Celebrating the Living: Joel Hodgson
Weird Al wanted him for the role of Philo in UHF. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending…
Celebrating the Living: Stephanie Edwards
The only reason she’s not an ideal candidate for the column is that she really…
Celebrating the Living: Caroll Spinney
He does have credits not as Oscar or Big Bird. Just, you know, not many…
Celebrating the Living: Maggie Smith
I’m going to be very honest, here—the only debate I had with myself about today’s…
Celebrating the Living: Jim Cummings
I like Chris Rock, but I’ve never quite managed to forgive him for saying that…
Celebrating the Living: Lee Grant
The blacklist is fading. The last survivor of the Hollywood Ten died in 2000; so…
Celebrating the Living: D. C. Fontana
For all the talk about Gene Roddenberry’s vision, I think we are unaware of how…
Celebrating the Living: John Lithgow
Especially these days, there’s something in us that looks for people to just be nice.…
Celebrating the Living: Judi Dench
She’s one of the people to whom I mentally append their title as though it…
Celebrating the Living: Ricou Browning
I’ve never written about a stuntman before. This, frankly, is because it’s one of the…