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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: Dabney Coleman R.I.P.
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 05:28:09 -0000 (UTC)
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super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

>Thought he was worth a mention in here even if nobody else bothered to.

>Maybe it's because he was described by the NYT as "the actor audiences 
>loved to hate."

>Must have been because of the "9 to 5" role, I certainly never hated him.

TCM just happened to run The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), Frank Oz's
first directorial effort. Dabney Coleman plays a con man they meet at
the beginning of the movie.

Looking at his list of credits, he did a lot of television guest
appearances during the first two decades of his career, all before 9-5.