Robert Morse RIP

[Teasing the Korean]

 

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/21/entertainment/robert-morse-death-mad-men-broadway-cec/index.html

 

 

Edited April 21, 2022 by Teasing the Korean

[ghost of miles]

Sorry to hear that--I mostly knew of him through his outstanding work on Mad Men.  

[JSngry]

Wasn't he on a sitcom in the later-60s/early 70s? Or ws that somebody else?

[Dan Gould]

Sad to hear, great in the role on Mad Men. I saw the movie adaptation of How to Succeed in Business ... and remember laughing my head off. In fact I wonder if it was at some sort of revival theater with the family because I am certain that I did not see it in initial release (I was 2 years old) but also am certain that it wouldn't have been even an early VHS years film rental either.  I feel like I saw it around the age of 10. 

[sgcim]

6 hours ago, Dan Gould said:

Sad to hear, great in the role on Mad Men. I saw the movie adaptation of How to Succeed in Business ... and remember laughing my head off. In fact I wonder if it was at some sort of revival theater with the family because I am certain that I did not see it in initial release (I was 2 years old) but also am certain that it wouldn't have been even an early VHS years film rental either.  I feel like I saw it around the age of 10. 

He was utter perfection in HTSIB (WRT)! RIP, Mr. J.Pierrepoint Finch.

We saw the world premiere of it at Radio City Music Hall. Seen it a million times since then.

We need another Frank Loesser....

[GA Russell]

RIP.

I remember his scene with Jayne Mansfield in Guide for the Married Man.

[Dan Gould]

8 hours ago, sgcim said:

He was utter perfection in HTSIB (WRT)! RIP, Mr. J.Pierrepoint Finch.

We saw the world premiere of it at Radio City Music Hall. Seen it a million times since then.

 

I should ask Mom but I think that's it ... the folks took us to see it sometime during a run at Radio City sometime after the initial run in theaters.

[Bill Nelson]

While we're on the subject of the Broadway musical, 'How To Succeed in Business', there's a brilliant lyric stanza inside the song, 'Coffee Break':

"If I can't make three daily trips,

where shining shrine benignly drips,

and taste cardboard between my lips,

something within me dies."