Sunday, February 25, 2018

Blind Item #10

This permanent A list dual threat actor who has starred in some of the biggest television shows of all time and has starred in some very memorable movies too is near death. He has two caregivers with him all the time and only ventures out in public to visit his doctors.

70 comments:

  1. Mel Brooks? Or Carl Reiner?

    ReplyDelete
  2. I'm not great on Old Hollywood, but other than The Dick Van Dyke Show, what other biggest television shows of all time has DVD starred it?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Diagnosis Murder was one of those shsho that was a huge hit for many years, but never watched by anyone under 60.

      Delete
    2. Oh yes! Forgot about that.

      Delete
    3. @Eric - that is not true. I was a tween when I watched it. I occasionally watch the reruns on MeTV.

      Delete
  3. Replies
    1. One can only hope its Burt Reynolds. Good riddance, asshole

      Delete
    2. Supposedly he’s got a tell all book that’s to be released after he dies. It’s supposed to tell of all the men who made him do sex acts for movie parts when he was just starting out.

      Delete
    3. Burt reynolds has been at death's door for past 4 years, but never dies!

      Delete
  4. Burt's a good guess as well.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Middle-aged person complaint. It's so damn hard to search social media when every damn body names themselves after celebs. How many Burt Reynolds are necessary. The main one is more than enough. I also hope this blind is't him, not that I want it to be the others named either. So, my guess is James Woods

    ReplyDelete
  6. Yeah but what television shows was Burt Reynolds ever on, besides guest spots? I'm going to go with Judd Hirsch or Alan Alda.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Evening Shade, in the 90s.

      Delete
    2. Wasn't he on Gunsmoke too?

      Delete
  7. William shatner

    ReplyDelete
  8. Van Dyke and Alda have been active recently, so no. Is Tim Conway permanent A? (Burnett Show and McHales Navy, plus Disney films)

    ReplyDelete
  9. Replies
    1. If it was Michael J. Fox Enty would likely say foreign born. He's from Canada.

      Delete
    2. Please dont be michael j fox or bob newheart. Please.

      Delete
  10. Bob Newhart...is he still alive?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Bob Newhart appeared in Elf, Horrible Bosses and Legally Blonde 2. Plus he had the two sitcoms. I think Conway is a great guess but not sure his films were as memorable. Either it's sad for whomever it is.

      Delete
  11. Tim Conway is perm A List to me. The Carol Burnett show (syndicated reruns, of course) was one of my biggest influences as a child that made me want to be an actor. Every episode was amazing and new and hilarious, especially when they made each other break character and showed it's ok to not be perfect, and enjoy not being perfect. Tim Conway, and all of the main cast are perm A List to me. And Tim was Dorf, for goodness sakes. How is that alone not worthy of legend status.
    I'm just reminiscing now because thinking about any of the greats passing is sad.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Agreed. I will have to take time off from work when Mel Brooks passes.

      Delete
    2. @cheese and Don Agreed on Tim Conway, and I’m not prepared to even think about Mel Brooks no longer being with us. I’m still unwilling to fully wrap my mind around the loss of Gene Wilder.

      Losing the remaining Pythons will likewise be a punch to the gut. Brooks and MP shaped my early sense of humor. It’s served me well ever since.

      Delete
  12. Dan August was Burt Reynolds tv show. He also was on Gunsmoke a lot.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Bob Newhart would be my guess.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Shatner still books appearances. Conway was unable to make it to Carol Burnett's 50th anniversary special a couple months ago, so may be a good guess. But "some of the biggest shows"? Other than Carol Burnett -Mama's Family & McHales Navy? Enty has had Burt Reynolds at death's door for quite a while.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Sadly there's not that many old Hollywood folks around.

    ReplyDelete
  16. It could also be Newhart because he won several grammys for comedy albums, as for the dual-threat.

    cant believe he was in his mid-50s when the Bob Newheart show debuted, and hit fame. Always thought he was younger

    ReplyDelete
  17. I'm (sadly) jumping on the Bob Newheart bandwagon...

    He's one celebrity I wish was immortal

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I agree. Never heard a bad word about him and I hope I never do.

      Delete
  18. Wouldn't a dual threat be acting and singing, not movies and tv?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Duel threat in Enty-speak is TV and movies.

      Delete
  19. this really could be any of them, they're all getting up there in age.

    ReplyDelete
  20. Not Alan Alda.

    He is still active, and doing a public speaking/ workshop thing at UC Davis.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. And commercials with other tv doctors.

      Delete
  21. I hope whoever this is, is also the one who gets the 'massage therapy' I'd like that think they get a ray of sunshine or Susie sunshine (if preferred )

    ReplyDelete
  22. I don't think it's Bob Newhart. He has been pretty active on Facebook. His posts on his beloved Cubs are great.

    ReplyDelete
  23. I meant to add, Bob Newhart is still touring as of the end of January!

    ReplyDelete
  24. That's good news!

    ReplyDelete
  25. Diogenes of Sinope. He was in some of the original Aristophanes productions, and is a noted philosopher. But it would probably say foreign-born, so maybe not.

    ReplyDelete
  26. NOT Dick Van Dyke. Peeple who are active don't linger waiting to die. Active people just drop.
    DVD has always been active as a dancer. Someone else.

    ReplyDelete
  27. Not Reynolds because he was THE biggest movie star in the 70s so the wording of this doesn't go. Some of the other guesses make sense. Very sad.

    ReplyDelete
  28. What about Clint Eastwood? He started out in TV on Rawhide and is certainly a dual threat as an actor/director.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Eastwood is def mostly movie actor.

      Delete
  29. I haven't seen Bob Newhart in public in a long, long time.
    It can't be William Shatner, he's still doing that goofy TV show where he travels around the world with those other old guys, and he still does SciFi convention appearances.

    ReplyDelete
  30. Christopher Loyd maybe? I hope not tho :/ He is suppose to be on the new Roseanne reboot i think.

    ReplyDelete
  31. I have Burt Reynolds in a 2018 celebrity death pool so I hope it's him.

    ReplyDelete
  32. Well, Carol B. did say that Conway wasn't able to appear on her 50th anniversary special because he was "under the weather."

    ReplyDelete
  33. I don't ever want to hear anything bad about Bob Newhart. :(

    ReplyDelete
  34. I love that The Big Bang Theory uses Bob Newhart occasionally , I don't know when his recent work was though on the show . Burt Reynolds just did a recent interview with someone and is looking pretty bad but still alive , hopefully not Tim Conway .

    ReplyDelete
  35. Dual threat to me would be acting and singing, which would mean Dick van Dyke, who is also a great dancer. He had 2 big TV shows (DVD & Diagnosis Murder) and did well in the movies, (Mary Poppins & Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.) The only thing throwing me off is "some of the biggest tv shows of all time" which to me would indicate more than just 2.

    ReplyDelete
  36. I thought Dick Van Dyke

    ReplyDelete
  37. I don't think it is dick van dyke. enty surely would have referred to him as triple threat, his PSAs were legendary. I think he is still rolling.. Smokey never got over it and somewhere an Indian cries

    ReplyDelete
  38. Dick Van Dyke is rehearsing today for a performance with his jazz band: https://www.facebook.com/alauradesign/videos/1752104071515506/

    ReplyDelete
  39. Both Judd Hirsch and Bob Newhart have re-occurring, recent roles on The Big Bang Theory, with Newhart appearing quite often on the hit series.

    In fact, he won his only prime time Emmy for TBBT, rather than Newhart or The Bob Newhart Show, which boggles my mind.

    Not either of them.

    ReplyDelete
  40. I wonder if this was David Ogden Stiers?

    ReplyDelete
  41. Jerry Van Dyke

    My Mother The Car

    The Dick Van Dyke Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Judy Garland Show

    Coach

    Stand Up Comedian famous for preforming at air bases all over the world/Playboy clubs around the country

    Guest starred on about 2 dozen shows over the years


    ReplyDelete
  42. Bob Newhart is still doing ok. He is currently touring.

    ReplyDelete

Advertisements

Popular Posts from the last 30 days