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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 12:16 AM Jul 2016

Garry Marshall, ‘Pretty Woman’ Director and Creator of ‘Happy Days,’ Dies at 81

Source: Variety

Garry Marshall, who created some of the 1970s’ most iconic sitcoms including “Happy Days,” “The Odd Couple,” “Laverne and Shirley” and “Mork and Mindy” and went on to direct hit movies including “Pretty Woman” and “The Princess Diaries,” died Tuesday of complications from pneumonia. He was 81. The news was first reported by Access Hollywood.


Marshall went from being TV writer to creating sitcoms that touched the funny bones of the 1970s generation and directing films that were watched over and over: “Happy Days” helped start a nostalgia craze that has arguably never abated, while “Mork and Mindy” had a psychedelically goofy quality that catapulted Robin Williams to fame and made rainbow suspenders an icon of their era. “Pretty Woman” likewise cemented Julia Roberts’ stardom, while “The Princess Diaries” made Anne Hathaway a teen favorite.

Read more: http://variety.com/2016/film/news/garry-marshall-dead-dies-pretty-woman-happy-days-1201817964/

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Garry Marshall, ‘Pretty Woman’ Director and Creator of ‘Happy Days,’ Dies at 81 (Original Post) oberliner Jul 2016 OP
May Big Al serve Gary a malted True Dough Jul 2016 #1
must have listened to Chachi's speech last night gopiscrap Jul 2016 #2
I wasn't gonna go there. Biting my tongue, but I wasn't gonna go there. Midnight Writer Jul 2016 #3
My first thought was 'too soon', but then I realized that... SeattleVet Jul 2016 #4
... Ken Burch Jul 2016 #6
... 2naSalit Jul 2016 #5
Wow. R.I.P. BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #7
His sister is Penny, not Peggy. nt PunkinPi Jul 2016 #10
OMG LOL! BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #12
Completely understandable. PunkinPi Jul 2016 #13
Big Laverne & Shirley watcher back in the day so should know better. :-P BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #14
RIP. One of the greats. n/t ms liberty Jul 2016 #8
One of the BEST comedy minds of a generation. nt 7962 Jul 2016 #9
Thanks for all the laughs Garry mdbl Jul 2016 #11
Odd Couple was a favorite of mine oberliner Jul 2016 #16
2016 seems to be a movie co-directed by Quentin Tarantino and Michael Bey GoneOffShore Jul 2016 #15
I think it was the Scott Baio speech that did him in. brooklynite Jul 2016 #17

SeattleVet

(5,468 posts)
4. My first thought was 'too soon', but then I realized that...
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 12:32 AM
Jul 2016

Garry Marshall would have definitely seen the humor in it!

I already had posted almost exactly the same thing to a friend's Facebook post --- "Looks like seeing what the 'Chachi' character he created had become was the final blow. (Yeah, probably 'too soon', but I think that Mr. Marshall would have seen the humor in it!) Thanks for all of the fun times, Garry!" ---


Thanks for all the memories, the Happy Days, and the fun times, Mr. Marshall!

BumRushDaShow

(127,312 posts)
7. Wow. R.I.P.
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 05:07 AM
Jul 2016

Last edited Wed Jul 20, 2016, 08:33 AM - Edit history (1)

Heard on the radio this morning. Garry put ABC on the map with so many iconic primetime shows in the '70s that I watched. That was when ABC was going head-to-head against CBS (and their own set of iconic shows), while NBC was in the perennial basement before Brandon Tartikoff broke them out in the early '80s.

Garry and (sister) Penny Marshall -



Big R.I.P. and condolences to the family.

BumRushDaShow

(127,312 posts)
12. OMG LOL!
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 08:34 AM
Jul 2016

That was a big boo boo! You see what I time I wrote it and was still getting my mornin' coffee.

Fixed. Thank you!

GoneOffShore

(17,309 posts)
15. 2016 seems to be a movie co-directed by Quentin Tarantino and Michael Bey
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 08:40 AM
Jul 2016

With production assistance from a Sam Peckinpah zombie.

(Wish I could take credit for this but it was on my FB feed yesterday)

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