Handsome?
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smileyking1975 — 11 years ago(January 27, 2015 08:55 AM)
I didn't think so at first until I read his biography, As I Knew Him, written by his daughter, Anne.
I used to think that he was that weird, but talented, guy with the weird voice whose name they kept dropping on TV shows (some of which when he was still alive!); this book proved that he was more than that. She told of his love for his wife, children, work, and unfortunately, cigarettes. His hatred of the TV show, Hogan's Heroes, because he was a WWII veteran and thought the show trivialized the war.
There are great pictures in that book, especially the cover, when hb68e was young, and with his shirt off (whoo!) I found out, though, that love for family and having talent are just as good as being handsome.
One of my favorite TV shows is The Facts of Life. There is an episode called, Seven Little Indians. Everyone, except Tootie, dies a strange death, and a guy named "Rod Sperling" keeps showing up and saying "Tootie". Rod Sperling was played by a guy named Maurice-something-or-other and was a comedian/celebrity impersonator. I think he was on one of the Rodney Dangerfield Young Comedians Specials with Yakov Smirnoff, Bob Saget, and Sam Kinison. He was good. I wonder what happened to him?
Another show you might want to see is Rod Serling's appearance on The Jack Benny Program. A clip of it is on The Twilight Zone Definitive Collection, in the extras. I'm not sure if the whole show is on YouTube or not. I just loved how he said, "You can call me 'Twi'!" -
smileyking1975 — 11 years ago(January 27, 2015 09:26 AM)
According to tb68he biography, As I knew Him, he made an appearance with his daughter, Anne, on The Carol Burnett Show; they were in the audience. I hope I didn't miss that one. I hope MeTV bought all the episodes.