RIP Richard Lewis

[JSngry]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/28/entertainment/richard-lewis-death/index.html

76, not a bad run for somebody who never felt good.

He'll be missed here, there, and maybe (but probably not) everywhere.

RIP

[Teasing the Korean]

RIP.  He was very funny in Curb.  I don't think I'm familiar with his work outside of that show.

[JSngry]

6 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

I don't think I'm familiar with his work outside of that show.

It's quite a body of work.

[jazzbo]

Sad. He looked so frail and unwell the last few times I saw him that I am not taken by surprise. RIP funny man.

[clifford_thornton]

I definitely remember him from at least one 90s sitcom as well as some stand up specials. Probably would appreciate him a lot more now, actually. 

Never really watched Curb -- I find Larry David so insufferable as to be unwatchable. I thought Seinfeld was aggravating too but at least the ensemble could offset it somewhat.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

4 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

I definitely remember him from at least one 90s sitcom as well as some stand up specials. Probably would appreciate him a lot more now, actually. 

Never really watched Curb -- I find Larry David so insufferable as to be unwatchable. I thought Seinfeld was aggravating too but at least the ensemble could offset it somewhat.

Weird timing, but just yesterday morning I started watching Curb Your Enthusiasm and I am really not liking it much at all. I laughed at Seinfeld at times. I didn't find myself laughing at all during the first episode. When Richard Lewis popped onto the screen, I thought to myself, "Didn't he die?". A bit of Twilight Zone thing there, for sure.

[kh1958]

I rode in a New York City hotel elevator with him once. He was dressed all in black.

[Dub Modal]

Early episodes of Curb don’t hold up as well. If you start that show, I recommend the season where he starts out wearing the maga hat. 

I became reacquainted with Richard Lewis via Curb and am glad that happened. I was too young to appreciate him in the 80s and 90s. RIP 

[Brad]

I disagree about the early episodes. It was great from the beginning.  Larry David reminds me of a lot of people I’ve known. He’s a pain in the ass and he’s a kvetcher. I also think it helps if you’re Jewish; you understand the show a bit more. 

[Dub Modal]

To me it’s similar to Seinfeld in that the early eps have their moments but the sweet spot had to develop. But if you’re a fan, then they’re all good. 

[clifford_thornton]

12 hours ago, Brad said:

I disagree about the early episodes. It was great from the beginning.  Larry David reminds me of a lot of people I’ve known. He’s a pain in the ass and he’s a kvetcher. I also think it helps if you’re Jewish; you understand the show a bit more. 

absolutely true.

I've definitely known some Larry David types.

[JSngry]

I have too, and not all of them were Jewish!

[Brad]

18 minutes ago, JSngry said:

I have too, and not all of them were Jewish!

That’s why the show is popular!  My favorite bit is when he uses the doctor’s phone.

 

[Dub Modal]

Love that a bunch of Seinfeld actors got utilized in that show. That’s Bookman, the library detective 

[clifford_thornton]

Hell yes, Bookman is the shit.

[bertrand]

Matt Wilson posted on Facebook that Lewis and Charlie Haden were close friends.

[Guy Berger]

12 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

To me it’s similar to Seinfeld in that the early eps have their moments but the sweet spot had to develop. But if you’re a fan, then they’re all good. 

Imho the best seasons are:

4 (this is the Producers season)

6 (the Seinfeld reunion one)

7 (the one that partly takes place in NYC)

i haven’t watched the newest season, and found the last few to be disappointing (though certainly they have their moments)

[ghost of miles]

2:37 "What are you, a f*#%in' goose?" 😂

 

[Brad]

I watched the latest episode which included Richard Lewis for a few minutes and I have no idea when they filmed the episode but he looked pretty bad, nothing like he had looked like in the most recent season. 

[JSngry]

11 hours ago, Brad said:

I watched the latest episode which included Richard Lewis for a few minutes and I have no idea when they filmed the episode but he looked pretty bad, nothing like he had looked like in the most recent season. 

Yeah. Sad. 

[clifford_thornton]

20 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

2:37 "What are you, a f*#%in' goose?" 😂

 

so stupid yet so funny.