Comments on: Tom Poston, RIP...

Tom Poston, RIP...

lilboo — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:24:11 -0800

Tom Poston, RIP... Everybody give it up for one of America's finest comedic talents...

By: kittens for breakfast

kittens for breakfast — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:30:48 -0800

By: ahimsakid

ahimsakid — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:32:02 -0800

I fondly recall his man-in-the-street role on the old Steve Allen show . . . he would always seem so dazed and confused when even asked his name, hard to describe how funny that was . . . I think he served as a role model for my own dementia

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:34:00 -0800

"Hi, I'm George. This is Larry's brother Darryl, and this is Larry's other brother Darryl."

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:34:27 -0800

Did you know he was married to Suzanne Pleshette? I was always jealous of him for that. .

By: malaprohibita

malaprohibita — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:34:29 -0800

I had no idea he was married to Suzanne Pleshette.

By: amro

amro — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:37:53 -0800

He was 85? Time flies.

By: RavinDave

RavinDave — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:38:06 -0800

Funniest guest spot Tom Posten ever did was as kid show host Sidney 'Uncle Bouncy' Barish on "Dream On". Martin gets a new video camera and inadvertently videotapes children's television celebrity Uncle Bouncy committing a sex act with a prostitute in a public alleyway. Martin opts to caution Bouncy himself about his behavior in person before turning the tape over to him. But, Bouncy's abusive and intransigent attitude convinces him to sell the offending footage to Eddie for broadcast on his show. I'm still in shock recalling the eternally placid Posten as a roaring, arrogant, boorish and perverted sex fiend. Talk about playing against type.

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:38:08 -0800

By: newfers

newfers — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:38:20 -0800

He got married to Suzanne Pleshette just about 6 years ago, I think. I read that she's been in poor health also, I wonder how she's doing? And yet Sanjaya lives on...

By: briank

briank — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:45:27 -0800

By: briank

briank — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:48:27 -0800

I believe that Bill Dana and Pat Harrington Jr. are the only members of Steve Allen's "Men On The Street" crew left.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:49:49 -0800

By: hifiparasol

hifiparasol — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:54:14 -0800

By: EarBucket

EarBucket — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:59:25 -0800

The man had a beautiful sense for deadpan timing. He'll be missed.

By: phaedon

phaedon — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:03:33 -0800

Anybody got their hands on some good clips? I'd like to see this guy's humor, and I like the fact that he's from Columbus.

By: UseyurBrain

UseyurBrain — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:04:43 -0800

By: amberglow

amberglow — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:09:40 -0800

. (he was great in everything)

By: brandz

brandz — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:10:00 -0800

By: tkchrist

tkchrist — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:14:33 -0800

There goes another one. He was genius as The Peeper on the Bob Newhart Show.

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:15:42 -0800

By: phaedon

phaedon — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:24:11 -0800

they come in threes

By: psmealey

psmealey — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:26:20 -0800

RIP, Tom. Not to rip too badly on the OP, but doesn't a guy like Tom Poston deserve better than a one-link obit post? I mean, seriously, there is a ton of shit on him out there.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:27:11 -0800

aww, a gently funny character, loved him on To Tell the Truth, donkey's ages ago. Glad he had a long life. Tom Poston on GooTube; on IMDb. .

By: DU

DU — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:31:38 -0800

Sample of Poston on Steve Allen

By: phaedon

phaedon — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:32:45 -0800

Tom Poston sucks at the Pyramid.

By: ObscureReferenceMan

ObscureReferenceMan — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:32:55 -0800

(he was great in everything) Ditto, amberglow. Great comic actor.

By: mkultra

mkultra — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:41:31 -0800

OMG, I was just thinking about him yesterday, out of the blue. So random.

By: Danf

Danf — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:41:37 -0800

His last job, that I know of, was a dying clown living in a closet on the show Committed. Apparently, I was one of the few who loved that show, and Poston's little scenes in it.

By: emelenjr

emelenjr — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:54:15 -0800

Here's a great clip from Newhart: George's Dream.

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Wed, 02 May 2007 09:55:53 -0800

By: blucevalo

blucevalo — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:01:59 -0800

The audition required aspirants to pull down their pants, as called for in the script. Most actors did so only in pantomime. Mr. Poston complied in full, with electrifying results. Says everything about Poston and then some. Rest in peace.

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:05:28 -0800

By: NationalKato

NationalKato — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:07:22 -0800

Before she married Mr. Poston, Ms. Pleshette laid down one ironclad condition. "I said to him, 'Just because we were intimate before, doesn't mean you're getting in my pants again until I get a big rock,' " she said in a telephone interview yesterday. So Mr. Poston gave her exactly that. A piece of unpolished granite the size of a large marble, it was culled from the gravel in his driveway. He had it put in a platinum setting.

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:10:39 -0800

Since we're already talking about dead people named Tom: Tommy Newsom died a couple days before Mr. Poston. I think my middle age started with the death of Katherine Hepburn, and that "middle age" means that the people that helped form your childhood memories start to die.

By: annaramma

annaramma — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:17:59 -0800

I second that Danf. He added a little deadpan quirkiness that was needed.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:18:47 -0800

Wow, George the Handyman and Doc Severinsen's second-in-command in Johnny Carson's Tonight Show band. Dammit, I'm used to people dying being those I've never heard of before. This is getting a little too close for comfort.

By: Dillenger69

Dillenger69 — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:19:28 -0800

I'll always remember him as Mr Bickley from Mork and Mindy.

By: EastCoastBias

EastCoastBias — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:23:27 -0800

He stole every scene that he was in on the short-lived NBC show "Committed." RIP, Tom.

By: phearlez

phearlez — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:40:54 -0800

He stole every scene that he was in ~~on the short-lived NBC show "Committed."~~ on-screen. Fixed. .

By: evilcolonel

evilcolonel — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:48:48 -0800

That "George's Dream" clip sums it up. Would that we all get to live our dream every day.

By: kimdog

kimdog — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:56:49 -0800

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Wed, 02 May 2007 10:59:48 -0800

People around me are now wondering why I was just laughing like an idiot. I would say old comedians never die, but they do. Usually on stage. Or in Buddy Hackett's case, on Craig Kilborn's old show. The really good ones never die so long as we get their jokes. Thanks for the many laughs over all the years, Tom. You won't be missed, but you will be remembered. ! < -- a stone with a banana precariously balanced top of it. /small>

By: fleetmouse

fleetmouse — Wed, 02 May 2007 11:07:31 -0800

. :-(

By: tommasz

tommasz — Wed, 02 May 2007 11:37:54 -0800

To me, he seemed like one of those people that have always been on television. Couldn't be a coincidence Tom Poston died on the same day as I got my first AARP membership request.

By: Lentrohamsanin

Lentrohamsanin — Wed, 02 May 2007 12:01:21 -0800

There are some comedians that are the only people who can do what they do. Fred Willard is the first person that always jumps to my mind, but Tom Poston was definitely another one. Very sad, but a great body of work.

By: driko

driko — Wed, 02 May 2007 12:07:25 -0800

By: porn in the woods

porn in the woods — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:16:53 -0800

. Rest in peace, good ol' Tom. I watched Newhart fairly religiously as a lil' shaver in the 1980s and always appreciated what Tom added to the great ensemble.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Wed, 02 May 2007 16:27:10 -0800

Ditto amberglow. Didn't he do a lot of voice over work too? And Suzanne Pleshette? sh-wing!

By: rmmcclay

rmmcclay — Wed, 02 May 2007 18:52:37 -0800

I'll always remember him best for Zotz!

By: SPrintF

SPrintF — Wed, 02 May 2007 20:10:14 -0800

I remember Zotz! as the first film which played games with the studio logo. (The Columbia woman wonders aloud, "Zotz? What's Zotz?" And Tom comes out to explain it to her.) A lot of films do this now (Spielberg made it popular with the opening of Raiders of the Lost Ark), but Zotz! was there first.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Wed, 02 May 2007 22:24:06 -0800

. Loved the guy's stuff. RIP.