He's not yet dead, but I heard a similar story about Eddie Mekka. As far as Palillo, I've followed his Facebook page for the last few years, and he did have some kind personal words for fans in between plugging his gigs. -Stan
On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 2:17:26 PM UTC-4, M-D November wrote: > I don't normally disparage the dead, but... > > Palillo did a lot of theater after "Kotter" ended; he was often booked as > an above-the-title name because of his TV exposure (and because of his > contract rider). I had the misfortune of running into Palillo when he > worked a gig at Syracuse Stage back in the mid-90's, and I can say without > qualification that he was a nasty, petty little man who thought he was > G-d's gift to acting because he'd put in a few years on a hit sitcom. > > I hope Robert "Epstein" Hegyes (who's a cousin of someone who I > occasionally work with) is up there kicking his arse for being such a > douche all these years. > > </end rant> > > On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 1:42:05 PM UTC-4, Mark Jeffries wrote: >> >> Like all of his fellow Sweathogs except for John Travolta, Ron Palillo's >> fame ended when "Welcome Back Kotter" ended, but he persevered as a >> Broadway actor, children's book illustrator and Florida drama teacher: >> >> http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/r-i-p-ron-palillo/ >> >> Which leaves Travolta and Lawrence "Boom Boom" Hilton-Jacobs of the core >> Sweathogs still living--Robert "Juan Epstein" Hegyes died earlier this year >> and Debralee "Hotsie Totsie" Scott died in 2005. (I know she's not a core >> Sweathog, but I wanted to mention her.) >> > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
