Sunday, January 5, 2025

Flopcast 661: Memorial Show Part 2 - Hi, Bob

We're wrapping up our annual two-part memorial show, covering people we lost in the second half of 2024 from TV (Linda Lavin, John Amos, Bob Newhart), movies (Teri Garr, Shelley Duvall, James Earl Jones), music (Quincy Jones, John Mayall, Kris Kristofferson), and more. (Richard Simmons, Dr. Ruth, Famous Amos, the "You've got mail!" guy... our list has a lot of range.) The egg nog is flowing freely here at Chickentown Studios. Select a huge festive beverage for yourself and join us.

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Show Notes

Some links relevant to people we discussed on this episode:

• Kevin interviewed Mark Edward in Flopcast 019.
• Quincy Jones was the subject of a recent Hit Parade episode.
• As a tribute to Peter Renaday, watch some lovingly restored Kidd Video episodes.
• We're famously fond of obscure children's television around here, but Whitney and the Robot is a new one on us.

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We said goodbye to some memorable David Letterman guests...

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John Amos as the formidable Admiral Fizwallace in The West Wing:

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Bob Newhart answering the phone at the Stratford Inn...

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James Earl Jones with Robert Redford in the fun heist movie Sneakers:

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With the loss of Linda Lavin, only Polly Holliday (Flo) is left from the original cast of Alice.