RIP Alan Tnicke

[Mediocre Man]

I have actually met him twice. Super nice guy. Seemed very genuine.

Extremely funny

 

[Denny Crane]

I liked him, at least what I saw.

69 isn't that old.

 

[Chris Craig]

The world got a little darker. RIP Alan. My thoughts are with him and his family.

 

[jlprk]

Back when basic cable TV in Bellingham had only 25 channels, it still had Canadian networks. Before Thicke's 1983 American talk show competing with Johnny Carson, he had a 1980-82 Canadian talk show. I just saw little pieces of it back then, so here is 10 minutes and we'll watch it together. I don't know whether this will be good or bad.

Oh, I see. This is an interview of him, made between the 2 talk shows. Not a funny excerpt from his talk show. Too bad.

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/alan-thicke-talk-show-host

 

[riverman]

His son looks like a real clone of dad....sorry for their loss...all these celebrities are dying at 69 this year.

 

[jlprk]

He started both talk shows with a monologue in which he looked drunk, like Scottish Craig Ferguson 30 years later. He swayed as he stood and slurred his speech a little. He wasn't eagle-eyed like the big hosts; he was more red-eyed. This fit the late-70s majority attitude to authority. I wanted to watch him more, but to save time I had abandoned TV pretty much by then, so I only saw a minute a few times (same for Ferguson later). Later, he had some situation comedies (I know nothing). He went out like a true Canadian, heart attack while playing hockey at almost age 70.

 

[riverman]

He went out like a true Canadian, heart attack while playing hockey at almost age 70

and shoveling snow for a lifetime (only it may have been up his nose)