Best known for his roles in the Police Academy films and the show Punky Brewster, Gaynes passed on Tuesday at age 98.
And remember....
RIP George Gaynes
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^Oh, wow. Man.
You know, I'll not pretend the 'Police Academy' flicks were uniformly good. (I mean, they made seven of them. Seven.) But Commandant Lassard was always funny and well-written, and likeable. Legacy character. Like, they'd long since run out of funny stuff for the likes of Steve Guttenberg, G.W. Bailey, Michael Winslow, Bobcat Goldthwait and Tim Kazurinsky to do by the time 'Mission to Moscow' came along, and yet Gaynes' scenes still worked (...more or less).
Dang. Is it weird that I'm legitimately bummed out by this?
You know, I'll not pretend the 'Police Academy' flicks were uniformly good. (I mean, they made seven of them. Seven.) But Commandant Lassard was always funny and well-written, and likeable. Legacy character. Like, they'd long since run out of funny stuff for the likes of Steve Guttenberg, G.W. Bailey, Michael Winslow, Bobcat Goldthwait and Tim Kazurinsky to do by the time 'Mission to Moscow' came along, and yet Gaynes' scenes still worked (...more or less).
Dang. Is it weird that I'm legitimately bummed out by this?
boo--------------a real american weirdo