RIP: Charles Nelson Reilly

Double J · May 28, 2007

lantaur said:

I loved watching Match Game when I was a kid and always like Charles Nelson Reilly on that show. He was probably the only reason why I endured watching The Ghost & Mrs. Muir come to think of it.

RIP, CNR.
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I never saw it, but my dad named me after Hope Lange's son in the show.

And RIP, Charles.

Chef · May 28, 2007

Songbird said:

One of my favorite shows of all time. CNR was a hoot.

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Rayburn flapping his arms around like a nut.......God, I wish I had Game Show Network here.

spaceman · May 28, 2007

Hope Lange's son was named Double J?

jgmacg · May 28, 2007

We all know this is the transcript of a Saturday Night Live sketch, right? Right?

Perry White said:

RIP :'( (and this comes right after I lost the Game Show Network on cable)

James Lipton: On the thirteenth of January.. nineteen hundred and thirty one.. right here in New York City.. magic happened. An artist was born that would rival Leonardo da Vinci.. or Michelangelo. But his tools would not be pen, nor brush, nor chisel, nor palette. His tools would be his comically over-sized glasses.. and his soul. So please.. welcome.. the greatest performer ever to have graced this Earth, Charles Nelson Reilly.

[ Charles Nelson Reilly enters, strikes a few flamboyant poses for the audience, and sits down while laughing and grabbing his glasses ]

James Lipton: If you ever want to see acting at its finest.. acting that will make you re-examine your life.. acting that will make you see the world for the first time. Watch the 1969 television series, Love American Style. Specifically the episode entitled, "Love and the Laughing Lovers." It is a delight. [ James Lipton and Charles Nelson Reilly share a laugh ] Tell us about it.

Charles Nelson Reilly: Well, you know it was fantastic. It was a summer full of fashion, fun and frivolity. I learned a lot. One time, Gary Neworth, the director, said to me, "Charles, why don't you grab your glasses between your thumb and forefinger and pretend you're twisting them!" [ demonstrates while cracking up ] And I was never the same.

James Lipton: Nor, indeed, was the world.. nor history.. nor anything that the human eye has ever captured. When one thinks of CNR, one's mind goes right to Match Game. That show was delightful. No. No. It was brilliant. No, no, no, no. There is no word to describe its perfection, so I am forced to make one up. And I'm going to do so right now. Scrumtrilescent.

Charles Nelson Reilly: Oh my, that's a good word.

James Lipton: Yes it is. Match Game was absolutely scrumtrilescent.

Charles Nelson Reilly: You know, once we were taping Match Game '75, Nipsey Russell, Brett Summers and I, and we were hanging out at Gene Rayburn's house, and Nipsey says, "Charles, where does the joy come from?" And I said, "It comes from my blank and it blanks from my blank!" [ laughs uproariously ] And Betty White laughed so hard, her boob fell out!

James Lipton: Unbelievable. You are a modern master. Already a huge success on Broadway, you easily crossed over into film. In 1984, you portrayed Don Don Canneloni.. in Cannonball Run 2. A performance so scrumtrilescent, I can barely move. [ sits rigid for ten seconds ] Then in 1985, you played the hardest role of your life.. yourself.. in Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz.

Charles Nelson Reilly: My Joanie.

James Lipton: Yes. What was it like to play Charles Nelson Reilly?

Charles Nelson Reilly: Sad, fun, tragic, happy, glorious, sticky, horrible, neat and a little gassy.

James Lipton: You are a blinding brilliant light from heaven. Now there is one important role we have yet to discuss.. and that is the voice of King Llort.. in the 1993 animated feature A Troll in Central Park. If you haven't seen A Troll in Central Park.. you must. It is like looking into the face of God and seeing Him smiling back and saying, "You are my most wondrous creation." May I speak with King Llort?

Charles Nelson Reilly: Oh!

James Lipton: Is King Llort there?

Charles Nelson Reilly: Oh, of course! [ grabs two cards from Lipton's monumental stack and holds them to his head like giant ears ] Well, hello James Lipton! I'm King Llort! There's a troll in Central Park. I'm King Llort! [ replaces cards ]

James Lipton: [ laughing ] I am born anew in your genius. We will conclude our evening.. as we conclude each of our evenings.. with a questionnaire invented by the great Bernard Pivot of apostrophe [ jibberish French ]. What is your favorite word?

Charles Nelson Reilly: [ laughs and twists his glasses ]

James Lipton: What is your least favorite word?

Charles Nelson Reilly: [ emits a prolonged nasal sound of disgust ]

James Lipton: Well played. And finally.. if heaven exists.. what would you like to hear God say when you arrive?

Charles Nelson Reilly: Hmm.

James Lipton: Charles Nelson Reilly.. I am not alone in thinking that you make Gandhi look like a child pornographer. For Inside the Actor's Studio.. I'm James Lipton.
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Fenian_Bastard · May 28, 2007

Baldwin, right?

jgmacg · May 28, 2007

Fenian_Bastard said:

Baldwin, right?
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With Mr. Will Ferrell as James Lipton.

Double J · May 28, 2007

spaceman said:

Hope Lange's son was named Double J?
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EStreetJoe · May 28, 2007

EStreetJoe · May 28, 2007

Unfortunately I can't find any pictures of him from Cannonball Run II

spaceman · May 28, 2007

In times like these, it's comforting to heed the words of the Dead Milkmen, from their song "Serrated Edge":

Up on the hilltop where the vultures perch,
That's where I'm gonna build my church,
Ain't gonna be no priest, ain't gonna be no boss;
Just Charles Nelson Reilly nailed to a cross.
I don't piss, I don't shit, I'm gettin' no relief,
People shake their heads in disbelief.
GO!
Just me on a hilltop with 15 girls,
In a Nelson Reilly orgy that'll make your hair curl.
I don't piss, I don't shit, I'm gettin' no relief,
People shake their heads in disbelief.

Yeah, Charles Nelson Reilly, he's our man,
He can't heal the sick with the touch of his hand,
He can't walk on water, can't make wine flow;
Just another greedy actor on the late late show!
I don't piss, I don't shit, I'm gettin' no relief,
People shake their heads in disbelief.
GO!
Just me on a hilltop with 15 girls,
In a Nelson Reilly orgy that'll make your hair curl.
I don't piss, I don't shit, I'm gettin' no relief,
People shake their heads in disbelief.

Simon_Cowbell · May 28, 2007

jgmacg said:

We all know this is the transcript of a Saturday Night Live sketch, right? Right?

Perry White said:

RIP :'( (and this comes right after I lost the Game Show Network on cable)

James Lipton: On the thirteenth of January.. nineteen hundred and thirty one.. right here in New York City.. magic happened. An artist was born that would rival Leonardo da Vinci.. or Michelangelo. But his tools would not be pen, nor brush, nor chisel, nor palette. His tools would be his comically over-sized glasses.. and his soul. So please.. welcome.. the greatest performer ever to have graced this Earth, Charles Nelson Reilly.

[ Charles Nelson Reilly enters, strikes a few flamboyant poses for the audience, and sits down while laughing and grabbing his glasses ]

James Lipton: If you ever want to see acting at its finest.. acting that will make you re-examine your life.. acting that will make you see the world for the first time. Watch the 1969 television series, Love American Style. Specifically the episode entitled, "Love and the Laughing Lovers." It is a delight. [ James Lipton and Charles Nelson Reilly share a laugh ] Tell us about it.

Charles Nelson Reilly: Well, you know it was fantastic. It was a summer full of fashion, fun and frivolity. I learned a lot. One time, Gary Neworth, the director, said to me, "Charles, why don't you grab your glasses between your thumb and forefinger and pretend you're twisting them!" [ demonstrates while cracking up ] And I was never the same.

James Lipton: Nor, indeed, was the world.. nor history.. nor anything that the human eye has ever captured. When one thinks of CNR, one's mind goes right to Match Game. That show was delightful. No. No. It was brilliant. No, no, no, no. There is no word to describe its perfection, so I am forced to make one up. And I'm going to do so right now. Scrumtrilescent.

Charles Nelson Reilly: Oh my, that's a good word.

James Lipton: Yes it is. Match Game was absolutely scrumtrilescent.

Charles Nelson Reilly: You know, once we were taping Match Game '75, Nipsey Russell, Brett Summers and I, and we were hanging out at Gene Rayburn's house, and Nipsey says, "Charles, where does the joy come from?" And I said, "It comes from my blank and it blanks from my blank!" [ laughs uproariously ] And Betty White laughed so hard, her boob fell out!

James Lipton: Unbelievable. You are a modern master. Already a huge success on Broadway, you easily crossed over into film. In 1984, you portrayed Don Don Canneloni.. in Cannonball Run 2. A performance so scrumtrilescent, I can barely move. [ sits rigid for ten seconds ] Then in 1985, you played the hardest role of your life.. yourself.. in Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz.

Charles Nelson Reilly: My Joanie.

James Lipton: Yes. What was it like to play Charles Nelson Reilly?

Charles Nelson Reilly: Sad, fun, tragic, happy, glorious, sticky, horrible, neat and a little gassy.

James Lipton: You are a blinding brilliant light from heaven. Now there is one important role we have yet to discuss.. and that is the voice of King Llort.. in the 1993 animated feature A Troll in Central Park. If you haven't seen A Troll in Central Park.. you must. It is like looking into the face of God and seeing Him smiling back and saying, "You are my most wondrous creation." May I speak with King Llort?

Charles Nelson Reilly: Oh!

James Lipton: Is King Llort there?

Charles Nelson Reilly: Oh, of course! [ grabs two cards from Lipton's monumental stack and holds them to his head like giant ears ] Well, hello James Lipton! I'm King Llort! There's a troll in Central Park. I'm King Llort! [ replaces cards ]

James Lipton: [ laughing ] I am born anew in your genius. We will conclude our evening.. as we conclude each of our evenings.. with a questionnaire invented by the great Bernard Pivot of apostrophe [ jibberish French ]. What is your favorite word?

Charles Nelson Reilly: [ laughs and twists his glasses ]

James Lipton: What is your least favorite word?

Charles Nelson Reilly: [ emits a prolonged nasal sound of disgust ]

James Lipton: Well played. And finally.. if heaven exists.. what would you like to hear God say when you arrive?

Charles Nelson Reilly: Hmm.

James Lipton: Charles Nelson Reilly.. I am not alone in thinking that you make Gandhi look like a child pornographer. For Inside the Actor's Studio.. I'm James Lipton.
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Chrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrist!

Hook, line and sinker, I was had.

[slinks away]

casty33 · May 28, 2007

Has anybody heard if GSN will be doing any specials showing Charles' best shows?

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