By the way, he lost a LOT of weight in recent years.
I loved him as Harold in Midnight Madness.
Damned. Steve was one funny guy, who signed lots of autographs, stood for pictures, and just clowned around with us common folk at Sci-Fi conventions.
He got his start in Hollywood by putting his Resume’ on the inside lids of pizza boxes he delivered there. That’s how he got his “Animal House” audition.
Here’s a story none of you have ever heard, because I first got it from a friend, and then pulled it on Steve.
I met Furst twice and on the second time I said, “Steve, is your family name Feurstein”? Yes, he said.
“Was your father a pawnbroker in Norfolk, Va?” Again he said “yes”.
“Did he go to a shual named ###”? Yes, he said. How do you know all that?
Well, my shual friend Ken Gutterman was stationed in Norfolk and sat next to your father at shual during the Jewish holidays.
Steve burst out laughter. He knew he had been had, by an admirer.
He also spoke very nicely about his son who was studying music and movie directing (which he later did).
I’m really going to miss him. “Animal House” is my favorite comedy of all time. It will be a lasting tribute to his comedic genius.
anyone watch “Delta House” before it was cancelled?
RIP Stephen
Stephen Furst Babylon 5 trivia (IMDB):
Furst publicly credits J. Michael Straczynski’s show Babylon 5 (1994) with saving his life, because he is a longtime diabetic whose kidneys failed midway through the show. A fan who loved his portrayal of ‘Vir’ heard of his health problems and donated a kidney to save him from dialysis and a likely early demise.
Stephen Furst will always be “Flounder” to me. Doesn’t hurt that I had a college roommate upon whom they could have based the Flounder character. Unfortunately, my roommate also had medical problems and passed at a young age.
RIP, Flounder. Say hi to Senator Blutarsky and don’t forget to throw up on Dean Wormer if you see him!