RIP Jerry Stiller
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phillionaire
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Going to workout with a dumbbell today in his honor. I hope to feel vigorous.
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RIP. Annnnd now I'll have Seinfeld on in the background all afternoon.
The hardest I ever laughed at a Seinfeld scene was when everyone thinks George is dead and Frank meets George Steinbrenner and gives him the business about the Jay Buhner trade. Not a care in the world for the fate of his son. I absolutely lost it.
The hardest I ever laughed at a Seinfeld scene was when everyone thinks George is dead and Frank meets George Steinbrenner and gives him the business about the Jay Buhner trade. Not a care in the world for the fate of his son. I absolutely lost it.
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There's a scene where Arthur is naked in their hot tub and he's getting out and Doug catches a glimpse and says something like "Oh god" and Arthur says "It's called gravity, Douglas....and it's coming for you"
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In 2005, in Riverside Park, I was visiting my oldest friend, who was nursing a damaged shoulder after a bicycling accident. A rumpled-looking older man ambled toward us, and we anticipated an awkward encounter.
As the guy got closer, we both recognized him as Jerry Stiller, but he started talking before my friend & I could acknowledge this to each other.
Jerry removed his Bose noise canceling headphones to ask my friend about the sling he was wearing, and they got into a pain management conversation, because he was well into physical therapy for recent shoulder surgery. Quite subtly, my friend and I exchanged mutually confirming, "You do realize who this is, right?" glances, and at a suitable time, I asked Stiller's opinion about his critically-lauded headphones, which were a hot new product at the time. Without skipping a beat, he removed them from his shoulders and handed them to me to decide for myself.
The padding of the ear enclosures was notably and memorably sweaty, and all outside noise was filtered out, so that now I watched Jerry & Doug in animated conversation that was silent to me. The music, playing at a surprisingly restrained volume from a portable CD player, was very good recent mainstream jazz, possibly Joshua Redman with Brad Mehldau, but I can't recall if I asked.
I accepted the episode as a casual encounter between to long-time Upper West Siders, one in his 70s and one in his 50s. No celebrity fawning, just kibitzing between two generations of New Yorkers of a certain type.
RIP. Frank Costanza (and SO much more)
As the guy got closer, we both recognized him as Jerry Stiller, but he started talking before my friend & I could acknowledge this to each other.
Jerry removed his Bose noise canceling headphones to ask my friend about the sling he was wearing, and they got into a pain management conversation, because he was well into physical therapy for recent shoulder surgery. Quite subtly, my friend and I exchanged mutually confirming, "You do realize who this is, right?" glances, and at a suitable time, I asked Stiller's opinion about his critically-lauded headphones, which were a hot new product at the time. Without skipping a beat, he removed them from his shoulders and handed them to me to decide for myself.
The padding of the ear enclosures was notably and memorably sweaty, and all outside noise was filtered out, so that now I watched Jerry & Doug in animated conversation that was silent to me. The music, playing at a surprisingly restrained volume from a portable CD player, was very good recent mainstream jazz, possibly Joshua Redman with Brad Mehldau, but I can't recall if I asked.
I accepted the episode as a casual encounter between to long-time Upper West Siders, one in his 70s and one in his 50s. No celebrity fawning, just kibitzing between two generations of New Yorkers of a certain type.
RIP. Frank Costanza (and SO much more)
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Stiller and Meara made 35 Appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, this was back when there were 3 channels on in prime time, huge audience and a big deal. Live tv, all of America watching. That took some stones, huh?So many memorable scenes. Like him in Sid Farkas office for the manziere. Festivus. At the garage blackboard with Lloyd Braun. Cruise wear. TV Guide collector. All of them.
Is that the spin-off of Everybody Loves Raven?
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Frank Costanza. Festivus.
Enough said.
Enough said.
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Yes. A brief guest appearance on season 2, episode 8, I believe.
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Both he and the clerk are hystercial there. I did not see that episode..."the corresponding "...lol. And he inflected on "."
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You bow to no one.
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We should host an impromptu Airing of Grievances in his honor. I will be happy to start it off....
