Talk:Abe Vigoda

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I remember hearing he had a second premature obituary published, someone wanna knock me down or back me up? I'm not sure if the second was as widely published (read: I think a local newspaper f'd up). --Jack (Cuervo) 10:58, 23 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Actually, it was Jennifer Valoppi, a former TV anchorwoman on WWOR Channel 9, in Secaucus, New Jersey who made that false report in 1987. She corrected herself the next day. DanTD 04:19, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

if he dies, could you dro'pkm]polmpm\ ,m\ p a line to hotkarlmarx@gmail.com? the firefox extension that was telling his status has apparently farked the fuck outta his official web site, so alternate channels of information must be sought. clearly, there's call for duplicity, or at least duplication, on this most crucial call-tree. -:)Ozzyslovechild 03:31, 4 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Whoever removed the line about the hebrew alphabet, saying the order of the letters is wrong: YOU are wrong. Cite a source for your contention. I put the line back in.

The article should mention Abe Vigoda's frequent appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, most recently covered in Christmas tree lights.--172.152.213.85 11:08, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

There was a fun one tonight that played into the death rumours. In a sketch about audience members with "super powers," one member's power was reanimating the dead through intense concentration. Conan asked him to demonstrate, and he closed his eyes for a moment, whereupon Vigoda shuffled in. ~ CZeke 06:04, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ha-ha, I just added that to the article as a very brief example of his fun with fake death claims. Martin 06:37, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Conan O'Brien reflink insert is very confusing as a reader of this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.112.224.18 (talk) 15:25, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In May 2001, Greg Galcik created abevigoda.com (website), a single-page site displaying "Abe Vigoda's status" which reports whether Abe Vigoda is currently alive or dead. In 2002, Galcik recorded a gothic rock song Abe Vigoda's Dead, a parody of Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus.

The Abe Vigoda Status extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browser, released in late 2004, shows "Abe Vigoda's current status" in the status bar of the Firefox browser (at the time of this writing, it claims that Mr. Vigoda is "alive"). Originally, it retrieved Mr. Vigoda's status from abevigoda.com. On 14 February 2005, the extension was listed on Fark.com. Due to massive publicity generated by this listing, abevigoda.com was temporarily knocked out of commission, in a process that is often called "farking". For about 18 hours afterward, the current status said "farked" instead of "alive". The extension was later changed to retrieve Mr. Vigoda's status from the extension author's website, instead of from abevigoda.com.

If I had any real idea what it meant, I'd fix it. But I don't (and I thought I understood the English language fairly well). JackofOz 04:29, 21 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've had no response, so I've removed this. Please translate it into English before reverting me. JackofOz 06:29, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

: Maybe you just aren't web literate. You removed the exact explanation I was looking for, and I had no troubble comprehending it. Try figuring out why there is an Abe Vigoda Status Firefox extension https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/451/ and what it does with out the removed text. I will re-add with links for clairification. (virtualx)

I make no claims to web-literacy, but I can usually work things out. Wikipedia articles are written with general readers in mind. This is an article about an actor. Those interested in reading about people in the theatrical/acting profession cannot be assumed to have any particular knowledge of IT/internet technicalities. Try figuring out why there is an Abe Vigoda Status Firefox extension - no, how about you tell me what a "status firefox extension" is? Expecting readers to do a lot of research in order to understand what the f... you're on about is expecting too much. People will read this and wonder what drugs the people who write Wikipedia are on. Can you tell me in 2 short sentences just exactly what this whole block of text is trying to say? I mean in plain, ordinary, everyday, layperson's English? Assume I'm your granddad and go from there. No, how about this: I'll tell you what I think it means, and you tell me how close I am. Here goes:

• In 2004, some websites erroneously reported that Abe Vigoda had died. That's the essence of it, isn't it? What more needs to be said? JackofOz 10:18, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• I'm an internet layperson and it was clear to me, that Abe Vigoda took the mistaken magazine news article (about his death) in stride and as a result of that running joke, many third party websites participated in the joke of "is this minor celebrity alive or dead?" and made that information available as a daily reminder in order to take part in this sick, albeit good-spirited, joke. I don't know why you're so bitter that you simply don't get the joke. JesseRafe 00:36, 30 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Someone removed my link to the band "Abe Vigoda" without comment. By what policy would this be considered irrelevant? COOL! Kellen ^T 18:25, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What happened to the Abe Vigoda Firefox extension? The link to it does not appear to work, and neither abevigoda.com nor vesterman.com provide a link anymore. I cannot seem to find it anywhere. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.21.69.123 (talk • contribs) .

I have my old XPI (installer), but it doesn't work with Firefox 1.5. (There's a way around this, but I'm not motivated to bother.) I suspect it doesn't work anymore. --Dhartung | Talk 11:53, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In the HR Block Superbowl commercial Abe Vigoda was Death. Not big enough to go in unless there is some tie to the Abe Vigoda is dead stuff. --BenWoodruff 22:57, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Is mentioned in a Beastie Boy's song? Or some nobody's song about pagodas? I can't believe this was a stand-alone sentence on Wikipedia (about a one-time television appearance): "It drew a lot of laughs." So what? Not every laugh on TV deserves mention on Wikipedia, nor do I think his one-time, unpaid guest appearances on other TV shows count as "Career" milestones that need to be noted. The cult segment of America concerned with Abe Vigoda can go visit his fan site, SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN WIKIPEDIA.173.21.123.155 (talk) 21:36, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

When I entered "Vigoda" in the Wikipedia search box, I was redirected here. That's not what I expected. If I entered "Smith", would I be redirected to any particular Smith? I don't think so. Unfree (talk) 22:33, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's because "Smith" doesn't have an obvious single target to redirect to. Where else would you expect to land when typing "Vigoda"? If there are other possibilities, perhaps a template is in order, like {{for}} or {{redirect}}.  Frank  |  talk  22:37, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

how about the name of said 'prominent magazine'?