Monday, May 28, 2007

Charles Nelson Reilly

From 1971 through 1973, Saturday mornings for me were all about Lidsville. Butch Patrick was cool as Mark, and Billie Hayes was so funny as Weenie the Genie. But the main reason I loved the show was the character Horatio J. HooDoo, played by Charles Nelson Reilly.


Charles Nelson Reilly died Friday at age 76, from complications of pneumonia.

He did a lot of things other than play HooDoo on Lidsville, but that character was my favorite of his roles.


His signature laugh was infectious.

UPDATE: For fans of his work on Match Game, here's a link to a brief video of him as a panalist on that show.
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

And let's all remember his contribution to Match Game!

Thanks for posting this--he will be missed.

2:44 PM
Paul said...

He was fantastic on the Match Game.

Goodnight, funny man.

9:29 AM
The Film Geek said...

Hey, Hoyt and Redzeppelin: Yep, he was fantastic on that game show. I've just added an update to the post that links to a brief video of him on that show.

9:32 AM
Anonymous said...

Holy smoke - what a flash back! I had totally forgotten Lidsville, remembering HR Pufnstuff only...

Thanks for the blast from the past.

10:56 PM

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