He Was Creepy and He Was Kooky...Now John Astin is A College Professor - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 07-05-2010, 07:58 AM

http://advanced.jhu.edu/registration...ynote-speaker/

Mr. Astin is currently a Visiting Professor at the Johns Hopkins University where he is Director of the Program in Theatre Arts & Studies and has initiated the University Theatre on the Hopkins Homewood campus in the historic Merrick Barn. Occasionally Mr. Astin performs on stage with his students, and he is still active in film, television and the theatre. For six years he performed a one-man show on Edgar Allan Poe to critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences across the U.S., Ireland and Australia. He hopes the play will enhance and deepen interest in and respect for Poe’s brilliance and versatility. Astin said recently, “I feel that Poe, through his own tortured existence, gained deep insight into the nature of the universe, along with an intense love and appreciation for life itself. Through this play I want to share that impression with others.”

Mr. Astin is, of course, best known as Gomez Addams, television’s lovable, slightly crazed patriarch of the original Addams Family series, the myriad repeats of which have led to the frequent reference to Mr. Astin as a “pop-culture icon.” Gomez remains a favorite among his hundreds of TV characterizations, along with Buddy Ryan in Night Court and the title role in Evil Roy Slade.

catlover79 · 07-05-2010, 11:16 AM

Capital!!!

tv star collector · 07-05-2010, 12:43 PM

I have a hunch Gomez Addams would also be a fan of Edgar Allan Poe.

catlover79 · 07-05-2010, 01:40 PM

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I have a hunch Gomez Addams would also be a fan of Edgar Allan Poe.

MickeyMac · 07-06-2010, 04:47 PM

I bet he is a great teacher.

catlover79 · 07-06-2010, 04:48 PM

I think I would enjoy being in his class - I'm sure it is very informative as well as fun!!

Marvo301 · 07-06-2010, 05:44 PM

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I think I would enjoy being in his class - I'm sure it is very informative as well as fun!!

And you'd be the teachers pet if you spoke to him in french!!!

coffield3 · 07-10-2010, 12:23 AM

Wasnt he in a few of Murder She Wrote episodes too?

catlover79 · 07-10-2010, 12:33 AM

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Wasnt he in a few of Murder She Wrote episodes too?

Yes, he was - in 5 different episodes!!

Hooray for Homicide (Season 1)
Joshua Peabody Died Here... Possibly (Season 2)
A Lady in the Lake (Season 2)
Sticks and Stones (Season 2)
Film Flam (Season 11 -which also featured my main man, Gregory Sierra!!

)

Marvo301 · 07-10-2010, 12:38 AM

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Wasnt he in a few of Murder She Wrote episodes too?

Yes. John Astin was in 5 episodes of "Murder She Wrote". In three of the episodes he played the same character, Harry Pierce.

catlover79 · 07-10-2010, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Marvo301

And you'd be the teachers pet if you spoke to him in french!!!

"Tish, you just spoke French!!"

coffield3 · 07-10-2010, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

Yes, he was - in 5 different episodes!!

Hooray for Homicide (Season 1)
Joshua Peabody Died Here... Possibly (Season 2)
A Lady in the Lake (Season 2)
Sticks and Stones (Season 2)
Film Flam (Season 11 -which also featured my main man, Gregory Sierra!!

)

Thanks for the info, they sure re-used alot of the same actors/actress's in that show!

coffield3 · 07-10-2010, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Marvo301

Yes. John Astin was in 5 episodes of "Murder She Wrote". In three of the episodes he played the same character, Harry Pierce.

I just realised that Sean Astin is his son! Good grief! He looks nothing like him!

Marvo301 · 07-10-2010, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by coffield3

I just realised that Sean Astin is his son! Good grief! He looks nothing like him!

His other son Mackenzie Astin (Andy Moffet on Facts of Life) resembles him far more than Sean does.

catlover79 · 07-10-2010, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by coffield3

I just realised that Sean Astin is his son! Good grief! He looks nothing like him!

John actually adopted Sean shortly after marrying Sean's mother, Patty Duke.

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