#stunt man

[newvision]

RICHARD SIKEN

[lullaby-stimboards]

Gonzo the Great 🐓 🎪

now it's time for my thiiirrd favorite muppet! GONZO!!!

themes of gonzo, soft blue/purple, balloons, a chicken, and a trumpet because he opened the show with the trumpet gag for a long time!

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[auntiemaud]

Pretty sure these were taken on the set of "Death at Bargain Prices." Diana Rigg is yucking it up with and Joe "Dazzler" Cornelius, a professional wrestler, actor, and stunt performer. Cornelius worked on The Avengers with fight stunt arranger Ray Austin to make the fights look good. His brother Billy Cornelius was also a stuntman that worked on Avengers episodes "Dial a Deadly Number", "Small Game for Big Hunters" and "From Venus With Love."

[i-j0s]

[stone-cold-groove]

It’s Evel, not evil.

[thedarktowerdames]

[theglitterdome]

On this day...

Stunt pilot Paul Mantz died while filming a scene for the 1965 film Flight Of The Phoenix.

The flying sequences were flown by racing, stunt, and movie pilot, as well as collector of warplanes, Paul Mantz, co-owner of Tallmantz Aviation, filling in for his partner Frank Tallman, who had injured his leg.

The morning of July 8, 1965, Mantz was flying the Tallmantz Phoenix P-1, the machine that was "made of the wreckage", performing touch-and-go landings for the cameras, when the fuselage buckled during a touchdown. The movie model broke apart and cartwheeled, killing Mantz and seriously injuring stuntman Bobby Rose.

The final credit on the film was, "It should be remembered... that Paul Mantz, a fine man and a brilliant flyer gave his life in the making of this film..."

[thensson]

Stunt Man, by Richard Siken