26 votes

Stefan Karl Stefansson, 'LazyTown's' Robbie Rotten actor, dies aged 43

4 comments

  1. [5]
    Comment removed by site admin
    Link
    1. [3]
      Krael
      Link Parent
      It always had a minor degree of popularity online, going back to when it first started airing 14 years ago. The recent popularity boom around it was due to Stefan's diagnosis, but that only gained...

      It always had a minor degree of popularity online, going back to when it first started airing 14 years ago. The recent popularity boom around it was due to Stefan's diagnosis, but that only gained a foothold in the first place due to the latest wave of internet shitposting adults having grown up with it.

      I was far too old for it when it started airing, but my kids loved it so I kept up with it. Damn shame about Stefan, he was a genuinely great person.

      On a separate note, I think this may be more appropriate for ~tv than ~news.

      Yeah, I wasn't 100% on where to put it.

      3 votes
      1. balooga
        Link Parent
        I’ve never seen an episode of LazyTown and my only real awareness of it is from that old “Cooking By The Book” Lil Jon mashup on YouTube. Guess I’m too old to get it. But if I have a sentimental...

        I’ve never seen an episode of LazyTown and my only real awareness of it is from that old “Cooking By The Book” Lil Jon mashup on YouTube. Guess I’m too old to get it. But if I have a sentimental view about Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood or 3-2-1 Contact, I’d expect the next generation would have their own version of that.

        Regardless, it’s always tragic when cancer claims another life, especially one as young as Stefansson.

      2. [2]
        Comment removed by site admin
        Link Parent
        1. Krael
          Link Parent
          Thank you! I'll update the tags accordingly.

          Thank you! I'll update the tags accordingly.

          1 vote
    2. anti
      Link Parent
      The meme itself was pretty much dead before the actor became deathly ill. The resurgence of the meme and a new focus on the actor himself is due, in my opinion, to a few things; people trying to...

      The meme itself was pretty much dead before the actor became deathly ill. The resurgence of the meme and a new focus on the actor himself is due, in my opinion, to a few things; people trying to help a dying man, more people learning of the meme because of the ouroborous of meme publicity, and virtue signaling.

      honestly its not even the best lazy town meme. that honor goes to this -- still a better love story than twilight.

      1 vote