RIP Sam the Butcher

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NellyLunatic1980 · #1 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:58 am

Allan Melvin, TV actor best known as butcher (and Alice's boyfriend) Sam Franklin on "The Brady Bunch", passed away on Thursday at age 84.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainmen ... _died.html

AFAIK, he's only the second major star from "The Brady Bunch" who has passed on. Save for Robert Reed, everybody else is still alive.

#2 Post by **littlebeast13** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:54 am

Is it just me, or are known names keeling over at a much greater rate the last week or so?

So much for bad karma since this is the first year in 5 we haven't had the Bored Ghoul Pool....

lb13

NellyLunatic1980 · #3 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:56 am

littlebeast13 wrote:So much for bad karma since this is the first year in 5 we haven't had the Bored Ghoul Pool....

Y'know, there are still 11 months left in the year. It wouldn't be too late to start one. The only real rule change would be no January 1 bonus.

But if there is no 2008 Bored GP, that's fine. I've already got two pools to keep me on my toes: my alt.obituaries deadpool list and my TheGhoulPool.com list.

VAdame · #4 Post by **VAdame** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:10 am

Oh my -- I didn't know he was still alive! He was also Sgt. Hacker on Gomer Pyle.

Count me in for the GP if we have one.

MarkBarrett · #5 Post by **MarkBarrett** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:46 am

Allan Melvin's character Sam is well-remembered from "The Brady Bunch", but it may surprise those that remember the show that he only appeared in 8 of the 117 episodes.

traininvain · #6 Post by **traininvain** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:16 am

Allan Melvin seemed to pop up on nearly every TV show shot in the 60's as well as being the voice of Magilla Gorilla.

T_Bone0806 · #7 Post by **T_Bone0806** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:44 am

traininvain wrote:Allan Melvin seemed to pop up on nearly every TV show shot in the 60's as well as being the voice of Magilla Gorilla.

Wow! I didn't know that!

Some people seem so obsessed with the morning
Get up early just to watch the sun rise
Some people like it more when there's fire in the sky
Worship the sun when it's high
Some people go for those sultry evenings
Sipping cocktails in the blue, red and grey
But I like every minute of the day

love this song

Jeemie · #8 Post by **Jeemie** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:21 pm

MarkBarrett wrote:Allan Melvin's character Sam is well-remembered from "The Brady Bunch", but it may surprise those that remember the show that he only appeared in 8 of the 117 episodes.

Probably because I believe his name was mentioned in many more episodes in which he didn't actually appear.