I never realized until now, what a truly amazing career Jim Backus had. At first I was inclined to say that it's kind of sad, that he will best be remembered for Gilligan's Island. But now I realize that that was the show that made him an American icon. Rest In Peace, Mr. Backus.
Nice review! I mainly knew and loved Jim Backus from Mr. Magoo and Gilligan's Island but my church group in the mid 70's attempted to do "Truth of Truths: A Contemporary Rock Opera" (which was WAY beyond our skill level so we didn't get far and gave up quickly!🤭) but Jim Backus did the narration for the part of God on the album which was fun!
👍💯💜. I'm loving these Cool Classic Videos. I kind of wished I was born earlier. When we are young, we want to be older. But as we grow older we wished we was younger.😁. I'm glad I can watch shows like Gilligan Island on Me TV. I've learned a lot here. Ok I'm a newbie but. I've loved everybody I've seen so far. No complaints. More please.👏👏👏. It was my mom that said he was mr magoo. So thanks.👍💯💜👏👏👏👌 ✌🧘♀️🌻🤗 .love, respect and positivity always. Neita james. 🙂🖐.
I had no idea Jim did so many movies and TV shows! He was definitely one of my favorites and a darn good actor. Rest in Peace, Mr Backus. You should sit at the "special people" table.
Yep! Looking back now, it makes sense. You can tell that they sometimes changed the lines because they didn't fit the characters they were portraying. They did a great job developing and owning those characters.
I knew when I went to a movie that had Jim in it or seen him on television it was going to be a class act..I just reveled in his old black and white movies especially knowing he's Mr. Magoo
He and Henney were so cute together as guests on the gameshow Tattletales. I grew up watching Mr. Magoo. The best Mr. Magoo cartoon was the film Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol. Jim Backus gets to flex his dramatic muscles in this presentation.
One noticed that even though they were acting as husband and wife on the show, you could tell that they genuinely cared for each other and the rest of the cast.
I had to upload this video 3 times because of glitches. If it is messed up please let me know. Tomorrow Sunday 3-7-21 I will upload Sigrid Valdis ( Hilda on Hogan's Heroes )
Always loved Jim Backus!! Sometimes I'd see/hear a lot of Mr. Magoo in Thurston Howell the 3rd and vice versa!! Didn't realize he went to AADA, going to have to ask my daughter who grad from there in 2019 if she knew about him!!
Yeah, Jim Backus was a Favorite of mine as well. He just seemed like a Real Likeable Guy. But I love how you tell his story. Well done again, Sir! I Love Watching these! I am SO GLAD I ran across your Channel! I have Not laughed So Hard in AGES!!!
I love that Marilyn Monroe story! I use to always stay up way later then I should I watched all the nick at nite shows.in the 90s and early 2000s. It went down hill when they started showing newer shows. Like rosanne and family ties. Love these videos
Great work to bring his life story to us. I loved Jim Backus and his characters. I had no idea he attended Kentucky Military Institute, a former school whose location is a about 2 miles from my home. Victor Mature, and Fred Willard are two other graduates of KMI.
Man, I love your channe! I am a former U.S. Marine with combat-related PTSD, and am now dealing with pancreatitic cancer. I too use movies as a way to cope. Thank you.
I am glad that your titles aren't... " the sad ending..." I won't be watching that channel any more, now that I have discover you. A new subscriber to Cool Classics.
I once was at a red light in my shiny red convertible, when a car full of teens pulled up along side of me, & started heckling me. I casually turned & looked at them & asked...Excuse me, but, would any of you happen to have any Grey Poupon ?
Cooool Classssics...Excellent. You are really thorough. I am impressed. I had no idea Jim Backus did ALL that he did before Gilligan's Island and then after the program. He had talent beyond talent. Thanks for a great vid. 👍 You didn't miss a thing.
Thank You that motivates me to keep doing these! I can't make them fast like these other people, because I try to find the pictures and clips to match what i am referencing. When I seen his list of roles, I freaked and went oh boy, I have to narrow this down. lol There were like 70 appearances before the 1960's. Glad it turned out nice and you enjoyed it 😁
I heard Dawn Wells say in an interview once that when Jim Backus was filming his scene in the last GILLIGANS ISLAND movie (he was so sick by then he just made a cameo) she was standing behind the camera watching and after he did the scene he went up to her and said "Was I...was I funny?" and she said it was the saddest thing she ever saw.
That scene is replayed in the t.v movie Surviving Gilligans Island. The entire movie is here on you tube. I've seen it many times and it's very enjoyable.
The best Mr. MaGoo cartoons were the ones where Mr. MaGoo was acting in classic stories . Backus did a superb job of playng the roles in each , often bringing me to tears , as in Gunga Din . I know everyone saw his Christmas Carol role but these classic tales roles were excellent as well .
I grew up outside of Carson City NV. I remember Jim making commercials for a local furniture store. They were very funny. I just adore your channel ❤️ and am honored to be a new subscriber!!
I listen to Radio Classics and he appeared on the Alan Young Show [TV's owner of Mr. Ed]. His character of Hubert Updike III was indeed the groundwork for THIII. Sherwood Schwartz, one of the writers on the Alan Young Show, would later go on to produce GI.
Wow! What a repotoire. The Marilyn story is funny. I like Dick Cavett as an interviewer. Gonna have to research if he interviewed him. The stories Jim Backus could've told would have been very interesting. Thank you for entertaining us! 📺
@@dmax64 I read that it was William Windom. I need to see if I can find the article. I think that it is hilarious because I really liked William Windom as an actor
Good one. Did you mention The Jim Backus Show with Nita Talbot co-starring? It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a classic! The scenes with him and Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett are underrated. Oh, and Orville Redenbacher popcorn rules!!
@@CoolClassics I figured it was because he was involved with so many other projects. According to IMDB, The Jim Backus Show had 39 episodes and ran from 1960-1961.
Here's an interesting Jim Backus story. According to the book, "Hollywood Kryptonite," in June 1959, he and his wife, Hennie, were invited to a party at George Reeves house. Backus declined because at a previous party they attended, Reeves and his guests got too drunk and disorderly for Backus' taste. The night of the June 1959 party is the night George Reeves committed suicide (or was killed in some other way) in his upstairs bedroom while his party guests sat around in the living room. Backus later told his wife, "Thank God we didn't go to that party!"
Great great piece on Mr Backus!! Thank you. Every show, movie was enhanced when he was in the cast! The movie “Its A Mad Mad Mad Mad World” is a classic. And Backus delivers in that movie as a millionaire piloting his own big plane with Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett on board. There’s a pool table scene in that movie, too, of course. Backus is “passed out” on it in the airport lounge. Backus probably easily compelled writers and directors to include a trademark billiards scene! Fun fun informational video about JB! Thank you!!
Just love your videos and you just learned so much more about these actors and actresses that you remember as a kid my neighbor when I lived in northeast Connecticut was friends best friends with Margaret Hamilton and I love the Wizard of Oz cell shows what a small world it is after all thank you for everything you do
I knew of Margaret Hamilton's teaching job before The Wizard of Oz. She loved children in real life. She was very convincing when playing the Wicked Witch.
I agree. We've been buying the old TV shows on DVD for years. Can't beat the entertainment value. We just picked up the first 4 seasons of the old Columbo series and the 5 seasons of Rockford Files.
Ok bloss,Cholly do laundry now bloss.....🙂 reminds me of the year we beat Rutgers....admit it pal you spent many a Saturday morning with a mixing bowl, a quart of milk and a box of cereal in front of the TV like I did.....😂
What an incredible actor he was fun. I loved his voices, and I loved him as Mr. Howell and I loved Mr. Magoo is my favorite cartoon every movie he watched or within I watched myself well my family did too. We were all big fans. I’m glad he took good care of his wife and they had a wonderful life. I am sad that he died. That way. I hope they come up for a cure for that . 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️👍😁
Ya gotta love these movie and daytime TV characters. I've been watching many of your videos and find them fascinating and touching. It is always fun to hear that they had friends and careers that overlapped and blossomed over time.
Hey CC, great posts, keep up the nice work. Hey, Jim also portrayed a wealthy character in a Zarex (flavored drink syrup) ad that used to run on TV in the earlier 70's. Thanks again for all your cool classic posts!
Very interesting! I just looked it up and it said that Zarex and a distribution deal with A&P groceries. We had an A&P by my house when I was little. Memories 😂
@@CoolClassics There was an A&P store in my neighborhood in Yonkers, NY, when I was a kid. It went out of business when I was in my late teens, and my mother had to do her grocery shopping at Pathmark on Central Park Avenue.
This was amazing! So much I had not known about one of my favorite tv shows (Gilligan's Island) and those that starred in it. Thank you for putting up a wonderful and informative fun video. I am now subscribed to see more of your videos and looking forward to each of them.
if you listen closely to mr Magoo he throws in some adult words from time to time.. no one was listaning for adult content in a kids cartoon at the time.. but my dad in the 60s pointed it out.. to me.. later i heard a interview ware he admitted to diskising some cuss words for the cartoon.. i remember dad saying did hmr magoo just say bullsit? over and over..
I met him in the San Francisco airport in 1978. He noticed me staring as he walked toward a boarding gate. He was holding a paper bag under his arm and said hello. I just said Hi and then got on my plane to San Diego headed for the marines.
Joan Davis died of a massive heart attack in 1961. 2 years later, her mother, daughter and 2 grandchildren were killed in a house fire in Palm Springs.
I wonder if he's descended from William Backus of the Mayflower. He was one of my 9th great-grandfathers. WOW! I'm sitting here eating sea salt Popcorners chips asbi watch this. 😳
Hard to believe he was only worth around 5M a few years after his death. All those movies, TV shows, and Mr. Magoo one would think he would be worth much much more
Considering all those early films were just a one time payment with no residuals, I think he did really well for himself. The dude was a workaholic, so that helped.
OMGEEEE WOW WOW WOW 😳 WOWSIE! Holy cow! Did he sleep? Have a personal life? .. That blew me away on how many movies, broadways, tv shows, commercials .. Lols 😂 What a way to live .. 🏃🏻 📺 🏃🏻 🤙🏼 That was fantastic fun entertainment! Oh and that song delicious, haha too funny 👏🏼😄 .. boy, in today’s society they’d say it was sexist 😏 , they’d try to pull it .. (even though rap is pretty bad, but that’s ok) Anywhoo .. Thanks again ..🤙🏼
I don't know if you take suggestions, but Neil Hamilton and Stafford Repp of Batman fame, would be interesting content. Plus I don't think that they get that much attention
I would like to someday. I have a list of like 100 people from these 50's thru 70's show that i want to do. Problem is, that i will be lucky to get 50 of them made this year now that the lawn care season is approaching 😁
I was on summer vacation with my family and my mom used to plan trips to different places in the US and Canada. And it always amazed my mother that no matter where we went, someone,....at some point in time,....knew my dad. He was a well known doctor (In our small circle), but it was still kind of odd. So it became a running joke on trips and vacations. One morning, my mom and dad were checking out of a pretty nice hotel, so that we could hit the road again and get to our main destination. I was just walking around the lobby and I saw a man that looked very familiar. So I went up to him and said: "Excuse me, but do you know my father?" And he said: "I don't know,...(And he laughed);...Who is your father?" I said: "Holy Sh**!,...you don't know my dad!!,....you're Mr. Magoo,....You're Mr. Howell!!" And he laughed again, with that great deep laugh and said: "Yes,...I am!" I ran across the lobby to get one of my sisters. Nearly ripping her arm out of her socked, I managed to get her there before he left. We stood on the steps and he noticed us waving at him as he drove off, rolled his window down waving back, saying; "See you kids later!",.....all with that big smile on his face. He just seemed like a such a nice guy, to pay attention to a couple of goofy children. So my sister, who was younger than me, said: "Is Gilligan and the Skipper here too!?" I lightly smacked her in the back of the head. (lol)
He was on family feud with some of the cast of Gillian’s island with Richard Dawson too! They played against Adam West and some of the cast from Batman !!
I'm 62 and this is wonderful to be able to the stars you watch on TV shows and movies, thank you
I am 70 and loved Jim Backus as Mr. Magoo! Love u too Cool Classics
Thank You Debra 💜
I remember him as Mr. MaGoo. One of my favorite cartoons as a little guy
Jim also played a small part in It's a mad,mad,mad,world.One of the greatest comedies ever made.
Watched Gilligan’s Island growing up in Australia & remember Jim’s take on playing a rich guy was hilarious.
Soooo aaaaa
Ginger or Mary Ann?
He will always be Mr. Magoo. No one like him. 💕
I agree :)
I never realized until now, what a truly amazing career Jim Backus had. At first I was inclined to say that it's kind of sad, that he will best be remembered for Gilligan's Island. But now I realize that that was the show that made him an American icon. Rest In Peace, Mr. Backus.
He was great in its a mad mad mad world great move love it.
They don't make them like that anymore. Thanks for the years of entertainment Jim, you put smiles on many people's faces.
What a guy... He seemed to be forever... Wait Jim is forever...
"The O-O-O-Only Way To Fly!" Oh Magoo, you've done it again!
Rest In Peace, you magnificent man, you!
I love Gillian’s Island. ❤️
Nice review! I mainly knew and loved Jim Backus from Mr. Magoo and Gilligan's Island but my church group in the mid 70's attempted to do "Truth of Truths: A Contemporary Rock Opera" (which was WAY beyond our skill level so we didn't get far and gave up quickly!🤭) but Jim Backus did the narration for the part of God on the album which was fun!
👍💯💜. I'm loving these Cool Classic Videos. I kind of wished I was born earlier. When we are young, we want to be older. But as we grow older we wished we was younger.😁. I'm glad I can watch shows like Gilligan Island on Me TV. I've learned a lot here. Ok I'm a newbie but. I've loved everybody I've seen so far. No complaints. More please.👏👏👏. It was my mom that said he was mr magoo. So thanks.👍💯💜👏👏👏👌 ✌🧘♀️🌻🤗 .love, respect and positivity always. Neita james. 🙂🖐.
Jim was the man!
OK.....you've just won my "fascinating presentation of the week award"! WOW.....Jim's kindergarten teacher was Margaret Hamilton?? That's amazing.
Blew my mind too 😁
I had no idea Jim did so many movies and TV shows! He was definitely one of my favorites and a darn good actor. Rest in Peace, Mr Backus. You should sit at the "special people" table.
The best thing that Gilligan's Island did was to Let Jim Backus and Natalie Schaefer ad-lib their roles. They were hilarious!
Yep! Looking back now, it makes sense. You can tell that they sometimes changed the lines because they didn't fit the characters they were portraying. They did a great job developing and owning those characters.
Jim and Natalie worked so well together that the ad libbing felt so natural.
The Howells were hands down my favorites on the show...I sometimes call it Howell's Island ❤❤
Natalie said Backus taught her how to ad-lib.
Cast members said Mrs. Howell was just like Natalie in her real life.
I knew when I went to a movie that had Jim in it or seen him on television it was going to be a class act..I just reveled in his old black and white movies especially knowing he's Mr. Magoo
Good old Thurston Howell III …
Wow, I had no idea he did all those things. He was amazing. Super star of his time.
He and Henney were so cute together as guests on the gameshow Tattletales.
I grew up watching Mr. Magoo. The best Mr. Magoo cartoon was the film Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol. Jim Backus gets to flex his dramatic muscles in this presentation.
I have been watching episodes of tattle tales these last couple days, researching my next video. Some of these couples were Great together! :)
One noticed that even though they were acting as husband and wife on the show, you could tell that they genuinely cared for each other and the rest of the cast.
I had to upload this video 3 times because of glitches. If it is messed up please let me know.
Tomorrow Sunday 3-7-21 I will upload Sigrid Valdis ( Hilda on Hogan's Heroes )
Oh Magoo you've done it again .
One very talented actor !!! R.I.P. Thurston Howell 3rd !!!
Always loved Jim Backus!! Sometimes I'd see/hear a lot of Mr. Magoo in Thurston Howell the 3rd and vice versa!! Didn't realize he went to AADA, going to have to ask my daughter who grad from there in 2019 if she knew about him!!
Yeah, Jim Backus was a Favorite of mine as well. He just seemed like a Real Likeable Guy. But I love how you tell his story. Well done again, Sir! I Love Watching these! I am SO GLAD I ran across your Channel! I have Not laughed So Hard in AGES!!!
Jim was a great entertainer.
I love that Marilyn Monroe story! I use to always stay up way later then I should I watched all the nick at nite shows.in the 90s and early 2000s. It went down hill when they started showing newer shows. Like rosanne and family ties. Love these videos
Oh McCool...You've done it again!! 😁
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Absolute favorite sitcom of my childhood and I still never tired of it. Thank you for the video! 💖
Well done, I really enjoyed your presentation and the information within
Great work to bring his life story to us. I loved Jim Backus and his characters. I had no idea he attended Kentucky Military Institute, a former school whose location is a about 2 miles from my home. Victor Mature, and Fred Willard are two other graduates of KMI.
Man, I love your channe! I am a former U.S. Marine with combat-related PTSD, and am now dealing with pancreatitic cancer. I too use movies as a way to cope. Thank you.
Thank You for your service! These old movies and shows are good therapy.
I am pulling for you brother 🙏
@@CoolClassics thanks man. I lived Champaign for years!
I am glad that your titles aren't... " the sad ending..." I won't be watching that channel any more, now that I have discover you. A new subscriber to Cool Classics.
This was fun, Never knew his history thank you!
Growing up he was the image I had of wealthy people. Especially how he spoke.
Me too 🤣🤣
It seems like he influenced that stereotype to continue on. Talk about owning a part.
Remember those Grey Poupon commercials? 😂
I once was at a red light in my shiny red convertible, when a car full of teens pulled up along side of me, & started heckling me. I casually turned & looked at them & asked...Excuse me, but, would any of you happen to have any Grey Poupon ?
I remember him from the airline commercials! Thanks for bring back memories.
Thanks for your video. Regards from Australia 🤓🇦🇺
Cooool Classssics...Excellent. You are really thorough. I am impressed. I had no idea Jim Backus did ALL that he did before Gilligan's Island and then after the program. He had talent beyond talent. Thanks for a great vid. 👍
You didn't miss a thing.
Thank You that motivates me to keep doing these! I can't make them fast like these other people, because I try to find the pictures and clips to match what i am referencing. When I seen his list of roles, I freaked and went oh boy, I have to narrow this down. lol There were like 70 appearances before the 1960's. Glad it turned out nice and you enjoyed it 😁
@@CoolClassics...Your hard work really shows. The clips are a great touch because no one else is that detailed. I'm sure it's time consuming for you.
I heard Dawn Wells say in an interview once that when Jim Backus was filming his scene in the last GILLIGANS ISLAND movie (he was so sick by then he just made a cameo) she was standing behind the camera watching and after he did the scene he went up to her and said "Was I...was I funny?" and she said it was the saddest thing she ever saw.
That scene is replayed in the t.v movie Surviving Gilligans Island. The entire movie is here on you tube. I've seen it many times and it's very enjoyable.
Thanks sir
The best Mr. MaGoo cartoons were the ones where Mr. MaGoo was acting in classic stories . Backus did a superb job of playng the roles in each , often bringing me to tears , as in Gunga Din . I know everyone saw his Christmas Carol role but these classic tales roles were excellent as well .
I grew up outside of Carson City NV. I remember Jim making commercials for a local furniture store. They were very funny. I just adore your channel ❤️ and am honored to be a new subscriber!!
I am glad you found this video.
Wish I could find more local commercials, like the one you mentioned :)
You do these so we'll, I enjoy every one I see. Your voice is perfect for them. Thanks, look forward to seeing more.
Thank You! I am uploading one right now for tomorrow. It will be on Sigrid Valdis who played Hilda on Hogan's Heroes :)
@@michaelpalmieri7335 silly auto spell gets me again, yes, better proof reading next time, thanks
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You're welcome.
I listen to Radio Classics and he appeared on the Alan Young Show [TV's owner of Mr. Ed]. His character of Hubert Updike III was indeed the groundwork for THIII. Sherwood Schwartz, one of the writers on the Alan Young Show, would later go on to produce GI.
So much fun!!! Thanks for sharing
I’m also from Cleveland
That city produced so many great people
Mr Magoo was a favorite as a child...as an adult also lol
Wow! What a repotoire. The Marilyn story is funny. I like Dick Cavett as an interviewer. Gonna have to research if he interviewed him. The stories Jim Backus could've told would have been very interesting. Thank you for entertaining us! 📺
I always try and watch old interviews before I make a on a person and Dick Cavett had some Great Ones! :)
@5:57 that devious laugh! The fun house style!
@8:19 Do this at your next billiard game!
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That's insane that Margaret Hamilton was his teacher.
When I heard that I freaked out and made sure I mentioned it! 😅
Who says elementary school teachers aren’t role models?
I also read that William Windom was one of Margaret Hamilton's students. She said that he was the worst behaved kid! I think that is kind of funny.
@@Edelweiss-hh6tk Just curious did you mean William Windom or Jim Backus was the ill mannered student? I think it's funny too.
@@dmax64 I read that it was William Windom. I need to see if I can find the article. I think that it is hilarious because I really liked William Windom as an actor
Great stuff, thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Just a suggestion - maybe some cast members from 60s shows like Tarzan, Daktari, Flipper, as well as the comedies that you do so well. 🙏
He was the kind of character that could tell funny stories all day long.
If I ever hit the lottery I’m gonna be Thurston Howell the third
Good one. Did you mention The Jim Backus Show with Nita Talbot co-starring?
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a classic! The scenes with him and Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett are underrated.
Oh, and Orville Redenbacher popcorn rules!!
I understood that the role of the pilot was Jim's favorite role.
I didn't mention that show because it was cancelled so fast and there were like 4 more I had to skip too. I love Orville Redenbacher popcorn too :)
@@CoolClassics I figured it was because he was involved with so many other projects. According to IMDB, The Jim Backus Show had 39 episodes and ran from 1960-1961.
Here's an interesting Jim Backus story. According to the book, "Hollywood Kryptonite," in June 1959, he and his wife, Hennie, were invited to a party at George Reeves house. Backus declined because at a previous party they attended, Reeves and his guests got too drunk and disorderly for Backus' taste. The night of the June 1959 party is the night George Reeves committed suicide (or was killed in some other way) in his upstairs bedroom while his party guests sat around in the living room. Backus later told his wife, "Thank God we didn't go to that party!"
I'm sure glad Jim Backus never ended up like so many other famous people, as in a ruinious life and alcoholism
Great great piece on Mr Backus!! Thank you. Every show, movie was enhanced when he was in the cast! The movie “Its A Mad Mad Mad Mad World” is a classic. And Backus delivers in that movie as a millionaire piloting his own big plane with Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett on board. There’s a pool table scene in that movie, too, of course. Backus is “passed out” on it in the airport lounge. Backus probably easily compelled writers and directors to include a trademark billiards scene! Fun fun informational video about JB! Thank you!!
He was a super radio star ⭐
Fantastic thank you !! I love your giggle 👍😊
Thanks for doing this video!
Just love your videos and you just learned so much more about these actors and actresses that you remember as a kid my neighbor when I lived in northeast Connecticut was friends best friends with Margaret Hamilton and I love the Wizard of Oz cell shows what a small world it is after all thank you for everything you do
Cool, thanks!
Impressive career. I had no idea. Thanks for sharing.
I knew of Margaret Hamilton's teaching job before The Wizard of Oz. She loved children in real life. She was very convincing when playing the Wicked Witch.
Oh Gilligan
I miss old scripted TV shows so much and so tired of reality TV.
I agree. We've been buying the old TV shows on DVD for years. Can't beat the entertainment value. We just picked up the first 4 seasons of the old Columbo series and the 5 seasons of Rockford Files.
That is the way to go!
Gave tv up forty years ago, could not take the bombardment of advertisement.
Ahh Magoo, you did it again. Road hog
Ok bloss,Cholly do laundry now bloss.....🙂 reminds me of the year we beat Rutgers....admit it pal you spent many a Saturday morning with a mixing bowl, a quart of milk and a box of cereal in front of the TV like I did.....😂
@@brianjones7660 Rutgers class of 28
What an incredible actor he was fun. I loved his voices, and I loved him as Mr. Howell and I loved Mr. Magoo is my favorite cartoon every movie he watched or within I watched myself well my family did too. We were all big fans. I’m glad he took good care of his wife and they had a wonderful life. I am sad that he died. That way. I hope they come up for a cure for that . 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️👍😁
I like your style. You do great work.
I appreciate that!
Great video 👍🏻
Good Lord what a busy dude
Ya gotta love these movie and daytime TV characters. I've been watching many of your videos and find them fascinating and touching. It is always fun to hear that they had friends and careers that overlapped and blossomed over time.
No idea he was on so many movies , tv shows , ads etc
Must have been so busy.
Great video !!
Hey CC, great posts, keep up the nice work. Hey, Jim also portrayed a wealthy character in a Zarex (flavored drink syrup) ad that used to run on TV in the earlier 70's. Thanks again for all your cool classic posts!
Very interesting! I just looked it up and it said that Zarex and a distribution deal with A&P groceries. We had an A&P by my house when I was little. Memories 😂
@@CoolClassics
There was an A&P store in my neighborhood in Yonkers, NY, when I was a kid. It went out of business when I was in my late teens, and my mother had to do her grocery shopping at Pathmark on Central Park Avenue.
@@michaelpalmieri7335 Man those A&P stores must have been nation wide 😁
@@CoolClassics
I believe they were.
This was amazing! So much I had not known about one of my favorite tv shows (Gilligan's Island) and those that starred in it. Thank you for putting up a wonderful and informative fun video. I am now subscribed to see more of your videos and looking forward to each of them.
if you listen closely to mr Magoo he throws in some adult words from time to time.. no one was listaning for adult content in a kids cartoon at the time.. but my dad in the 60s pointed it out.. to me.. later i heard a interview ware he admitted to diskising some cuss words for the cartoon.. i remember dad saying did hmr magoo just say bullsit? over and over..
I met him in the San Francisco airport in 1978. He noticed me staring as he walked toward a boarding gate. He was holding a paper bag under his arm and said hello. I just said Hi and then got on my plane to San Diego headed for the marines.
His last appearance on TV was on "Family Feud", was it not?
His last appearance was on the Ross Shafer Talk Show in 1988. He was reunited with the cast members from Gilligan's Island.
Hey CC. I know another face in that western cowboy shot. Bonanza crew.
Yes I spotted him too! Cool Huh :)
Hubert Updike iii character was on the Allan Young radio show. Allan Young was ,of course, Wilbur Post from Mr. Ed.
omg. I had completely forgot about Easter Airlines...."...the OOooooonnnly way to fly."
Never heard of Easter airlines.
@@dcasper8514 typo, should be Eastern Airlines. Went out of business in...80s, 90s?
Cleveland rocks !
Another native Clevelander...
Halle Berry was also born in Cleveland, Ohio.
can u also do one about joan davis?
Joan Davis died of a massive heart attack in 1961. 2 years later, her mother, daughter and 2 grandchildren were killed in a house fire in Palm Springs.
wonderful
I wonder if he's descended from William Backus of the Mayflower. He was one of my 9th great-grandfathers.
WOW! I'm sitting here eating sea salt Popcorners chips asbi watch this. 😳
Hard to believe he was only worth around 5M a few years after his death. All those movies, TV shows, and Mr. Magoo one would think he would be worth much much more
Only?????
If you adjust for inflation from 2004 to 2021, his estate was worth closer to 7 million.
Considering all those early films were just a one time payment with no residuals, I think he did really well for himself. The dude was a workaholic, so that helped.
Most people aren’t worth anything a few years after their death...
OMGEEEE WOW WOW WOW 😳 WOWSIE! Holy cow! Did he sleep? Have a personal life? ..
That blew me away on how many movies, broadways, tv shows, commercials .. Lols 😂
What a way to live .. 🏃🏻 📺 🏃🏻 🤙🏼
That was fantastic fun entertainment!
Oh and that song delicious, haha too funny 👏🏼😄
.. boy, in today’s society they’d say it was sexist 😏 , they’d try to pull it
.. (even though rap is pretty bad, but that’s ok)
Anywhoo .. Thanks again ..🤙🏼
Jim Backus and Natalie Schafer were the only reasons to watch Gilligan's Island.
Well, Alan Hale Jr.(Oliver Hardy) was pretty good too.
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I don't know if you take suggestions, but Neil Hamilton and Stafford Repp of Batman fame, would be interesting content. Plus I don't think that they get that much attention
I would like to someday. I have a list of like 100 people from these 50's thru 70's show that i want to do. Problem is, that i will be lucky to get 50 of them made this year now that the lawn care season is approaching 😁
I was on summer vacation with my family and my mom used to plan trips to different places in the US and Canada. And it always amazed my mother that no matter where we went, someone,....at some point in time,....knew my dad. He was a well known doctor (In our small circle), but it was still kind of odd. So it became a running joke on trips and vacations.
One morning, my mom and dad were checking out of a pretty nice hotel, so that we could hit the road again and get to our main destination.
I was just walking around the lobby and I saw a man that looked very familiar. So I went up to him and said: "Excuse me, but do you know my father?" And he said: "I don't know,...(And he laughed);...Who is your father?" I said: "Holy Sh**!,...you don't know my dad!!,....you're Mr. Magoo,....You're Mr. Howell!!" And he laughed again, with that great deep laugh and said: "Yes,...I am!"
I ran across the lobby to get one of my sisters. Nearly ripping her arm out of her socked, I managed to get her there before he left. We stood on the steps and he noticed us waving at him as he drove off, rolled his window down waving back, saying; "See you kids later!",.....all with that big smile on his face.
He just seemed like a such a nice guy, to pay attention to a couple of goofy children.
So my sister, who was younger than me, said: "Is Gilligan and the Skipper here too!?"
I lightly smacked her in the back of the head. (lol)
"I married Joan" replaced Howdy Doody on KSD-TV. I have never forgiven him.
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The Maverick one is a comic look at "Bonanza" where he plays Mr.Wheelright and his three sons, looking for women.( Cartwright- Wheelright ).
He played an undertaker In one episode of "The Wild, Wild West". Alan Hale, Jr. appeared as an US Secret Service man.
He stars in one of the 2970s ghostbusters show with Forrest tucker&larry storch❤️
He was on family feud with some of the cast of Gillian’s island with Richard Dawson too! They played against Adam West and some of the cast from Batman !!
And Won the game so came back and played against Lost in space. Ha!
He set the standard for the "rich man" character.
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Great profile of Jim! Do you have one for Alan Hale aka The Skipper?