Now THAT is a tribute. Here’s one excerpt but it is so worth it to read the whole thing:
He made such an impression on me that I was completely unaware I was even watching him the next time I encountered Bruno Kirby on film, as it happened in a movie of considerably higher quality than Superdad. Kirby did a short-lived sitcom with actor Richard Castellano in 1972 called The Super, in which he played the rotund actors son, and by sheer coincidence, only a year after Superdad was released, he would play the young Clemenza, the role Castellano originated in the The Godfather, in that films sequel, The Godfather Part II. As Vin Scully might say, Kirby (born Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu Jr. in 1949) went from the cellar to the penthouse in one short year.
Thanks, Red. The first comment under my tribute so thoughtfully commanded, “Dude, no more obits.” What could I possibly say? I’ll stop only when my favorites stop dying? And thanks to your reader Emily, who reminded me of the line I could not remember late last night when I was writing: “This generation, they just don’t understand. When you’ve loved and lost the way Frank has…” Pure poetry. Arrivederci, Bruno.
hahahahahahahahahaha I know guys like that!! Don’t we all?
Perfect.