Ed Begley Jr., Peter Boyle, Jim Henson, Beverly D’Angelo, Angelina Jolie, Chris Kattan, Val Kilmer, Burt Lancaster, Fred Savage, Frank Sinatra, and Spencer Tracy would all be sad today. Why?
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Ed Begley Jr., Peter Boyle, Jim Henson, Beverly D’Angelo, Angelina Jolie, Chris Kattan, Val Kilmer, Burt Lancaster, Fred Savage, Frank Sinatra, and Spencer Tracy would all be sad today. Why?
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Because they had money on the proposition that New York wouldn’t legalize gay marriage until 2012?
Is today Peter Falk’s funeral?
Was Jim Henson on an episode of Columbo? My god, I must find this…
It’s poor sport to use the Google, so I didn’t check most of those names. (I just extrapolated from the few I knew.) Maybe Peter Falk was a guest star on the Muppet Show?
Fred Savage was Falk’s costar in The Princess Bride [1].
1. One of the best movies ever made, and I don’t care how much of a girl that makes me.
Peter Falk played “The Tramp” in The Great Muppet Caper. Uncredited role, but I’m sure it was wryly amusing and sweet but not too sweet. Like that last line he delivered in The Princess Bride, which brings a tear to my eye every time.
The Good Doctor is correct. Perhaps Peter Falk was not Hollywood’s brightest light, but he one of the most distinctive, droll, and genuinely heartwarming actors out there.
They were all Dodger fans?
Hey, I guessed this one! I love yr trivia questions, and as a game-show dude, that’s an expert opinion. Like philosophy, asking the cool questions is where it’s at.
Fresh Air replayed this interview last night. It demonstrates that Peter Falk was exactly who you’d want him to be: funny, warm, self-deprecating, grateful for his success, and completely down to earth.
I loved his response to the question of having to play the same character all the time — “It’s not cancer.”
You always knew the hammer was about to come down when he turned on his way to the door, scratched his head and said in that slightly befuddled tone… “There’s just one thing I don’t understand…”
“Yeah, yeah, that must be it. Except …”