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Charles Grodin is 86 today.

Posted on 4/21/21 at 7:12 pm
Posted by UndercoverBryologist
Member since Nov 2020
8077 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 7:12 pm
“Now, say goodbye you lying piece of shite because I’m letting him go.”

Posted by AURaptor
South
Member since Aug 2018
11958 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 7:23 pm to

His appearances on Letterman were epic.

LINK
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
32531 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 7:43 pm to


He always looked 10-15 years younger than his actual age.
Posted by TexasTiger1185
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2011
13163 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 7:48 pm to
I went to HS with his son. Charles Grodin did a video for our graduation that was pretty funny
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
21750 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:12 pm to
Beethoven. GOAT family movie.
Posted by RoyalAir
Detroit
Member since Dec 2012
7283 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 9:02 pm to
Grodin had a political talk show on either CNBC or msnbc in the mid 90s, IIRC.
Posted by Globetrotter747
Member since Sep 2017
5355 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 9:03 pm to
I remember him mostly from the 1976 King Kong. Some key things about the movie:

1. Jessica Lange was smokin' hot in the mid '70s.

2. The movie probably features the Twin Towers more prominently than any other movie.

3. The beach landing was filmed at Honopu Beach on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Amazing beach.

4. The score is great.
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
61330 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 9:25 pm to


Only man who ever had a real shot at stealing Miss Piggy away from Kermit.
Posted by mattz1122
Member since Oct 2007
55761 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 9:29 pm to
Damn. Thought he was 10-15 years younger.
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
33404 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 11:10 pm to
The dude's still in bed with Dyan Cannon, from Heaven Can Wait!

Posted by PowerTool
The dark side of the road
Member since Dec 2009
22951 posts
Posted on 4/21/21 at 11:36 pm to
quote:

Grodin had a political talk show on either CNBC or msnbc in the mid 90s, IIRC.



CNBC. Back in the early years when they did more casual talk shows, like the Tom Snyder show.

Letterman appearances are what I'll always think of when I see Grodin's name.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
154638 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 1:32 am to
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Letterman appearances are what I'll always think of when I see Grodin's name
I'll always think of that CNBC show, the original Heartbreak Kid, and the curious trivia tidbit that Grodin was a finalist for the title role in The Graduate*



*A WASP character in both the novel and the script, yet Mike Nichols insisted on Jewifying the role (as he had done with the younger man in Virginia Woolf, casting George Segal). Also considered for The Graduate was Peter Kastner (You're A Big Boy Now) who liked to tell the story: "I auditioned for The Graduate, but Mike Nichols felt I was too Jewish. So he cast..." (long pause) "Dustin Hoffman".

Posted by MMauler
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Member since Jun 2013
23951 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 8:36 am to
quote:

Grodin had a political talk show on either CNBC or msnbc in the mid 90s, IIRC.



And he was a stone cold f*cking IDIOT.
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
37966 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 9:28 am to
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the original Heartbreak Kid,

Severely underrated film.

Great scene where Grodin foreshadows his "Alonzo Mosley FBI Litmus Configuration" character. He confronts some college boys who are hitting on the girl he's trying to seduce.

Posted by Snakebucket
New Braunfels, Texas
Member since Sep 2011
3584 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 11:10 am to
Ya got the Duke!!!!!
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
37966 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 11:35 am to
quote:

Ya got the Duke!!!!!


I'll get donuts!
Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
Member since Oct 2008
28190 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 2:15 pm to
Seems Like Old Times is an absolute treasure of a movie


Posted by PowerTool
The dark side of the road
Member since Dec 2009
22951 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 2:16 pm to
quote:

Severely underrated film.


I want to find it now after rewatching some of the Letterman and Carson appearances. Both of them kept referencing the Heartbreak Kid many years after it was released.
Posted by Mizz-SEC
Inbred Huntin' In The SEC
Member since Jun 2013
22435 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 4:12 pm to

My kids rented "Clifford" on a lark and it had some laugh out loud moments.


Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
70941 posts
Posted on 4/22/21 at 7:48 pm to
His hilarious performance in Last Resort seems widely overlooked as well.
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