Jeff -
Well put. I couldn't have said it better.
Glenn
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Potokar
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sad Day: Forry Ackerman, the old man of Horror & SF ..
R.I.P. at 93 years old
Right now, Forry is having a marvelous roundtable discussion with Karloff,
the Chaneys Sr. and Jr., Lugosi, James Whale, Elsa Lanchester, Todd Browning
and many others..all having a good ol' time!!
Jeff
On Dec 5, 2008, at 6:49 PM, jbirddouglass wrote:
Reading FAMOUS MONSTERS for the first time was a rite of passage for
legions of Fifties kids who had no other outlet for their love for these
wonderful movies. It ranks right up there with seeing your first MAD, or
finding your dad's Playboy. Forry was a huge influence on me, with his wacky
sense of humor, his awful puns, and his unabashed fan-boy sensibilities. Forry
made being a geek cool, and he never talked down to his young audience. One of
my proudest moments was getting my letter printed in FM (when I was an adult,
yet!). Even cooler was meeting FJA in 1996 at a convention in Pasadena. I was
wearing an Ed Wood shirt. I was tongue tied as I walked up my hero. "Ed Wood!",
he exclaimed. "I was his ill-literary agent. Talk about a guy who'll do
anything." I giggled like a 12 year old, and sat down for a 30 minute chat with
this wonderful man to shoot the poop about ...what else?...monsters, and to
thank him for all the joy he had brought into my life. It was a beautiful
moment for me, and a good one for him, I hope, although I'm sure he got that
sort of fawning adulation all the time.
Forry got ripped off by uncaring opportunists...he should have been wealthy
from his collection...but he kept his head high. He was a class act all the way
to the end. I was going to go visit him a few weeks ago, but my ride called and
had spoken with Mr. Ackerman's assistant, who said Forry was gravely ill. News
of his death comes not unexpectedly, but I shed tears nonetheless, both for
this marvelous human being and for a part of my childhood that has passed on
with him. Your spirit lives on out here, FJA. You were like the coolest uncle
ever. Wherever you are...thanks and love to you always.
Greg Douglass
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