Joe Flaherty dies: The Freaks and Geeks dad and SCTV star was 82 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 04-02-2024, 07:23 PM

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/a...erty-dead.html

Flaherty is widely known for starring as Harold Weir, the no-nonsense father of two awkward teenagers, played by Linda Cardellini and John Francis Daley, in the cult NBC drama series Freaks and Geeks. On SCTV, set at a low-rent TV station in a fictional town, Flaherty co-starred with John Candy, Martin Short, Rick Moranis, Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara, playing characters such as Guy Caballero, the sleazy president of the station, and Sammy Maudlin, an unctuous late-night talk show host. His character Count Floyd wore a cheap vampire costume while hosting a horror movie show, “Monster Chiller Horror Theater.” "Joe Flaherty made me crack up so hard it ruined takes. My favorite days on set were the ones where we had scenes together," tweeted John Francis Daley. "What a lovely guy."

Dude111 · 04-02-2024, 07:59 PM

Very sad.........

cd637299 · 04-04-2024, 07:15 PM

<Count Floyd, whispering to the producer> Whaddya MEAN, there’s no movie? </CF>

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04-02-2024, 07:23 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,181	Joe Flaherty dies: The Freaks and Geeks dad and SCTV star was 82 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/a...erty-dead.html Flaherty is widely known for starring as Harold Weir, the no-nonsense father of two awkward teenagers, played by Linda Cardellini and John Francis Daley, in the cult NBC drama series Freaks and Geeks. On SCTV, set at a low-rent TV station in a fictional town, Flaherty co-starred with John Candy, Martin Short, Rick Moranis, Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara, playing characters such as Guy Caballero, the sleazy president of the station, and Sammy Maudlin, an unctuous late-night talk show host. His character Count Floyd wore a cheap vampire costume while hosting a horror movie show, “Monster Chiller Horror Theater.” "Joe Flaherty made me crack up so hard it ruined takes. My favorite days on set were the ones where we had scenes together," tweeted John Francis Daley. "What a lovely guy."

04-02-2024, 07:59 PM	#2
Dude111 Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 05, 2013 Posts: 35,816	Very sad.........

04-04-2024, 07:15 PM	#3
cd637299 cd637299 Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 14, 2022 Location: South Florida Posts: 845	<Count Floyd, whispering to the producer> Whaddya MEAN, there’s no movie? </CF> cd