David Lander, the 73-year old actor and comedian best known as ‘Squiggy’ on the ABC sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” died from complications related to multiple sclerosis on Friday night.
Hours before his passing, Variety spoke to Lander’s longtime friend and one-time collaborator Harry Shearer. The “Le Show” radio host, Spinal Tap co-creator, “The Simpsons” cast member and satirist was talking about everything from his recent album, “The Many Moods of Donald Trump,” to his Dec. 11 virtual “Christmas Without Tears” event, co-hosted by his wife Judith Owen, when he began discussing the art of collaboration.
“The very first collaboration that I had in my professional life was with a couple of people in a comedy group, and one of its members was a guy, David L. Lander – very famous as ‘Squiggy’ for a while on TV – was just the most masterful person.”
The group that Shearer is talking about is The Credibility Gap,...
Hours before his passing, Variety spoke to Lander’s longtime friend and one-time collaborator Harry Shearer. The “Le Show” radio host, Spinal Tap co-creator, “The Simpsons” cast member and satirist was talking about everything from his recent album, “The Many Moods of Donald Trump,” to his Dec. 11 virtual “Christmas Without Tears” event, co-hosted by his wife Judith Owen, when he began discussing the art of collaboration.
“The very first collaboration that I had in my professional life was with a couple of people in a comedy group, and one of its members was a guy, David L. Lander – very famous as ‘Squiggy’ for a while on TV – was just the most masterful person.”
The group that Shearer is talking about is The Credibility Gap,...
- 12/5/2020
- by A.D. Amorosi
- Variety Film + TV
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