Comments on: Remembering Marvin Hamlisch with a performance of his work by Gilda Radner

By: M. Derbecker

M. Derbecker — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Hamlisch took part in a Gilda’s Club event to raise money for a cancer hospice in Toronto (and elsewhere – the event took place in Toronto). He played and sang a segue into Radner’s version of The Way We Were, managing to take something funny and making it deeply moving. He always struck me as a guy who got the joke.

By: ChickieD

ChickieD — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:40:00 +0000

It’s an interesting read. If you check out the comments on Amazon, you’ll see that a lot of people reacted to it, as I did, with surprise. He is not as warm and fuzzy as the characters he plays. I found it interesting to learn more about him as a person, and admired that he did try to reveal himself “warts and all.” I guess it’s easy to confuse a person with the characters they play; it was a smack in the face to realize that he was just acting all along.

By: Mitchell Glaser

Mitchell Glaser — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:29:00 +0000

I didn’t know he had an autobiography, I may have to read that.

By: ChickieD

ChickieD — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:08:00 +0000

That is super cool!

By: ChickieD

ChickieD — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:07:00 +0000

Actually, if you read Gene Wilder’s autobiography, he is surprisingly harsh toward Gilda. I don’t think he really saw her as “the love of his life.” I think other people felt like they seemed so right for each other. I have to say, I was disappointed by how he described their relationship. I was one of those people who liked to think of them as perfect for each other, but it seemed like from his book that he is more of a jerk than I would like to believe and she was more neurotic.

By: Katherine Smith

Katherine Smith — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 03:30:00 +0000

“I call it a ‘film’ – not a movie!”

Poor Lisa never did get to go on her double dream date. ;__;

By: Andy Marx

Andy Marx — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:45:00 +0000

Thank you so much. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

By: BarBarSeven

BarBarSeven — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:34:00 +0000

Don’t apologize for actually having awesome experiences to share. You’re grandfather was great, and this memory you shared is great as well.

By: robcat2075

robcat2075 — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:39:00 +0000

I recall an interview long ago, possibly on NPR, where Hamlisch expressed his uneasiness with that Radner sketch.

By: cstatman

cstatman — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:14:00 +0000

so brilliant and talented and wonderful. and yes. Gene. yes.

By: Judonerd

Judonerd — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:27:00 +0000

I played upright bass in a band backing Marvin Hamlisch for one night. I won’t comment on him as a person, but I’ll say he didn’t like me very much.

By: Andy Marx

Andy Marx — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:19:00 +0000

Please pardon me for posting twice in the same week about my grandfather, Groucho Marx, but most people don’t know that very early in his career, Marvin Hamlisch was my grandfather’s accompanist when he did several one-man shows during the early ’70s, including one at Carnegie Hall. Marvin would come to the house and rehearse with my grandfather and it was a thrill to hear the two of them working together. When Marvin’s career took and he got too busy to play piano for my grandfather, I was called in as replacement and got to accompany him numerous times. He even used to sing a song written by my other grandfather, the legendary songwriter Gus Kahn, and his wife, Grace Kahn, called, “Oh, How That Woman Could Cook,” which he performed at Carnegie Hall.

By: royaltrux

royaltrux — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:53:00 +0000

Eh, I was joking, anyway. Jamie has caught some (not very much deserved IMHO) flack for spoilers here.

By: annbro369

annbro369 — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:26:00 +0000

After reading about Marvin Hamlisch’s passing earlier today I sang this song a little to myself. I was also having a hard time placing where I had heard his name in film, tv or stage show. This is what I was thinking of. Thank you for posting this. Two brilliant minds in one video.

By: Mitchell Glaser

Mitchell Glaser — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:22:00 +0000

Poor Gilda, such an amazing talent and she died so young. And poor Gene, he finds the perfect woman, the love of his life, and then… ach.

By: Phillip Lozano

Phillip Lozano — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:17:00 +0000

This isn’t from SNL. It’s a filmed performance of the Broadway show “Gilda Live,” which employed some of her SNL characters.

By: royaltrux

royaltrux — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:13:00 +0000

I’m catching up on SNL but haven’t quite made it to 1980 yet. A spoiler alert would be helpful here.