![]() ![]() So throughout his career, albums which would eventually pull in eleven EmmyĪward nominations. Him falling even deeper into his obsession.ġ960, Jonathan Winters began recording comedy albums and would continue to do But while Felson learns his lesson at the end of the novel,Ĭardiff, at least in Johnson’s original script, does not and the story ends with On Cardiff’s obsession with being the best and his ignorance at ignoring the Theme of the novel and compressed it into a dialogue-filled sketch that focused Player”) when he first read Tevis’s novel. That would eventually become “A Game of Pool” (originally titled, “The Pool According to Johnson, he was working on a story Lose and receive a much needed lesson in winning and losing and the price ofīeing the best at something. Shark named Fast Eddie Felson who challenges pool legend Minnesota Fats only to The novel tells the story of a young, ambitious pool Player at the time he wrote “A Game of Pool” and was especially enamored by the It quickly becameĮvident, however, that Winters was going to make the character his own. Though Winter's had the build of the Minnesota Fats-like character, Johnson wrote him as bearded and ponderous. Winters did not quite fit George Clayton Johnson’s original description of Fatsīrown. Serling did have a great amount of imput with casting and it is probable that he recommended Winters for the part. Whether or not this is the method in which Winters was actually hired to portray Fats Brown is inconsequential. That a call would come when something came up that they could both get behind. Time, according to this correspondence, Serling had nothing in line that would suit Winters but assured Winters Received from Jonathan Winters in which the popular televisionĬomedian expressed interest in appearing in an episode of the series. ![]() Martin Grams, Jr., author of the book The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic (OTR, 2008), indicates correspondence which Rod Serling had previously “The Lonely.” However, Rod Serling had an ace in his pocket. Warden, the gruff actor who previously appeared in the first season episode, Initially, Buck Houghton sought an actor like Jack Opposite Klugman would need to be effective and have the acting talent to carryĪn intensely compact story. Pool hall and the afterlife set), the actor cast The unusual nature of “A Game of Pool,” two actors on two simple sets (the Odd Couple and later on the NBC medical drama Quincy M.E., The Twilight Zone is still considered one of the jewels of his long career. ![]() The television adaptation of Neil Simon’s The Although he would go on to achieve pop culture immortality in Script, such was his respect for Rod Serling and the quality of the writing on the Game of Pool” he was willing to accept offers for work on the series without first reading the His relationship to the show was such that by the time production began on “A Grace the series, turning in excellent star performances in four above averageĮpisodes. Klugman would become arguably the most recognizable actor to Klugman’s first appearance on the show, specifically to accommodate the actor’sįilming schedule. Reportedly postponed production on Season One’s “A Passage for Trumpet,” Likely appealed to Serling a great deal and made him an obvious choice when In Serling’s semi-autobiographical Playhouseĩ0 production, “The Velvet Alley.” Klugman’s “everyman” stage persona The stage and in live anthology programs of the 1950s, as well as in suchįeature films as Twelve Angry Men (1957). Klugman and Serling first worked together in 1959 when the young actor appeared Klugman, as noted in previous posts,Īlready had a successful career as a dramatic actor who developed his craft on Klugman (1922-2012) portrays Jesse Cardiff, an angry young pool player who hasĭedicated an unhealthy amount of his life to the game and longs to be ![]()
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