Yahoo News Report (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_en_tv/obit_poston;_ylt=ArVoncIGzuTxZLaND0q99gdxFb8C)

RIP Tom. You were a great comedian!

his Family is in my Prayers at this time of need

Thats so very sad, he was a really good actor.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tom Poston, the tall, pasty-faced comic who found fame and fortune playing a clueless everyman on such hit television shows as "Newhart" and "Mork and Mindy," has died. He was 85.

Poston, who was married to Suzanne Pleshette of "The Bob Newhart Show," died Monday night at home after a brief illness, a family representative, Tanner Gibson, said Tuesday. The nature of his illness was not disclosed.

Poston's run as a comic bumbler began in the mid-1950s with "The Steve Allen Show" after Allen plucked the character actor from the Broadway stage to join an ensemble of eccentrics he would conduct "man in the street" interviews with.

Don Knotts was the shaky Mr. Morrison, Louis Nye was the suave, overconfident Gordon Hathaway and Poston's character was so unnerved by the television cameras that he couldn't remember who he was. He won an Emmy playing "The Man Who Can't Remember His Name."

But when Allen moved the show from New York to Los Angeles in 1959, Poston stayed behind.

"Hollywood's not for me right now; I'm a Broadway cat," he told a reporter at the time.

When he did finally move west, he quickly began appearing in variety shows, sitcoms and films.

:rip:

This is very sad news.

He had a great life and did the most important thing.......he made people happy by bringing them laughter. Rest in Eternal Peace sir, you deserve it.

Steve Allen in 2000, Louis Nye in 2005, Don Knotts in 2006 and now Tom Poston in 2007. Looks like the old gang is back together again.

Thanks guys..........

Thank-you Tom Poston for giving us the gift of laughter so well and for so long! You will be missed. :(

Tom Poston rocked. My thoughts and prayers go out to his wife Suzanne and his children. :rip:

Tom Poston will be remembered on Newhart as George Utley, handyman, and a member of the Beaver Lodge. There was one episode I remember when George said to Dick, "I am giving up on the Red Sox." If you remember that episode, feel free to post.

Tom Poston will be remembered on Newhart as George Utley, handyman, and a member of the Beaver Lodge. There was one episode I remember when George said to Dick, "I am giving up on the Red Sox." If you remember that episode, feel free to post.

That was a good episode. I remember Dick trying to help George pick a new favorite team.

Dick: How about the Minnesota Twins? They won the World Series last year.
George: I don't wanna look like I'm jumping on the bandwagon.

Dick: How about the Montreal Expos?
George: I don't know, Dick. I don't like their logo. I can't really tell if it's an "M" or if they're trying to spell out "Expos."

Dick: How about the Toronto Blue Jays?
George: Are you crazy, Dick? I don't wanna root for a team that's named after a bird that steals the other birds food!

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Something like that.

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