Jerry Stiller dead at 92

[MikaelaMuppet]

Jerry Stiller, veteran comic and Ben's father, has died at 92

Actor announced his dad's death on Twitter. Jerry played Arthur on the long-running sitcom "King of Queens" and Frank Costanza on "Seinfeld."

www.cbsnews.com

 

[fuzzygobo]

Funny guy. Loved him on Seinfeld.
If Peter Boyle wasn’t cast as Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond, Stiller would’ve been a good fit.

 

[D'Snowth]

SERENITY NOWWW!!

 

[Buff Beaker]

Jerry Stiller, veteran comic and Ben's father, has died at 92

Actor announced his dad's death on Twitter. Jerry played Arthur on the long-running sitcom "King of Queens" and Frank Costanza on "Seinfeld."

www.cbsnews.com

Truly awful. He was a fantastic and hilarious actor. May he RIP

 

[D'Snowth]

He had some very interesting anecdotes to share from his time on SEINFELD. When he was first brought in as Frank Costanza, Larry David instructed him to play the part in a meek, wimpy manner, because he thought it would be funny to show it was clearly Estelle who wore the pants in the Costanza household. After spending a week being yelled and screamed at by Estelle, Stiller didn't know if he would survive in this role, and finally, during one rehearsal, he snapped:

ESTELLE: Georgie? Would you like some Jell-O?
FRANK: Why'd you put the bananas in there?
ESTELLE: George likes the bananas.
FRANK: SO LET HIM HAVE BANANAS ON THE SIDE!!

The entire crew busted out laughing, and thus, Frank Costanza was born.

He also mentioned on the evening of shooting that episode before the live audience, Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, and Jason Alexander stood before him in a semi-circle, sort of protecting him from the audience before he was revealed as being part of the cast, saying he never before experienced such camaradery from other actors in his entire career before.

 

[fuzzygobo]

SERENITY NOWWW!!

Four thrusts and a squiggle? THAT’S MY MOVE!!!!!

 

[Buff Beaker]

 

[datman24]

RIP Jerry Stiller, thank you for your service.

 

[Buff Beaker]

This is my favorite Frank moment from Seinfeld.

 

[Buff Beaker]

Here's another great one. This one always makes me laugh