Norman Lloyd

And you'd mentioned that.

The wording is that Hitchcock was having a meeting with Norman Lloyd, who was an old friend of his, and he says, "You know, Norman, this film is never going to be made." And Norman said, "Why, Hitch?" And Hitch said, "It's not necessary."

Mm.

So I think he just wanted to retire and go to Alma, who by then was very, very sick, his wife, and just live out their days together a- as much as they could, um, eating steak and drinking brandy.

Would have been.

Let's talk about Norman Lloyd in Train- We'll talk a l- a lot about Trainwreck.

Yes.

But let's talk about, uh, is he 100, 100? 101?

... sugar crashing, and they were just going and going.

It was, it was pretty fantastic.

He's perfect for us, Norman Lloyd.

Oh, my God.

Garfield was an uncredited producer, and we'll get into all of that.

But real quick synopsis, Nick, uh, John Garfield, and his partner in crime, Al, played by Norman Lloyd, attempt a payroll robbery that ends in the shooting of a police officer.

Now, while he's hiding from the police at, get this, a public pool.

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Yes.

You know, he studied with Maria Ouspenskaya and Richard Boleslavsky.

He joined Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory group, where he probably crossed paths with Norman Lloyd.

Probably.

Their meeting is shaped by a grievance reaching back to Montresor's lost wealth and fiancée, and by his prepared opportunity to settle the account.

Norman Lloyd and Bernard Lenrow are among the performers in this radio adaptation, which expands Poe's original story with that earlier history between the two men.

From the Weird Circle, here is The Cask of Amontillado, first heard April 9, 1944.

Here is the original broadcast.

It's a weird beginning, yeah.

But it had such stars as Martin Landau, Danny Kaye, Norman Lloyd, Jonathan Frakes-

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... and many, many more.

It's awful.

And that character is played by Norman Lloyd, who is...

An actor that we all love, that up until a little while ago was still working.

Oh,

wow.

Appeared in early Hitchcock films, Norman Lloyd.

So a lot of recognizable faces and a lot of recognizable emotion.

And, you know, you really see that Van Johnson, he takes his job seriously.

Also of interest here, what careers will Bonta and Newsom pursue now that they have sold democracy down the river? Worst persons in the world pursues them and you.

And the story of the late Elizabeth Edwards, my friend.

That's next.

This is Countdown.

Norman pointed out that if you were allowed to leave a funeral at its end, that was a good funeral.

If you wanna be a little bit selfish on that topic, life or death, you're allowed to be.

But one thing Norman did not mention about growing old or older, at least, the number of friends who died young and you have succeeded to stay alive and pass their age or sometimes double their age.

This is a shock I have yet to adjust to.