That’s a great story Dave, thanks so much for sharing it. On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 2:53 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote:
> In 1986, when I went back to college after five-year hiatus, I was cast in > a production of Chekhov's "The Sea Gull." For a lot of reasons (chiefly > that it was a very good production), we made it to the regionals of the > American College Theatre Festival, which that year were held at UCLA. We > did the revival of the show there in late February of 1987, right when I > was dealing with my mother dying. As grateful as I was for the distraction > of doing the show, there was (obviously) a huge cloud hanging over my head. > > After all the shows had been presented, there was an awards banquet at the > Hollywood Roosevelt, in the room where the first Academy Awards banquet had > been held (and in recent years, has been Club TCM for the TCM Film > Festival). I was seated at a table with Norman Lloyd and Charles Durning > (among others) and got to spend the evening listening to them trade > stories. It was both a perfect evening and a welcome distraction. I've > always associated both of them with that night since. > > (Parenthetically, at one of the Festivals, in my haste to get from one > screening to another, I nearly ran Lloyd over. I stopped myself in plenty > of time, but regretted coming so close.) > > I harbored hopes that, since this season of "City On a Hill" (which I've > found quite good and a step up from the first), which is set in Boston, and > has mentioned St. Eligius a lot (and even showed the entrance to the Tom > Fontana Emergency Room), I was hoping that Dr. Auschlander would be shown, > still working the place thirty years later. No such luck, though. > > Lloyd was one of a kind, a master raconteur, and (from all accounts) a > real mensch. He will be missed. RIP. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 2:51:27 PM UTC-7 Diner wrote: > >> >> https://deadline.com/2021/05/norman-lloyd-dead-st-elsewhere-actor-1234754280/ >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9708bceb-9e23-4378-9569-546543f87c1bn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9708bceb-9e23-4378-9569-546543f87c1bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJaJOkEbj7f3ULdQfJPsaxoi5PO0%3DFrePXqn%3DWY02EzCQ%40mail.gmail.com.
