These TCM tributes get longer and harder to sit through each year, that’s for sure. Add Charles Durning and Jack Klugman to this too long list of folks who’ve brought many some great entertainment memories over the decades. I was actually thinking about some Odd Couple episodes this past weekend out of the blue (the one where Oscar calls a square dance and the one that ends with him with two steaks on his face), but I think he’ll be more remembered by certain TV fans for his outstanding performance in the Twilight Zone episode “In Praise of Pip”, one of the best episodes from that show’s fifth season. As for Durning (who was also a decorated WWII veteran), his “everyman” working class face and always solid acting no matter the genre always made him a pleasure to watch. Go rent “Tootsie” just to see his comic chops and Dog Day Afternoon for a bit of his dramatic work.
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