Monday, May 28, 2007
Charlies Nelson Reilly
age 76. Tony Award winning actor, director, TV actor, teacher, game show regular, & one of the best late night talk show raconteurs - knew a lot more than he could safely reveal about celebrities. I enjoyed his appearances with Johnny Carson. A self-deprecating man in public, he had a long, diverse show business career. Favorite Tonight Show story: talked about an all-night party on his boat - obviously a gay time, breaking up at sunrise just as John Wayne, docked nearby, was hoisting an American flag. Reilly, insinuating he was naked, shouted, "Good Morning, Duke," stood at attention & saluted.
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You can call this beautiful weather if you want, but when the temperature goes to 80+ degrees in Jersey for two weeks from late May into early June, that's an unusual heat wave, & it makes me wonder about July. Where were those cool breezy May days?
At least I got some laundry done. Watched a little bit of "Patton" on a big screen TV, movie I've seen too many times & now seems more George C. Scott than General George. About 15 minutes of "The Wedding Singer" convinced me it was awful despite Drew Barrymore, who wasn't required to act anyway.
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You can call this beautiful weather if you want, but when the temperature goes to 80+ degrees in Jersey for two weeks from late May into early June, that's an unusual heat wave, & it makes me wonder about July. Where were those cool breezy May days?
At least I got some laundry done. Watched a little bit of "Patton" on a big screen TV, movie I've seen too many times & now seems more George C. Scott than General George. About 15 minutes of "The Wedding Singer" convinced me it was awful despite Drew Barrymore, who wasn't required to act anyway.
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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
Had no idea Reilly was a Tony winner (and multiple nominee) until he died. He lived in my memory as a c-list actor and game show regular, which simply wasn't true- it was just where he was in the late seventies.
He seemed to always be enjoying himself. I hope so.
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He seemed to always be enjoying himself. I hope so.
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