When you interview Jaleel White about his 36-year career in show business, there’s inevitably an elephant in the room — and it’s wearing suspenders.
For nine seasons, White played catchphrase-spouting supernerd Steve Urkel on ABC’s Family Matters, a character so beloved by audiences that it saved the then-struggling sitcom from an untimely cancelation. But since the show signed off after its nine-season run on ABC (and then CBS) in 1997, it has been a difficult legacy for White to shake. While this is in many ways a testament to how good he was in the role, it’s an association not every former child star would embrace.
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Jim Nabors has died at the age of 87
Goodbye, Gomer.
Jim Nabors, who created one of TV’s beloved comedic characters, Gomer Pyle, died Thursday in Hawaii at the age of 87, reports Hawaii News Now and the Associated Press.
The Alabama native had a long career that featured TV and movie roles, more than two dozen albums and numerous concert appearances, including long-running shows in Las Vegas and Hawaii, the latter of which became his home in the 1970s. He received a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991.
Nabors was best known for his role as the sweet, gentle Marine in the title role of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a CBS comedy that was a top-five hit during its five-season run in the 1960s. Gomer’s dust-ups with his hard-nosed superior, Sgt. Carter (Frank Sutton), were the heart of the show and the character’s trademark exclamations — “Well, Golllll-ly!” and “Shazam!”— became familiar to millions.
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How Carrie Fisher’s Family Will Celebrate Her First Birthday Since Her Death
Saturday will mark Carrie Fisher’s first birthday since her death—a bittersweet day for her family, including her daughter, Billie Lourd, and her brother, Todd Fisher.
E! News caught up with Todd who opened up about what the day will mean for both him and his niece. “You can be sure that Billie and I will have a moment in reflection on Carrie’s day,” he told us.
In fact, when he thinks back on his late sister and her birthdays in years past, he remembers how she touched so many people.
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‘The X-Files’ sets January 2018 date
Season 11 of The X-Files will begin on January 3, 2018, US network Fox has announced.
Conspiracy chasers and alien investigators Dana Scully and Fox Mulder return in January 2018 with another season of X-Files cases.
The FBI agents made a TV comeback in 2016 after a 14-year absence following the conclusion of season 9 in 2002.
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