Just this morning, I learned of the passing of an old friend, Gail Kobe. Gail was not only the producer responsible for my stints on both Guiding Light and The Bold and The Beautiful, she was a fine actress in her own right. I still smile when I catch her in an old Twilight Zone, Mission Impossible, Outer Limits, Bewitched, etc. and I always will. I had an old James Dean sweatshirt that I wore all the time, she never missed the opportunity to point out that she had been in East of Eden - I'll have to see if I can find a Gail Kobe sweatshirt. Safe journeys, Ma'am. R.I.P.
"Sit Elsewhere, Before You Break Something! said the Ellison-man."
Appreciation by James Patrick Lockett Melancholy ain’t just Lassie guarding some cantaloupes. Nor is it the word that properly describes how I feel today. There are forty-eight synonyms in the Thesaurus for ‘sad’ and not one of them adequately convey how I feel. Just one of the many things I already miss about Harlan Ellison – I’m sure he would look at me and throw out ‘lugubrious’ or ‘woebegone’ or just a simple, ‘low.’ I’d started writing half a dozen times, different things the passed couple of days, and all the words always seemed to just mock my feelings. Maybe it’s not time yet. So, I sat eating (Hydrox) cookies and re-re-re-reading Ellison short stories – feeling sorry for our loss and mad that death slipped in like a thief in the night and took Harlan in his sleep. Normally, that’s the way we all want to go, but there’s something lily-livered about not having the guts/spine/pluck (take your pick) to risk encountering Harlan’s wrath. ...
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