Broadway guide Feb 9, 2008
Roger Bart, Sutton Foster and Christopher Fitzgerald can't really compare to Gene Wilder, Teri Garr and Marty Feldman's original Victor, Inga and Igor, respectively, though Bart's nerdy nasality does kind of grow on you. In the end, the show belongs to Shuler Hensley (as the hulking Monster), Megan Mullally (as glamorous, man-hungry Elizabeth) and Andrea Martin (as Frau Blucher). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
As NYT Hails McCain, Williams Makes Rudy Answer Its Attack Jan 26, 2008
Does anyone believe that Willy Wonka hocolate Factory actor Gene Wilder will significantly help Barack Obama. And as far as "bizarro" endorsements, Berman forgot to mention that Hillary Clinton has won the affection of porn star Jenna Jameson. (MediaResearch.org)
Baldwin brothers are taking over TV Jan 25, 2008
"Baldwin, who said in the premiere that he's been sober since November 2006, is participating in the rehab program (that's being documented for the series) in order to maintain his sobriety, which he says is a constant struggle. As a longtime addict who seems to be on a genuine quest for sobriety, Baldwin looks to play a key role as he doles out advice to the other celebrity addicts in what turns out to be a genuinely captivating hour of television every Thursday.Click for related contentThe... (MSNBC -- News)
Oompa Loompa serenades girl Jan 18, 2008
Craig David sends Oompa Loompa to serenade mystery girl. SEARCH MOVIE LISTINGS: lect. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Coming attractions: Baldwin, Wilder go actor-to-actor for 'Role Model' Jan 18, 2008
By Bill Keveney and Brian Mansfield, USA TODAY 30 Rock's Alec Baldwin plays a different role in a TCM tribute to Gene Wilder: interviewer. In Role Model: Gene Wilder (April 15, 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT), the two actors talk for an hour about matters professional and personal, including Wilder's first meeting with Mel Brooks; the time Zero Mostel kissed him on the lips just before his audition for Brooks' The Producers; and his marriage to the late Saturday Night Live star Gilda Radner ... In April:... (USA Today -- Life)
Yes, guys, they're funny and female Jan 17, 2008
Better to be the funny person off-the-cuff in the room than to risk being unfunny onstage," she says. But when a friend asked her to join his sketch group, Totally False People, she said yes. "Within a year, my life got totally taken up by it," she says. Varney went on to found Sketchfest with three other locals. Now in its seventh year, it attracts top-tier comedians - legends, even, with Gene Wilder on board for a show this spring. Varney says that "diversity is always an issue" in creating... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Read on... Jan 11, 2008
Three films that mean a lot to me:Willy Wonka hocolate Factory, directed by Mel Stuart (with Gene Wilder) The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank DarabontLean on Me, directed by John G. Avildsen. Who do you think is the best actor in Hollywood at the moment. (Variety)
The year that kept us buzzing Dec 29, 2007
Best Cocktail Party Surprise: Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne becoming the unexpected star at a party for Young Frankenstein star Gene Wilder. The pair were in town for a September Gilda s Club benefit. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Long, witty line of Jewish comedians Dec 29, 2007
In 1979 Radner moved on to Broadway, writing and starring in "Gilda Radner: Live From New York." From 1980 to 1982, she was married to SNL guitarist G.E. Smith, but soon fell in love with (and married) actor Gene Wilder. Radner appeared for the last time, as herself, on "It's Garry Shandling's Show" in 1988. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Stars at ChristmasWho cooks the turkey at Mickey Rooney's house? Dec 22, 2007
" Scouting For Girls' self-titled debut album is out now. JOHNNY BRIGGS - CORONATION STREET'S MIKE BALDWIN Briggs, aka Mike Baldwin, joins ITV's Echo Beach soap in 2008 What's the worst Christmas present you've ever received?I was about 10 and my mother and father gave me a book called Black Beauty, an orange and some cashew nuts. I've hated Black Beauty ever since and I've not been that keen on oranges. Or cashew nuts. What about the best gift?When he was younger, my son Anthony made a calendar... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
How strong is 'Oprah Effect'? Dec 8, 2007
Barack Obama of Illinois - Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, Halle Barry, Jennifer Anniston, Morgan Freeman, Ben Stiller, Tobey Macguire, Edward Norton, Eddie Murphy, Gene Wilder, Branford Marsalis, Dennis Haysbert, John Cleese, Louis Gossett, Cindy Crawford, Kenny Alphin. Former Sen. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Letters to the editor Nov 28, 2007
Then I thought of Zero Mostel in "The Producers," after Gene Wilder has explained how he can get rich by putting on a Broadway flop. Mostel's character, Max Bialystock, after a few minutes contemplating the wealth that awaits him, spreads out his arms, looks aloft, and yells, "I want that MONEEEEEEEY!!!". (Anchorage Daily News)
Two musicals dish out silly fun Nov 23, 2007
How can it measure up to Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn and company. (I guess Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick had a lot more to do with the success of "The Producers" than I realized. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Mel Brooks' 'Producers' tour makes a pit stop in Escondido Nov 21, 2007
Brooks had never written for musical theater before he decided to turn the popular Broadway-themed "Producers" film (which famously starred Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder) into a stage vehicle. Writing the script and all the songs, Brooks took Broadway by storm in 2000. (North County Times)
Longtime friends Wilder, Grodin charm Avon Theatre crowd Nov 13, 2007
By Eve Sullivan Special Correspondent Published November 13 2007 STAMFORD - After last night's screening of their 1984 movie, "The Woman in Red," longtime friends Gene Wilder and Charles Grodin captivated an audience at the Avon Theatre by discussing everything from cancer to their careers. When they took the stage, Grodin said he and Wilder have been friends for 50 years and recalled walking together along the East River in New York City in about 1956. (Stamford Advocate)
Monster stage turn for 'Frankenstein' Nov 13, 2007
Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks at the opening of Broadway's 'Young Frankenstein ... At the curtain call the show's creatives, including main man Mel Brooks, joined the cast to take a bow, and Brooks brought out the co-creator of the original 1974 pic, Gene Wilder. (Variety)
Rebuilding 'Young Frankenstein' from screen to stage Nov 12, 2007
Frederick (Gene Wilder) and Igor (Marty Feldman) look on uncomfortably. In the musical: Andrea Martin says the same line, but when the horses whinny and rear, Igor (Christopher Fitzgerald) calms them by saying, "Easy, Blacken. Easy, Decker.". (New York Daily News)
It's a monster, all right, but a hit, it's not Nov 12, 2007
Brooks's 1974 film with Gene Wilder was a lovingly produced, if low-brow, send-up of 1930s monster movies ... And unlike Gene Wilder's madcap scientist in the film's title role, Roger Bart - sporting a Sylvester the Cat screech and a used-car salesman's cheap mustache - can't hold the centre of this sprawling enterprise together. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Young Frankenstein: It is most definitely Nov 11, 2007
And Roger Bart is totally lacking in the guileless (but profoundly neurotic) innocence that Gene Wilder brought to Dr. Frankenstein. Shuler Hensely's monster is simply dull and Christopher Fitzgerald's Igor is like a badly faded third carbon of Marty Feldman's original savage comic creation. (Toronto Star)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Nov 10, 2007
Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ... Gene Wilder is superb as the eccentric chocolate tycoon, a charismatic performance that puts Johnny Depp's grotesque (and sexually disturbing) interpretation in Tim Burton's recent remake to shame. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Young Frankenstein's Monster Opening Nov 10, 2007
Desperate Housewives' Roger Bart, who also appeared in the Broadway version of The Producers, takes over the role made memorable by Gene Wilder, who was present for the show's opening night. Will & Grace alum Megan Mullally plays Frankenstein's frigid fianc;e, Elizabeth. (E! Online)
'Lions' Redford and Streep Not Fond of 'Lamb' Cruise? Nov 10, 2007
Gene Wilder came out with Brooks and writer Tom Meehan at the end of the show to take a bow with genius director/choreographer Susan Stroman. We ran into our old friend Peter Kaczorowski, Tony-winning lighting designer, and his wife Diana. (Fox News)
O'Brien's beat blog Nov 10, 2007
In the words of the immortal Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein : THIS COULD WORK. By. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Lumbering 'Frankenstein' is too pumped up Nov 9, 2007
Andrea Martin is over-the-top ridiculous as Frau Blucher, just as Roger Bart hams and screeches his way through a kind of supersized Gene Wilder homage as young Dr. Frankenstein. Sutton Foster and Christopher Fitzgerald are fine as lab lovely Inga and hunchback Igor, respectively; they sing loudly and carry a big shtick. (Boston Globe)
Not Quite A Monster Nov 9, 2007
There is no Hitler to have a Springtime, and, as a cult movie, "Young Frankenstein" owed a terrific amount to the personas and performances of the entire movie cast, particularly the goggle-eyed, cockney Marty Feldman as Igor the hunchback and Gene Wilder as the eponymous hero, Frederick Frankenstein. When you trade on a legend, you have to match up. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Puttin' on the shtick Nov 7, 2007
Jokes coming down the pike - from the horsey "Neighs!" each time an actor says "Frau Blucher" to the curiously pungent word "Ovaltine" - have been in the cultural repertoire since they were first uttered by Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman and Teri Garr ... " "I talked to Mel about that line, and it was a unique reading by Gene Wilder that I love, so I honor him there ... " or Frau Blucher's lament, "He vas my boyfriend," take on new life as they morph from punch lines into stand-alone... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Freaky signs must come down: HRM thug Nov 7, 2007
Last month, actor Gene Wilder posed for a snapshot with the hand-painted Oompa Loompa on the sidewalk in front of Freak Lunchbox on Halifax s Barrington Street. Now the city has told the owners of the popular retro candy store the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory sign - and all of their artist-commissioned others - have to go. (Nova Scotia Business Journal)
Monstrous expectations for Brooks' 'Frankenstein' Nov 7, 2007
Now Brooks is using a similar formula with Young Frankenstein, an adaptation of the 1974 movie starring Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle that is one of the most beloved works in the funnyman's 58-year career in television and movies ... You can't get the images Gene Wilder or Peter Boyle out of your head. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Halloween: Spooky films for the family Oct 30, 2007
Spooky haunted house comedy with Gene Wilder (Young Frankenstein) and Gilda Radner. Available on DVD.. (Munster Times, IN)
TV Land Premieres 1974 Comedy Classic, Young Frankenstein on November 2 Oct 30, 2007
Shot in black and white as an homage to monster movies of the past, co-screenwriter, Gene Wilder, stars as a young neurosurgeon who inherits the castle of his grandfather, Victor von Frankenstein. He denies interest in his grandfather's experiments until the discovery of von Frankenstein's journal. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Michael Jackson Gives Bahraini Prince Royal $$$ Pain Oct 16, 2007
Gene Wilder, the beloved comic actor who starred in both "The Producers" and "Young Frankenstein" films. During the matinee intermission, he was given a standing ovation complete with loving hoots and yells of bravo. (Fox News)
Gosling Gets The 'Girl' Oct 16, 2007
Memo to Gene Wilder: If you are reading this, contact Ryan Gosling ... "Gene Wilder is like my Marlon Brando. I just think that he completely redefined acting for me," Gosling says, noting that one of his favorite Wilder movies is Woody Allen's "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex," in which Wilder's character, like Lars, finds love with an inappropriate partner ... "When I read (the script), the whole time I was reading it, I thought, 'I wish Gene Wilder could do this.' I just... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Keeping it real. Well, sort of Oct 13, 2007
But more than anything, says Gosling, the Lars sensibility owes something to films made by one of his cinematic heroes, Gene Wilder. He's my Marlon Brando. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Secret lunch honors Ladd Sep 28, 2007
Laddie's rep as one of Hollywood's most honest ("He never lies" -- Gene Wilder) and genuine ("He's solid" -- Paul Mazursky) moguls is evidenced by the list of people he's worked with. Same names again and again, whether as an agent, producer or studio head. (Variety)
Mel Brooks goes back to lab for 'Young Frankenstein' Sep 28, 2007
The company of Young Frankenstein is led by another Producers alumnus, Roger Bart (a Tony winner for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown), who inherits the title role played by Gene Wilder in Brooks' 1974 movie. Known to TV viewers for his stint on Desperate Housewives, Bart introduced theatergoers to Carmen Ghia, swishy Boy Friday to the cross-dressing director of Producers' show-within-a-show, Springtime for Hitler, and later stepped into Matthew Broderick's shoes as the nerdy accountant Leo... (USA Today)
All Aboard For Our Most Memorable Movie Train Rides, In Rewind Sep 26, 2007
"Silver Streak" (1976) Gene Wilder plays George Caldwell, a dull book editor who takes the titular train from Los Angeles to Chicago, hoping for a quiet, peaceful trek ... This Hitchcock-lite film, despite featuring a fairly exciting climax involving a spectacular train crash, is mostly notable for being the first pairing of the classic (if short-lived) comedy team of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor (playing a thief who helps Wilder elude capture in part by teaching him how to be black). (VHI.com -- Music News)
Ryan Gosling Reveals Love For 'Real Girl,' Ponders His Chances In A Fight With Will Ferrell Sep 21, 2007
The only thing we could compare it to was a Hal Ashby film, something like "Harold and Maude" or "Being There." Also, I think for me the film has the spirit of a Gene Wilder performance in it. Gene Wilder is kind of my Marlon Brando he can make you laugh and break your heart in the same moment. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Gosling content to swim against Hollywood Sep 13, 2007
"But then comes the Ryan Gosling king of compliments. "I think Gene Wilder is one of the most underrated actors of them all," he says."Gene Wilder is my Marlon Brando. And this kind of felt like something he might do. (Toronto Star)
Avon to close for renovations Aug 27, 2007
Programs are booked through the end of the year, including a film series with actor and comedian Gene Wilder that begins Oct. 15. The theater opened with a single screen in 1939. (Stamford Advocate)
'Young Frankenstein' is back for another fun roll in ze hay Aug 26, 2007
CREATORS: Songs by Mel Brooks, book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1974 movie by Brooks and Gene Wilder. WHERE: Paramount Theatre. (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Young Frankenstein Aug 25, 2007
A Robert F.X. Sillerman, Mel Brooks presentation in association with the R/F/B/V Group of a musical in two acts with book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan, music and lyrics by Brooks, based on the story and screenplay by Gene Wilder and Brooks and on the original motion picture by special arrangement with 20th Century Fox ... The film, arguably the sharpest of Brooks' movies, achieved a rare alchemy in its marriage of the director's good-natured vulgarity and broad-humor gags with the sturdy plotting... (Variety)
Dave Chappelle Aug 24, 2007
You could've been a movie star like Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder and Eddie Murphy, who moved from stand-up to more lucrative pastures. You put in noble turns in "Nutty Professor," "Con Air" and "You've Got Mail," so I know you would've been huge. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
'Young Frankenstein' gets ready for Broadway Aug 7, 2007
It also had a killer comic acting ensemble (Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman and Madeline Kahn, for starters), whose buffoonery is welded onto our collective consciousness ... And genial, spiky-haired Roger Bart, second-banana extraordinaire in "The Producers" musical and a crazed pharmacist on TV's "Desperate Housewives," reflected on following in Gene Wilder's zany footsteps as Dr. Frankenstein (that's Fronken-STEEN, bitte, not Franken-STINE). (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Romero's 'Diary of the Dead' to premiere at Toronto fest Jul 26, 2007
The Mel Brooks film, No. 6 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 funniest films, starred Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Madeline Kahn and Harvey Korman and featured the sort of politically incorrect and now-signature scenes that would inspire all sorts of protest e-mails today. But it was released in 1974, in those blessed days before e-mail. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Cinema La Placita Jul 15, 2007
Directed by George Cukor;July 26 (1980) Starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, directed by Sidney Poitier. (Shot in Tucson). (FOX 11, AZ)
Summer Events Chicago Illinois Jul 8, 2007
July 17: Young Frankenstein stars Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle. 1974. (Suite101.com)
Film critic Joel Siegel dies at 63 Jun 30, 2007
In 1991, Siegel, along with actor Gene Wilder whose wife, comedienne Gilda Radner, had died of cancer like Siegel's first wife Jane, founded Gilda's Club, which offers support for cancer patients and their families. Siegel won five New York Emmy Awards and the Public Service Award from B'nai B'rith's Anti-Defamation League for "distinguished news reporting and commitment to freedom of the press.". (Variety)
TV 'roaster' Giraldo flings zingers Jun 12, 2007
Actor Gene Wilder is 74. Actor Hugh Laurie (above) is 48. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Examining greed and need May 23, 2007
This 1971 children's film starring Gene Wilder looks at the greed, gluttony and selfishness that besets five children as they get a chance to win a lifetime supply of chocolate. Free. (Wood River Journal, ID)
Author looks to the Stars ... of David May 18, 2007
Her talk proved that while the initial draw of Stars of David might be the big-name celebrities she interviewed (including Dustin Hoffman, Steven Spielberg, Gene Wilder, Joan Rivers, Leonard Nimoy, Kenneth Cole, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Alan Dershowitz, Natalie Portman and Mike Wallace), its long-term appeal comes from Pogrebin s own wit and intelligence. As CJN editor wrote when reviewing Stars of David in October 2005, Refreshingly, Pogrebin is not simply the anonymous journalist dutifully... (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
REVIEW: Broadway hit produces local laughs May 9, 2007
The musical has also been two hit films -- the original one in 1968 starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, and the second in 2005 starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. But film just doesn't capture the energy and sheer over-the-top grandeur of a live production. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Albert Einstein: A relative success Apr 25, 2007
These baby Einsteins could be mad as hatters (think Peter Sellers in "Dr. Strangelove") or absent-minded (Jerry Lewis in "The Nutty Professor"), antic (Christopher Lloyd in "Back to the Fu ture") or manic (Gene Wilder in "Young Frankenstein"). Yet all owed a substantial debt to the man who formulated the theory of relativity and was named "Person of the Century" by Time magazine in 1999. (Boston Globe -- Living)
THE ENVELOPE: Emmy alert: What to watch on TV Apr 24, 2007
By Paul Sheehan, The Envelope April 23, 2007 Consider a list of past Emmy winners in the guest actor categories and a trend is obvious: Voters swoon shamelessly over top celebs like Sharon Stone, Bruce Willis, Mel Brooks, Laura Linney, Gene Wilder and Sally Field slumming it on regular TV series. Lots of others abound this week, including Adam Sandler and Eric Roberts, plus past Emmy champs Kim Delaney and Sean Hayes. (Los Angeles Times)
Hillary, Obama Lead Quest for Hollywood Cash Apr 24, 2007
Obamas backers include Tom Hanks, Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Jodie Foster and Gene Wilder. Among Republicans, Sen. (Newsmax)
Hugh Hefner gives $2,300 to Clinton's '08 campaign Apr 17, 2007
Obama Jennifer Aniston Jackson Browne Morgan Freeman Tom Hanks Dennis Haysbert Tobey Maguire Barry Manilow Branford Marsalis Eddie Murphy Ed Norton Ben Stiller Gene Wilder Dodd Edie Brickell Michael Douglas Steve Martin Lorne Michaels Paul Newman Elisabeth Shue Paul Simon Joanne Woodward Edwards Larry David Seth Green Don Henley. Kucinich Mark Ruffalo. (The Drudge Report)
Weekend Hotlist Apr 12, 2007
You've seen the Gene Wilder and the Johnny Depp "Willy Wonka." Now, check out the live version. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust presents Kennedy Center-commissioned production of Roald Dahl's "Willy Wonka" for two performances at the Byham Theater, 1 and 4 p.m. This production features live actors, puppets and such songs as "The Candy Man," "I Want It Now!" and "Pure Imagination." The lobby of the Byham Theater will be transformed into a carnival featuring jugglers, clowns, puppeteers, and face... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Letterman's host of friends Apr 4, 2007
Yet, Elliott says his novel stands on its own: "You don't have to know 'The Alienist' to appreciate it." As an analogy, he says his daughter Bridey never saw the 1931 "Frankenstein" film, yet "she's a huge fan of 'Young Frankenstein.'" Fittingly, Elliott's comic persona, a mix of silly-absurd-creepy (as seen in the "Scary Movie" films), cleverly invokes Gene Wilder. Like "Daddy's Boy" - co. (Newsday -- New York City)
Bloke Party: Kele lays into the Gallaghers Mar 30, 2007
Bloc Party's Kele Okereke has laid a myriad of societal ills at the door of popular ladrock outfit Oasis. Aside from simply being "over-rated", Okereke told Uncut that the "pernicious" band had endangered British music, national intelligence and the entire working class. (Drowned In Sound)
Not so Wilder: Gene Wilder's comedic genius fails to translate to page Mar 21, 2007
For decades, Gene Wilder has entertained audiences on the big screen with classic, memorable roles in films such as "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" and "Young Frankenstein.". His quirkiness, humor and sometimes questionable sanity made the thoughts of a novel titled "My French Whore," written by Wilder, seem like a reader's dream come true. (Daily Orange, NY)
Rewind: Most Alluring Women Of Film, From Marilyn To Scarlett Mar 14, 2007
Charlotte (Kelly LeBrock) in "The Woman in Red" (1984) Gene Wilder (who also directed) stars as Teddy, a married man whose midlife crisis hits fever pitch when he spots a gorgeous woman dancing over a ventilation grate, her red dress flowing above her waist (see #3 for the inspiration). Teddy decides he must have an affair with this woman, and enlists his likewise-philandering buddies to help him bag the babe. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Actor Gene Wilder Visits Borders(R) in Houston for a Book Signing Mar 9, 2007
HOUSTON, March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Who: Academy Award nominated actor, screenwriter and author, Gene Wilder. Wilder is the author of the memoir, "Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art." His new book, "My French Whore: A Love Story," is his first novel. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The Producers: That's A Wrap Feb 25, 2007
The musical, set to bring down the curtain for the final time on April 22, was based on 1968 film, starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. The movie earned Brooks an Academy Award for the best original screenplay written directly for the screen. (Forbes -- Business)
Role Call: Crispin Glover's Career, From McFly To 'Charlie's Angels' Jan 17, 2007
"Epic Movie" (2007) "I am not [spoofing Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka]. ... I have worked with him in two different films 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape' and 'Dead Man' and I wasn't thinking of it that way at all. I did not see the Johnny Depp/ Tim Burton 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' [when I took the role]; I had only seen 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' with Gene Wilder.". "Beowulf" (2007) "It'll be coming out this year, and it was the first time I'd worked with [director] Robert... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Currents calendar Dec 29, 2006
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case from Alaska that didn't deserve its attention. The case stems from the punishment imposed upon a high school student for. (The Morning Star)
Obituary: Peter Boyle, successful character actor, dies at 71 Dec 22, 2006
In 1974, Mr. Boyle made a memorable impression in Mel Brooks's "Young Frankenstein," in which he played the bumbling monster brought to life by the addled grandson (Gene Wilder) of the original Dr. Frankenstein. In one high point, Mr. Boyle's monster, decked out in white tie and tails {-red Astaire, performed a nifty soft-shoe routine with Mr. Wilder while bellowing out the lyrics of "Puttin' On the Ritz.". (International Herald Tribune)
