Originally Posted By Pollyana We nearly bumped into Sean Astin at Disneyland on Monday afternoon. He was near the Tiki room, eating a Dole whip. Any other encounters?
Originally Posted By friarthe I sat next to him and his family at the Press preview for the 50th. Nice folks. I told him my wife had always had a crush on him, and he laughed self-deprecatingly and said "Of course she does," and nudged his wife. I always meant to send him a thank-you for letting me snap a picture. He came to the Nemo "blue carpet" opening too, but didn't stick around.
Originally Posted By SleepingBeauty82 I'd freak. Lord of the Rings is one of my favorite movies and I LOVE him in The Goonies.
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 Is he the same one from "50 First Dates"? If so, he was so funny in that!!!
Originally Posted By Pollyana I made a booboo..It was Sunday, not Monday. He is a great guy and I really like his mom, Patty Duke.
Originally Posted By SFH He has an "auto"biography that was written after the making of LOTR. It was an interesting read. I don't remember much about "The Goonies" in it, but I do remember him talking about "Encino Man". He also talks a little about life with his parents. I didn't realize until reading it that John Astin is not his biodad, though he is his "real" father. There's some other interesting stuff about John, who I remember best from "Night Court", in there.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice df8... Yes, Sean played Drew's brother and he was hilarious! SFH... No Addams Family for you?? I've never heard anyone say that they remember John Astin primarily from Night Court! *LOL*
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs John Astin (sans mustache) was also in the original "Freaky Friday"...
Originally Posted By friarthe Dude, Patty Duke was his mom??? She was the aunt or cousin or something of a drama classmate of mine in high school... She came to visit, and we were all saying "Cool, who's Patty Duke?"
Originally Posted By Pollyana Patty Duke still is his mom...LOL She had the Patty Duke show in the 60's. She was also in movies, probably the most notable was her role of Helen Keller.
Originally Posted By friarthe Yeah, I figured that out eventually. "Cousins, identical cousins all the way / One pair of matching bookends / Different as night and day."
Originally Posted By SFH wonderingalice, Addams Family was a little before my time, but I loved Night Court, so I remember him from that. I've been watching Password Plus and Super Password on GSN, and he was on those a lot, too, sometimes with Duke. Night Court sticks in my mind though. A little over five years ago I was telling a date of mine about a favorite episode of the show, and when I was done she said, "That's the episode my parents worked as consultants." !!!!!! Turns out her mother went to school with the show's creator/producer/writer/director and his wife, and they remain great friends to this day. I ended up marrying this date, and I have twice been a guest at the beautiful coastline estate that Night Court built, and one of the times I was able to tell Mac Robinson and John Larroquette how much I loved their work. Alas, I didn't see John or Sean Astin there.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo I think Patty Duke suffers from bipolar disorder and denies (denied?) even sleeping with Sean's bio dad (I think they were married for a week or two before an annulment). DNA evidence said otherwise. Odd situation all around.
Originally Posted By RedChorizo62 I was in Tommorowland on the 25th and spotted Marge helgenburg.My Sister saw her I was in another world not paying attention.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris " I told him my wife had always had a crush on him, and he laughed self-deprecatingly and said "Of course she does," and nudged his wife." I'd be careful. His wife is notoriously jealous of other women. She apparently nearly went all Glenn Close when he had to kiss Rosie Cotton during the wedding scene from the end of RoTK.
