Actor Robert Guillaume from Benson & Lion King dies at 89
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For those who don’t know... I know a lot about this dude.
For example... his disco shit
For example... his disco shit
At least he lived a full and successful life. Nothing else you can ask for.
This was one of my favorite movies growing up
Rest In Peace to Robert Guillaume....
Wow,
I hadn't thought about that one in a long time. For some reason it never bothered me. Soap's ending may have been a little more troubling in my opinion. They sort of closed that ending off during an episode of Benson. Benson was one of my favorite shows and the character as introduced in Soap was actually a parody of old Hollywood racial stereo types. It was brilliant and Robert Guillaume brilliant in it.
RIP
He suffered a stroke maybe 18 years ago and he was taken out by prostate cancer they say. 89 years is a nice long time. May you rest in peace, good sir.
With artists like actors and singers, we need only to push play to bring them back to life
Man that shit was on after my bedtime during its' first run, but I caught it syndication in the early 80's.... I wish I could find the clip with the demon baby 
The baby is upstairs making demon noises and shit, and Benson braves up and walks up the stairs to like exorcise the demon out of the kid..... on his way up he says "my grandmother always told me to stand up and face the devil! Then the baby/demon lets out an extra loud noise and Benson turns around and said "my grandmother was a babbling fool!"
edit: youtube to the rescue... it was his mother, not his grandmother
19:30 mark
The baby is upstairs making demon noises and shit, and Benson braves up and walks up the stairs to like exorcise the demon out of the kid..... on his way up he says "my grandmother always told me to stand up and face the devil! Then the baby/demon lets out an extra loud noise and Benson turns around and said "my grandmother was a babbling fool!"
edit: youtube to the rescue... it was his mother, not his grandmother
19:30 mark
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ohhhh snap...rip man
RIP
I loved his show Benson.
I loved his show Benson.
RIP to a legend. A lot of classic roles from my childhood.
I met and drove him in 1992....
RIP to Him!!..He was a good actor!!..He will be miss
Every time I see that scene, it grabs me like the first time.
The one, true HNIC, BGOL notwithstanding.
what show was he a butler for?
was it maude?
it was one of those old sitcoms.
was it maude?
it was one of those old sitcoms.
Man that shit was on after my bedtime during its' first run, but I caught it syndication in the early 80's.... I wish I could find the clip with the demon baby
The baby is upstairs making demon noises and shit, and Benson braves up and walks up the stairs to like exorcise the demon out of the kid..... on his way up he says "my grandmother always told me to stand up and face the devil! Then the baby/demon lets out an extra loud noise and Benson turns around and said "my grandmother was a babbling fool!"
edit: youtube to the rescue... it was his mother, not his grandmother
19:30 mark
That whole subplot was crazy..i remember the ending to the first episode where after Benson and everyone else left the room first the baby started crying,then turned into the demon laugh
Also liked when Benson threw that ventriloquist dummy out the window("I bet it was the colored guy who did it!" Benson was like
) That episode where he was helping to rescue the one son from a cult..him and the two old dudes he was with pretended like they were a dancing act and when he clocked that cult member at the end the audience went off
RIP to one of the greats