tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330368840821945034.post6984525582360918169..comments2024-02-27T13:53:13.055-06:00Comments on Not Very Famous...but should be: Scatman CrothersMike Trippiedihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05243527939805228820noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330368840821945034.post-5798977616847039152020-08-15T22:14:48.970-05:002020-08-15T22:14:48.970-05:00I put him in the same line as Morgan Freeman. You ...I put him in the same line as Morgan Freeman. You can tell that they both have a really good heart and soul as humans.. he was fantastic in the movie Twilight Zone that came out in the 80s. there were three or four stories in the movie and I believe Spielberg may have directed The one that he was in... it was called Kick the Can and he turned old folks in a rest home in to young children. Really fantastic his presentation there.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16355623286278481951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330368840821945034.post-45602246949370393902014-12-31T10:13:11.800-06:002014-12-31T10:13:11.800-06:00Remember he was also on "Chico and the man&qu...Remember he was also on "Chico and the man" in the 70'sTimothy Fennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11219721143274567655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330368840821945034.post-72561500599930580792012-10-01T14:30:56.179-05:002012-10-01T14:30:56.179-05:00Thanks, Don. Scatman Crothers was certainly one of...Thanks, Don. Scatman Crothers was certainly one of a kind. Hollywood could sure use him right now.Mike Trippiedihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05243527939805228820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330368840821945034.post-55441815437058127282012-09-30T16:04:24.210-05:002012-09-30T16:04:24.210-05:00PS.
His singing in the opening sequence of Coonski...PS.<br />His singing in the opening sequence of Coonskin was awesome! It took me a while to figure out who's voice it was because I'd never heard Scatman sing anything so edgy or with such intensity!<br />DonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330368840821945034.post-31577221197661116522012-09-30T15:57:52.771-05:002012-09-30T15:57:52.771-05:00Good call! Scatman was a full range actor with ple...Good call! Scatman was a full range actor with plenty of depth. He was a Hollywood "triple threat" before the term was coined - he could sing, dance, and act. He was a regular scene stealer too, and I don't think he could help it.<br /><br />A memorable performance: Scatman once played a character known as "Ham Bone" in an episode of The Love Boat. (His character had a proper name, but I can't remember it.) As I recall (I was 10 or 12 when I saw it), he gave an emotional performance as an old ex-Vaudeville(?) singer/comic who had to explain to a young, proud, African-American, professional type of the 1970s why he played a rather foolish and self-deprecating character onstage. At the time I found it very moving, and I felt like I had learned something.<br /><br />And of course, we can't forget that Scatman was also the voice of my favorite Saturday morning cartoon character of the time, Hong Kong Phooey!<br /><br />Keep up the awesome work!<br /><br />Don (DCS)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com