With all the news coverage going to the pope and the right to die/ live debate most people didn't even hear this. However the actor who played Jerry Seinfeld's father on the long running sitcom died of a cancer a week ago last Saturday. Kind of like when Earl Hindman who played Wilson on Home Improvement died last year I am surprised how little press it got.
The actor's name Barney Martin (heck even I had to look it up) was the second actor to play Jerry's dad. He replaced some thin dude with a come over who was only in the show pilot. He really nailed the role of Jerry's father. A few of my favoriate moments were when he was ranting about velcro and when he blurted out "Pinko Commie Rag" about the newsletter sent out in his retirement home.
Read his bio last week. Turns out he was once a private investigator, a WWII vet, and married to the same woman for since the 1940s. He also showed up on Murder She Wrote (I flipped past one day and he was wearing the same black thick framed glasses he would wear in the final season of seinfeld.) and he played the guy who Joey took over for to become the host of the Ranger Joe show.
Also, at the end of last week Frank"The Chicken Guy" Perdue passed away. Although, I swear he died sometime in the late 1990's.
Post some of your fav. Jerry's Dad moments if you have any.
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FAVORITE JERRY'S DAD MOMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE HIS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY AND IN CLOSE SECOND THE BRO OR MAN BRA THAT HE DEVELOPED WITH KRAMER
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I think that was George's father who made the Bro.
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