SiamBlu

The loss of some Hollywood legends

Again, very old news. But I have to write five more of these and I need something to talk about.

Last week, we lost some beloved actors. First I heard about Don Knotts. I think Don Knotts was an awesome character actor. Two of my all time favorite shows were The Andy Griffith Show and Three's Company. I think that his goofball antics in both shows were completely hilarious and he brought genuine comedy to whatever he was involved in.

I liked the way one minute he could be the the overly confident ladies man and the next minute his insucurities would surface and he would bumble in any given situation.

I appreciate the comedy that he gave us. It was clean. I guess when he was on Three's Company, it was a little more suggestive than say, The Andy Griffith Show but nonetheless, it was good, slapstick comedy without the vulgar toilet humor. I think it takes a lot of creativity to make people laugh in such a way and he was successful at doing it. He will be missed.

The other two I didn't know too well but I enjoyed the few roles that I saw them in.

The only thing I knew Darren McGavin from was The Christmas Story. This has to be my all time favorite holiday movie. I love it when it comes on TBS and plays the 24 hour marathon. I just watch it over and over again. I thought Darrin McGavin was funny as Ralphie's father. What I liked about him was he was what may be considered by some, the typical father. He was gritty. He didn't take a lot of nonsense off of the boys. He went to work, worked hard, and came home. Yet he was whimsical and lovable. My favorite parts of the movie was when Ralphie said "Fudge" in front of his father, when the father had battles with the car, the heater, and the neighbor's dogs, and of course, when the father won the lamp.

I really don't know that much about Dennis Weaver. However, I have seen him in a couple of made-for-T.V.-movies. Two I remember are Stolen Women, Captured Hearts and Seduction in a Small Town. I mostly remembered in the second of the two because he played the father in-law to Melissa Gilbert's character and what I liked about his character was that he was a "stand-up" kind of man who wasn't going to take a matter sitting down. He kind of had this patriarch/cowboy aura about himself and personally I thought he played it well.

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posted by SiamBlu® @ 5:25 AM