"Kids In the Hall" Funnyman Scott Thompson Staring Down Cancer with a Quip and a Smile

[WillParkinson]

"Kids In the Hall" Funnyman Scott Thompson Staring Down Cancer with a Quip and a Smile

He may have been crushing your head, but cancer can't crush his spirit.

We just learned that Scott Thompson, out and proud funnyman, has “large B-cell, non-Hodgkins gastric lymphoma.” But he’s not letting it get him down.

“What? I won the lymphoma? I had no idea I was even nominated,” jokes Scott Thompson, in an interview with Canadian magazine Macleans.

Despite the illness, he’s managed to fit treating the disease in around filming the Kids In the Hall reunion, which is morbidly called Death Comes to Town. He did the chemo before filming, and then he did the radiation. There’s been some fallout, weakening his body, and he tore a muscle shooting the miniseries.

Still, it hasn’t affected his sense of humor. He’s planning on turning the experience of his diagnosis and treatment into a one-man show, once he’s got his strength back. He understands that’s his place in the world, helping people heal through laughter, whether it’s wounds of the spirit, like he did with coming out, or now, of the body. “My job is to bring light into the darkness — and gays are fine, they don’t need me anymore. I’m moving on to a new group, cancer people.”

http://www.afterelton.com/blog/edkennedy/scott-thompson-cancer

[Deep13]

1. Is it because he has a cabbage for a head?

Oops, wrong actor. Glad to hear he's cancer-free now.

[onehandle]

2. Damn. I love him. Stay healthy, Scott. nt

[driver8]

3. Oh man, this really sucks!

Best wishes to Scott Thompson -- glad to see that he can keep that wonderful sense of humor through this.

[racaulk]

4. He's always been a class act and a funny comedian.

I'm hoping for his speedy recovery and continued health. Stay well, Scott!

K&R

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Mark McKinney is the 'I'm crushing your head!' guy

All these guys are funny as hell, and I'm sending good wishes out to Scott Thompson.

[glitch]

10. Thank you! Scott is so funny, he better not go yet! nt

[qb]

6. My favorite Kid in the Hall

I wish him a complete recovery.

[YOY]

7. Hope he's OK. Funny dude.

n.t.

[Bluenorthwest]

8. Not only is he funny, but his monolouges as Buddy

the bartender were and are living history in comic form.

[glitch]

11. They are - "such a lot of fuss over a few esses" and his correspondence with Liz

:rofl: (and I don't use this smilie lightly)

[mrbarber]

13. I just posted in this thread, but I have to agree here.

My favorite Buddy routine was when he said "I quit smoking and with the money saved I bought a bar!"

[RetiredTrotskyite]

9. My Best Wishes to Scott.

Cancer sucks, but I am glad he can keep a sense of humour anyhow. Here's to a complete recovery and a long life, Scott!

[mrbarber]

12. Wish him a speedy recovery. Extremely funny man.

Everyone from Kids in the Hall are.

[rudy23]

14. Very underrated on the Larry Sanders Show. Outstanding as Hank's assistant.

I almost like him better in that than in KITH.

[joeybee12]

15. Here's wishing him well....

...his cameo was the best part of the entire Season 6 of reno 911.

[Prism]

16. One of my earliest experiences with LGBT culture

His Buddy monologues were my first real exposure to gay culture as an adolescent. As I grew older, I found that underlying the comedy was a running, pointed commentary about culture and how increasingly out and proud LGBTers were beginning to fit into it. It's funny, I just introduced my bf to Buddy's monologues via YouTube a couple weeks ago. He's 20, so they're well before his time, but now he quotes them endlessly.

"If by 'situation' you mean the pterodactyl upstairs who's ruining everyone's good time, then yes I am aware of it. But there's simply nothing I can do!"

"And if I hadn't been on the floor, writhing in a pool of my own vomit, I'd have said something!"

I heart Scott. As someone said upthread, his monologues are a piece of living LGBT history.

[applegrove]

17. I loved that show.