I hadn't realized John Astin was still alive. That's good news. By the way, M.M. I love the pix of Buster Keaton and the monkey in your header. Just wonderful. :)
Addams Family should still be available on Netflix streaming.
I'm a little ashamed of my fondness for 80's sitcom Night Court, but not of my love for John Astin's character Buddy. When he explains that he used to be crazy, "but I'm feeling MUCH better now!", and give that patented Astin grin, I'd just plotz.
John Astin also appeared, pre-Addams Family, in a 1962 sitcom entitled “I’m Dickens…He’s Fenster” that my husband, Jim Benson of www.TVTimeMachine.com and I’ll be bringing out on DVD this fall. Astin does a lot of physical comedy in the show, which also stars Marty Ingels, and is about two best friends and co-workers in a construction company where things rarely go right. http://www.imdickenshesfenster.com and http://dickensandfenster.com to see clips and for more info about the DVD project.
Named for Katie-Bar-The-Door, the Katies are "alternate Oscars"—who should have been nominated, who should have won—but really they're just an excuse to write a history of the movies from the Silent Era to the present day.
To see a list of nominees and winners by decade, as well as links to my essays about them, click the highlighted links:
Remember: There are no wrong answers, only movies you haven't seen yet.
The Silent Oscars
And don't forget to check out the Silent Oscars—my year-by-year choices for best picture, director and all four acting categories for the pre-Oscar years, 1902-1927.
Look at me—Joe College, with a touch of arthritis. Are my eyes really brown? Uh, no, they're green. Would we have the nerve to dive into the icy water and save a person from drowning? That's a key question. I, of course, can't swim, so I never have to face it. Say, haven't you anything better to do than to keep popping in here early every morning and asking a lot of fool questions?
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LOL. I loved that show.
You know, John Astin (Gomez) is still alive and teaching acting at Johns Hopkins, just up the road from here. He's one of the greats.
I hadn't realized John Astin was still alive. That's good news. By the way, M.M. I love the pix of Buster Keaton and the monkey in your header. Just wonderful. :)
Addams Family should still be available on Netflix streaming.
I'm a little ashamed of my fondness for 80's sitcom Night Court, but not of my love for John Astin's character Buddy. When he explains that he used to be crazy, "but I'm feeling MUCH better now!", and give that patented Astin grin, I'd just plotz.
John Astin also appeared, pre-Addams Family, in a 1962 sitcom entitled “I’m Dickens…He’s Fenster” that my husband, Jim Benson of www.TVTimeMachine.com and I’ll be bringing out on DVD this fall. Astin does a lot of physical comedy in the show, which also stars Marty Ingels, and is about two best friends and co-workers in a construction company where things rarely go right.
http://www.imdickenshesfenster.com and http://dickensandfenster.com to see clips and for more info about the DVD project.
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