John Candy would’ve been 75 this Halloween if he hadn’t passed away in 1994 at 43. In death, Candy achieved that type of stardom and legacy that most actors and celebrities want but rarely achieve when they’re alive. During the last few years he was alive, Candy appeared in a lot of movies, either inContinue reading “You Will Like ‘John Candy: I Like Me’”
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A Mean Green Mother This Weekend With ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’
For our senior musical play, we did Little Shop of Horrors. And like the 1986 film adaptation, it suffered its own set of problems. Some of the seniors were upset because it only had a few woman roles but that was changed. It’s not like all the girls I went to school with were JulliardContinue reading “A Mean Green Mother This Weekend With ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’”
Richard Lewis Recalls His Darkness In ‘The Other Great Depression’
Comic and actor Richard Lewis died last month from a heart attack while suffering from Parkinson’s Disease. For about 30 years, he had been mostly clean and sober as he battled alcoholism and drug abuse in his earlier life. The comic was known for his neurotic self-depreciating tone that was darker than other comics, suchContinue reading “Richard Lewis Recalls His Darkness In ‘The Other Great Depression’”
Richard Lewis: Dark Prince Of Comedy
There’s a saying that’s it better to laugh than it is to cry. Richard Lewis lived a life where he turned his own personal pain and neurosis into comedy. Just like another famous comic named Richard (as in Richard Pryor), we laughed because he made us want to laugh. To call Lewis neurotic with hisContinue reading “Richard Lewis: Dark Prince Of Comedy”
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