In Memoriam

[Phoenixx9]

I just heard the news too. How sad.

I know! She seemed like a really nice person.

[seismic-2]

The first time I remember seeing Cindy Williams was in America Graffiti, where her character was Richard Dreyfus's sister, Ron Howard's girlfriend, and the girl riding in Harrison Ford's car in the climactic drag race. She had an understated charm.

[The Darknight Detective]

The first time I remember seeing Cindy Williams was in America Graffiti, where her character was Richard Dreyfus's sister, Ron Howard's girlfriend, and the girl riding in Harrison Ford's car in the climactic drag race. She had an understated charm.

It wasn't the first time I saw her (that was Happy Days), but I agree she was charming in that movie. She was very likable in everything she did, too.

RIP

[caj]

The first time I remember seeing Cindy Williams was in America Graffiti, where her character was Richard Dreyfus's sister, Ron Howard's girlfriend, and the girl riding in Harrison Ford's car in the climactic drag race. She had an understated charm.

Loved her in that movie. Shirley and Richie before Happy Days. It was so cool.

Laverne & Shirley was such a LOL tv show. Just as good as Lucy and Jack Tripper when it came to physical comedy. Williams and Marshall were definitely one of the best comedy teams in tv history IMO.

[The Darknight Detective]

Williams and Marshall were definitely one of the best comedy teams in tv history IMO.

Yeah, they were just as good as Ball and Vance, IMO. Those early episodes still hold up, too, though I never have to see those California-based ones ever again.

[caj]

Yeah, they were just as good as Ball and Vance, IMO. Those early episodes still hold up, too, though I never have to see those California-based ones ever again.

In one of the stories I read today, Williams was quoted as saying that she and Penny begged Garry Marshall not to make that move to California.

Jed Clampett to California - YES; Laverne & Shirley - Definitely NO.

[ed2962]

Yes, but they are probably making everyone laugh in Heaven with their LaVerne and Shirley antics!

Either that or they're arguing with God to make sure one doesn't have more lines than the other!

[frankiedetroit]

In one of the stories I read today, Williams was quoted as saying that she and Penny begged Garry Marshall not to make that move to California.

Jed Clampett to California - YES; Laverne & Shirley - Definitely NO.

That's classic. And them kissing the Beatles poster board was so off -- not only because I thought of them as being in the 1950s, but just having a poster of the Beatles, let alone kissing it, was something teeny boppers would do, not women in their 30s.

[Phoenixx9]

That's classic. And them kissing the Beatles poster board was so off -- not only because I thought of them as being in the 1950s, but just having a poster of the Beatles, let alone kissing it, was something teeny boppers would do, not women in their 30s.

No, they left the 1950's in the 3rd year or so. It became 1960.

By the time L & S moved to California, it was about 1965.

[The Darknight Detective]

That's classic. And them kissing the Beatles poster board was so off -- not only because I thought of them as being in the 1950s, but just having a poster of the Beatles, let alone kissing it, was something teeny boppers would do, not women in their 30s.

Yeah, the Beatles poster was stupid and the thing that ruined it right there for me for the reasons you outlined. Of course, it was just as idiotic when they were chasing Fabian (unsuccessfully trying to play his younger teenage self) in an earlier episode, too.

[Deathstroke]

Retired pro wrestler "Leaping" Lanny Poffo" has passed away. He was also known as "The Genius" and he was the brother of Macho Man Randy Savage.

[caj]

Spanish Fashion Designer Paco Rabanne Dies at Age 88.

I've used his colognes most of my life. His 1 Million cologne is still very popular.

https://people.com/style/fashion-des...ead-at-age-88/

[CaptainEurope]

Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's former Prime Minister, died in exile.

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Melinda Dillon, an actress whose over 50-year career specialized on women in emotional turmoil, died on January 9 at age 83, of undisclosed causes. Although she gained acclaim on Broadway in her early 20s by originating the role of the intimidated young wife "Honey" in the original run of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the emotional demands of the role so traumatized her that she afterwards worked almost entirely on screen. People herein may remember her as Paul Newman's co-star in Slap Shot and in Absence of Malice, and they will almost certainly remember her as the mother of the young boy who is abducted by aliens in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (she meets Richard Dreyfus at Devil's Tower and retrieves her son from the mother ship) and especially as Ralphie's mother in A Christmas Story.

[The Darknight Detective]

Melinda Dillon, an actress whose over 50-year career specialized on women in emotional turmoil, died on January 9 at age 83, of undisclosed causes. Although she gained acclaim on Broadway in her early 20s by originating the role of the intimidated young wife "Honey" in the original run of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the emotional demands of the role so traumatized her that she afterwards worked almost entirely on screen. People herein may remember her as Paul Newman's co-star in Slap Shot and in Absence of Malice, and they will almost certainly remember her as the mother of the young boy who is abducted by aliens in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (she meets Richard Dreyfus at Devil's Tower and retrieves her son from the mother ship) and especially as Ralphie's mother in A Christmas Story.

I never knew she was the original Honey. The funny thing is, despite Sandy Dennis playing the role wonderfully in the movie and becoming a more popular film star than Melinda Dillon was, how many young people know who she was compared to Melinda? The latter-day success of A Christmas Story (I saw it in the theaters when it first came out, FWIW) is a good example of the vagaries of time.

RIP