tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post8750341684085847597..comments2024-03-28T18:49:48.571-04:00Comments on Joe Torcivia's The Issue At Hand Blog: R.I.P. Victor Lundin.Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-76711238441360682272017-07-12T11:04:45.729-04:002017-07-12T11:04:45.729-04:00Now, that IS FUNNY, J.R.!
…And is one of those ...Now, that IS FUNNY, J.R.! <br /><br />…And is one of those things that you gotta figure at least came up between the cast and crew while filming! <br /><br />Welcome to this Blog!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-36291096653021425532017-07-12T10:17:32.980-04:002017-07-12T10:17:32.980-04:00I always felt Irwin Allen missed a hilarious oppor...I always felt Irwin Allen missed a hilarious opportunity by staging an alternate ending to "The Lobster Man" in which Nelson, Crane, Sharkey, Morton, and Patterson are seated at a long table in the mess hall, all wearing bibs and brandishing claw crackers...<br /><br />Nelson: Well, Lee, there's one thing you can say about the alien.<br />Crane: And what's that, Admiral?<br />Nelson: He had great taste!<br /><br />[Cue laughing around the table as the scene dissolves]J.R. Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342024311554833973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-5531664787044387132013-07-16T15:57:30.683-04:002013-07-16T15:57:30.683-04:00As you can see from the IMDB link I provide in thi...As you can see from the IMDB link I provide in this post, Victor Lundin’s list of credits is almost deceptive, because of the very high concentration of appearances in things I / we liked, Anon. <br /><br />Without looking, I would have put him in a category not unlike Warren Stevens and Malachi Throne because, at least to me, he seemed to appear nearly as often. <br /><br />But, that’s just my perception playing tricks on me, probably because I’ve seen many of those particular things SO MANY times over the course of my life… original network broadcasts, syndication and cable, home-recorded VHS – supplanted by DVD, and with eventual and inevitable downloads not so far down the road. <br /><br /> Another reason that “The Lobster Man” in particular is so synonymous, for me, with Victor Lundin is that perhaps it might have been his longest sustained screen exposure. If not, certainly “Robinson Crusoe on Mars” would have to be – but he’s only in that for about 44 minutes and speaks very little over that time. As “The Lobster Man”, he also doesn’t make the full 50-plus minutes of the show, but he logs considerable screen – AND SPEAKING – time. <br /><br />In many of his other roles, he is rarely the “lead” guest star. <br /><br />In VOYAGE’s “Menfish”, as I note, he’s overshadowed by John Dehner and Gary Merrill. <br /><br />On BATMAN, he is clearly secondary to Burgess Meredith – as was everyone else in the episode. <br /><br />STAR TREK same to John Colicos and John Abbott. <br /><br />TIME TUNNEL to Torin Thatcher.<br /><br />MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. to Madlyn Rhue, Joseph Sirola (whom I had the pleasure of sitting in a “Learning Annex” adult-ed class with once), and another VOYAGE guest-star Perry Lopez. <br /><br />Indeed, in U.N.C.L.E, I don’t even think he’s seen not wearing a “hood and long robes”, except for when he’s found dead with a knife in his back! <br /><br />Yet, Victor Lundin clearly made the most of such roles – to where we remember him with great fondness and mourn his passing.Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-42233145665111467592013-07-16T13:59:31.099-04:002013-07-16T13:59:31.099-04:00Wow. I remember "Robinson Crusoe on Mars,&quo...Wow. I remember "Robinson Crusoe on Mars," "The Lobster Man," and the Klingons' first appearance in "Errand of Mercy," but I never made the connection before. Like Paul Mantee, Lundin apparently made a lot of appearances as henchmen and second banana villains. I didn't realize he made that many science fiction appearances, either. If he had been a star, instead of a character actor, his name might be a metaphor for science fiction aliens (like John Wayne for cowboy heroes, Bogart for gangsters, or Karloff for mad scientists). Anyway, he should be remembered for his contributions to some of our favorite shows. And, like a lot of Irwin Allen's guest stars, he probably should have won an Emmy award just for keeping a straight face while playing his part.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com