BDF Phillip McKeon, Alice's Tommy, is dead toe

*to me!

Oh, wow. That's a surprise. Hadn't heard he was ill.

We've talked about him recently b/c he was a pretty nasty right winger on social media.

Let's get it over with:

He had a great ass but he couldn't live forever.

Was he gay? No kids and no wife?

Kiss his grits, Flo!

WTF?

I wonder what he died from. "Long term illness" is too vague.

I have just started watching Alice occasionally on one of those retrograde channels. Now it's going to be morbid.

Has Polly Holliday commented?

R2, seriously? If the latter is true, what is the damned problem with angry white man syndrome?

R9, I thought Polly was pushing up daisies, but apparently, she's 82 and still breathing.

R10

R8...Several other cast members have been dead a while...Vic Tayback (Mel), Beth Howland (Vera), Martha Raye (Carrie...Mels mother), Marvin Kaplan (Henry) and Dave Madden (Earl)

R10 I tried to link his FB page but somehow it won't save. Just check out Phil McKeon on FB.

Robert Walker Jr., Ron Leibman, and Rene Auberjonois were the first three. McKeon is starting the next cycle

But I’m still here

Poor Nancy McKeon, that's her brother.

There goes that season 2 casting idea for [italic]Dead to Me[/italic].

🎼 Mean toe

Why must you be mean toe?

Gee, honey why can’t you see

Wha-at you mea-ean toe. 🎶

Step off, Cohn. It goes,

“But I’m here.”

That's just what we need, R18: another death from [italic]Gimme A Break![/italic] on the heels of so many other recent deaths of people who were on TV in the 1970s and 1980s.

R3, NOHE DID NOT.

[quote]Step off, Cohn. It goes, “But I’m here.” —Shirley

In her case, it's "butt, I'm here."

R11 Polly is retired from acting and living in NYC. She has kept a low profile since retiring, but still answers fan mail.

TAWWWWWmy!

Linda Lavin lost her husband and TV son this week. Should she be anxious?

Is she still bitter they shoved all her scenes from [italic]Mrs. Doubtfire[/italic] into the "deleted scenes" section of the laserdisc, DVD and Blu-ray?

"[R8]...Several other cast members have been dead a while...Vic Tayback (Mel), Beth Howland (Vera), Martha Raye (Carrie...Mels mother), Marvin Kaplan (Henry) and Dave Madden (Earl)"

Don't upstage Linda Lavin, because she has the power of Satan.

The show is cursed ! Years later, everyone is dying!

[quote] Don't upstage Linda Lavin, because she has the power of Satan.

I passed on [italic]Gypsy[/italic] out of respect for Tyne Daly, and it ends up with her!

This genuinely saddens me. People that quietly and privately just suddenly die.

R30 Despite what was said on here, he seemed like a humble and sweet man based on his social media. He seems to have maintained good relationships with friends, family, and those he worked with. Don't know if he had a wife or partner. Can't find any info regarding his sexual orientation.

[quote] Despite what was said on here, he seemed like a humble and sweet man based on his social media.

He's posing with Hannity. I respectfully beg to differ.

Oh come ON!

What has been actor will die next? Guesses?

LMAO, r33!

Has Nancy commented? What was the long term illness?

Can't you read, R36? His dead toe.

Has Susan Dey commented?

r9, she's hoping Death does NOT take a Holliday.

Fucking horrible headline, OP. Show Mr. McKeon a little respect.

Farewell to thee, my bucktoothed pal.

I follow Nancy McKeon on Instagram and she just lost her Father a few months ago from Alzheimer’s so can’t imagine what she’s going through. He was her only sibling. Sad.

Fum fum fum fum fummmmmm

If Nancy wanted more sympathy, she shouldn't have skipped all those Facts of Life reunions.

Fuck her.

Go book that Scorsese movie that's just waiting for you, bitch!

[quote]If Nancy wanted more sympathy, she shouldn't have skipped all those Facts of Life reunions...Fuck her.

But think of how much worse Friends would've been had she chose to play Monica

Excuse me, R44 — *I* was first choice for Monica.

ALICE'S TOMMY OFF THE MENU, FAT WHORES REHASH LEFTOVERS!!!

R25, no, she didn't.

Denny Miller, gorgeous and friendly hunk, played a football buddy of Mel's on an episode of Alice.

He and Alice go out on a date. He tells her I'm gay.

Hold on Alice. She says: "I take it you mean more than just...jolly."

Funny scene. HUGE moment for a character to admit they're gay. Alice cancels Tommy going away camping with Mel and Denny's character. But Denny says: Alice, if you had a daughter Tommy's age would you trust me with her? Of course. Then, it's the same thing. Alice lets Tommy go with Denny's character.

Nice episode, ahead of its time.

No woman would let her teenage or adolescent daughter go camping with two unrelated straight males. Not adult males and probably not teenage or adolescent ones. And must women would think twice about letting them go camping with a male relative. We know more today, but that was the 70s.

[quote] But think of how much worse Friends would've been had she chose to play Monica

I could never believe Courteney Cox as a former fat girl. Nancy I might have believed, but the writing on that show was so poor and the characters so unsympathetic and one-dimensional that she was better off on that Lifetime show with Jon Hamm, even if she missed the [italic]Facts[/italic] reunion to do it.

Warner Bros. cartoons are second to none when it comes to comedy, but [italic]Alice[/italic] and [italic]Night Court[/italic] were the only ones that ever made me laugh or even crack a smile.

RIP Tommy. Say hi to Mel and Vera.

The only sitcoms I mean

Thoughts and prayers.

well, we are reading this so its thankfully not us!