RIP, Ron Carey

[lantaur]

Play the bass riff ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/19/arts/television/19carey.html?_r=1&ref=television&oref=login

So long Little Levitt. (Also was good in a couple of Mel Brooks movies)

 

[Claws for Concern]

RIP.

 

[Angola!]

Am I the only one that has never heard of most of these people we have RIP threads for?

 

[lantaur]

Am I the only one that has never heard of most of these people we have RIP threads for?

You must be under 30.

 

[pressboxer]

Am I the only one that has never heard of most of these people we have RIP threads for?

You must be under 30.

Waaaaaaaaaay under.

 

[shotglass]

He was a good little character. RIP.

 

[spaceman]

Ron Carey was part of what could be called the greatest ensemble cast in the history of television comedy.

 

[Frank_Ridgeway]

And Abe Vigoda outlasts another one.

 

[Football_Bat]

Watching those old Barney Miller shows are bittersweet, because in the opening credits they would show the NY skyline, and you could tell how old the episodes were by whether the WTC was there or not.

And that is the Best. Bassline. Ever.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

Watching those old Barney Miller shows are bittersweet, because in the opening credits they would show the NY skyline, and you could tell how old the episodes were by whether the WTC was there or not.

And that is the Best. Bassline. Ever.

Thanks, FB. I've been humming that tune in my head for the last hour.

 

[joe king]

I remember reading once that in a poll of police officers, Barney Miller was voted the most realistic cop show in TV history. By a landslide.

 

[Freelance Hack]

So who's left from the cast? WoJo, Barney, Fish and Steve Landesberg (can't remember his character)?

 

[Freelance Hack]

Landesberg was Dietrich, the deadpan detective with the glasses. He was the funniest guy on the show, except for Jack Soo.

Remembered he was hilarious, just faltered on the name.

Not to threadjack, but I'm surprised Landesberg didn't do more than guest spots after Barney Miller.

 

[Huggy]

Is Inspector Luger, who could never get Levitt's name right (until the final episode) still around? He was great. As was neighbourhood vigilante Bruno Binder who popped up occasionally.

Great, great show. The Jack Soo tribute remains one of my all-time fave episodes of any show.

 

[Birdscribe]

Is Inspector Luger, who could never get Levitt's name right (until the final episode) still around? He was great. As was neighbourhood vigilante Bruno Binder who popped up occasionally.

Great, great show. The Jack Soo tribute remains one of my all-time fave episodes of any show.

No. James Gregory, the underrated actor who played Luger, died in 2002.

And let me echo the sentiments of everyone north of 33ish (this makes no sense to the rest of you) about the bass riff, that Steve Landesberg (who I saw one day at Cantor's Deli in L.A.) was one of the funniest elements on that show and the great ensemble cast.

R.I.P. Levitt.

 

[casty33]

If you ever get the chance and want to see a nice little comic character in a movie, rent High Anxiety, a funny Mel Brooks pic that honors many Hitchcock movies with some rioutous scenes. Take the word of an old-timer, Ron Carey was a funny man. RIP

 

[EStreetJoe]

If you ever get the chance and want to see a nice little comic character in a movie, rent High Anxiety, a funny Mel Brooks pic that honors many Hitchcock movies with some rioutous scenes. Take the word of an old-timer, Ron Carey was a funny man. RIP

I got it, I got it, I don't got it.

 

[casty33]

Very good, Joe, I'm glad you've seen it and can vouch for my opinion.

 

[EStreetJoe]

Very good, Joe, I'm glad you've seen it and can vouch for my opinion.

Great movie, although not quite on the level of Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein. But Ron Carey's "Brophy" was good for quite a few laughs in the movie.

 

[BNWriter]

...Under 30 or related somehow to my father, who constantly fails to keep up with pop culture, regardless of the year -- constantly. LOL

Am I the only one that has never heard of most of these people we have RIP threads for?

You must be under 30.