doubleplusundead

June 27, 2008

Boy, the internets sure are useful

Back in the bad old days, if you spent several hours each day worrying about whether or not Abe Vigoda was still alive, you would constantly have to type in "vigoda" on Google News. And really, who has time for that?

Now, there's an easier way.

Posted by: Sean M. at 04:50 PM | Comments (13) | Add Comment
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1 That's awesome.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at June 27, 2008 05:00 PM (LUngb)

2 Hahahahahaha!!!

Posted by: Moron Pundit at June 27, 2008 05:18 PM (SkqC2)

I can't tell if that's funny or evil.

Or both.

Posted by: plebian at June 27, 2008 05:27 PM (XPueE)

4 Haha. It's perfect. I know I have actually wondered about that from time to time.

Posted by: It's Vintage, Duh at June 27, 2008 05:42 PM (aGjMA)

5 A few years ago, there was a Firefox extension that would report the alive/dead status of Abe Vigoda in your status bar, but it died with Firefox 2, I think.

Posted by: Alice H at June 27, 2008 05:55 PM (jRtPb)

6 Man, that would've been even better.

Posted by: Sean M. at June 27, 2008 05:59 PM (e6v7s)

7 It even had a little headshot of Abe smiling in the status bar - quite possibly the same picture on the website. I always wondered if the picture would change if he died.

Posted by: Alice H at June 27, 2008 06:01 PM (jRtPb)

8 In other news today, the smiling face of E-be Vigoda has turned into a frown.

America mourns his passing.

Posted by: Moron Pundit at June 27, 2008 06:04 PM (SkqC2)

9 Did I mention I miss my Abe Vigoda extension?

Posted by: Alice H at June 27, 2008 06:04 PM (jRtPb)

10 It's an old page, but still funny.

The joke comes from an item in People magazine where they mistakenly reported him as dead. He appeared in the magazine after the item appeared standing over his own grave. There's even a user on Fark who goes under the name of Abe Vigoda's Ghost.