Harry Anderson (Night Court star), R.I.P.

You know it's weird

When i was 20 I considered 65 old, now that I'm 30 I see 65 as young

 

Are you going to watch the Laff marathon on Saturday?

 

No I cut the cable last year.

When I visit my grandma lately I end up watching Night Court on LAFF. I plan on getting the dvd's from Amazon here within a few days and do a marathon

 

Oh that's too bad. Wish I could have Seasons 4-9 on DVD because the ones I have are TV edits.

 

Unfortunately their a little pricy season4-9

 

No. They were recorded over many times.

 

Sad, but very interesting information.

Night Court star Harry Anderson's wife's 911 call | Daily Mail Online

 

Key pieces of info from the article:

• It's revealed actor suffered strokes after a bout of flu in January
• Had some health problems recently
• May have had some sort of a heart thing
  

 

According to Cheers writer Kevin Levine...

"Harry really is a magician. We used him six or seven times in the first season and a lot of the scams were suggested by Harry himself. I would not play cards with this man. I would not give change to this man." - 2010



And what he wrote after his death.



"I can't believe this isn't just one of his ingenious hustles. Come on Harry, show yourself. There's so much that doesn't make sense. Harry was only 65. He can't be gone. This must be a trick.

I first met Harry during pre-production of the first season of CHEERS. So June or July 1982. He came into the office wearing the full Harry the Hat outfit. We were looking to sprinkle in some colorful characters and boy did he fit the bill. A few weeks later Harry invited us all to the Magic Castle to see his act. Sure, the magic was dazzling, but what impressed us the most was how FUNNY he was.

And authentic. All of the little hustles Harry did that first season were things he contributed. He was a fun character and the audience loved him, but we worried if we used him too often he wouldn't be as special. I was so thrilled when he then got the starring role in NIGHT COURT. He was getting the spotlight he deserved.

We used Harry again the final season of CHEERS. David Isaacs and I were assigned to write the final Bar Wars episode. We thought this would be a perfect time to bring Harry back one last time. In all previous Bar Wars chapters David and I concocted the story. This time Harry was the mastermind. We called him and said we really wanted to put a final exclamation point on the Bar Wars saga. For once we wanted CHEERS to win and we wanted them to win big. We even thought, "What if somehow Gary's Old Towne tavern gets destroyed?" Harry came up with the sting.

He was a lovely guy, mischievous as hell, and just naturally hilarious.

Okay, Harry, you had your fun. Show yourself. It's too sad otherwise."

 

And an anecdote from Mark Stout.

"I met him once, and we talked geek for about 45 minutes. It must have been sometime in 1985. I was working in the store-within-a-store that was Macys Computer Store in San Francisco.

Back then, companies like IBM and Apple did not let just any store carry their products. There were expectations of marketing and properly trained staff. We were one of those stores. The year before, we'd been one of the few stores to have the Macintosh on its opening day. I have written about how Steve Jobs came by that day to gauge public enthusiasm for his new baby.

One afternoon -- it was a quiet weekday -- I saw a guy wander into the department. Tall, skinny, wearing a dark suit and a 1960s style men's businessman's hat. "Who does this guy think he is," I thought, "Harry Anderson?"

Then I realized it was.

I approached him and he wasn't looking for anything. We talked geek for a while. His wife, his very pregnant wife, and maybe two year old daughter came in. Mrs. Anderson was happy to have a place to sit for while Harry and I discussed Macs.

The little girl interrupted us a few times, so I set her up on an Apple II playing a Muppet game. She was thrilled. I remembered a profile I'd read about Harry a few months before in TV Guide. "You're the little girl who's dad has pulled so may coins out of your ear, its where you ask your mom to look first for your lost shoes, aren't you?" She assured me she was. That anecdote had been in TV Guide.

It was the first I'd let on I knew who he was. He and his wife howled. She couldn't believe someone would remember something so obscure from the magazine piece. But I found it charming, and I found that family charming that day."

 

I may watch the Laff marathon tomorrow. Maybe not the whole thing, but a few episodes perhaps.

 

Fri-Yay: Superstore is Doing the Will They/Won't They Story Arc Right; Laff Pays Tribute to Harry Anderson - SitcomsOnline.com News Blog

 

Will anyone be watching the Night Court marathon later on today?

I might be tuning into maybe a few episodes.

 

For the east coast people who get Laff, the Night Court marathon has started already.

 

Me-TV

R.I.P. Harry Anderson of Night Court and Cheers

Elayne Boosler on Twitter

 

The cause of death has been revealed.

Harry Anderson's Cause of Death Revealed: Night Court Star Died of a Stroke

'Night Court' Star Harry Anderson's Cause of Death Revealed

 

The death certificate

 

These forgot to be shared.

 

It’s Harry!

 

R.I.P.

 

I can’t believe it’s only been a month.

 

actually it'll be forever...especially when one is a fan.

 

I think there is an Egyptian saying that if you say a person's name, who has passed away, then you keep that person alive. I do this for Bowie, Prince and Jeff Buckley