‘I Had No Idea They Were Still Alive’ — thread

Glad Shecky Greene is still with us. Had the all time Vegas line when with Sinatra in the audience, he told the crowd. "Frank saved my life, really. A couple of goons were beating me up in the parking lot and Frank came up and told them 'That's enough boys, you might kill him."

 

Mixed him up with Lou Dobbs.

 

On a related note, the death of Carl Reiner had me thinking of Mel Brooks and reminding me of a few months ago when I again watched "Blazing Saddles" and realizing Brooks might be the only actor in the main cast of the movie who was still alive. I then realized that Burton Gilliam, who played Taggart's right-hand man Lyle, was still around at 81, and checking IMDB.com just now I saw that Carol Arthur (Dom Deluise's widow who played the schoolmarm) and Robyn Hilton (the redhead in the governor's office) are still with us also.

 

MPC Johnson is right!

 

"Rahbirt!"

 

If only she had gone away when her goon husband did. With Cory Aquino watching, much the way too much of the country saw when Ferdinand Marcos had Benigno Aquino Jr. assassinated on the tarmac at Manila International Airport upon his return from exile. The airport is now named for him.

Interesting fact: While he was a politician, Ninoy's chosen profession was journalism.

 

Their daughter was the host of the Philippines' version of "Deal or No Deal," among other ventures.

 

When Fred Willard died it made me think of Teri Garr, who left the business due to MS, but happily is still with us. An early crush, cute and funny - what's not to like?

 

That is one I assumed died 40 years ago.

 

Nah man. Lou Dobbs was the guy who sang “someday You’re gonna miss my loving.”

 

Do you mean Lou Rawls?