![]() Last year he wrote a moving essay on his terminal illness for the Globe that’s a must-read. He was an editor, columnist, reporter, TV critic, and writer of many profiles and features. Jack Thomas wrote about everything for The Boston Globe for many decades. He was also a photographer on many movie sets. He died last month at the age of 87.ĭouglas Kirkland was known for his photographs of celebrities, including his famous shots of Marilyn Monroe. Robert Ferrante was an influential news producer for NPR and CBS. She also appeared on Bewitched, Barnaby Jones, Charlie’s Angels, and many other shows. Joan Hotchkis starred with William Windom on My World and Welcome To It and played Oscar’s girlfriend Nancy on The Odd Couple. Robert Brown starred in the ’60s show Here Come the Brides and also appeared on Star Trek, Bewitched (he played the Fisherman’s Memorial statue brought to life in an episode filmed in my hometown), Perry Mason, Bonanza, Columbo, and many other shows. ![]() Madame Wu ran the popular restaurant Madame Wu’s Garden, frequented by many famous Hollywood stars, from Frank Sinatra and Cary Grant to Carol Burnett and Johnny Carson. Maurice Kanbar not only gave us Skyy Vodka, he also invented several important medical devices and a sweater defuzzer. Sacheen Littlefeather became famous when she came to the Academy Awards in 1973 to explain why Marlon Brando wasn’t going to accept his award. She died yesterday at the age of 72.īill Plante spent 52 years at CBS as a White House correspondent, international reporter, and news anchor. Judy Tenuta was a popular, irreverent stand-up comic, known as “The Love Goddess” and “The Aphrodite of the Accordion.” She had several stand-up specials on cable, appeared on many TV shows (often with her friend Weird Al Yankovic), wrote two memoirs, and appeared in such movies as Material Girls and Desperation Boulevard. 1 country songs, including “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” She wrote a memoir with the same title, which was later made into a movie starring Sissy Spacek. Loretta Lynn was an acclaimed country singer and songwriter. Hefty Limited Edition Cinnamon Pumpkin Spice Trash Bags RIP Loretta Lynn, Judy Tenuta, Bill Plante, Sacheen Littlefeather, Maurice Kanbar, Madame Wu, Robert Brown, Joan Hotchkis, Robert Ferrante, Douglas Kirkland, and Jack Thomas ![]() It’s Squeaky Bum Time!Īnd if you don’t know what that means and why the phrase was just added to the Oxford English Dictionary, read this. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: get a fake tree! They look great and you won’t have to worry about it drying out or having to clean pine needles off your floor into late January. The silver lining is that there won’t be a shortage (unlike butter, which we’ll see a shortage of this holiday season, and prices went up 24.6 percent in August). This year they’re apparently going to be particularly expensive. I haven’t bought one in decades, but aren’t they always costly? The only class I ever dropped, and I think the teacher actually understood.īy the way, what is I May Destroy You? Trees and ButterĬhristmas trees are going to be expensive this year. I have no idea who’s right in the story about the NYU professor who was fired after more than 80 students signed a petition about his chemistry class, but it did give me horrifying flashbacks to the chemistry class I took in high school. ![]() And The Dick Van Dyke Show is way down at number 62, The West Wing at 46, and I Love Lucy only at 36? Ridiculous (yet Fleabag is number five and I May Destroy You is number 19?). But I’m sorry, any list of the 100 best shows of all time that doesn’t include The Andy Griffith Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, Perry Mason, or The Middle is not a list to be taken seriously. This year’s list (or this page, if you don’t want to spend hours clicking through several annoying pages) includes picks from not only TV critics but also actors, directors, and writers. So I paid for shredded cheese, chicken, frozen pizza, and heavy cream but didn’t get them.Įvery few years, Rolling Stone comes out with a list of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time. Went to a different supermarket two days later for the large weekly grocery run, and when I got home I found out … they forgot to load one of the bags into my cart.
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