I was devestated to hear about the passing of Charles Durning, right after the death of Jack Klugman and after seeing The Muppet Movie again on Christmas Eve. The first film I can remember seeing Durning in was The Best Little Whore House in Texas, and then The Sting. He was a treasure, and was …
Tag Archives: In Memoriam
Black Lanterns Wail: RIP Jack Klugman
Almost anyone that remembers Jack Klugman does so from Quincy or the Odd Couple. For me, it will always be The Twilight Zone, and especially In Praise of Pip. There was no finer episode of television than that, and it was specifically the pathos and emotion of Klugman that made that work so well. I …
Black Lanterns Wail: RIP Ernest Borgnine
I know that most people my age really only know Ernest Borgnine from Laser Mission, or Airwolf, or at the very most The Poseidon Adventure. But I’ll always think of Marty, the story of a heavy-set Italian-American butcher who lives in The Bronx, New York City, with his mother. The first time I saw Marty was just as I entered High …
Black Lanterns Wail: RIP Andy Griffith
It may be hard to tell, but I grew up in the South. Texas to be precise, I know, strange isn’t it, but that is beyond the point. I was raised to understand believe only a few things: Gravy goes under the Chicken Fried Steak You deep fry chicken. Pressure Cooking is for the weak and lazy. Home …
Black Lanterns Wail: RIP Nora Ephron
This might come as a shock, but I am a big fan of stupid RomComs. This isn’t an idle thing either, I tend to watch a lot of movies: in theaters, on DVD or on cable, and while they tend to mostly be SciFi and Fantasy, I also spend a few hours each Wednesday to …
Black Lanterns Wail: RIP Ray Bradbury
When I write as well as Ray Bradbury, I’ll have something to say… I’m being ironic. Don’t interrupt a man in the midst of being ironic, it’s not polite. While our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all. …
Black Lanterns Wail: RIP Richard Dawson
Black Lanterns Wail: RIP Jonathan Frid
I got into the Dark Shadows late in the 90’s, after the revival was already canceled. I was aware of it from an early age, but did not have the resources to see it until after high school, it did not play often on TV where I could view it. I have since seen, most, …
Black Lanterns Wail: RIP Davy Jones
I have nothing to say except the Monkees were a bigger influence on me than even Buddy Holly… Once you’re in, you’re in. It’s like the Mafia. Once a Monkee, always a Monkee. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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