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Linda
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Post subject: RIP Gavan O'Herlihy (Happy Days)  Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 8:17 pm |
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Post subject: RIP Gavan O'Herlihy (Happy Days) Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 9:21 pm |
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RIP.
(Although I am tempted to ask if maybe he just went up to his room.)
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Post subject: RIP Gavan O'Herlihy (Happy Days) Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2021 10:45 pm |
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R.I.P.
I don't recall seeing him in any other TV shows...but he was in one of the best shows ever, so he did well.
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Post subject: RIP Gavan O'Herlihy (Happy Days) Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2021 11:49 am |
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Darin
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Post subject: RIP Gavan O'Herlihy (Happy Days) Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2021 1:55 pm |
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I remember him more from Superman III and Willow.
Hmmm... according to that article, he actually died in September. That's odd.
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Post subject: RIP Gavan O'Herlihy (Happy Days) Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:28 pm |
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Darin wrote: .
Hmmm... according to that article, he actually died in September. That's odd. Not really odd, many people die in September.
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Dr. Chris Evil
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Post subject: RIP Gavan O'Herlihy (Happy Days) Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2021 8:42 pm |
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Darin wrote: I remember him more from Superman III and Willow.
Hmmm... according to that article, he actually died in September. That's odd. He also appeared in Never Say Never Again (the unofficial 1983 James Bond movie with Sean Connery) and in 1985's Death Wish III. Now, that O'Herlihy is gone, that leaves us with one remaining Chuck Cunningham...
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Hank
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Post subject: RIP Gavan O'Herlihy (Happy Days) Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:12 pm |
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Simon wrote: R.I.P.
I don't recall seeing him in any other TV shows...but he was in one of the best shows ever, so he did well. He did a TON of one-offs in the UK. Lots of period mysteries, Usually playing a loud American tycoon in a white suit whose murder Miss Marple gets to solve. Hang on, looked it up. It was Tommy & Tuppence. Then Jonathan Creek. Then Tom Barnaby.
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That meddlin kid
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Post subject: RIP Gavan O'Herlihy (Happy Days) Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 7:41 pm |
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The article quotes him as saying that his role on "Happy Days" gave him a valuable break, even if it didn't amount to much in and of itself. That's good to hear. I always felt kind of sorry for him for having had such an unsatisfying role. The writers apparently had so little use for his character that they didn't even bother to properly write him out. Hence the "Chuck Cunningham Syndrome" trope, where a recurring character vanishes with no explanation whatsoever. Not the first or last time it ever happened in a TV series, but became especially notorious due to a Christmas episode in which Chuck appeared being re-run each year, thus periodically reminding viewers of the existence of that older Cunningham son who mysteriously disappeared without a trace.
RIP
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Dr. Chris Evil
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Post subject: RIP Gavan O'Herlihy (Happy Days) Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 8:23 pm |
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That meddlin kid wrote: The article quotes him as saying that his role on "Happy Days" gave him a valuable break, even if it didn't amount to much in and of itself. That's good to hear. I always felt kind of sorry for him for having had such an unsatisfying role. The writers apparently had so little use for his character that they didn't even bother to properly write him out. Hence the "Chuck Cunningham Syndrome" trope, where a recurring character vanishes with no explanation whatsoever. Not the first or last time it ever happened in a TV series, but became especially notorious due to a Christmas episode in which Chuck appeared being re-run each year, thus periodically reminding viewers of the existence of that older Cunningham son who mysteriously disappeared without a trace.
RIP Daphne, The role of Chuck was recast for season 2 with Randolph Roberts. In fact, it's Roberts who appears as Chuck in that Xmas episode.
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Post subject: RIP Gavan O'Herlihy (Happy Days) Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2021 11:51 am |
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Dr. Chris Evil wrote: That meddlin kid wrote: The article quotes him as saying that his role on "Happy Days" gave him a valuable break, even if it didn't amount to much in and of itself. That's good to hear. I always felt kind of sorry for him for having had such an unsatisfying role. The writers apparently had so little use for his character that they didn't even bother to properly write him out. Hence the "Chuck Cunningham Syndrome" trope, where a recurring character vanishes with no explanation whatsoever. Not the first or last time it ever happened in a TV series, but became especially notorious due to a Christmas episode in which Chuck appeared being re-run each year, thus periodically reminding viewers of the existence of that older Cunningham son who mysteriously disappeared without a trace.
RIP Daphne, The role of Chuck was recast for season 2 with Randolph Roberts. In fact, it's Roberts who appears as Chuck in that Xmas episode. Wow...I had forgotten that there were TWO Chucks. Shows how little an impression Chuck left! And how long it has been since I've seen any "Happy Days."
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Dr. Chris Evil
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Post subject: RIP Gavan O'Herlihy (Happy Days) Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2021 8:32 pm |
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That meddlin kid wrote: Dr. Chris Evil wrote: That meddlin kid wrote: The article quotes him as saying that his role on "Happy Days" gave him a valuable break, even if it didn't amount to much in and of itself. That's good to hear. I always felt kind of sorry for him for having had such an unsatisfying role. The writers apparently had so little use for his character that they didn't even bother to properly write him out. Hence the "Chuck Cunningham Syndrome" trope, where a recurring character vanishes with no explanation whatsoever. Not the first or last time it ever happened in a TV series, but became especially notorious due to a Christmas episode in which Chuck appeared being re-run each year, thus periodically reminding viewers of the existence of that older Cunningham son who mysteriously disappeared without a trace.
RIP Daphne, The role of Chuck was recast for season 2 with Randolph Roberts. In fact, it's Roberts who appears as Chuck in that Xmas episode. Wow...I had forgotten that there were TWO Chucks. Shows how little an impression Chuck left! And how long it has been since I've seen any "Happy Days." They want us to forget Chuck #2. Oh, that's what they want us to do!
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Post subject: RIP Gavan O'Herlihy (Happy Days) Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2021 1:58 am |
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Puppy Monkey Alan!
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That meddlin kid wrote: Wow...I had forgotten that there were TWO Chucks. Shows how little an impression Chuck left! And how long it has been since I've seen any "Happy Days." Don’t worry - I’m sure things will get better for you! 
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That meddlin kid
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Post subject: RIP Gavan O'Herlihy (Happy Days) Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2021 10:37 am |
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alantig wrote: That meddlin kid wrote: Wow...I had forgotten that there were TWO Chucks. Shows how little an impression Chuck left! And how long it has been since I've seen any "Happy Days." Don’t worry - I’m sure things will get better for you! If I can just get through this week at work....
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