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R.I.P Charles Grodin

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021 5:13 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Aged 86.
Many know of his comedic work.


But one of my all-time favorite episodes of my all-time favorite Western TV Series (The Big Valley), guest starred Charles Grodin and Russell Johnson (The Professor on Gilligan's Island.)

They played truly heinous, vile, evil brothers, running a large criminal organization. Johnson played the more thoughtful, wiser evil brother, and Grodin played the more murderous brother of bottomless evil.

Every time that episode came on, I had to watch it and marvel at their performances.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021 8:17 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two


With Charles Grodin’s Death, Hollywood’s Greatest Romance Comes to an End
By Matthew Dessem, May 19, 2021 7:24 AM

Hollywood lost one of its last vestiges of golden age glamour on Tuesday, as actor Charles Grodin, whose on- and off-screen romance with his Great Muppet Caper costar Miss Piggy electrified audiences and ushered in a new era of frank sexuality in motion pictures, died at the age of 86.

Neither Grodin nor Miss Piggy were unknown to audiences when they were cast in The Great Muppet Caper in the fall of 1980: Miss Piggy had a recurring role on a popular television variety show, while Grodin had appeared in Rosemary’s Baby, The Heartbreak Kid, and Real Life. But when word broke out that real sparks were flying between Grodin and Miss Piggy on set, the world was captivated at the thought of a Tinseltown romance between the suave star of The Young Marrieds and the inanimate block of foam rubber from The Muppet Show. Grodin carried out part of his courtship in the press, first letting it be known that he was unhappy with the script, telling a reporter that "losing Miss Piggy to Kermit is hitting rock bottom." Before long, he was rhapsodizing about his co-star to anyone who would listen, repeating variations of this line in a passel of interviews:

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021 2:25 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


I only know him from Midnight Run with de Niro, but I thought his acting in that was genius.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021 3:07 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Other than the 2 brothers of the worst evil I have seen portrayed, I might recall him best from Heaven Can Wait, the Warren Beatty version.

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