Thursday, August 30, 2007

Press Your Luck with guest Mel Blanc (1984)

08/31/07: When I posted this clip the other day I found the host, Peter Tomarken, so obnoxious that I facetiously, albeit rather cruelly, wished him dead.

Well, I've learned that I better damn well do my research before I act like a total asshole. Turns out he is indeed dead, and died doing the most noble thing EVER. The Internet Movie Database explains: "[Tomarken] was killed when the small plane he was piloting crashed into Santa Monica Bay. [He and his wife] were en route to San Diego [to provide] air transportation to medical patients who can't afford to travel."

Could I have possibly come up with a less deserving person to pick on? Probably not. I can only imagine what my Karmic retribution will be for this one.

3 comments:

Joanna said...

Uh, you were being sarcastic, right? He died last year. :(

Geoff said...

Yeah, he died in a plane crash while providing a flight to a cancer patient. What a thoughtless thing to say.

Kliph Nesteroff said...

Wow, talk about putting a foot in the mouth!