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{{bestknown|''The Muppet Show'' guest star<br>[[Episode 518: Marty Feldman|episode 518]]}} |
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| − | '''Marty Feldman''' (1933-1982), best remembered as Igor in ''Young [[Frankenstein]]'', was the guest star on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 518: Marty Feldman|episode 518]]. |
+ | '''Marty Feldman''' (1933-1982), best remembered as Igor in ''Young [[Frankenstein]]'', was the guest star on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 518: Marty Feldman|episode 518]]. The episode features his own alter ego, a "Marty Feldman Whatnot," playing Ali Baba. |
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Feldman died on December 2, 1982 in Mexico City of a massive heart attack following food poisoning from eating shellfish while filming the movie ''Yellowbeard.'' Ironically, he was in the midst of filming a scene in which his character was supposed to die. (A stand-in completed the scene.) |
Feldman died on December 2, 1982 in Mexico City of a massive heart attack following food poisoning from eating shellfish while filming the movie ''Yellowbeard.'' Ironically, he was in the midst of filming a scene in which his character was supposed to die. (A stand-in completed the scene.) |
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Revision as of 14:07, 2 October 2010
Marty Feldman (1933-1982), best remembered as Igor in Young Frankenstein, was the guest star on The Muppet Show episode 518. The episode features his own alter ego, a "Marty Feldman Whatnot," playing Ali Baba.
"Marty Feldman Whatnot" from episode 518 of The Muppet Show playing Ali Baba
When Meredith Vieira assembled a puppet from the Muppet Whatnot Workshop incorrectly on The Today Show's special The Muppets Take Over Today, with eyes pointing outwards, Kermit described it as "a Marty Feldman Whatnot".
Feldman died on December 2, 1982 in Mexico City of a massive heart attack following food poisoning from eating shellfish while filming the movie Yellowbeard. Ironically, he was in the midst of filming a scene in which his character was supposed to die. (A stand-in completed the scene.)