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| - Martin Alan "Marty" Feldman (born July 8, 1934-died December 2, 1982) is an English Comedy Writer, Comedian, Singer, Clown and Actor who stars in a countless series of British Television Comedy Shows, including At the Last 1948 Show, Marty (TV series), Monty Python, The Goodies and many, many more which won a series of BAFTA Awards.
- Feldman was the guest star on The Muppet Show episode 518. He riffed on his unique eyes when he bonded with his favorite Muppet, Cookie Monster. The episode features Feldman's own caricature Muppet, a "Marty Feldman Whatnot," 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".
- Marty Feldman is justly famous for his landmark interpretations of such classic roles as Shakespeare's King Richard III, Tutankhamen in "The Pharaoh Game", Reptcuico in "Mating of the Wersh" by Malliwi Rapesheake, and of course Dame Brucie in "African Queens". Feldman was at the height of his powers in 1982 when, tragically, tragedy struck. He was in Mexico City researching the role of Spearmint Annie in "Annie Get Your Gum" when he tragically came to a tragic end when his heart detonated after eating some vegetarian chorizo which the vendor had accidentally seasoned with trinitrotoluene.
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| - Feldman was the guest star on The Muppet Show episode 518. He riffed on his unique eyes when he bonded with his favorite Muppet, Cookie Monster. The episode features Feldman's own caricature Muppet, a "Marty Feldman Whatnot," 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". Although Young Frankenstein was Feldman's break-out role for most American audiences, he had already been established in the UK due to his sketch comedy work, particularly on At Last the 1948 Show (1967, with John Cleese and others), for which he co-wrote "The Four Yorkshireman" sketch. His own starring sketch comedy series (Marty, 1968-1969, and The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine, 1971-1972) and specials followed. Earliest film roles included Nurse Arthur in the surreal The Bedsitting Room (1969) and a cameo in The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971, with Bruce Forsyth, Spike Milligan, and Harry Secombe). After Young Frankenstein, Feldman appeared in more Hollywood productions, including The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975, reteamed with Frankenstein cohorts Gene Wilder and Madeline Kahn) and Mel Brooks' Silent Movie (1976), while directing and starring in his own movies The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977) and In God We Tru$t (1981). 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.)
- Marty Feldman is justly famous for his landmark interpretations of such classic roles as Shakespeare's King Richard III, Tutankhamen in "The Pharaoh Game", Reptcuico in "Mating of the Wersh" by Malliwi Rapesheake, and of course Dame Brucie in "African Queens". Feldman was at the height of his powers in 1982 when, tragically, tragedy struck. He was in Mexico City researching the role of Spearmint Annie in "Annie Get Your Gum" when he tragically came to a tragic end when his heart detonated after eating some vegetarian chorizo which the vendor had accidentally seasoned with trinitrotoluene. We miss him.
- Martin Alan "Marty" Feldman (born July 8, 1934-died December 2, 1982) is an English Comedy Writer, Comedian, Singer, Clown and Actor who stars in a countless series of British Television Comedy Shows, including At the Last 1948 Show, Marty (TV series), Monty Python, The Goodies and many, many more which won a series of BAFTA Awards.
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