dead Al Lewis

[Godot 149]

Herman wasn't bad I'll grant but it never had the edge of the Addams family. Obviously though, I was wrong to call the Munsters a pale immitation if it was contemporaneous. I felt the same way, incidentally, about the Beano and Dandy. The Beano was always the superior product.

[Bald rick 9]

It's not so much the first aired date that's important, as when they started production. Could be that the Munsters team had the idea first, then the producer defected, or someone leaked the idea, and the Addams team were faster at getting the programme out. This info would most likely be much harder to obtain. Pilot episodes?

[Godot 149]

Baldy I have work to do between these postings. It took me ages to check out the other stuff. Funnily enough there was a "lost pilot" in colour of the Munsters. My basic point was that the Addams Family was far better although I conceded that the Munsters may not have been derivative.

[Tempus Fugit 214]

Baldy I have work to do between these postings. It took me ages to check out the other stuff. Funnily enough there was a "lost pilot" in colour of the Munsters. My basic point was that the Addams Family was far better although I conceded that the Munsters may not have been derivative.

But the Addams family was based on cartoon strip, that had been around for some time, before it was turned into TV.

 

What was the Munsters based on? Were they also originally a cartoon strip?

[Banshees Scream 110]

Baldy I have work to do between these postings. It took me ages to check out the other stuff. Funnily enough there was a "lost pilot" in colour of the Munsters. My basic point was that the Addams Family was far better although I conceded that the Munsters may not have been derivative.

But the Addams family was based on cartoon strip, that had been around for some time, before it was turned into TV.

 

What was the Munsters based on? Were they also originally a cartoon strip?

Most sitcoms were written way before there television time probobly

in the 1800's but i'm guessing the Munsters was not.

[Anubis the Jackal 77]

Most sitcoms were written way before there television time probobly

in the 1800's but i'm guessing the Munsters was not.

I think you may have guessed correctly there.

[Godot 149]

It seems that others have argued the toss onthis one. I found this site:

 

http://www.jumptheshark.com/a/addamsfamily.htm

 

It goes on and on and on. Amathatbothered?

[Guest WiseMan]

Anyone who says Al Lewis isn't famous enough is too young to know how famous he is. I love Al. Grandpa Munster became famous in the 60's, and continued on through Munsters reruns. Not only that, but Al himself made regular appearances on many television shows, including the Howard Stern show. He's was a riot. There's another side, too. Al is quite versed in history and has views people should hear. He also has a radio show, "Al Lewis Live' beaming out of NYC, but he hasn't been heard from since, I guess, around April 2005. I, truly, love Al. You have to hear him speak to understand.

If anyone knows about his wereabouts, let us know.

[Paul Bearer 6,102]

If anyone knows about his wereabouts, let us know.

Why? You gonna kill him?

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

We still haven't addressed the BIG issue although a trawl through previous deathlists seems to have sorted it for me. As of now Al Lewis is the only unidexter - ie he's lost a leg - to appear in our top 50. A remarkable achievement and a fitting finale to a remarkable life. In fact, most of the top 50 in every year are notable for having fully intact bodies. Though several have lost their minds by the time they hit our lists.

[Canadian Paul 97]

We still haven't addressed the BIG issue although a trawl through previous deathlists seems to have sorted it for me. As of now Al Lewis is the only unidexter - ie he's lost a leg - to appear in our top 50. A remarkable achievement and a fitting finale to a remarkable life. In fact, most of the top 50 in every year are notable for having fully intact bodies. Though several have lost their minds by the time they hit our lists.

I'm pretty sure more than few of our regulars had lost their mind too before hitting our lists...

 

...I'm fairly certain I'm no exception.

[Dr Hackenslash 25]

We still haven't addressed the BIG issue although a trawl through previous deathlists seems to have sorted it for me. As of now Al Lewis is the only unidexter - ie he's lost a leg - to appear in our top 50. A remarkable achievement and a fitting finale to a remarkable life. In fact, most of the top 50 in every year are notable for having fully intact bodies. Though several have lost their minds by the time they hit our lists.

No, the big issue is that when Tony Blair steps down we're going to have a Prime Minister - Gordon Brown - who has only got one eye!!

 

How can a man run a country when he has no depth perception?

 

We're all doomed.

[pete 1]

Al Lewis seemed alright to me when he appeared in 'Gremlins 2'.

This may have been in excess of ten years back though

[Dr Hackenslash 25]

Al Lewis seemed alright to me when he appeared in 'Gremlins 2'.

This may have been in excess of ten years back though

Quality!!!

 

Wow, I can't believe he died. He was looking absolutely great in 1990!

 

It's what everybody always says when they hear someone has died "oh, but he looked fine when I last saw him."

 

Nice avatar, btw.

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

How can a man run a country when he has no depth perception?

 

Dunno, ask Ronnie Reagan, George W, pretty much every corrupt dickhead who ran a South American country and a few dozen other mentally challenged types who found themselves in the hot seat.

[Guest pulphack]

Surely you have to have a complete lack of any perception to have an ego large enough to want to run a country?

 

Anyway, back a while (don't ask me to cut and past bits for reference, I can barely work this thing as it is) Godt said something about about all the Addams Family cast being dead apart from Gomez - didn't John Astin kick it a year or two back?

 

Al Lewis was pretty good in Car 54, too. Which reminds me - Joe E Ross did that Teaserama burlesque movie with Betty Page & Tempest Storm, so it figures that old vaudeville guys like Lewis would end up guesting in porno.

 

Second posting in fifteen minutes - and three calls from my other half wondering why I'm not standing outside the South Woodford Odeon where I'm supposed to be meeting her... half an hour back.

 

Oh well...

[MyBrainHurts2 4]

Astin's alive and will be 76 in March, I think.

[Brinsworth House Baiter 12]

Surely you have to have a complete lack of any perception to have an ego large enough to want to run a country?

 

Anyway, back a while (don't ask me to cut and past bits for reference, I can barely work this thing as it is) Godt said something about about all the Addams Family cast being dead apart from Gomez - didn't John Astin kick it a year or two back?

 

Al Lewis was pretty good in Car 54, too. Which reminds me - Joe E Ross did that Teaserama burlesque movie with Betty Page & Tempest Storm, so it figures that old vaudeville guys like Lewis would end up guesting in porno.

 

Second posting in fifteen minutes - and three calls from my other half wondering why I'm not standing outside the South Woodford Odeon where I'm supposed to be meeting her... half an hour back.

 

Oh well...

I'm dying to know...did Pulphak eventually go meet her or did any crafty Londoner Death Listers who were online at the time spot the opportunity to whip along the High Street & take advantage of a poor, vulnerable, stood up woman leaving unanswered messages with her mobile?

[Star Crossed 33]

I'm dying to know...did Pulphak eventually go meet her or did any crafty Londoner Death Listers who were online at the time spot the opportunity to whip along the High Street & take advantage of a poor, vulnerable, stood up woman leaving unanswered messages with her mobile?

 

pulphack earned himself and his ladyfriend a stalker!

 

It's not me. I'm nowhere near the Big Smoke. My alibi's bulletproof.

[Guest Guest_pulphack]

well i'm pleased that john astin's alive - maybe he's feeling a bit poorly and can be added to the list? - i was sure some malicious swine told me he was dead. although his career was after 'return of the killer tomatoes'.

 

al lewis - i'm on topic, see - has to be a good bet for this year. the real sign will be if the poor bugger has a stroke. i had an uncle who was a unidexter, and he had a stroke that affected him down the side where he HAD a leg. gone in less than a year. and honest, i'm not making this up.

 

by the way, mr baiter, i told her to wait in pizza express as something unexpected came up. but then that sort of gag belongs on another thread...

[Godot 149]

So are you going to register pulphack or are you going to remain as a stateless floater like himler?

[Guest Guest]

i've just filled out my on line form thingy and am awaiting the confirmation email thingy. i don't understand pc's at all, they're just big typewriters. with pictures. most of which are rude, if most of what i see on the net is true. so yes, i am registering. although having just looked in at the dickie o thread and how 'serious' some people are being i'm having doubts.

 

al lewis - still going - still on thread, right?

[Anubis the Jackal 77]

al lewis - still going - still on thread, right?

Aye.

 

Pass friend.

[pulphack 6]

so, al lewis... the age thing is really interesting, as in Car 54 and Munsters re-runs he looks about sixty (ok, so it was make-up in the Munsters) but not the age he should have been if born in the twenties (around late thirties, forty). he LOOKED like he was born in 1910, so could it have been this that prompted him adding years to his age? like moore marriott playing toothless old men when he was still in his suave forties? to get the roles he LOOKED suited for, he did a bit of creative accounting.

 

not much to do with him croaking, i know, but until the other leg goes what else we got?

[Godot 149]

so, al lewis... the age thing is really interesting, as in Car 54 and Munsters re-runs he looks about sixty (ok, so it was make-up in the Munsters) but not the age he should have been if born in the twenties (around late thirties, forty). he LOOKED like he was born in 1910, so could it have been this that prompted him adding years to his age? like moore marriott playing toothless old men when he was still in his suave forties? to get the roles he LOOKED suited for, he did a bit of creative accounting.

 

not much to do with him croaking, i know, but until the other leg goes what else we got?

Welcome to the funny farm Pulphack. An interesting theory, film stars are known for faking their ages, although usually saying they're younger than they are. Still whatever his age he's not in great shape with one foot in the grave.