My 1 year old male Siamese is named Canoe after another character in the movie. Now, if the stupid Disney could only release That Darn Movie on DVD, a lot of other people could enjoy it as well!
Posted on 05/18/2005 7:44:19 AM PDT by Borges
you had a 50/50 chance and still blew it :) He was Commissioner Bele, and Lou Antonio was Lokai.
That era produced alot of talented, humble, hard-working first-class gentlepeople as well as entertainers. Compared to the likes of the people who grace the covers of People today, they really WERE the GREATEST GENERATION.
here's something confusing: news reports indicate his wife of many years Christina was at his side when he died, yet some websites indicate he married Russ Meyer actress Haji jul 4th, 2004. Here's an added star trek connection: Haji's son in law was in star trek VI and the Voyager episode "Flashback".
riddle me that Batman!
Yeah. Figgered that out 2 posts later. Drat.
He did a great Richard Widmark.
Well said. I met Frank Gorshin at Sardi's when was portraying George Burns in "Goodnight Gracie." He would come into the restaurant every night and have a cup of coffee before the show. He was so gracious and kind. I was having dinner and mentioned to the waiter that we were seeing the show and the waiter brought Mr. Gorshin over to meet us. An real honor.
Another sad passing of a talented gentleman of the old school. I never heard any bad gossip or sensational tales about him. Wish the entertainment industry had more of his ilk today. I grew up in a community adjacent to Garfield (Pittsburgh). People in the burgh were proud of him, and rightfully so. May he rest in peace now.
Especially Kirk Douglas
Very sad news. I was a big fan (watching him and the other great impressionists on the TV show "The Copycats" is what inspired me to start doing voices and go into radio), and my wife and I spent our anniversary last year seeing his brilliant George Burns show in Dallas.
I knew a lady handling PR for the show, and I asked if she could possibly arrange for us to come backstage and meet him. She told me to go around to the back alley of the theater after the show. We did so. Mr. Gorshin and his wife were waiting there alone just to greet us and could not have been nicer. He already had a photo of himself as George Burns personally inscribed and autographed to me. Even though it was a chilly night and we were standing outside, he talked to us for 15 minutes or so, answered all our questions, asked us about ourselves, and posed for photos with us (his wife held my camera and took them).
I work around a lot of show biz types, and in a world that's now largely populated with flash-in-the-pan egomaniacs, he was an amazing true talent (top rank actor, singer, stand-up comic and impressionist) with a career that spanned decades, still filling theaters and earning Tony nominations to the end, and a really fine human being as well. You have no idea how rare that is (of the ones I've met, Tony Randall and Steve Allen were also among the most gracious and considerate).
Our deepest condolences to Mr. Gorshin's family. He will be greatly missed. And BTW, his George Burns show was astounding. I saw George Burns live before he died, and it was like seeing him come back to life again on stage.
My 1 year old male Siamese is named Canoe after another character in the movie. Now, if the stupid Disney could only release That Darn Movie on DVD, a lot of other people could enjoy it as well!
Thanks! I couldn't remember what show I was thinking of.
Right now I weigh 210 and am 5-10. I would look awkward in green tights, question marks or not.
RIP, Frank.
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PS: Is John Astin, who played Riddler in a couple of episodes in the second season of "Batman", still with us?
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Apparently, Gomez is still with the living:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040014/
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