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Monday Dec 28 | MetaFilter

Bye Bye, T.C.

Arnold Stang has passed away at the age of 91. While best known as a movie 'milquetoast' , he was also a cartoon voice actor who was the pugnacious mouse 'Cousin Hoiman' in in the repetitive "Herman & Catnip" toons and the alley-cat-con-man "Top Cat" .

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Action Movies, Comedy Movies, Adventure, Arnold Stang, Jonathan Winters

Sat Dec 26, 2009

Digtriad.com Piedmont Triad, Winston-...

The Voice Of "Top Cat" And The Chunky Candy Commercials Has Died

He was the nerdy-looking guy most famous for being the voice of "Top Cat" in the animated series of the '60s. But there are plenty of other projects Arnold Stang is known for.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, The Man with the Golden Arm, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Comedy Movies, Adventure, Arnold Stang, Offbeat

Thu Dec 24, 2009

Bend Bulletin

Arnold Stang, comedic actor, voice of a Top Cata

Arnold Stang, the diminutive, bespectacled comic character actor who was part of the ensemble cast of the classic movie comedy "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" and provided the voice for the TV cartoon character "Top Cat," has died.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Children TV, Top Cat, Animated TV, Entertainment, Television, The Man with the Golden Arm, Drama Movies, Arnold Stang, Newton, MA

Wed Dec 23, 2009

Entertainment Insiders

Comedic Actor Arnold Stang Dies December 20, 2009

28, 1918 - " Dec. 20, 2009, widely recognizable as the 5'3" 100-pound bespectacled actor of comedy parts, has died in Newton, Massachusetts due to pneumonia.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Dennis the Menace, The Man with the Golden Arm, Family, Drama Movies, Children TV, Top Cat, Animated TV, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Entertainment, Television, Arnold Stang, Newton, MA

Freerepublic.com

Celebrity deaths had heavy impact in 2009

The recent passing of actress Brittany Murphy adds another high-profile name to the list of those who have died in 2009.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Dom DeLuise, Peter, Paul & Mary, Folk, The Ventures, Billy Mays, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Adventure

Tue Dec 22, 2009

Cartoon Brew

Arnold Stang 1918-2009

One of my favorite actors and character animation voices, Arnold Stang, has passed away at age 91.

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Related Topix: Children TV, Top Cat, Animated TV, Entertainment, Television, Skidoo, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Arnold Stang

ABC News

Arnold Stang, Actor Known for Nerdy Roles, Dies

Arnold Stang, an actor who appeared alongside Milton Berle and Frank Sinatra and was known for his nerdy looks and distinctive nasal voice, has died.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, The Man with the Golden Arm, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Children TV, Top Cat, Dennis the Menace, Animated TV, Family, Entertainment, Television, Arnold Stang, Milton Berle

Sun Dec 20, 2009

Associated Content

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World as far as I'm concerned . The movie, "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" originally premiered on November 7, 1963.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Mickey Rooney

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Yorkshire Evening Post

Retro: November 1964 - Runaway train crash

A RUNAWAY locomotive and tender crashed 30ft into a Bradford street on November 10.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, West Yorkshire County, England, North Yorkshire County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Home Gardening, Home, Action Movies, Adventure, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Naplesnews.com Stories

Bill Klauber: Movie magic still has a price

"Movies Are Better Than Ever" was the slogan back in the 1950s, as I recall. That was in an effort to recapture the audiences that left movie houses empty during the early days of television.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Milton Berle, Entertainment, The Ed Sullivan Show, Television

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Hollywood.com

Jonathan Winters

A quick-witted, king of improvisation, Jonathan Winters has enjoyed a long and varied career in TV, live performances and the occasional film.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Mork and Mindy, Entertainment, Television, Comedy Movies, The Loved One, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, The Shadow, Mystery Movies, Drama Movies, Moon Over Parador, Jonathan Winters

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Film Threat

the Bootleg Files: Dhamaal

BOOTLEG FILES 307: 'Dhamaal' . LAST SEEN: Available for viewing on several web sites.

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Related Topix: Bollywood, Arts, Cinema, Life, Food, Pizza, World News, India, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Adventure

Mon Oct 19, 2009

CBS News

Andrew Cohen on L'Affaire Balloon Boy

Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden was just trying to make the best of a bad situation this past Thursday afternoon when he was called to the chaotic home of Richard and Mayumi Heene in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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Related Topix: Larimer County, CO, Fort Collins, CO, Fort Collins Metro, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Comedy Movies, Adventure

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Booksteve's Library

The Dead End/East Side/Bowery Kids # 3

He had literally been working as a plumber's assistant at age 17 when his Vaudevillian father Bernard Gorcey encouraged him to try out for a small role in DEAD END along with his brother David.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Dead End, Family, Kids, Huntz Hall, Adventure, Leo Gorcey

Sat Sep 26, 2009

Associated Content

Charles Lane's Best TV, Movie Roles

Charles Lane was one of the most highly recognizable character actors of all time.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, It's a Wonderful Life, Comedy Movies, Comedy, Crime Movies, The Lucy Show, Action Movies, Adventure, Entertainment, Television, Charles Lane, Drama

Thu Sep 17, 2009

American Profile

Ask American Profile

Q What can you tell me about the voice behind the zany SpongeBob Squarepants? - Fred Daniels, Hillsboro, Ore.

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Related Topix: Hillsboro, OR, Tom Kenny, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Adventure

Tue Sep 08, 2009

Hollywood.com

Sid Caesar

A legendary comedy player of TV "Golden Age" and occasional films, Sid Caesar and his "Your Show of Shows" set the standard on which all future TV sketch comedy was judged and from which all TV sketch comedy has.... A legendary comedy player of TV "Golden Age" and occasional films, Sid Caesar and his "Your Show of Shows" set the standard on which ...

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Grease, Musical Movies, Tars and Spars, Sid Caesar, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, Milton Berle, Entertainment

Wed Aug 19, 2009

Denver Post

One good bump on the head, and I'm seeing stars dancing

When I look up at the sky, the one thing I don't expect to see is my feet. That's exactly the view I got, though, when a patch of wet, slippery floor caused my legs to go out from underneath me and my head to smack the ground as if I were river dancing upside down.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Ethel Merman, Dancing With The Stars, Reality TV, Entertainment, Family, Kids

Wed Jul 08, 2009

Hemmings Auto Blogs

Melville Crump's looked better

Who's Melville Crump? How could any car buff ask such a question? Played by Sid Caesar, Crump was a dentist on the opening leg of his vacation with his wife - Monica - when they were passed on an unnamed California mountain road by Smiler Grogan .

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Sid Caesar, Edie Adams, Jimmy Durante

Fri Jun 05, 2009

Lahonton Valley News

Did you hear about John Tyler?

Yesterday I got another one of those e-mails that assured me that the end of the world as we know it is surely upon us because Barrack Obama is our president.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Action Movies, Comedy Movies, Adventure, Jimmy Durante, Washington, DC

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