tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post7434053890343734836..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "The Other, Less Recognized, 'Suspension'"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-35847052340598770572017-09-20T12:05:07.494-07:002017-09-20T12:05:07.494-07:00Then there's the "Superhero Comics" ...Then there's the "Superhero Comics" practice of routinely bringing key characters back from the dead, transferred to Superhero Movies when the first Avengers movie killed off non-super Agent Coulson but reincarnated him for the TV spin-off "Agents of SHIELD".<br /><br />But Ken Levine (not the video game guy but who wrote sitcoms, did sportscasting and everything else) has addressed this issue since he was there when MASH killed off Henry Blake and scrupulously avoided any other casualties among departing cast. And he was working on Cheers when they killed off Jay Thomas' character, an ex-hockey player, in a freak Zamboni accident. Which raises the other Most Famous Death on a Sitcom, the Mary Tyler Moore killing of Chuckles the Clown which ended up focusing on "inappropriate laughter". If a sitcom is going to kill off a regular character, they'd better do it in a funny way. Craig L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09056744522610944138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-91507900087508695632017-09-20T09:05:08.908-07:002017-09-20T09:05:08.908-07:00Your musings on actor-switching reminded me of thi...Your musings on actor-switching reminded me of this most audacious example.<br />On the Burns and Allen show, Fred C. Clark, the actor playing Harry Morton, Burns’ neighbour, was released from his contract with the TV show to do a Broadway play in New York. <br />In the middle of the show, in a scene featuring Gracie and “Harry”, George interrupted the proceedings to explain to the audience that Clark would be leaving the show, and that from now on, Larry Keating will be playing the part of Harry Morton.<br />Clark left the Stage, Keating entered, George left and the scene continued.<br />Perhaps I should explain, that one of the conventions of the Burns and Allen show was that George often addressed the audience to comment on what was going on in the story, but this was really out of the box.<br />Like I said. <br />Audacious.Alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-647626928071486502017-09-20T05:13:33.439-07:002017-09-20T05:13:33.439-07:00Oh..Earl...that was me. I forgot to put in my name...Oh..Earl...that was me. I forgot to put in my name, I was so fascinated by picking which boxes had apartment buildings in the Captcha!Pidgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-7768228837903378042017-09-20T05:12:15.482-07:002017-09-20T05:12:15.482-07:00Earl,
Two things. Aren't they killing off the ...Earl,<br />Two things. Aren't they killing off the wife of that guy in that sitcom and replacing the actress with Leah Remini, the male actor's old spouse in a former series, to boost ratings and interest? (You can tell that I'm not that interested, personally, since I can't be bothered to look up the details which would make this a more accurate question....but, as one 'oldie' to another...you know what I mean, right?)<br />Another thing. Do you remember back when, in that terrific series, "Homicide:Life on (in?) the Streets", they decided to try to boost their ratings by wiping out half the stellar cast in one fell swoop in a formerly unheard of event of violence, in an otherwise, basically chatty show?<br />I forget what you were talking about exactly, but I think this pertains, somehow.......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com