He sat down with Maron in May -
http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-703-garry-marshall-open-mike-eagle
I know he was in his 80s, but what Kevin said.
David
From: Kevin M. <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 2:29 AM
Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] TV Comedy Icon Garry Marshall Dies at 81
Nope. Sorry. Garry Marshall is not allowed to die this week. Or next week. Or
ever, really.
Then again, if I was Garry and I'd just seen f-ing Chachi speak at the RNC, I
might be inclined to head towards the light, too.
But in all seriousness... the freakin' Chicago Sun Times couldn't get the
details of his movies right? Come on. Burns and Denver starred in "Oh God" in
1977; Greg Kinnear starred in Marshall's "Dear God" in 1996.
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 11:18 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote:
Along with Aaron Spelling, Garry Marshall was the man who helped make Fred
Silverman make ABC a ratings contender in the 70s with "The Odd Couple," "Happy
Days," "Laverne and Shirley" and "Mork and Mindy"--attacked for appealing to
the lowest common denominator, he answered by saying that he wanted everyone to
watch and enjoy his shows and give them the best quality production he knew how:
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/writer-director-garry-marshall-dies-81/
In the 80s, Mr. Marshall went on to make many hit movies from "Pretty Woman" to
"The Princess Diaries" and didn't return to television. Nowadays, his shows
are mostly on the digital subchannels, but the look and feel of his shows is
pretty much the look and feel of most multi-cam sitcoms made today, not the
more stagey Norman Lear look and feel. And of course, with the exception of
"The Carmichael Show," today's multi-cam shows (especially on the kiddie
channels) go for broad comedy, like most of Mr. Marshall's hits, not social
commentary and satire like Lear or the sophistication of the MTM shows.--
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