“By the Way, Why Are We Wearing Bras on Our Heads?”
July 19th, 2013
Ilan Mitchell-Smith’s presence at the Chiller Theatre show in Parsippany, New Jersey on April 27, 2013, was enough of a clincher for me to actually purchase my plane ticket to attend it. Sure, there were others, but it would have just been too incredibly painful to miss knowing that he would finally be making an appearance. Actually, this was his second autograph show; I had read recently of a Weird Science reunion at the Blood at the Beach event in Virginia Beach – but only after it occurred – at which he showed up for the first time. Read the rest of this entry »
Okay, it’s a bit of a stretch to call Brandon Cruz my best friend. He probably wouldn’t even recognize me on the street – but it’s still a fun theme song by Harry Nilsson to quote. The theme song in question is to the TV series The Courtship of Eddie’s Father in which Brandon Cruz played young Eddie Corbett, the son of ‘Mr. Eddie’s Father’ – aka Tom Corbett, played by Bill Bixby. The low-key family sitcom last three seasons from 1969-1972. I remember it best for its quiet and subdued use of the laugh track. Interestingly Cruz and Bixby would re-unite in an episode of The Incredible Hulk in 1978. 
Every once in a while, I get the chance to meet an actor who, rather than having just one major film or TV role to his credit that I’ve enjoyed, has a slew of relatively minor roles strung out across multiple performances that I’ve loved. Richard Masur is one of these actors. I was really excited to meet him when he appeared at the Days of the Dead show in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Sunday, July 7, 2013. He was actually there as party of pretty impressive reunion of actors who had starred in The Thing, but I knew him from lots of other things.