― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:04 (twenty years ago) link
― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:05 (twenty years ago) link
What do you mean? The role of Cousin Larry wasn't actually mentioned in this book on Russian theatre; I just recognized the name Mark Linn-Baker and said "wait, wasn't he...?".
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:06 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:07 (twenty years ago) link
― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:07 (twenty years ago) link
He was a great foil to Peter O'Toole in My Favorite Year...but somewhere along the way...
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:07 (twenty years ago) link
He appeared in the role of Hysterium in the 1995 Broadway stage production of 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'.
Played "Marvelous" Mark Slackmeyer in the Broadway production of "Doonesbury - The Musical"
His christened name is Mark Linn Baker (without the hyphen). Linn is actually his middle name, not part of his last name. When he joined the actors union, there already was a Mark Baker, so he combined his middle name with his last name. His father made up his middle name "Linn" in honor of Leonid Tolstoy.
Mark is a partner in Manhattan's West Bank Cafe.
Wife Adrianne Lobel is a set designer. They have one daughter.
― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:11 (twenty years ago) link
xpost jesus fuck a doonesbury musical??!?
― g--ff (gcannon), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:14 (twenty years ago) link
― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:16 (twenty years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:17 (twenty years ago) link
When Trudeau took what at the time was an unusual break for comic artists -- I think it was something like a year and a half off, around 83-84 -- part of his time was spent writing the musical or rather cowriting it. I still have never seen it, but my understanding was that it covered the 'missing time' during the break, when Mike and JJ got married and the original 'Walden' crew finally went their separate ways.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:17 (twenty years ago) link
― g--ff (gcannon), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:20 (twenty years ago) link
― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:10 (twenty years ago) link
― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:11 (twenty years ago) link
― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:15 (twenty years ago) link
― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:33 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 15:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 15:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 15:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 15:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 15:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 15:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Allyzay flies casual (allyzay), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 18:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 18:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:03 (nineteen years ago) link
http://epguides.com/PerfectStrangers/guide.shtml
Ep. 114.
― Allyzay flies casual (allyzay), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:07 (nineteen years ago) link
God I miss this show
― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:11 (nineteen years ago) link
and in hopes of going into labor, Larry and Balki take Jennifer up in the balloon.
― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:27 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm still amazed.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:33 (nineteen years ago) link
Why can I still remember this shit 10 years later?
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Allyzay flies casual (allyzay), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:03 (nineteen years ago) link
SO GODDAMN WRONG.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― slightly more subdued (kenan), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:35 (nineteen years ago) link
That seems a little...edgy.
― Allyzay flies casual (allyzay), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― slightly more subdued (kenan), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Allyzay flies casual (allyzay), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:52 (nineteen years ago) link
Thank god, the Balki B video is still on YouTube for instant roffles, so to repost:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F28LW9NWOCk
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:55 (sixteen years ago) link
My brother just emailed me:
I remembered that perfect strangers is on AOL TV. At least some episodes. So I decided to see if that second episode of their winter expedition and cabin avalanche was on there. Of course the episode is not on there but the first part is! Will we EVER find out what really happened? Will I ever forgive mom and dad for taking us from grandma's house the one time it actually comes on tv? What awful torture must I bear?!
I knew you could sympathize. Thanks. I love you!
-Merr1ck
P.S. For torture inducing memories, the first episode is here: http://video.aol.com/video-detail/perfect-strangers-snow-way-to-treat-a-lady-part-1/355878549
― kind-hearted, sensitive keytar player (Abbott), Thursday, 16 July 2009 18:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Being robbed of watching that second episode has been a lifelong grudge we both share.
Oh good, Balki B video link still works.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 July 2009 18:55 (fifteen years ago) link
This is the greatest thing ever.
http://nothingsgonnastopmenow.com/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha
just to sing the song
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
oh there are some shitty entries on the dream board
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
quality video game
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
dammit, beaten by minutes!
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
lolling at the tri-island area
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
beaten by an hour actually
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't cotton on to catching stars til about halfway through, I was too busy singing
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
We've had a few Wikipedia links above but anyway, a further celebration:
http://decanting-cerebral.tumblr.com/post/44323013452/16-ways-of-looking-at-perfect-strangers-via-wikipedia
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 March 2013 23:27 (eleven years ago) link
Oh Balki
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 March 2013 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bg80jycIEAAGR1Y.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 February 2014 22:21 (ten years ago) link
Who they?
― Tuomas, Friday, 21 February 2014 13:55 (ten years ago) link
tuomas if there was an embed for getting a thread to slap someone in the face i would paste it in below even if it inadvertently slapped everyone else who loaded this thread in the face because then it would also slap you in the face for asking such a fundamentally dense question about the very thread in which you were asking it, my gawd
― j., Friday, 21 February 2014 15:01 (ten years ago) link
why would tuomas even click on this thread?
― *plop* son (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 21 February 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
^zen koan
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 21 February 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
Because it had a weird title and I was trying to understand what it was about. I read the first 10 posts or so, but I still didn't get it. Who is cousin Larry?
― Tuomas, Friday, 21 February 2014 16:39 (ten years ago) link
Hey Tuomas, I don't know if you use Chrome, but if you do you can right-click on any pic in the world and click "Search google for this image", which will usually tell you what you're looking at.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:13 (ten years ago) link
or you could just type "Cousin Larry" into Google
― sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:58 (ten years ago) link
i gotta say those two have aged pretty well, it's been like 25 years
― Nhex, Friday, 21 February 2014 18:50 (ten years ago) link
mark linn baker looks like Larry David
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 21 February 2014 18:50 (ten years ago) link
Oh...oh dear.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/perfect-stranger-things-gives-larry-and-balki-a-new-roo-1820220807
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 November 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link
Dancing In The Moonlight
― Bazooka Jobim (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 21:28 (six years ago) link
the episode where larry falls asleep for days after drinking a jar of balki’s medicine is the apex of eighties sitcom art
― barreras, Friday, 22 December 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
i was watching the first season of Newhart (80s innkeeper one) on Hulu when i had the flu and 80s sitcoms are sort of weirder than today's "weird" sitcoms in a way
one episode literally involved them learning their was a witch buried in their basement and hiring Larry Daryl and Daryl to dig up the bones so they could bury them in the church graveyard, but then Joanna decides she likes having the witch in their basement because she was wrongfully accused so they cancel the job and just keep the witch's bones in their basement
― Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 22 December 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
This was a very relatable scenario in the 80s
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Friday, 22 December 2017 17:56 (six years ago) link
Nothing beats the "magic cave" episode of Punky Brewster for sheer bugfuck 80s sitcom weirdness.
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Friday, 22 December 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
This is everything. pic.twitter.com/HVtPCkFUd0— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) August 12, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 August 2022 15:01 (two years ago) link
And in sharing it a friend (a published playwright) makes a case
The writers of that show understood farce, which is really rare - and they could act it, which is rarer - in the beginning when the show was basically two rooms, the newspaper and the apartment, it was like a really fun play from the 30s-50s https://t.co/eUWl6i4an1— Justin Sherin (@wychstreet) August 12, 2022
Glad to know my childhood was spent watching quality TV
― Mar - a - Lago, or 120 Days of Sodom (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 12 August 2022 18:24 (two years ago) link
The episode where they make pastry that explodes unless you burp is a classic
― formerly abanana (dat), Friday, 12 August 2022 22:12 (two years ago) link