2021 Archive | Gr8er Days

Cindy Williams on Tour, ABBA Album Sells 180K+ in 6 Days, Melissa Gilbert on ‘Little House’ & Landon, and More

Links to the past, with relevance today: How is this NOT hitting Milwaukee?! (Image via MeMyselfAndShirley.com) ME, MYSELF & SHIRLEY: Yes, of course I want to see a one-woman show starring Cindy Williams discussing her life and career, and dishing on her encounters with Penny Marshall, Maggie Smith, Andy Kaufman, Gene Hackman and Richard Dreyfus.…

Retro Hole has put together a supercut of every Love Boat guest, including everyone from every regular Season 1-9 episode and the first three specials after the show ended. Why would they let her on the ship after that Poseidon disaster?! (Image via ABC) At the end, it shouts out the regular cast, too. This…

Dean Stockwell, 70-Year Hollywood Vet, Star of ‘Quantum Leap,’ Dies @ 85

Scene-stealing actor Dean Stockwell, an Emmy and Oscar nominee who had one of Hollywood's longest careers — 70 years — died Sunday in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, ExtraTV reports. The reluctant cherub (Image via head shot) He was 85, and his death was attributed to natural causes. A child star of the 1940s, which…

Tom Hanks Tears Up Remembering Peter Scolari, Paul Newman Memoir, Garrett Morris on Racism at ‘SNL’

Links to the past, with relevance today: The book is said to be candid about his personal demons. (GIF via GIPHY) INQUIRER.NET: Shocker — a memoir written by the late Paul Newman (1925-2008) in the '80s as a counter to tabloid rumors has been discovered. Though he never published it, he worked on it with…

Jean Smart’s Emmys-Night Worry, Classic Vincent Price, Go-Go’s Enter Rock Hall & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: The long-married actors also worked together several times. (Image via YouTube) THR: How crazy that Jean Smart had to be worried that her late husband Richard Gilliland, who died in March at 71, might not make the Emmys' in memoriam cut? Luckily, the Emmy-winning actress was not disappointed,…

‘Munsters’ Auction Bonanza, Black Film Archive, ’50s Wilshire Blvd. Revealed & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: Dress you up! (Image via Heritage Auctions) NYDN: The ultimate Munsters auction of our lifetimes is here. Have a bite! (Image via Criterion) MSN: Maya Cade's Black Film Archive is a repository for the history of Black film and TV, a comprehensive registry of over 200 Black films…

Joan Rivers Biopic OFF, Happy B’Day to ‘Electric Company,’ RIP Mort Sahl & More

Links from the past, with relevance today: (Images via Disney+ & by Matthew Rettenmund) VARIETY: The Comeback Girl, a proposed movie about the life of Joan Rivers to have starred Kathryn Hahn, will not proceed. Unfortunately, Rivers's life rights had not been purchased in advance, and rather than come out as an unauthorized project, producers…

JoAnna Cameron, the star of the CBS Saturday morning show Isis — later dubbed The Secrets of Isis — of the '70s, has died following a stroke. She was just 70. Cameron's Isis seemed to inform Carter's Wonder Woman (GIF via GIPHY) Cameron's Isis co-star Joanna Pang Atkins, announced the death on Twitter, writing: "Sad to…

Val Bisoglio of ‘Saturday Night Fever,’ ‘Quincy, M.E.’ Dies @ 95

Val Bisoglio, the longtime character actor familiar to many for his work on the TV series Quincy, M.E. and as the father of John Travolta's Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever, died October 18. He was 95. Bisoglio in recent years (Image via Facebook) Bisoglio died at his home near Los Olivos, California. His death…

Peter Scolari of ‘Bosom Buddies,’ ‘Girls’ Dies @ 66

So sad to report the death of Peter Scolari after a two-year cancer battle. He was 66. My pic of Peter from 2019, plus his inscription to me. (Images by Matthew Rettenmund & ABC) Scolari was born on September 12, 1955, in New Rochelle, New York. As a young actor, he made his film debut…

Yearly Archives: 2021

Cindy Williams on Tour, ABBA Album Sells 180K+ in 6 Days, Melissa Gilbert on ‘Little House’ & Landon, and More

‘Love Boat’ Supercut: All 901 Guests!

Dean Stockwell, 70-Year Hollywood Vet, Star of ‘Quantum Leap,’ Dies @ 85

Tom Hanks Tears Up Remembering Peter Scolari, Paul Newman Memoir, Garrett Morris on Racism at ‘SNL’

Jean Smart’s Emmys-Night Worry, Classic Vincent Price, Go-Go’s Enter Rock Hall & More

‘Munsters’ Auction Bonanza, Black Film Archive, ’50s Wilshire Blvd. Revealed & More

Joan Rivers Biopic OFF, Happy B’Day to ‘Electric Company,’ RIP Mort Sahl & More

‘Isis’ Star JoAnna Cameron Dies @ 70

Val Bisoglio of ‘Saturday Night Fever,’ ‘Quincy, M.E.’ Dies @ 95

Peter Scolari of ‘Bosom Buddies,’ ‘Girls’ Dies @ 66

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