Rip Alex Karras

[Gil T.Azell]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_RKPGS2vwM[/yt]
Rip Mongo.

 

[Random_Spock]

RIP, heard of his passing earlier. So sad .

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Saw this on SI.com a few days ago. Very sad.

I loved him as Mongo, obviously, and very much as Lance Cpl. Lyle Wesson in the M*A*S*H episode Springtime. It was a somewhat Mongo-like role.

RIP.

 

[Greg Cox]

He was good in "Victor/Victoria," too.

 

[IndyJones]

Surprised no one's mentioned his turn as George Papadopolis, in one of my favorite shows from childhood.

RIP.

 

[the G-man]

Saw this on SI.com a few days ago. Very sad.

I loved him as Mongo, obviously, and very much as Lance Cpl. Lyle Wesson in the M*A*S*H episode Springtime. It was a somewhat Mongo-like role.

RIP.

Both were great. But one of my favorite things was actually a commercial he did for diet soda back in the 70s. That last line, said sort of "Mongo style," always cracked me up.

 

[Kira's Mom]

"Mongo just pawn in game of life."

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I remember him doing this bit with Jim Belushi on an old SNL episode. "We're a couple of white guys, we don't take no crap. When we deliver our...white rap!"

At least I think that was him.

 

[Keith1701]

Saw this on SI.com a few days ago. Very sad.

I loved him as Mongo, obviously, and very much as Lance Cpl. Lyle Wesson in the M*A*S*H episode Springtime. It was a somewhat Mongo-like role.

RIP.

RIP, very sad for all of us.

 

[Mistral]

Mongo sad.

 

[BennyRussel]

I like to think that when he got to Heaven, Cleavon Little was waiting there with a Candygram for him.

 

[Barbara C.]

Late to the party tragically but Webster was on Channel 9 when i was younger.

The Greek suffix -polis means "city".

Why didn't Karras (and John Stamos on Full House) tell the production team that he did not have municipal aspirations?

 

[E-DUB]

You forget that somebody's dead, then somebody bumps a thread like this and you're sad all over again.

 

[publiusr]

This made me remember Roger Caras, who had a lovely voice…

 

[Barbara C.]

Webster was good and i never cared for Coleman or the way he treated the crew of DS as fame went to his had (as Bain reported years later).

 

[Forbin]

 

[Barbara C.]

Coleman did stuff like order the crew to get him food which upset Conrad Bain who had worked in entertainment for decades and had never pulled stunts like that.

 

[Nerys Myk]

The Greek suffix -polis means "city".

Why didn't Karras (and John Stamos on Full House) tell the production team that he did not have municipal aspirations?

The character's name was Papadopoulos which according to wikipedia

(meaning "son of a priest")is the most common Greek surname. It is used in Greece, Cyprus and countries of the Greek diaspora as well, such as the USA, United Kingdom, Australia and Scandinavian countries. Its female version corresponds to the masculine genitive Papadopoulou E]

Webster was good and i never cared for Coleman or the way he treated the crew of DS as fame went to his had (as Bain reported years later).

Coleman did stuff like order the crew to get him food which upset Conrad Bain who had worked in entertainment for decades and had never pulled stunts like that.

Is there a reason you're using a decade old memorial thread to compain about a different actor on a different show than the subject of the thread?

 

[cultcross]

Necro thread is necro