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[–] phillycodehound@geddit.social 2 points 2 years ago

It's a Nice age but still sad. RIP

[–] yenahmik 1 points 2 years ago

Sad to hear. The man had an incredible career.

[–] jay2 1 points 2 years ago

Farewell sir. Thanks for all the laughs.

Kevin Pollack's fantastic story about torturing Alan Arkin. Skip to 1:30 if you want to hear his answering machine prank.

[–] zblofu@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

RIP to one of the all time greats. As a kid the movie In Laws with Arkin and Peter Falk was so unreasonably funny to me that I couldn't believe a movie so humourous could even exist.

Also Deadhead Miles is one of my all time favorite movies. It is such a strange glimpse of the American road and Arkin just breathes fire into every scene with his ridiculous energy.

https://youtu.be/EpMxcqgGgB0

[–] astroboy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

His name is ARKIN, not Arking.

[–] Scooter411@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah - that’s a weird autocorrect. I’ll fix.