TCM's Ben Mankiewicz interviewed Lloyd in 2015. I'm sure TCM will soon replay it, probably accompanied by a couple of his movies. I highly recommend it. He's a great storyteller who was involved with so many interesting people and projects.
Here's the intro and first question: https://www.tcm.com/video/1567893/norman-lloyd-live-from-the-tcm-classic-film-festival-2015-introduced-by-ben-mankiewicz On Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 10:14:05 AM UTC-4 PGage wrote: > 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/2b68bf2f-287f-4735-82a0-6cf23fdcdbf1n%40googlegroups.com.
