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I wrote up an obituary for Richard Lewis, who succumbed to a heart attack Tuesday night at 76, and was left feeling surprisingly bereft. I wondered why his death was hitting me so hard. I was a longtime fan, but I’d never met the man. I respected his comedy, but I didn’t necessarily think of him as one of the all-time greats – just a solid, uniquely neurotic, funny man who seemed to have a brilliantly manic way about him. When I think of him now, he’s bent over, stalking the stage, right hand on forehead, gesturing like a crazy man, looking like someone whose brain is about to burst out of his head.
Yes, he was unfailingly hilarious every time he showed up on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” significantly mellower than in his younger years but still carrying plenty of sharp wit and irony whenever the camera was on him.
Yes, he was unfailingly hilarious every time he showed up on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” significantly mellower than in his younger years but still carrying plenty of sharp wit and irony whenever the camera was on him.
- 2/29/2024
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
As cutbacks continue to change for the worse the print newspapers and magazines we grew up with, here’s a changing of the guard that hits close to home for me. Stephen Randall, the longtime Deputy Editor and 34-year veteran of Playboy magazine, is out. He has a title, editor-at-large, but that seems ceremonial, and for Hollywood this is significant because it ends his 25-year run as editor of The Playboy Interview. He has steered that important venue since December 1990…...
- 9/21/2015
- Deadline TV
As cutbacks continue to change for the worse the print newspapers and magazines we grew up with, here’s a changing of the guard that hits close to home for me. Stephen Randall, the longtime Deputy Editor and 34-year veteran of Playboy magazine, is out. He has a title, editor-at-large, but that seems ceremonial, and for Hollywood this is significant because it ends his 25-year run as editor of The Playboy Interview. He has steered that important venue since December 1990…...
- 9/21/2015
- Deadline
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