Author Topic: R.I.P. Frank Gorshin  (Read 4061 times)

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R.I.P. Frank Gorshin
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2005, 11:10:40 AM »
R.I.P. indeed.  And I was thinking about changing my avatar to this anyway!
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« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2005, 11:18:41 AM »
Awesome, Gaz! He kicked ass as The Riddler. So freakin manic. He gave Cesear Romero a run for his money (I think there's a scene in the 60s Batman movie where Riddler & Joker are laughing their trademark laughs together).

Frank was great in 12 Monkeys, too.
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« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2005, 11:42:30 AM »
His Star Trek guest spot was one of my fave heavy-handed social commentary eps ever.

http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/gallery/stmagazine/tos-ltbylb.jpg

EDIT:  Bastards blocked my link!

Let's try this one:

and any fool knows
a dog needs a home
a shelter
from pigs on the wing

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« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2005, 11:50:37 AM »
Right on, Rod!

Ah, Trek- I'll miss your ham-fisted attempts to teach me stuff.

Gorshin was so good at being malevolent.
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« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2005, 11:56:41 AM »
and a fine impressionist too. His Kirk Douglas was killer.
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« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2005, 11:59:12 AM »
Quote from: "Gazoo"
R.I.P. indeed.  And I was thinking about changing my avatar to this anyway!


and -- he's from Pittsburgh!
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« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2005, 12:07:11 PM »
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« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2005, 12:07:26 PM »
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R.I.P. indeed.  And I was thinking about changing my avatar to this anyway!


Gaz, quick work on the avatar switcheroo. Very nice indeed.

Someplace at home I have a genuine Frank Gorshin autograph that my folks got for me when they went to see him at one of the clubs up in Tahoe during the time that Batman was hot. Signed "To Jim, the Riddler Frank Gorshin"--one of my proudest possessions in those days.
Let's get right to it.