowski. [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be7Og9Gc_KY), this explains it. Well, actually it doesn’t. They are both named Lebowski, it was an unfortunate confusion of having two people named Lebowski that was the beginning of the story. Jeff Bridge’s character prefers to be called The Dude. Or your dudeness, or etc. Seriously, go watch the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/28 "2016-08-05T18:32:35Z")
…El Duderino, if you’re not into that whole brevity thing… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/29 "2016-08-05T19:27:18Z")
Trivia: he was friends for almost 80 years with Roy Clark of Hee-Haw Fame; they grew up together. He was Clark’s manager during some lean times. His wife said his favorite moment as an actor was playing Benjamin Franklin in the Broadway revival of _1776_ in the 1990s. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/30 "2016-08-05T19:41:56Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > I’ve never seen that movie. You mean Jeff Bridges isn’t this Lebowski guy?? He’s not the _big_ Lebowski, but he’s _a_ Lebowski. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/31 "2016-08-05T19:47:06Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Wonder if he’ll be cremated…and if his ashes end up blowing into people’s faces. Only if Walter scatters them. Everything’s a fucking travesty with that guy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/32 "2016-08-07T20:48:58Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Has anyone told The Other Jeffrey Lebowski? Yes, yes. I’m well aware of my own condition. I’ve been in seclusion. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/33 "2016-08-07T21:15:03Z")
Sometimes you eat the bear, and… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/34 "2016-08-08T01:48:10Z")
> [@neofishboy](#): > > And let us not forget that this man was from a people whose fathers came across the prairies … fought Indians … fought drought … fought locusts … fought dicks … You’re wayyyy off. It’s **fought Dix**. The joke is that there is a US Army base, fairly well known, Fort Dix. Someone with a strong Brooklyn accent would pronounce fort and fought the same. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/35 "2016-08-08T03:55:14Z")
One of several actors\* in Capricorn One who seemed to show up with carte blanche to just do whatever they wanted. “David, just be smug and act like you’ve got everyone by the balls.” “Got it.” \*No one seemed to tell OJ. He had to settle for rub sand on his mouth and cry. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/36 "2016-08-08T09:07:19Z")
You can imagine where it goes from there… ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/37 "2016-08-08T09:09:07Z")
He fixes the cable? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/38 "2016-08-08T11:39:55Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > You’re wayyyy off. It’s **fought Dix**. The joke is that there is a US Army base, fairly well known, Fort Dix. Someone with a strong Brooklyn accent would pronounce fort and fought the same. However, IIRC, the following line says (something like) “Remember when Richard Dix tried to take over the town?” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/39 "2016-08-08T15:20:30Z")
> [@](#): > > remember when Richard Dix came in here and tried to take over this town? Well, we didn’t give up then, and by gum, we’re not going to give up now! Dick Dix. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796/40 "2016-08-08T16:00:27Z")
Kinda creepy watching the scene inside the limo. Both the actors across from Bridges are dead. Fuckin’ A, man. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-lebowski-has-died-dude-still-abiding/761796.md?page=3)