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The Spectacle Blog
Actor Jack Klugman passed away today at the age of 90.
Originally a stage actor, Klugman appeared in such films as 12 Angry Men, The Days of Wine & Roses and Goodbye, Columbus.
But Klugman is perhaps best known for his work in television. He made several appearances on The Twilght Zone. I personally remember watching one episode many years ago in which he played a trumpet player at the end of his rope.
From 1970 to 1975, Klugman was one half of The Odd Couple playing the slovenly Oscar Madison to Tony Randall’s Felix Unger. Klugman had actually played Madison in the original Broadway production replacing Walter Matthau. After The Odd Couple left the airwaves, Klugman starred in Quincy, M.E. from 1976 to 1983. Klugman was also a frequent panelist on The Match Game.
I leave you with Klugman talking about
Chanukah.
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Kingofthenet| 12.25.12 @ 12:00AM
R.I.P. Jack, there is a nice MESSY room in Heaven waiting for you!
BTW: You outlived the "Clean" boy by almost 10 Years, smoke a Stogie in Heaven for me.
Kingofthenet| 12.25.12 @ 12:23AM
In "In Praise of Pip." The Twilight Zone, 1963 His son died in 'South Vietnam'...TWO years BEFORE the USA got involved...FREAKY isn't it?
Albert Constantine Jr.| 12.26.12 @ 10:00AM
The US involvement began long before the passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed Congress in 1964, or the first formal combat troops landed in 1965, bringing the escalation of the conflict that LBJ had campaigned against in his 1964 Presidential run against Barry Goldwater.
At the time that "In Praise of Pip" aired for the first time on 092763 (while JFK was still President, about eight weeks before he was killed), more than 140 Americans whose names are reflected on the U.S. Viet Nam War Memorial in Washington had been killed. Rod Serling was apparently paying close attention to the current events of the day when he wrote the episode (and much more than you have about the history of your country in the years since then).
astorian| 12.25.12 @ 12:55AM
When Klugman was a young, struggling actor, he shared a small apartment with another young, struggling actor named Charles Buchinsky (Buchinksy later decided to change his ethnic name, and took the name "Bronson, after the Bronson Avenue Gate at Paramount Studios).
Years later, I recall hearing Bronson say that Klugman was an utter slob who washed his socks and underwear in the kitchen sink and hung them to dry on the faucet. So, when Klugman was hired to play Oscar Madison, Bronson said, "I knew they definitely got the right man for the part."
Cobalt| 12.25.12 @ 7:48AM
Charles Durning died on December 24, 2012.
Charles Durning was a decorated veteran of WWII, who was awarded the Silver Star medal and three Purple Heart medals. After the war, Durning became a fine character actor.
Crassus| 12.26.12 @ 11:35AM
If you want to see a top notch Klugman performance check out an episode of "The Untouchables" entitled "Loophole" in which Klugman plays a mob attorney who keeps getting his clients acquitted much to the chagrin of Eliot Ness.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 12.26.12 @ 11:44AM
I remember the one where he played Solly Girsch, and I keep hearing the intimidated immigrant shopkeeper recanting his testimony, saying over and over "Solly buy chewing gum. I give him change."
Crassus| 12.26.12 @ 4:14PM
The actor playing the shopkeeper in that episode (George Voskovec) had earlier co-starred with Klugman in "Twelve Angry Men."