On Wed, 15 May 2013 09:31:36 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
<cayoung61**NOJUNK**@
hotmail.com> wrote:
>Yes, that sure sounds disappointing. Makes me wonder if he's got a diagnosis of depression or something? Sounds impolite, in any case.
I don't know. As I said, after almost 30 years, I don't really care.
But impolite would be an appropriate word to describe his demeanor
that day. After my post, I recalled my aunt (who died in 2009) had
said to him something to the effect of, "Thanks for stopping by. Have
a nice day." as he left and he didn't even acknowledge her as he
walked past the counter and out the door.
I did like him in character as Radar, but always thought he was
somewhat of an ass when he appeared on Match Game. I recall a couple
of times they had to throw questions out because blabbering Gary said
something (I specifically recall something about swimming) while the
panelists were writing their answers that gave an unfair advantage to
one of the contestants. It seemed he was always hogging for airtime
on MG, which again, seemed way out of character for the Radar I liked.
In contrast to that, I briefly met Kevin Costner in a crowd back in
2006 as he was making his way to the stage to give a free outdoor
concert. He shook my hand, and he seemed like a really happy,
friendly sort of guy.