When Leonard Nimoy died, several comic conventions paused for a moment of silence as fans offered up the Vulcan salute. Those were lovely gestures as the nerd community showed how beloved the actor, and his signature role, was to them.
I wish that Batman’s Adam West had a signature gesture like that. A hands-on-hips pose means Superman. The Vulcan salute embodies all of Star Trek’s mythology. Television’s Wonder Woman had a spinning motion (it enabled her to change from her meek self into her heroic costume) that we of a certain age remember. Iron Man kind of owns that punching-the-ground-while-crouching pose. But TV’s Batman really could’ve used an iconic pose.
Perhaps it would be holding a bomb, with a lighted fuse, above one’s head? Perhaps that silly/sexy Batusi dance move, evoking a bat’s eyes and ears? Somehow they just don’t seem right.
I wish that Batman’s Adam West had a signature gesture like that. A hands-on-hips pose means Superman. The Vulcan salute embodies all of Star Trek’s mythology. Television’s Wonder Woman had a spinning motion (it enabled her to change from her meek self into her heroic costume) that we of a certain age remember. Iron Man kind of owns that punching-the-ground-while-crouching pose. But TV’s Batman really could’ve used an iconic pose.
Perhaps it would be holding a bomb, with a lighted fuse, above one’s head? Perhaps that silly/sexy Batusi dance move, evoking a bat’s eyes and ears? Somehow they just don’t seem right.
- 6/19/2017
- by Ed Catto
- Comicmix.com
Geoff Edwards, known for hosting the game shows “Treasure Hunt” and “Jackpot” in the 1970s and 1980s, died on Wednesday at the age of 83, according to his agent. Edwards died from complications of pneumonia at a hospital in Santa Monica, California, according to agent Fred Westbrook, who said the illness was “sudden.” Also read: Former La Times Editor Bill Thomas Dead At 89 “He was a fun guy,” said Westbrook, noting that Edwards in recent years had been doing radio appearances and writing a travel blog. Westbrook said that like other successful game show hosts, Edwards was “comfortable being himself.” Known for his.
- 3/6/2014
- by Reuters
- The Wrap
Geoff Edwards, the hip-looking 1970s and '80s host of TV game shows including Jackpot! and two incarnations of Treasure Hunt, died Wednesday, his agent said. He was 83.
Edwards died of complications of pneumonia at St. John's hospital in Santa Monica, agent Fred Westbrook said.
Edwards also worked as a radio DJ and actor, appearing on TV shows including Petticoat Junction, 'I Dream of Jeannie and Diff'rent Strokes.
"Geoff was one of the cleverest, funniest radio and television personalities I've worked with," said fellow game show host Wink Martindale. The two were deejays at pop radio station Kmpc in Los Angeles.
Edwards died of complications of pneumonia at St. John's hospital in Santa Monica, agent Fred Westbrook said.
Edwards also worked as a radio DJ and actor, appearing on TV shows including Petticoat Junction, 'I Dream of Jeannie and Diff'rent Strokes.
"Geoff was one of the cleverest, funniest radio and television personalities I've worked with," said fellow game show host Wink Martindale. The two were deejays at pop radio station Kmpc in Los Angeles.
- 3/6/2014
- by Associated Press
- People.com - TV Watch
Geoff Edwards, the hip-looking 1970s and '80s host of TV game shows including Jackpot! and two incarnations of Treasure Hunt, died Wednesday, his agent said. He was 83. Edwards died of complications of pneumonia at St. John's hospital in Santa Monica, agent Fred Westbrook said. Edwards also worked as a radio DJ and actor, appearing on TV shows including Petticoat Junction, 'I Dream of Jeannie and Diff'rent Strokes. "Geoff was one of the cleverest, funniest radio and television personalities I've worked with," said fellow game show host Wink Martindale. The two were deejays at pop radio station Kmpc in Los Angeles.
- 3/6/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Geoff Edwards, a local Los Angeles TV host and radio personality who gained national exposure as the emcee of such game shows as Jackpot, Starcade and Treasure Hunt, died Wednesday. He was 83. Edwards died of complications related to pneumonia at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, his agent, Fred Westbrook, told The Hollywood Reporter. In the 1980s, when he wasn’t working on game shows, Edwards co-hosted the daytime talk show Mid-Morning L.A. on Kcal-tv with actress Meredith MacRae (with whom he had worked on the CBS sitcom Petticoat Junction during his time as an actor). He won
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- 3/6/2014
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Phyllis Diller, the housewife who morphed into a career comic with a trademark cackle, died Monday morning in her Los Angeles home at age 95. Diller indeed was the queen of skewering the 50s housewife, put upon by her fat mother-in-law, and always decked out in nifty shimmery shifts courtesy of "Omar of Omaha" with a husband named "Fang." "She was a true pioneer," Fred Wostbrock said. "The first female stand-up comedian. She paved the way for everybody. She paved the way for Joan Rivers, Ellen DeGeneres, Chelsea Handler. Phyllis was the first of the first. The first female to play Vegas ... she was on Broadway, she made movies. She did it all." Her longtime manager, Milton...
- 8/20/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Comedian Phyllis Diller passed away today at her Los Angeles home at the age of 95. Diller's agent Fred Wostbrock , who called her the first lady of stand up comedy, said Diller died in her sleep.
Diller broke into the comedy scene in 1955 at San Francisco's famed Purple Onion nightclub. Diller, who was 37 and a housewife at the time, won the crowd over when the owner gave her a substitute stand-up spot.
Diller found success in television, movies, Broadway, and as a recording artist. In the '60s and '70s Diller found an audience as she became a frequent guest on The Tonight Show, The Flip Wilson Show, and Laugh-In. Younger audiences discovered her from her stints on shows like Family Guy, 7th Heaven, and The Drew Carey Show. She lent her voice to the Pixar movie A Bug's Life. She also appeared in the raunchy documentary The Aristocrats.
Throughout her career,...
Diller broke into the comedy scene in 1955 at San Francisco's famed Purple Onion nightclub. Diller, who was 37 and a housewife at the time, won the crowd over when the owner gave her a substitute stand-up spot.
Diller found success in television, movies, Broadway, and as a recording artist. In the '60s and '70s Diller found an audience as she became a frequent guest on The Tonight Show, The Flip Wilson Show, and Laugh-In. Younger audiences discovered her from her stints on shows like Family Guy, 7th Heaven, and The Drew Carey Show. She lent her voice to the Pixar movie A Bug's Life. She also appeared in the raunchy documentary The Aristocrats.
Throughout her career,...
- 8/20/2012
- by reelz gustafson
- Reelzchannel.com
Et confirms that the legendary comedian Phyllis Diller has passed away at the age of 95.
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Diller's agent, Fred Wostbrock, told Et, "I was her agent for twenty years. She was a pioneer. She paved the way for everybody, Joan Rivers, Ellen DeGeneres, Roseanne Barr, Chelsea Handler. She was the first." She passed away in her L.A home surrounded by her family members, and her longtime manager, Milton Suchin, told us, "She died peacefully in her sleep with a smile on her face."
DeGeneres tweeted, "We lost a comedy legend today. Phyllis Diller was the queen of the one-liners. She was a pioneer." And Roseanne Barr tweeted of her friend, "a revolutionary woman who inspired me always has died today-but I know she was ready and wanted to go. Fly Free, friend. Phyllis Diller Rip." She also tweeted, "last time I saw Ms. Diller she'd a...
Related: Emmy-Winning Actor William Windom Dead at 88
Diller's agent, Fred Wostbrock, told Et, "I was her agent for twenty years. She was a pioneer. She paved the way for everybody, Joan Rivers, Ellen DeGeneres, Roseanne Barr, Chelsea Handler. She was the first." She passed away in her L.A home surrounded by her family members, and her longtime manager, Milton Suchin, told us, "She died peacefully in her sleep with a smile on her face."
DeGeneres tweeted, "We lost a comedy legend today. Phyllis Diller was the queen of the one-liners. She was a pioneer." And Roseanne Barr tweeted of her friend, "a revolutionary woman who inspired me always has died today-but I know she was ready and wanted to go. Fly Free, friend. Phyllis Diller Rip." She also tweeted, "last time I saw Ms. Diller she'd a...
- 8/20/2012
- Entertainment Tonight
Phyllis Diller, the legendary wild-haired, self-deprecating queen of comedy, died Monday at her Los Angeles home. She was 95. Suffering heart problems in recent years and reportedly in declining health from a fall, she died peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her family. "She was a true pioneer," Diller's longtime agent Fred Wostbrock tells Entertainment Weekly. "She was the first lady of stand-up comedy. She paved the way for everybody. And she conquered television, movies, Broadway, record albums, nightclubs, books, and radio. She did it all. A true pioneer." Diller - born Phyllis Driver, in Ohio - started her career n the 1950s,...
- 8/20/2012
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Comedian, actress, artist, and author Phyllis Diller died Monday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 95.
“She was a true pioneer,” Diller’s longtime agent Fred Wostbrock told EW. “She was the first lady of stand up comedy. She paved the way for everybody. And she conquered television, movies, Broadway, record albums, nightclubs, books, and radio. She did it all. A true pioneer.”
The housewife-turned-advertising copywriter and mother of six got her big showbiz break in 1955 at the age of 37 when the owner of San Francisco’s now-defunct Purple Onion nightclub gave her a substitute stand-up spot one night.
“She was a true pioneer,” Diller’s longtime agent Fred Wostbrock told EW. “She was the first lady of stand up comedy. She paved the way for everybody. And she conquered television, movies, Broadway, record albums, nightclubs, books, and radio. She did it all. A true pioneer.”
The housewife-turned-advertising copywriter and mother of six got her big showbiz break in 1955 at the age of 37 when the owner of San Francisco’s now-defunct Purple Onion nightclub gave her a substitute stand-up spot one night.
- 8/20/2012
- by Jessica Shaw
- EW - Inside TV
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