Wim With Jim
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Since Emotional Support Dead Guy is a thing here’s mine - both the actor and the character
Nicholas Colasanto as Coach from Cheers - sweet, nonjudgmental and silly.
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I genuinely loved that show!

I also remember him as Jo’s boyfriend on Facts Of Life
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Was ALF a full on creeper?
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His buddy Ricky Saskatoon
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She would’ve been perfect for The Mirror Crack’d
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I’m guessing you could snag a couple free meals.
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He also supposedly inspired No Scrubs
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From Wikipedia: “Although a child of the Greatest Generation, Lockhart embraced rock music and listened to emerging rock bands. In a number of interviews, her Lost in Space co-star Bill Mumy stated that she took Angela Cartwright and him to concerts at the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood.”o
a man is playing a guitar in front of a drum
Alt: The Doors, who appeared at the Whiskey A Go Go around that time
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Still going strong at 100!
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That said Reilly is my candidate for the Ned Beatty of his generation.
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TIRED: ironic reboots of old TV shows

WIRED: earnest reboots of old TV shows

INSPIRED: just show the originals on streaming
Columbo Cheers WKRP In Cincinnati The Rockford Files
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I’m guessing my station would have carried the Twins game, so I might switch between that and SZYZNYK
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I was going today they should reboot it with John C. Reilly but Reilly is *20 years older* than Beatty was at the time!
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Extremely curious about SZYZNYK
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Secret Agent, the news, then Tonight Show with the most unswinging 60s lineup I’ve ever seen
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I didn’t realize it only aired once. It’s one of those shows that became urban legend, like No Soap Radio (which I *did* see!)
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Weird question: did you ever watch What’s Alan Watching? It was a show that was never on long enough for me to see but it sounded bizarre
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“Athlete names didn’t used to be weird”
Dude Person, Defensive Baxk for Central Arkansas Urban Shocker
Major league pitcher, born 1890