Little Buddy
Olivia Shea, Bob Denver, and Jim Brown. Photos by Jon Farley.
You all think of me as the "computer guy," or before that, the "print production and traffic guy." But before I came to Chiat/Day, I was heavily involved in the THEE-A-TUH! ("Theatre," for those with no flair for pronunciation.)
I directed scores of plays and musicals in my hometown at the nation's third largest community theatre, Spokane Civic Theatre. (In fact, I first met Eve Luppert when I cast her in a small but pivotal role in "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds." Eve, please use the "comment line" below to share with us the opening lines of your big speech from that play.)
I know we are all mourning the passing of Bob "Gilligan" Denver this week at the age of 70. In the summer of 1974, I actually directed him in a production of Neil Simon's "The Star-Spangled Girl" at Civic Theatre. It was just as awful as it sounds, and Bob was pretty much a drunk and a deadbeat. But I am a grateful for the experiences because it's one of those great oddball life experiences you get to drop at a dinner party.
Steve
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I got the cat from the ASPCA immediatley after it had been killed by a high pressure system that sucks all the air out of the animal. They say it prevents cruely to animals but I think it's awful. Anyway. I boiled the cat in a..
(I go blank right about here, except for "most of the skin pulled right off!")
I just remember thinking that Civic theater was the height of Hollywood glamour that summer and that Steve was so lucky to be rubbing elbows with the greats and, not so near greats!
Posted by: eve | September 8, 2005 12:09 PM