.....and the cuckoo clock chimed sadly, "Nevermore, Nevermore"

Goodnight, funnymensch!

FriarReb98
That sounds lame, actually.

oh that just sucks...

(Apparently) little-known fact: He received a Ph.D. in child psychology from Columbia University at age thirty-one.

More about Grandpa (pops)

When did he die? Everything with him on it on ebay already says R.I.P.....

I guess that Al Lewis Live isn't any more.

Do you remember him in a cheesy gangsters-themed music video with Debra Harry of Blondie? Or did I just imagine that?

Weird. I just hosted this pic last night:

Goodnight Funny Man!

Thank you for all the funnies... rest in peace.

When I was a freshman in college, Grandpa ran for Governor of New York on the Green Party ticket. You know my stoned ass voted for him. Would have made things interesting if he'd won, not that he had a snowball's chance in hell. As I recall, he actually tried (unsuccessfully) to get his name on the ballot as Al "Grandpa" Lewis.

/RIP

Vote for Cuomo, not the homo!

Yea I remember that too, TheJig.... I never saw the show, I honestly knew him better as a politician!

MortalComedy: Hearse 54 where are you?


Ok, you win the thread for best pun ever...

Hermin, YOU IDIOT !!
Sorry Grandpa..

Don't forget Al & Fred both starred in Car 54...classic comedy! Not to mention Nipsey Russel!

R.I.P, Grandpa.

Al Lewis was a very cool old guy. I hope I'm half as cool as he was when I'm ninety-five.

Hell, I hope I'm ninety-five someday.

/RIP, Grandpa

// FARK THE FCC! (obscure?)

Awww man, Grandpa was cool! RIP Grandpa.

/agrees with eternalenigma3

Didn't he help judge the nudes-a-poppin contest at the Ponderosa Sun Club?

Why is CNN saying 83?

unavailable for comment

Annoyance

I can't say for sure, but I thought I temembered hearing somewhere that Grandpa used to shave about a ten years or so off of his age on his publicity materials to avoid scaring away directors who might not want to insure him.

Just a possibility.

Peace on the other side Al.

Bosola- I see, it's that damned liberal media bias again
/Seriously? That's pretty shrewed thinking. Hope I'm active in my 90's, and not worm food.

In regards to the 83/95 bit:

Apparently it originates from when they were doing auditions for The Munsters. He lied about his age. Why?

He was born in 1923, and the chick that played his daughter, Yvonne De Carlo, was born in 1922. Lewis saw a slight problem in this, so he changed his age so that he would at least be a few years older than his "daughter".

As spry as the guy was, and looking at the evidence and what his kids have said, I'd say that he was born in 1923.

"FARK THE FCC!!! FARK UM!!"
SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE LEGEND!!

Sometime in the mid-80s, when Stern was still relevant, Howard held some anti-FCC rally in New York. Grandpa grabbed teh mic and started shouting "Fark the FCC, fark 'em, fark em!"

Little known fact: In his later years Al was known to write pornographic stories. What a guy!

If I could only live as varied, full and successful a life as Al Lewis. He was a hero of mine. Below are some of my favorite quotes attributed to him:

"Find something that you love to do. Not that you like it, or that it's pleasant, but that you love what you do, and you learn to love the way that you do it."

"I've got a spine made of stainless steel... Nothing shrinks it. NOTHIN'!!"

RIP, Al.

Grandpa was the best! RIP.

Im confused... Cnn says he was 83 *shrug*

CNN

RIP Grandpa.

I always loved his guest role on Lost in Space as a Wizard (Zolto?) and his dummy. The scenes with him and Dr. Smith were great.

Annoyance

Amen to that.

clownpenis.fart
When I was younger I could never figure out why Grandpa Munster would have political commercials on tv.