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Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001
| Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 8:35 am
Mason Adams age 86. You may not recognize the name, but the face you would remember. I had a site with his pix, but have dumped it. If you can find his photo would you please put it up. I remember him from when I was a little girl listening to soap operas. He had a wonderful voice.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 8:42 am
I found one on IMDb. He was on Lou Grant and just about every TV show that ever was. The radio soap I remember him from was Pepper Young's Family. Anyone else besides me remember that?
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Max
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08-12-2000
| Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 9:15 am

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Weinermr
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08-18-2001
| Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 12:14 pm
Mason Adams did the Smucker's commercials too. I'll miss him.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 4:07 pm
OOps, I meant Mason Adams, I had Ed Asner in Mind. My Bad. Mods could you remove that post. My brain is frazzled today. <No worries. Fried brain is commonly served in my house! (c)>
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Friday, April 29, 2005 - 10:27 am
Mason Adams was on the Lou Grant show with Ed Asner as I recall. I think he was Lou's Boss and they both worked for Mrs. Pinchon.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, April 29, 2005 - 12:32 pm
He was also in the movie "parenthood" with Steve Martin
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Julieboo
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02-05-2002
| Friday, April 29, 2005 - 1:22 pm
Escapee, I think you are still confused! LOL I think you mean Jason Robards (who was in Parenthood.) As far as I can tell, Mason Adams was not in that movie...
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Jmm
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08-16-2002
| Friday, April 29, 2005 - 2:16 pm
Here's the Imdb link for Mason Adams. He has an acting history dating back to 1947, amazing guy. Mason Adams
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Escapee
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06-15-2004
| Friday, April 29, 2005 - 2:23 pm
He played the dad/Grampa, didn't he? He had the cool car in the garage.
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Julieboo
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02-05-2002
| Friday, April 29, 2005 - 3:56 pm
Nope Escapee, that was Jasob Robards. They were both old men though! Here's a couple a pictures of Jason:
 
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, April 29, 2005 - 4:14 pm
Oh, yeah, I see. He was the gramps from Son In Law.
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Ladytex
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09-27-2001
| Saturday, April 30, 2005 - 9:51 pm
William Bell, Creator of TV Soaps, Dies Apr 30, 10:30 PM EST LOS ANGELES - William Joseph Bell, an Emmy award-winning daytime TV soap writer, producer and co-creator of "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold and the Beautiful," has died. He was 78. Bell died Friday from complications of Alzheimer's disease at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, said Raul Rojas, publicist for Bell's TV production company. Bell's career as a TV soap writer spanned more than four decades and earned him nine Emmy awards - three for his writing on "The Young and the Restless," and the rest for producing or writing "Days of Our Lives." But Bell's soaps didn't just win awards, they won a following with daytime TV viewers, particularly fans hooked on the lives and loves of the residents in the fictional Genoa City portrayed on "The Young and the Restless." The CBS show has long held the No. 1 spot against other daytime soaps. "Bill Bell is one of the true pioneers of daytime television ... He is without peer in his ability to create the most compelling, endearing stories and characters, and keep them fascinating for years on end," CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves said in a statement Saturday. "We are incredibly saddened by his passing for the daytime community has lost a true legend and the CBS family has lost a friend," Moonves said. The Chicago native got his start in 1956 as a writer on the soap "Guiding Light." A year later, he left to write for another soap, "As the World Turns." In 1966, Bell become head writer on "Days of Our Lives," helping to turn the flagging series into one of the top audience draws four years later. In 1973, Bell teamed up with his wife, Lee Phillip Bell, and created "The Young and the Restless." The hourlong show was among the first serials in the 1970s to exploit America's burgeoning youth obsession. "Bill Bell was a supremely gifted writer, a fearless and farseeing producer, a tireless champion of our industry and a gentleman," Melody Thomas Scott, a veteran actress on "The Young and the Restless," said in a statement. In the late 1990s, Bell surrendered the head writer's role at the show but took over as executive producer. Bell and his wife also teamed up in 1987 to create another daytime stalwart: "The Bold and the Beautiful," which also offered viewers plenty of attractive characters wrestling with romantic challenges. "Bill Bell understood that daytime drama was not just about lavish weddings and extravagant remotes, but about the smaller, day-to-day moments between family, friends and community," said Rhonda Friedman, the show's supervising producer. Throughout his career, Bell's writing and production work is credited with contributing to 15,000 episodes of TV daytime drama. His three children also followed him into the business. One son, Bill, is president of Bell's TV production company. Another, Bradley, is head writer and executive producer on "The Bold and The Beautiful." Daughter Lauralee is an actress on "Restless." In addition to his children and wife of 50 years, Bell is survived by eight grandchildren. http://daily.webshots.com/content/ap/current/h70219032.html
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Grannyg
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05-28-2002
| Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 8:21 am
I'm so sad about this. I actually have a script that was written by him for "DOOL".
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, May 06, 2005 - 12:13 pm
Col. David Hackworth, Hero of Vietnam War, Dies at 74 NYTimes
David H. Hackworth, a much-decorated and highly unconventional former career Army officer who became a combat legend in Vietnam, and later enraged his superiors by lambasting the war on national television, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Tijuana, Mexico. He was 74. The cause was bladder cancer, his wife, Eilhys England, said. Colonel Hackworth lied to enlist in the Army at 15 and won a battlefield commission at 20 to become the Korean War's youngest captain. He was America's youngest full colonel in Vietnam, and won a total of 91 medals, including two Distinguished Service Crosses, 10 Silver Stars, 8 Bronze Stars and 8 Purple Hearts. Later, he was an author, a military affairs correspondent for Newsweek, a syndicated newspaper columnist and a campaigner for military reform. In Vietnam, he became an almost mythical figure, arriving in 1965 with the first group of American paratroopers and going on to command the helicopter unit that was later immortalized in the movie "Apocalypse Now." He drove his men so hard, he later wrote, that they put a $3,500 bounty on his head. Early in the war he wrote a primer on how best to fight the Vietcong. His combat successes included wiping out 2,500 North Vietnamese soldiers while his troops suffered just 25 casualties. In a 1971 interview with Nick Proffit of Newsweek, Gen. Creighton Abrams, a top commander in Vietnam, called Colonel Hackworth "the best battalion commander I ever saw in the United States Army." [...]
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - 11:54 am
'The Riddler' Frank Gorshin Dies at 72 Link
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Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001
| Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - 2:32 pm
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - 2:37 pm
Here's one performance we certainly don't want to forget.
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - 3:17 pm
I was truly saddened to hear this...Frank Gorshin was one of my most favorite actors growing up. I remember seeing an interview with him and being so suprised that the Riddler was a funny and NICE guy!!! I will miss his presence...
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - 5:22 pm
Thanks, Who and OG. Did you notice this line in the Obit that Who posted: Gorshin's final performance will be broadcast on Thursday's CBS series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation." I think I saw that interview, too, Kep. I was taken with how personable he was. I remember seeing him appear on the Johnny Carson Show, too--doing incredible imitations. He definitely gave to this world, didn't he?
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Mamie316
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07-08-2003
| Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - 6:00 pm
He was such a talented impersonator. He did a great Kirk Douglas.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, May 23, 2005 - 1:51 pm
Fred Flintstone voice actor Henry Corden dead at age 85 UPI News Service, 05/21/2005 A veteran Hollywood character actor and voice-over artist, Henry Corden, who during the late 1970s became the voice of Fred Flintstone, died at age 85. Corden died of complications of emphysema Thursday in a San Fernando Valley hospital, according to his agent Don Pitts. Forden was born in Montreal, but was raised in New York and as an adult moved to Hollywood, where he was a radio actor. In 1947, he made his screen debut in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday. During the next decade he appeared in several movies, including "Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion" and "The Ten Commandments," but his flair for dialects moved him into cartoons. In 1966, Corden took over as the voice of Fred Flintstone in the William Hanna and Joseph Barbera parody on modern suburban life set in the Stone Age. For nearly 30 years, Corden supplied the voice of Fred Flintstone in a string of cartoon series and specials. Corden is survived by his wife, Angelina; two children from his first marriage; three stepchildren and five grandchildren http://www.realitytvworld.com/index/articles/story.php?s=1003367
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Marysafan
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08-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 9:10 am
Thurl Ravenscroft 1914-2005 Thurl Ravenscroft, who roared "They're Grrrrreeeat!" in Kellogg's Tony the Tiger ads and voiced a host of Disney characters, died Sunday of prostate cancer. He was 91. For more than 50 years, Ravenscroft was the voice behind Tony the Tiger, TV's popular cartoon pitchman for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes. He is also well known for his cartoon voice work with Disney and Chuck Jones - including singing the classic "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" - and lent his voice to characters on rides at Disneyland, including the Pirates of the Caribbean, Splash Mountain, the Enchanted Tiki Room and the Haunted Mansion. Born in Norfolk, Neb., Ravenscroft moved to California in 1933 to study art. By the mid-1930s he was appearing regularly on radio, and by the late-1930s he was singing backup for Bing Crosby. In 1952, Ravenscroft's voice appeared in the first Frosted Flakes commercial. http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ What a wonderful set of pipes he had.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 9:15 am
HOWARD MORRIS 1919-2005 Another classic cartoon voice has left us. Comedian-actor-director Howard Morris passed away Saturday afternoon. An announcement was posted by Howard's son on his Ernest T. Bass homepage. Morris, well known for his appearances with Sid Ceaser and Carl Reiner on YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS in the 1950s, joined the regular cast at Hanna Barbera with his portrayal of Jet Screamer (above) on THE JETSONS in 1962. He also voiced Atom Ant, Mr. Peebles and Breezly Bruin among others for H-B. More importantly, Morris did most of the voices for Gene Deitch's Oscar winning short MUNRO (1960), was King Features' BEETLE BAILEY (1962) and enacted several voices on Filmation's THE ARCHIE SHOW (1968), including Jughead. He was a regular voice in Disney films, a member of the Mel Brooks stock company, and directed numerous 60s sitcoms and comedy features. http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ It's funny how some things stay with you forever. From time to time I still find myself saying..."It's me! It's me! It's ERrnest T.!" The funniest episode of The Andy Griffith Show ever in my opinion was when Barney donned the wedding dress to sub for Charlene. It's amazing to think that he was only in five episodes, but he sure made an impact. RIP Ernest T...and thanks for all the laughs.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 10:53 am
HOWARD MORRIS
EARNEST T. BASS
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