Turner Classic Movies does a beautiful video memorial each year for those in the film industry who have died. Here is the one for 2009:



The music is "To Live Is To Fly" by Steve Earle.

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July 8

Time will tell, but space is keeping it a secret.

July 7

I don't trust quiz show hosts, they ask too many questions.

July 6

Text books contain too much teenage chatter.
Angry people have management problems.

July 5

It's easy to take a leap of faith when you're a frog.

July 4

Pipe-dreams make plumbers happy.

July 3

It really is a small world when you're a giant.
Electricians light up my life.

July 2

Reeling in the years is going to take one heck of a fishing line.
If we're dust in the wind, it should be easier to get around.
There's no rest for the wicked because we're having too much fun.

July 1

There's no rest for the wicked because we're having so much fun.
Wild-goose chases may at least net a few golden eggs.

June 30

All talk and no action = art-house movie.

June 29

All that glitters is not gold, there are also diamonds.
Tubing is so tubular.

June 28

Thought for the day: stop thinking so much.
Fonts are sick of typecasting.

June 27

Smart cookies are the ones who figure out how not to get eaten.
An arm and a leg are an odd form of currency.

June 26

Bees give me the hives.
I don't call them iguanas, I call them pocket dinosaurs.

June 25

Transporting is the dull cousin of teleporting.
Quiz shows ask too many questions.

June 24

Pancake houses are more delicious than gingerbread houses.

June 23

Capital punishment: READING TEXT WITH THE CAPS TURNED ON!
Opportunity knocks, but failure rings the doorbell.

June 22

Shirts and I have a few things we need to iron out.
My macaw ran away to join a pirate ship.

June 21

Pelicans actually prefer boxers to briefs.
If owls are so wise, why do they keep asking who?

June 20

Yes or no questions are the lazy multiple choice test.
My Achilles' heel is trying to understand epic poems.

June 19

Shorthand is not as expressive as jazz hands.
Jitterbugs need to lay off the caffeine.

June 18

Time travelers are a blast from the past.
Juries reasonably doubt what's in the sandwiches in the jury room

June 17

Divine intervention is needed when angels do too much partying.
Don't cast pigs in a play, they're really big hams.

June 16

Making ends meet is easy for circles.
My core beliefs include believing the earth has a core.

June 15

My core beliefs include the belief that the earth has one.
One born every minute must mean a very crowded hospital nursery.
Snakes don't like it when you call their home a pit.

June 14

Anvils: cartoon characters' weapon of choice.
Ketchup helped me get my start as a director of action movies.

June 13

Seeing eye to eye is a little closer to you than I want to be.
My head is swimming, but the rest of me is drowning.
A camel's favorite day of the week is hump day.

June 12

Paper umbrellas protect tropical drinks during a rainstorm.
Old habits die hard, particularly in action movies.
My gut tells me listening to body parts is weird.

June 11

Light years are way less depressing than dark years.
Coats of paint are not going to keep you very warm.

June 10

Riddle me this . . . what is the point of riddles?
Vacation getaways may or may not involve a police chase.
Unwritten rules only apply to the illiterate.

June 9

Wolves in sheep's clothing have no fashion sense.
Comparing apples and oranges results in a nice salad.

June 8

Unwritten laws only apply if you're illiterate.
Vacation getaways are less likely to involve a police chase.

June 7

Old school was new school when I went to school.
Get off the soapbox, I want to take a shower.

June 6

Spoonfuls of sugar will one day lead to even more medicine.
Kicking ass upsets the animal rights groups.
If it's December it must be piñata killing season.

June 5

Walls in China tend to be really impressive.
Jupiter: the leading gas giant outside a political rally.

June 4

Fractions do a lot of things by halves.
More power to you. Love, your electric company.
I don't have a tattoo, it's actually a trademark.

June 3

Caught with your pants down is O.K. if your shirt is long enough.
My heart's content to just keep on beating.
Fractions are too clever by half.

June 2

Being on cloud nine makes me wonder who got to be on ten.
Grammar police sound funny to criminals.
Lobbying: the more financially rewarding form of stalking.

June 1

Stop chain letters, mail carriers have enough back problems.
Degrees are sick of being third.
Barbers are a bunch of cut-ups.

May 31

Seasons in the sun are always summer.
A straw man's argument is one way to scare crows.

May 30

Insomniacs never fall asleep at the wheel.
Succotash: vegetable dish or insult?
Me and my shadow have a lot of fun making puppets.

May 29

Lamebrain excuses won't protect you from zombies.
Lamps: you light up my life.
One is the loneliest number and available for blind dates.

May 28

It takes two to tango, and three to have a menage a trois.
One is the loneliest number, but it will go on blind dates.
Winning one for the gipper is easier if I know what a gipper is.

May 27

Cows: owning them is one way to raise the steaks.
Golf: when you carry a club while belonging to a club.

May 26

My editor is on vacashun.
Hearing things through the grapevine puts me off wine.

May 25

No matter how hard I try, I can't break my zip code.
It seems to me pop tarts should come in root beer flavor.

May 24

My body language suffered in the translation.
Clouds leave a lot of things up in the air.

May 23

If all roads lead to Rome, no wonder I keep getting lost.
Wishing upon a star is a good way to get burned.
Plate tectonics are a huge underground movement.

May 22

The University of Life has crappy fraternity parties.
Graduation ruined my ambition to be a perpetual student.

May 21

All science is weird science.
Quivering loins: without them, you don't have a romance novel.
The mills of the gods grind slowly and make really good coffee.

May 20

Weird science is actually all science.
Better late than walk in on something embarrassing.
I got my dates mixed-up, I confused them with figs.

May 19

Sponges are so self-absorbed.
Remember, someone cares, and it's ruining my nihilist utopia.
Better late than walking in on something embarrassing.

May 18

Someone who cares is going to ruin my nihilist utopia.
Mars is the most bashful planet.
Stuff: the one who has the most when they die wins.

May 17

Journeys should not start with a first step at the Grand Canyon.
If you understand the word quotient, you're pretty intelligent.
Sasquatch leaves a really big ecological footprint.

May 16

Old habits die hard, especially in action movies.
Excuse my French, because I don't know the language.
The Harmonic Convergence would have been cooler with harmonicas.

May 15

A change of heart requires a complicated surgical procedure.
Mummies were the first preservation projects.

May 14

Don't give up your day job, unless you happen to be a vampire.
Laundering money is only a crime if you're into spreading germs.
Backgammon: the one time it is all black and white.

May 13

Elephants are exploited because they get paid peanuts.
Laundering money is only a crime if you're for spreading germs.

May 12

Uphill battles would be easier with a ski lift.
Knives have their work cut out for them.
In the movies, giant gorillas always get the girl.

May 11

My gut tells me listening to body parts is crazy.
The other fish in the sea are all either gay or married.
My hands have my fingerprints all over them.

May 10

Other fish in the sea are probably either gay or married.
Swine: how can anything that delicious be an insult?
Haute cuisine: is that the opposite of cold cuisine?

May 9

Facts: I have to get back to you with my opinion on them.
So hungry I can eat a horse's dinner. I really need the fiber.

May 8

Names make things easy for identity thieves.
Hunger puts a lot of horses in danger.

May 7

The powers that be have more wattage than other people.
My fitness program needs to include more web surfing.
The sun has a way of dawning on me.

May 6

Friends with benefits: does that include a dental plan?
When I capture your imagination the ransom will be quite steep.
Calling off the dogs would just embolden the cats.

May 5

Yaks are nature's most talkative animal.
Drunk driving can just mean the car is running on alcohol.
Chinese water torture makes you appreciate annoying people.

May 4

Driving me up the wall is just going to ruin the tires.
Tomorrow will be delayed due to unforeseen circumstances.

May 3

I have a beef with vegetarians.
Showing you the ropes is the hangman's job.
There: the place a lot of people don't want you to go.

May 2

Flying squirrels are smarter than the average moose.
People who live in glass houses are looking for a wider audience.
I'm looking for the place that's an upgrade from utopia.

May 1

Say what you will, I've already stopped listening.
Fat lips are actually quite fashionable now.
Sucker punch: getting hit in the face with a lollipop.

April 30

Perfect strangers make up for imperfect friends.
I'm not baffled, I always look like this.
Cattle have a herd mentality.

April 29

Navel gazing gives lint more importance than it deserves.
Coming soon to a theater near you: more movie trailers.
Comparing notes gets composers accused of plagiarism.

April 28

Chemistry teachers are always in their element.
Recipes for disaster contain more than a pinch of volcano ash.

April 27

Skeletons really get under my skin.
Justice is not blind, but it does get poked in the eye a lot.
Doggone, the mutt will find his way home eventually.

April 26

Lunch is a great time to sandwich in some food.
I'm debating whether I should let you have an opinion.
My light saber is always spoken of in glowing terms.

April 25

Superpowers are the one good side-effect of harmful radiation.
Too many cooks guarantee no one is left to wash dishes.
Hangovers are fun when other people have them.

April 24

I always speak of my light saber in glowing terms.
My pet peeve needs a trainer, it keeps peeing on the carpet.
Ears get in the way of my being aerodynamic.

April 23

Useful facts take up room in my head needed for the useless kind.
Being my own worst enemy means my worst enemy goes easy on me.
Exactly how can one tell when a clam is happy?

April 22

All's fair in love and war and all that jazz.
The light at the end of the tunnel is a shot in the dark.
Raising the bar makes it more difficult to belly up to it.

April 21

Actions speak louder than a picture worth a thousand words.
A fool and his money are parted a day late and a dollar short.
Before you find a prince, use mouthwash to mask the frog kissing.

April 20

Two heads are better than one. Ask any two-headed monster.
Just how does one know when a clam is happy?
Zombies should really get a mind of their own.

April 19

Pots always feel at home on the range.
Pirates belong to Generation X Marks The Spot.
Challenge me to a duel, then watch how fast I run away.

April 18

Living in a vacuum must be awfully dusty and noisy.
Tissue damage wreaked havoc on my origami flowers.

April 17

I don't want to travel to the future, I'll just be old then.
Faxes are so 20th century. We'll communicate by telepathy soon.
The world of tomorrow: the world of today, one day away.

April 16

National parks: so bears can get a crack at tourists.
Quantity actually matters more than quality when it comes to time
Damaged goods have to be better than damaged bads.

April 15

Going off the deep end is the best way to execute a cannonball.
Oracles are psychics with a god complex.
Irregular periods make paragraphs harder to read.

April 14

When I live on Mars, I will really go green.
Personality tests are the only kind I fail.
If there's slumber involved, it can't be much of a party.

April 13

Decades from now they will give this decade a stupid name.
Wimps: because there has to be someone I can beat in a fight.
In the future, your identity crisis will be caused by your clone.

April 12

In the future, your identity crisis will caused by your clone.
Reason is just another word for excuse.
Eternity: it lasts a long time.

April 11

Playing dirty is unavoidable when mud wrestling.
What happens today will be ancient history someday.
Stuffed turkeys eat too much on Thanksgiving.

April 10

Being human gives me a great advantage around people.
Game theory: the theory that I can never win one.
Gladiators made a killing centuries before endorsements.

April 9

When the world as we know it ends, introduce me to the new one.
Game theory: the theory that I can ever win one.
Confidence is what got me into trouble in the first place.

April 8

Jelly is getting together with peanut butter: spread it around.
Eternity lasts too long.
Me, myself and I - we're really not that narcissistic.

April 7

Genies encourage a lot of wishful thinking.
I am destined for greatness. Unfortunately, in a different life.
Zippers are so fly.

April 6

Saber tooth tigers wouldn't be extinct if they'd had light sabers
Playing with fire keeps my pet dragon happy.
Wishful thinking helped me out a lot when the genie showed up.
Against all the odds, I'm actually quite normal in comparison.

April 5

The universe is the only place I want to live.
Certain futuristic cartoon characters are really retro.
Questions always have answers, unless you watch cult TV shows.
If life is like a bowl of cherries, it really is the pits.

April 4

Against all the odds, I seem quite normal in comparison.
Rattlesnakes have a way of shaking things up.
I can't wait until we get to Mars so I can weigh less.

April 3

I've got a can opener, so I'm ready for the robot wars.
Everything coming up roses triggers my hay fever.
Coming up after the break: another break.
Pillow talk keeps me up at night. Those pillows need to shut up.

April 2

The future is closer than you think, like one second from now.
Pennies from heaven are my favorite kind of climate change.
Mollusks don't like being invited to a clam bake.
When karma bites me, I'll be ready with a tetanus shot.

April 1

Elephants never forget, I'm glad I have one to remind me of stuff.
Pennies from heaven are the best kind of climate change.
Ribbon candy is the most political kind of candy.

March 31

I hope in my next life I actually get a life.
My sci-fi novel will be ruined if the future gets here too fast.
Superheroes must be expert tailors to sew all that spandex.

March 30

Flipping through calendars is how I time travel.
When all else fails, I'll be the success.
Breaking a mirror takes the mystery out of the next seven years.

March 29

My imagination is running on overtime, so pay me time and a half.
Being behind the eight ball is O.K. when it's a magic one.
Someday, your prince will come and make you sign a pre-nup.
Things that pass the test of time had multiple choice questions.

March 28

When the future gets here I will be nostalgic about today.

When the going gets tough, the not so tough leave town.

Togetherness gets in the way of my ambition to be a hermit.

March 27

I'd be an evil overlord if I could perfect my maniacal laugh.
It's O.K. to be behind the eight ball when it's a magic one.
It's a small world, especially to ginormous space invaders.

March 26

Tacos are my favorite kind of envelope.
Psychics live by the prophet motive.
I predict in the future I will be older.
Body language is the only kind mimes speak.

March 25

The world can't end in 2012. I have a 3 year warranty on my TV.
I curse so I can pretend I'm French.
I can't wait for the future so I can feel nostalgic about today.

March 24

Averages can be so mean.
Coaxing a snail out of his shell downgrades him to a slug.
Dermatologists make lots of rash decisions.

March 23

I'm not vague, I'm just kind of, sort of, you know.
The underbelly of humanity has a really big bellybutton.
Idiots: no village is complete without one.

March 22

Idiots: without them, villages would not be complete.
Spiders excel at spin tactics.
It's not over until everyone leaves before the last encore.

March 21

Idealists: because cynics need someone to ridicule.
Giants tell a lot of tall tales.
Inchworms are in trouble when we finally go metric.

March 20

Early birds should sleep in and give worms a break.
The quest for fire should have started with dragons.
Stick with sugar, because honey is stuff bees barf up.

March 19

Occupational therapy: like work ever made anyone feel better.
I fell off the wagon and had to sue a bunch of pioneers.
Greed is good when you're at the buffet counter.

March 18

Circles have no problem making ends meet.
If at first you don't succeed, keep failure as an option.
I went on trial for my many errors.

March 17

Kissing the Blarney Stone gave me the gift of gab and mono.
I don't cheat. The rules just don't apply to me.
Useless information is the only kind I remember.

March 16

Ghosts who wear flannel sheets are death warmed over.
I fell off the wagon and am now suing a bunch of pioneers.
Eh-xistentialism originated in Canada.

March 15

Inchworms will never get the hang of the metric system.
Spoonfuls of sugar help medicine go down and weight go up.
My hobbies all end up being about collecting dust.

March 14

A rolling stone gathers a lot of groupies.
Time travel is one way to have a blast from the past.
My pet rock spends a lot of time playing dead.

March 13

If I had a jetpack I would always be walking on air.
From here to eternity is worth a lot of frequent flyer miles.
Dermatologists make a lot of rash decisions.

March 12

Trees have a way of getting to the root of a problem.
Impaired judgment is what makes me so interesting.
You'll need a really big mitt to catch a plane.

March 11

Having a heart of gold must be rough on the other organs.
Salting yellow snow won't make it taste better.

March 10

Game changers are jerks who knock all the pieces off the board.
Camping is a lot of bother just to get some roasted marshmallows.
Twilight years: your teen daughter will outgrow it eventually.

March 9

Vanity, thy name is a place to put my toothbrush.
Moles are part of a huge underground movement.
Rural myths are mad that urban myths get all the media attention.

March 8

Lava is always served on the rocks.
Don't make a scene. This isn't a movie.
I don't need any bling, I'm already a diamond in the rough.
It's hell to live in the apartment below the movers and shakers.

March 7

Fantasy baseball should be played by unicorns.
I'm omnivorous, so lock up your pets and your plants.
Motion detectors: one way to ruin a game of Red Light/Green Light

March 6

I went the distance, then couldn't find my way back home.
My nameless dread has decided he wants to be called Henry.
I'd change my mind but I'm afraid of brain surgery.

March 5

This is the moment of truth. Then we can go back to lying.
Weeping willows need to man up and get over it.
Nation building: that would be one freakin' big building!

March 4

I'd change my mind but I don't want to pay for a brain surgeon.
Sanity is the only thing keeping me from being a genius.
Helium: the less invasive option to make you sound like a girl.

March 3

Unfortunately, eating superfoods will not give you superpowers.
Don't rain on my parade, and don't shoot spitballs on it, either.
If hell freezes over, the damned will spend eternity ice dancing.

March 2

You can count on me. I have numbers tattooed all over my body.
Ninjas throw stars but I can only throw character actors.
I wish I could backspace the last few years of my life.
Pirates have bad aarr days.

March 1

Pirates don't have bad hair days, they have bad arr days.
Sweaters are the result of mugging sheep.
A comedian is a pair of pointy shoes away from being a jester.

February 28

If we're all in the same boat, we're gonna need a bigger boat.
I'd take the floor now, but then we'd have nothing to stand on.
Social butterflies had plastic surgery while caterpillars.

February 27

Walls that could talk would have a great blackmail business.
Beware of cannibals and detectives. They both want to grill you.
My own shadow is afraid of me.
Hallucinating is how I entertain myself when there's no TV.

February 26

Cannibals and detectives are out to grill you.
Freaks are like normal people, only interesting.
My garage band failed because the garages wouldn't fit on stage.

February 25

Rice: the weapon of choice at weddings.
Don't be afraid of the dark, just of the monsters who live there.
I am the primary tourist attraction on my ego trips.
I'm not eavesdropping, but I am recording your conversation.

February 24

Clueless people will never succeed as private investigators.
People choice awards discriminate against animals.
There's no time like the present, unless you own a time machine.

February 23

Don't ask for the moon, but I might score you an asteroid.
Flapping your gums is one way to get spit to fly.
Oranges and lemons have a great zest for life.
Having your cake and eating it: get over it, that's normal.

February 22

Clown cars: the solution to the energy crisis.
If I get thrown into the lion's den, I expect a big-screen TV.
Juice bars: like real bars, only without the fun.

February 21

Zeus is always stealing my thunder.
Yaks are the gabbiest animals.
Smarter than the average bear won't get you into the best schools

February 20

Complementary colors use flattery to get what they want.
Squares go through life feeling cornered.
Sandboxes are a day at the beach without the seaweed and sharks.

February 19

Verbs make things happen.
Life is short. Maybe we should give it some growth hormones.
Stick a fork in me, I love filing frivolous lawsuits.

February 18

I like my bicycle, but I'm ready to upgrade to a spaceship.
Blind ambition is wrong. It should be visually impaired ambition.
Don't borrow trouble, it's better to pay cash for it.

February 17

Sleeves are not a good place to wear your heart, it's too messy.
Keepin' it real is not as much fun as keepin' it fantastical.
People who can stretch a dollar are clearly counterfeiters.

February 16

Done deal: I prefer it to a raw deal.
Absence doesn't make your home room teacher's heart grow fonder.
Make an impression, sit down in snow.

February 15

I use marching bands to drum up business.
Digging your own grave upsets the gravediggers union.
People hate me because I'm a prefectionist.
I cry over chopped onions, not spilt milk.

February 14

Zombies like people who keep an open mind.
Nerves of steel help deflect injury during sword fights.
The bottom fell out on my life when I stepped on a trapdoor.

February 13

I don't mince words. I prefer to puree them.
Candy canes are always in mint condition.
It's not dandruff, it's pixie dust.
Making mountains out of molehills leads to mole homelessness.

February 12

The Trojan War: the last time we had an epic water bomb fight.
Going green happens when the traffic light changes.
If looks could kill, we'd all be ninja assassins.

February 11

Cleaning out my closet would just disturb the skeletons.
I'd lend you my ear, but interest payments would be too weird.
I'm not a doctor, but I often operated with a tweezer as a child.
Jogging my memory is about all the exercise I get.

February 10

Zoo keeping: like housekeeping, but with more shoveling involved.
Capitalism: can't start a sentence without it.
A world of pure imagination must be lacking in reality TV shows.
Knights in shining armor win jousts by blinding their opponents.
Zoo keeping must be a lot more difficult than housekeeping.

February 9

Rainbows aren't that beautiful after it rains cats and dogs.
Rubbing elbows with the rich and famous gave me a rash.
Rats who desert ships take up all the room in the lifeboats.

February 8

Cubism makes me feel boxed in.
Breakdown lanes are for neurotic drivers.
Curmudgeons: ordering kids off lawns before there were lawns.

February 7

Don't upset the apple cart. It's very sensitive.
Blank verse: the empty page handed in for your poetry assignment.

February 6

I wasn't born yesterday. I'm actually from the future.
I get tangled in my parachute when I go dumpster diving.
Shiny happy people need to tone it down in the morning.
Don't take rabbits bar-hopping, they'll just get stewed.

February 5

Pigs bring home the bacon.
The moment of truth will be 12:41 PM tomorrow.
Picnics make me a basket case.
Thank your lucky stars for astronomers.
This shirt is my red carpet look.

February 4

People who wear two hats usually have two heads.
Grapes of wrath must make really lousy wine.
Confusion can ruin your day, unless you're an anarchist.

February 3

Time flies when you throw a clock out of an airplane.
Now you're talking! Too bad for you I'm not listening.
Don't burn your bridges behind you, unless you're a pyromaniac.
When I find my place in the sun I'm getting a hell of a sunburn.

February 2

Two's company, three's a ménage à trois.
I took a straw poll but the straws were not very responsive.
Monkeys, they drive me bananas.
Me Tarzan. You weird chick who likes to hang out in jungle.

February 1

I need a fireproof map to find my place in the sun.
Pyromaniacs see nothing negative about burning their bridges.

January 31

Snow is useful when trying to follow in someone's footsteps.
Angels are always harping about something.
Mold, it really spores me.

January 30

Coffee is how I get through the daily grind.
Insomniacs can't keep the dream alive.
A kleptomaniac stole my heart.
Your life going downhill is not so bad on a roller coaster.

January 29

As soon as I get my life organized I'm becoming an anarchist.
Ill-gotten gains are probably full of germs.
Hiding in plain sight is bad hide and seek strategy.

January 28

Grapes are raisins that remembered to used their sunscreen.
My English lit test was an epic fail.
Passing the torch is painful if you do it from the wrong end.

January 27

Dreams are censored nightmares.
My data tells me I over analyze everything.
Downhill is not such a bad direction on a roller coaster.

January 26

Contortionists will turn themselves inside out for you.
You are my destiny! At least until I find someone better.
Getting kinged playing checkers was my crowning achievement.
Storming the castle requires a rainmaking machine.
My dog is not rabid, I washed his mouth out with soap for cursing

January 25

Zoos are the best place for a walk on the wild side.
Tape can lead to sticky situations.
The tricycle is childhood's Batmobile.

January 24

Things that wobble but never fall down are really kind of scary.
If it's noon, it's time for breakfast!