Tom Poston RIP
He had the face of a bridge tender. A little hopeless, somewhat helpless, and so lonely. That was Tom Poston the comic foil to stars from Steve Allen to Bob Newhart, who died today.
I remember him particularly on the "Newhart" show from 1982 until 1990, where he played a handyman so confused with the world as to make Bob Newhart himself seem confident despite the inanity of his universe.
And yet, behind that glassy eyed mope was a beautiful moron, who kept time on his earth, by his watch, which ran very slowly.
Of course he was a versitile actor, but his bread and butter was befuddlement incorporated. His dopey characters made one want to find a light switch, somewhere, so this poor guy wouldn't drown in his own nincom-poop.
And we loved him. Like great character actors such as Howard Morris, Louis Nye, and Art Carney, we loved them for their art of incompetence .
Such was Tom Poston.
Joe Postove
I remember him particularly on the "Newhart" show from 1982 until 1990, where he played a handyman so confused with the world as to make Bob Newhart himself seem confident despite the inanity of his universe.
And yet, behind that glassy eyed mope was a beautiful moron, who kept time on his earth, by his watch, which ran very slowly.
Of course he was a versitile actor, but his bread and butter was befuddlement incorporated. His dopey characters made one want to find a light switch, somewhere, so this poor guy wouldn't drown in his own nincom-poop.
And we loved him. Like great character actors such as Howard Morris, Louis Nye, and Art Carney, we loved them for their art of incompetence .
Such was Tom Poston.
Joe Postove
posted by Mr. Liberty at 4:48 PM
1 Comments:
One of a kind, our Mr. P. He was kind of like a verbal Poor Soul in more ways than one. And much to be appreciated for doing it with such classic understatement at his best.
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