Darren McGavin - RIP

[Judge Smails]

<p>Link: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/02/25/ap2553585.html">http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/02/25/ap2553585.html</a></p><p>Man they're dropping like flies.&nbsp; Pretty impressive resume when you look at it.&nbsp; He was in a lot of good stuff that I'd forgotten about.&nbsp; I remember him most from two of my all-time favorites: Kolchak The Night Stalker and the dad from A Christmas Story.</p><p>Here's hoping you finally get your &quot;Major Award&quot;.&nbsp; <img height="57" src="http://www.redriderleglamps.com/images/rightviewLarge.jpg" width="40" border="0" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/77/039_25829.jpg" border="0" /></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by judge_smails on 2-26-06 @ 12:28 PM</span>

[FUNKMAN]

always enjoyed the Night Stalker especially the episode that took place in the city deep below the subways...

[fezident]

&quot;DAMN IT BILLY, WOULD YOU GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE!&quot;

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000099">God bless the ol' curmudgeon!!! I lived for The Night Stalker when it was new to TV!!! Later on, some&nbsp;coked up, &nbsp;addle brained TV exec got the idea to cobble pairs of episodes&nbsp;of the show together and market them as TV movies. The narration used to adhere the 2 episodes together, read by McGavin himself,&nbsp;was worthy of Ed Wood in his prime and reconfigured the show as a post modern, &quot;so bad it's good&quot; classic! I have a&nbsp;double disc DVD of&nbsp;The Night Stalker&nbsp;&amp; The Night Strangler&nbsp;that I love to watch w/ my 10 yr old daughter (Kolchak will NOT be forgotten).</font></strong></p><p><img title="night stalker/strangler" height="522" alt="night stalker/strangler" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00026L7OU.01._PE35_.The-Night-StalkerThe-Night-Strangler-Double-Feature._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" width="385" border="0" /></p>

[MilkmanDann]

<p>One of my favorite actors of all time, just liked his mannerisms. Night Stalker I have on DVD but he's always gonna be the uber-dad from Christmas Story. There needs to be more men like Mr. McGavin. </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Burblefrump on 2-26-06 @ 1:29 PM</span>

[fezident]

<p>For some reason, I thought he died a long time ago.&nbsp; Was there ever a rumour that he passed away?&nbsp; Oh well, he's at the big Madison Hotel in the sky now.</p>

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000099">This just in Darren McGavin has returned from the dead as a zombie vampire werewolf warlock vorvolaka golem penanggala mummy monster &amp; Scully, Mulder &amp; the Mystery Inc. gang&nbsp;have been hired to &quot;dispatch&quot; him!</font></strong></p><p><img src="http://www.geocities.com/nickzbu/crlgasp.jpg" border="0" /></p>

[WhistlePig]

RIP Kolchak! Loved ya, man.

[fezident]

<p>I think, back in the day, Darren McGavin would've made an awesome Captain Kirk.</p><p>If not him, Charlton Heston but, Darren would've nailed it.</p>