Comments on: Jack Klugman’s secret, lifesaving legacy: fighting for awareness of "orphan" diseases http://boingboing.net/2012/12/26/jack-klugmans-secret-lifes.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 23:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2012/12/26/jack-klugmans-secret-lifes.html#comment-1615635 Jim Saul Thu, 27 Dec 2012 01:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202908#comment-1615635 That's wonderful to hear. I hope James Garner is in good health. After the recent losses of Klugman and Peter Falk, he's the last of my childhood rainy day UHF detective heroes. That’s wonderful to hear.

I hope James Garner is in good health. After the recent losses of Klugman and Peter Falk, he’s the last of my childhood rainy day UHF detective heroes.

]]> By: Marc Mielke http://boingboing.net/2012/12/26/jack-klugmans-secret-lifes.html#comment-1615624 Marc Mielke Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202908#comment-1615624 ...and then there was that punk rock episode that made REEFER MADNESS look like a paragon of good research.  …and then there was that punk rock episode that made REEFER MADNESS look like a paragon of good research. 

]]> By: TheMadLibrarian http://boingboing.net/2012/12/26/jack-klugmans-secret-lifes.html#comment-1615623 TheMadLibrarian Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202908#comment-1615623 For every celebrity who is a publicity hound and general asshat, there are several like Mr. Klugman who quietly did a great deal of good.  Rest in peace, sir. For every celebrity who is a publicity hound and general asshat, there are several like Mr. Klugman who quietly did a great deal of good.  Rest in peace, sir.

]]> By: Romeo Vitelli http://boingboing.net/2012/12/26/jack-klugmans-secret-lifes.html#comment-1615593 Romeo Vitelli Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202908#comment-1615593 I remember the Quincy episode that tried to raise awareness of orphan diseases.   That show did an awesome amount of public awareness work on a whole range of social and medical issues. I remember the Quincy episode that tried to raise awareness of orphan diseases.   That show did an awesome amount of public awareness work on a whole range of social and medical issues.

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