Comments on: Honking in Heaven

Honking in Heaven

Oriole Adams — Tue, 18 May 2004 12:52:58 -0800

No longer happy and peppy. But still bursting with love, maybe. Broadway will honor the late Tony Randall tonight by dimming its lights at 8PM EDT. For those of us who can't stand pits, pits, pits in our juice, juice, juice, always remember: The world is a circus if you look at it the right way. Every time you pick up a handful of dust, and see not the dust but mystery, a marvel, there in your hand. Every time you stop and think, "I'm alive. And being alive is fantastic." Every time such a thing happens, you are part of the circus of Dr. Lao.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Tue, 18 May 2004 13:04:28 -0800

Tony Randall, Half of TV's `Odd Couple, {not finding this in the press releases] Thought from watching a Tony Randall interview some years back. Randall first played Oscar Madison in a play, then read for the same TV part, yet was casted as Felix Unger, making him the Full Odd Couple.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Tue, 18 May 2004 13:25:40 -0800

Tony Randall always reminds me of the SNL sketch "Mr. Short Term Memory" with Tom Hanks.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Tue, 18 May 2004 13:26:31 -0800

"Hey! Tony Randall!" Tony Randall always reminds me of the SNL sketch "Mr. Short Term Memory" with Tom Hanks.

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Tue, 18 May 2004 14:26:49 -0800

Short term memory, indeed, ColdChef. ;)

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Tue, 18 May 2004 16:41:04 -0800

Hey! That's Tony Randall two comments up! What a great talent he was...his 50s/60s movies were just delightful. And IIRC, wasn't he one of the first major stars to portray a gay man on network TV -- "Love, Sidney"?

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Tue, 18 May 2004 16:42:53 -0800

Brief page about "Love, Sidney." I also vaguely remember watching "The Tony Randall Show" (?), which featured Randall as a judge beset by problems from his (?) teenage kid(s).

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 18 May 2004 17:00:37 -0800

I'm picturing an immaculately maintained gravesite. Goodbye, Felix Unger. I grew up on The Odd Couple. I always thought Klugman would be the first to go. Well, in honor.....

By: matteo

matteo — Tue, 18 May 2004 18:48:02 -0800

Godard is a huge fan of Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter. Truffaut loved the movie -- and Randall -- too. Godard even compared the director, Frank Tashlin, to Voltaire. even if Randall had never acted, just his role in Send Me No Flowers would be enough to establish him as one of the all-time kings of comedy. .

By: pmurray63

pmurray63 — Tue, 18 May 2004 21:44:59 -0800

I think The Odd Couple was the first grown-up TV show I remember watching (I would have been about 7). Friday nights on ABC. Randall was great. His enthusiasm was contagious, and he will be missed.

By: sklero

sklero — Tue, 18 May 2004 21:47:53 -0800

Holy crap, I forgot all about "Love, Sidney!" That theme song...oh my jesus. Thank you, davidmsc.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Wed, 19 May 2004 11:51:37 -0800

Randall first played Oscar Madison in a play Arrrg... was Jack Klugman that I was thinking of; whom was also being interviewed with Randall at the same time, sorry I mixed them up.