I first became aware of Monty Python through Terry Gilliam. Since I knew his work, I always wondered why he did not direct The Meaning Of Life or Life Of Brian. As a director, Terry Gilliam's CV is far more impressive than Terry Jones'. I suppose, in some small way, I resented Terry Jones for taking what I thought should have been Terry Gilliam's job. Then I watched Monty Python's Flying Circus. Terry Jones' importance on that show cannot be exaggerated. Without John Cleese in the last season, the show suffered. Without Terry Jones, there could have been no show.
Dementia is always a horrible way to die, and particularly sad in Terry Jones' case. His comedy came from intellect, not from toilet jokes and excessive profanity. Outside of film and TV, Jones was known for a wide range of intellectual pursuits. For someone like him to lose the ability to process language is tragic.
As a writer, Terry Jones is mostly known for Monty Python, but he wrote more than a few books.
Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls, written with Michael Palin (1974)
Chaucer's Knight: The Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary (1980)
Fairy Tales (1981)
The Saga of Erik the Viking (1983)
Nicobobinus (1985)
Goblins of the Labyrinth (1986)
The Curse of the Vampire's Socks and Other Doggerel (1988)
Fantastic Stories (1992)
The Beast with a Thousand Teeth (1993)
A Fish of the World (1993)
The Sea Tiger (1994)
The Fly-by-Night (1994)
Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book (1994)
Crusades, written with Alan Ereira (1994)
Strange Stains and Mysterious Smells: Quentin Cottington's Journal of Faery Research (1996)
The Knight and the Squire (1997)
Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic: A Novel (1997)
Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Journal (1998)
The Lady and the Squire (2000)
Bedtime Stories, written with Nanette Newman (2002)
Lady Cottington's Fairy Album (2002)
Who Murdered Chaucer?: A Medieval Mystery, Terry Jones et al (2003)
Medieval Lives, written with Alan Ereira (2004)
War on the War on Terror (2005)
Barbarians, written with Alan Ereira (2006)
Animal Tales (2011)
Evil Machines (2011)
Trouble On The Heath (2011)
The Tyrant and the Squire (2018)
The Frost Report
created by David Frost
written by Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, Marty Feldman, Barry Cryer, Bill Oddie, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and others
starring David Frost, Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker, John Cleese, Sheila Steafel
Twice a Fortnight
created by Tony Palmer
written by and starring Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Michael Palin, Terry Jones
Do Not Adjust Your Set
written by Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Denise Coffey, David Jason, Terry Gilliam
starring Denise Coffey, Eric Idle, David Jason, Michael Palin, Terry Jones
Broaden Your Mind
created by Graeme Garden & Tim Brooke-Taylor
written by Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, Marty Feldman, Barry Cryer, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
starring Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Jo Kendall, Bill Oddie
The Complete and Utter History of Britain
created & written by Michael Palin & Terry Jones
starring Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Diana Quick, Colin Gordon
Marty
written by Marty Feldman, Barry Took, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, John Junkin
starring Marty Feldman, Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin
Monty Python's Flying Circus
conceived, written & performed by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
And Now for Something Completely Different
directed by Ian MacNaughton
written by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Carol Cleveland, Connie Booth
The Two Ronnies
created by Bill Cotton
written by Ronnie Barker, Spike Mullins, Barry Cryer, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, John Cleese
starring Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
directed by Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones
written by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Carol Cleveland, Connie Booth, Neil Innes
Ripping Yarns
created & written by Michael Palin & Terry Jones
starring Michael Palin, Charles McKeown
Jabberwocky
directed by Terry Gilliam
written by Terry Gilliam & Charles Alverson
starring Michael Palin, Harry Corbett, John Le Mesurier, Annette Badland, Neil Innes, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
Life of Brian
directed by Terry Jones
written by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Sue Jones-Davies, Carol Cleveland, Spike Milligan, George Harrison
The Meaning of Life
directed by Terry Jones
written by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Carol Cleveland, Simon Jones
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
directed & written by Terry Gilliam
starring Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Matt Frewer, Myrtle Devenish
Personal Services
directed by Terry Jones
written by David Leland
starring Julie Walters, Shirley Stelfox, Alec McCowen
Erik the Viking
directed & written by Terry Jones
music by Neil Innes
starring Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt, Terry Jones, Imogen Stubbs, John Cleese, Charles McKeown, Samantha Bond, Jim Broadbent, Neil Innes
LA Story
directed by Mick Jackson
written by Steve Martin
starring Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard Grant, Marilu Henner, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kevin Pollak, Patrick Stewart, Rick Moranis, Terry Jones
Crusades
directed by Alan Ereira
written by Terry Jones & Alan Ereira
starring Terry Jones
Blazing Dragons
created by Terry Jones & Gavin Scott
written by Terry Jones, Gavin Scott, Erika Strobel
starring Aron Tager, Stephanie Morgenstern, Richard Waugh, Suzanne Coy
The Wind in the Willows
directed & written by Terry Jones
starring Steve Coogan, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Nicol Williamson, Michael Palin, Stephen Fry, John Cleese
Ancient Inventions
directed by Daniel Percival & Phil Grabsky
written by Daniel Percival & Terry Jones
starring Terry Jones
Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar
directed by Claude Zidi
starring Christian Clavier, Gérard Depardieu, Olaf Wijnants, Terry Jones
The Creator
directed by Albert Dupontel
written by Albert Dupontel & Gilles Laurent
starring Albert Dupontel, Claude Perron, Terry Jones
Help! I'm a Fish
directed by Stefan Fjeldmark & Michael Hegner
starring Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Terry Jones
The Surprising History of Egypt
directed & produced by Phil Grabsky
written by Terry Jones, Phil Grabsky, Alan Ereira
starring Terry Jones
The Surprising History of Rome
directed & produced by Phil Grabsky
written by Terry Jones & Phil Grabsky
starring Terry Jones
The Surprising History of Sex and Love
directed by Phil Grabsky & Alan Ereira
written by Terry Jones, Phil Grabsky, Alan Ereira
starring Terry Jones
Dinotopia
directed by Marco Brambilla
starring David Thewlis, Alice Krige, Terry Jones, Geraldine Chaplin
Medieval Lives
directed by Nigel Miller & Lucy Cooke
written by Terry Jones
starring Terry Jones
The Story of 1
directed by Nick Murphy
starring Terry Jones
Barbarians
directed by Rob Coldstream
written by Terry Jones & Alan Ereira
starring Terry Jones, Monika Miles
Locked Out
directed by Albert Dupontel
written by Albert Dupontel & Guillaume Laurant
starring Albert Dupontel, Claude Perron, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Anna and the Moods
directed by Gunnar Karlsson
written by Sjón
starring Terry Jones, Björk, Sjón
Great Map Mystery
directed, written & produced by Alan Ereira
starring Terry Jones
King Guillaume
directed by Pierre-François Martin-Laval
written by Pierre-François Martin-Laval & Jean-Paul Bathany
starring Florence Foresti, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Terry Jones
The Legend of Dick and Dom
directed by Dez McCarthy & Julian Kemp
written by Tony Cooke, Carl Carter, Julian Kemp
starring Terry Jones, Richard McCourt, Dominic Wood, Steve Furst, Chloe Bale
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
directed by Bill Jones, Ben Timlett, Jeff Simpson
written by David Sherlock
starring Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Carol Cleveland, Stephen Fry
Boom Bust Boom
directed by Terry Jones, Bill Jones, Ben Timlett
written by Terry Jones & Theo Kocken
starring Terry Jones
Absolutely Anything
directed by Terry Jones
written by Terry Jones & Gavin Scott
starring Simon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, Eddie Izzard, Joanna Lumley, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Robin Williams
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Saturday, January 18, 2020
Hazy with a Chance of Thunderstorms
In an effort to wean myself away from at least some of the multiple drugs I take, I have decided to stop taking any pain medications. After the craniotomy, they gave me nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, which I thought were working pretty well. One of the big side effects was erectile dysfunction. Not something I had to worry about. But after the stroke, all the NSAIDs had to go. Something about causing death. Higher dose NSAIDs increase the risk of stroke, which is not ideal if you are already at increased risk of stroke. My doctors thought dying would not be in my best interest. Enter the opioids.
Opioids have no political stigma around here like they do in the United States. Doctors prescribe drugs based on what they do, not how they are talked about on the evening news. Even so, I hated them right away. I felt the NSAIDs worked better, but as soon as you tell a doctor that, they just want to monkey around with different drugs and doses. No one ever says, “Hey, remember when you guys were giving me new drugs every week and trying to figure out which was best? Those were good times.” The risk of erectile dysfunction was quickly replaced with the very real side effect of itching.
Ask any man whether he would rather scratch himself or lose the ability to get an erection and you can pretty much guess his answer before he tells you. I don't know how it feels to be a man, but I would probably agree. I think about erections far less than most men, and they love to scratch themselves anyway.. Itching, however, is something I think about every day. It might sound like a minor annoyance, but I cannot think of any benefit to having an overwhelming urge to scratch yourself all the time. And there is no good reason for it.
After they cut your skull open and sew everything back together, nerve endings grow back. The sharp, stabbing pain quickly turns to itching. The skin on your scalp also itches as it heals. It is a pain in the ass, but temporary. All of that itching gradually fades away. Itching from opioids does not, at least for me. It is not a case of an itch indicating that something is healing. It is the drugs making random body parts, mostly arms, legs and head, itch for no reason.
Against medical advice, I stopped taking any opioids. I feel like shit. My current headache is nothing to write home about. After you have had your brain cut open and a stroke, most headaches feel like a walk on the beach. Instead of stabbing knives, it is more like someone hit me with a rubber mallet. Still not ideal, but preferable. I feel like I'm swimming in mud. The lethargy is nothing new, but now I am lethargic but unable to sleep. I tried to take a nap, but kept thinking the same thing over and over. It was not even anything good. It was a line of dialogue from something I have yet to write. The worst part is, it is not even a good line. This is like watching a bad movie that you can't get out of your head when there are so many good movies to think about instead.
For whatever reason, a haiku just crossed my mind.
My body aflame
It itches like a mother
I'd prefer limp dick
As soon as I put on a sweater because I'm cold, I have to take it off because I'm hot. If this is what menopause will look like, I am not looking forward to it. I'm a little nauseous, but that might be because I have not eaten anything today. I might want to work on that.
The kicker, the icing on la pièce de résistance, is that I still itch. I dumped the itching drugs because they made me itch, and now I am going through withdrawals and itching.
I don't know about anyone else, but when I feel like shit, my first thought is never, “Maybe I should type a blog post.” But I want to record how I feel in this moment. I will probably not post it publicly, but I will keep it here for future reference. I want to remember how I feel right now, but I don't feel like writing any detail about how I feel. And I have to stop typing every 30 seconds to scratch myself.
Maybe I do know how it feels to be a man.
Opioids have no political stigma around here like they do in the United States. Doctors prescribe drugs based on what they do, not how they are talked about on the evening news. Even so, I hated them right away. I felt the NSAIDs worked better, but as soon as you tell a doctor that, they just want to monkey around with different drugs and doses. No one ever says, “Hey, remember when you guys were giving me new drugs every week and trying to figure out which was best? Those were good times.” The risk of erectile dysfunction was quickly replaced with the very real side effect of itching.
Ask any man whether he would rather scratch himself or lose the ability to get an erection and you can pretty much guess his answer before he tells you. I don't know how it feels to be a man, but I would probably agree. I think about erections far less than most men, and they love to scratch themselves anyway.. Itching, however, is something I think about every day. It might sound like a minor annoyance, but I cannot think of any benefit to having an overwhelming urge to scratch yourself all the time. And there is no good reason for it.
After they cut your skull open and sew everything back together, nerve endings grow back. The sharp, stabbing pain quickly turns to itching. The skin on your scalp also itches as it heals. It is a pain in the ass, but temporary. All of that itching gradually fades away. Itching from opioids does not, at least for me. It is not a case of an itch indicating that something is healing. It is the drugs making random body parts, mostly arms, legs and head, itch for no reason.
Against medical advice, I stopped taking any opioids. I feel like shit. My current headache is nothing to write home about. After you have had your brain cut open and a stroke, most headaches feel like a walk on the beach. Instead of stabbing knives, it is more like someone hit me with a rubber mallet. Still not ideal, but preferable. I feel like I'm swimming in mud. The lethargy is nothing new, but now I am lethargic but unable to sleep. I tried to take a nap, but kept thinking the same thing over and over. It was not even anything good. It was a line of dialogue from something I have yet to write. The worst part is, it is not even a good line. This is like watching a bad movie that you can't get out of your head when there are so many good movies to think about instead.
For whatever reason, a haiku just crossed my mind.
My body aflame
It itches like a mother
I'd prefer limp dick
As soon as I put on a sweater because I'm cold, I have to take it off because I'm hot. If this is what menopause will look like, I am not looking forward to it. I'm a little nauseous, but that might be because I have not eaten anything today. I might want to work on that.
The kicker, the icing on la pièce de résistance, is that I still itch. I dumped the itching drugs because they made me itch, and now I am going through withdrawals and itching.
I don't know about anyone else, but when I feel like shit, my first thought is never, “Maybe I should type a blog post.” But I want to record how I feel in this moment. I will probably not post it publicly, but I will keep it here for future reference. I want to remember how I feel right now, but I don't feel like writing any detail about how I feel. And I have to stop typing every 30 seconds to scratch myself.
Maybe I do know how it feels to be a man.
Monday, January 13, 2020
Neil Peart
Sprawling on the fringes of the city
In geometric order
An insulated border
In between the bright lights
And the far, unlit unknown
Growing up, it all seems so one sided
Opinions all provided
The future predecided
Detached and subdivided
In the mass production zone
Nowhere is the dreamer
Or the misfit so alone
Subdivisions
In the high school halls
In the shopping malls
Conform or be cast out
Subdivisions
In the basement bars
In the backs of cars
Be cool or be cast out
Any escape might help to smooth
The unattractive truth
But the suburbs have no charms to soothe
The restless dreams of youth
Drawn like moths, we drift into the city
The timeless old attraction
Cruising for the action
Lit up like a firefly
Just to feel the living night
Some will sell their dreams for small desires
Or lose the race to rats
Get caught in ticking traps
And start to dream of somewhere
To relax their restless flight
Somewhere out of a memory
Of lighted streets on quiet nights
Subdivisions
In the high school halls
In the shopping malls
Conform or be cast out
Subdivisions
In the basement bars
In the backs of cars
Be cool or be cast out
Any escape might help to smooth
The unattractive truth
But the suburbs have no charms to soothe
The restless dreams of youth
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Buck Henry
I never knew anything about Buck Henry as a TV actor until I was older and started watching the original Saturday Night Live. He was always a movie writer & actor to me. I saw his work in Town & Country, Breakfast of Champions and To Die For long before I knew he created Get Smart with Mel Brooks. I still have not seen most of the TV acting he did in the last 40 years.
To me, Buck Henry is an army officer in Catch-22, an angel in Heaven Can Wait, Albert Brooks' lawyer in Defending Your Life, Fred Ward's fishing buddy in Short Cuts and pitching The Graduate Part II in The Player.
The Garry Moore Show
created by Garry Moore
written by Vin Bogert, Coleman Jacoby, Arnie Rosen, Carroll Moore, Buck Henry, Neil Simon, Woody Allen
starring Garry Moore, Durward Kirby, Carol Burnett, Alan King, Allen Funt, Dorothy Loudon, Nancy Walker, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gormé, Mel Tormé, Gwen Verdon, Steve Rossi, Marty Allen, Diahann Carroll, George Gobel, Ed Wynn, Jonathan Winters, Julie Andrews, Jackie Mason, Jane Powell, Morey Amsterdam, Chita Rivera, Johnny Carson, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Smothers, Tommy Smothers, Don Knotts, Peter Lawford, John Byner, Bob Newhart, Andy Griffith, Buddy Hackett, Red Skelton
The Troublemaker
directed by Theodore Flicker
written by Buck Henry & Theodore Flicker
starring Tom Aldredge, Joan Darling, James Frawley, Theodore Flicker, Buck Henry
That Was the Week That Was
starring David Frost, Henry Morgan, Buck Henry, Alan Alda
Get Smart
Created by Mel Brooks & Buck Henry
Written by Arne Sultan, Chris Hayward, Leonard Stern
Directed by Gary Nelson, Bruce Bilson, Don Adams
Starring Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt, Bernie Kopell
Captain Nice
created by Buck Henry
starring William Daniels, Ann Prentiss, Alice Ghostley
The Graduate
directed by Mike Nichols
written by Buck Henry & Calder Willingham
starring Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Buck Henry, Norman Fell, Alice Ghostley
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
directed by Jack Smight
starring Paul Newman, Sylva Koscina, Tom Bosley, James Gregory, Norman Fell, Buck Henry
Candy
directed by Christian Marquand
written by Buck Henry
starring Ewa Aulin, Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Coburn, John Huston, Walter Matthau, Ringo Starr, John Astin, Elsa Martinelli, Anita Pallenberg, Buck Henry
Catch-22
directed by Mike Nichols
written by Buck Henry & Orson Welles
starring Alan Arkin, Bob Balaban, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Norman Fell, Art Garfunkel, Charles Grodin, Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen, Jon Voight, Austin Pendleton, Orson Welles
The Owl and the Pussycat
directed by Herbert Ross
written by Buck Henry
starring Barbra Streisand, George Segal, Robert Klein
Taking Off
directed & written by Milos Forman
starring Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Georgia Engel, Audra Lindley, Vincent Schiavelli
Is There Sex After Death?
directed & produced by Alan Abel & Jeanne Abel
written by Alan Abel, Jeanne Abel, Buck Henry
starring Alan Abel, Buck Henry, Robert Downey Sr
What's Up, Doc?
directed & produced by Peter Bogdanovich
written by Peter Bogdanovich, Buck Henry, David Newman, Robert Benton
starring Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Michael Murphy, Liam Dunn, John Hillerman, Austin Pendleton
The Day of the Dolphin
directed by Mike Nichols
written by Buck Henry
starring George C Scott, Trish Van Devere, Paul Sorvino, Fritz Weaver, Edward Herrmann
The Man Who Fell to Earth
directed by Nicolas Roeg
starring David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry
The Absent-Minded Waiter
directed by Carl Gottlieb
written by Steve Martin
starring Steve Martin, Teri Garr, Buck Henry
Heaven Can Wait
directed by Warren Beatty & Buck Henry
written by Elaine May & Warren Beatty
produced by Warren Beatty
starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry
Old Boyfriends
directed by Joan Tewkesbury
written by Paul Schrader & Leonard Schrader
starring Talia Shire, Richard Jordan, Keith Carradine, John Belushi, John Houseman, Buck Henry, PJ Soles
Gloria
directed & written by John Cassavetes
starring Gena Rowlands, Julie Carmen, Buck Henry, Tom Noonan
First Family
directed & written by Buck Henry
starring Bob Newhart, Madeline Kahn, Gilda Radner, Richard Benjamin, Harvey Korman, Fred Willard, Rip Torn, Austin Pendleton, John Hancock
Strong Medicine
directed & written by Richard Foreman
starring Kate Manheim, Raul Julia , Carol Kane, Buck Henry
Eating Raoul
directed & written by Paul Bartel
starring Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Ed Begley Jr, Buck Henry, Edie McClurg
Protocol
directed by Herbert Ross
written by Buck Henry
starring Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, Andre Gregory, Gail Strickland, Ed Begley Jr, Kenneth Mars
The New Show
created by Lorne Michaels
starring Buck Henry, Valri Bromfield, Dave Thomas
Aria, “Rigoletto” directed by Julien Temple
starring Buck Henry, Beverly D'Angelo, Anita Morris
Rude Awakening
directed by David Greenwalt & Aaron Russo
written by Neil Levy & Richard LaGravenese
starring Cheech Marin, Eric Roberts, Julie Hagerty, Robert Carradine, Cindy Williams, Tom Sizemore, Andrea Martin, Rae Dawn Chong, Louise Lasser, Buck Henry
Tune In Tomorrow
directed by Jon Amiel
starring Barbara Hershey, Keanu Reeves, Peter Falk, Patricia Clarkson, Henry Gibson, Peter Gallagher, Dan Hedaya, Buck Henry, Elizabeth McGovern
Defending Your Life
directed & written by Albert Brooks
starring Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, Buck Henry, Shirley MacLaine
The Linguini Incident
directed by Richard Shepard
written by Tamar Brott & Richard Shepard
starring David Bowie, Rosanna Arquette, Marlee Matlin, Eszter Balint, Buck Henry, Andre Gregory
Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space
directed written & produced by Charles Stewart
starring Frank Doubleday, Buck Henry, Kay Lenz
Keep the Change
directed by Andy Tennant
starring William Petersen, Rachel Ticotin, Lolita Davidovich, Buck Henry, Lois Smith, Jack Palance
Mastergate
directed by Michael Engler
written by Larry Gelbart
starring Marcia Strassman, Richard Kiley, David Ogden Stiers, Jerry Orbach, Robert Guillaume, Ed Begley Jr, Bruno Kirby, Ken Howard, James Coburn, Dennis Weaver, Burgess Meredith, Buck Henry
The Player
directed by Robert Altman
written by Michael Tolkin
starring Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Cynthia Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dean Stockwell, Sydney Pollack, Lyle Lovett, Dina Merrill, Gina Gershon, Buck Henry
The Lounge People
directed & written by Bradd Saunders
starring Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole, Buck Henry, Amanda Plummer, BD Wong
Short Cuts
directed by Robert Altman
written by Robert Altman & Frank Barhydt
starring Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Julianne Moore, Matthew Modine, Anne Archer, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Penn, Lili Taylor, Robert Downey Jr, Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robbins, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Annie Ross, Lori Singer, Jack Lemmon, Lyle Lovett, Buck Henry, Huey Lewis and every actor living in Los Angeles at the time
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
directed & written by Gus Van Sant
starring Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Angie Dickinson, Pat Morita, Keanu Reeves, John Hurt, Rain Phoenix, Roseanne Arnold, Ed Begley Jr, Buck Henry, Carol Kane, Sean Young, Grace Zabriskie, Heather Graham, Lin Shaye, Edward James Olmos, River Phoenix
Grumpy Old Men
directed by Donald Petrie
starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Ossie Davis, Buck Henry
To Die For
directed by Gus Van Sant
written by Buck Henry
starring Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck, Illeana Douglas, Dan Hedaya, Holland Taylor, Buck Henry, George Segal, Rain Phoenix
The Real Blonde
directed & written by Tom DiCillo
starring Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, Daryl Hannah, Marlo Thomas, Kathleen Turner, Elizabeth Berkley, Denis Leary, Steve Buscemi, Dave Chappelle, Christopher Lloyd, Buck Henry
1999
directed & written by Nick Davis
starring Jennifer Garner, Buck Henry, Steven Wright, Amanda Peet
I'm Losing You
directed & written by Bruce Wagner
starring Rosanna Arquette, Frank Langella, Andrew McCarthy, Elizabeth Perkins, Buck Henry
Curtain Call
directed by Peter Yates
starring James Spader, Polly Walker, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Buck Henry, Sam Shepard, Marcia Gay Harden, Frances Sternhagen
The Man Who Counted
directed & written by Curtiss Clayton
starring Buck Henry, Shirley Knight, Michael McKean
Breakfast of Champions
directed & written by Alan Rudolph
starring Bruce Willis, Albert Finney, Nick Nolte, Barbara Hershey, Glenne Headly, Valerie Perrine, Lukas Haas, Omar Epps, Vicki Lewis, Buck Henry, Michael Clarke Duncan
Lisa Picard Is Famous
directed by Griffin Dunne
written by Laura Kirk & Nat DeWolf
starring Laura Kirk, Nat DeWolf, Griffin Dunne, Carrie Fisher, Buck Henry, Melissa Gilbert, Mira Sorvino
Town & Country
directed by Peter Chelsom
written by Buck Henry & Michael Laughlin
starring Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Garry Shandling, Andie MacDowell, Jenna Elfman, Nastassja Kinski, Charlton Heston, Marian Seldes, Buck Henry
Serendipity
directed by Peter Chelsom
starring John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Molly Shannon, Bridget Moynahan, Jeremy Piven, Eugene Levy, Buck Henry
The Last Shot
directed & written by Jeff Nathanson
starring Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette, Calista Flockhart, Ray Liotta, Tim Blake Nelson, Tony Shalhoub, Buck Henry, Pat Morita, Joan Cusack, Judy Greer
A Bird of the Air
directed by Margaret Whitton
starring Rachel Nichols, Jackson Hurst, Anjanette Comer, Linda Emond, Buck Henry, Judith Ivey
Streetcar
directed & written by Hala Matar
starring Chloë Sevigny, Nash Edgerton, Harry Treadaway, Buck Henry
The Humbling
directed by Barry Levinson
written by Buck Henry & Michal Zebede
starring Al Pacino, Greta Gerwig, Kyra Sedgwick, Dan Hedaya, Dianne Wiest, Charles Grodin, Dylan Baker
Kiss Kiss Fingerbang
directed & written by Gillian Wallace Horvat
starring Anton Yelchin, Kate Lyn Sheil, Buck Henry
To me, Buck Henry is an army officer in Catch-22, an angel in Heaven Can Wait, Albert Brooks' lawyer in Defending Your Life, Fred Ward's fishing buddy in Short Cuts and pitching The Graduate Part II in The Player.
The Garry Moore Show
created by Garry Moore
written by Vin Bogert, Coleman Jacoby, Arnie Rosen, Carroll Moore, Buck Henry, Neil Simon, Woody Allen
starring Garry Moore, Durward Kirby, Carol Burnett, Alan King, Allen Funt, Dorothy Loudon, Nancy Walker, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gormé, Mel Tormé, Gwen Verdon, Steve Rossi, Marty Allen, Diahann Carroll, George Gobel, Ed Wynn, Jonathan Winters, Julie Andrews, Jackie Mason, Jane Powell, Morey Amsterdam, Chita Rivera, Johnny Carson, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Smothers, Tommy Smothers, Don Knotts, Peter Lawford, John Byner, Bob Newhart, Andy Griffith, Buddy Hackett, Red Skelton
The Troublemaker
directed by Theodore Flicker
written by Buck Henry & Theodore Flicker
starring Tom Aldredge, Joan Darling, James Frawley, Theodore Flicker, Buck Henry
That Was the Week That Was
starring David Frost, Henry Morgan, Buck Henry, Alan Alda
Get Smart
Created by Mel Brooks & Buck Henry
Written by Arne Sultan, Chris Hayward, Leonard Stern
Directed by Gary Nelson, Bruce Bilson, Don Adams
Starring Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt, Bernie Kopell
Captain Nice
created by Buck Henry
starring William Daniels, Ann Prentiss, Alice Ghostley
The Graduate
directed by Mike Nichols
written by Buck Henry & Calder Willingham
starring Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Buck Henry, Norman Fell, Alice Ghostley
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
directed by Jack Smight
starring Paul Newman, Sylva Koscina, Tom Bosley, James Gregory, Norman Fell, Buck Henry
Candy
directed by Christian Marquand
written by Buck Henry
starring Ewa Aulin, Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Coburn, John Huston, Walter Matthau, Ringo Starr, John Astin, Elsa Martinelli, Anita Pallenberg, Buck Henry
Catch-22
directed by Mike Nichols
written by Buck Henry & Orson Welles
starring Alan Arkin, Bob Balaban, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Norman Fell, Art Garfunkel, Charles Grodin, Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen, Jon Voight, Austin Pendleton, Orson Welles
The Owl and the Pussycat
directed by Herbert Ross
written by Buck Henry
starring Barbra Streisand, George Segal, Robert Klein
Taking Off
directed & written by Milos Forman
starring Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Georgia Engel, Audra Lindley, Vincent Schiavelli
Is There Sex After Death?
directed & produced by Alan Abel & Jeanne Abel
written by Alan Abel, Jeanne Abel, Buck Henry
starring Alan Abel, Buck Henry, Robert Downey Sr
What's Up, Doc?
directed & produced by Peter Bogdanovich
written by Peter Bogdanovich, Buck Henry, David Newman, Robert Benton
starring Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Michael Murphy, Liam Dunn, John Hillerman, Austin Pendleton
The Day of the Dolphin
directed by Mike Nichols
written by Buck Henry
starring George C Scott, Trish Van Devere, Paul Sorvino, Fritz Weaver, Edward Herrmann
The Man Who Fell to Earth
directed by Nicolas Roeg
starring David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry
The Absent-Minded Waiter
directed by Carl Gottlieb
written by Steve Martin
starring Steve Martin, Teri Garr, Buck Henry
Heaven Can Wait
directed by Warren Beatty & Buck Henry
written by Elaine May & Warren Beatty
produced by Warren Beatty
starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry
Old Boyfriends
directed by Joan Tewkesbury
written by Paul Schrader & Leonard Schrader
starring Talia Shire, Richard Jordan, Keith Carradine, John Belushi, John Houseman, Buck Henry, PJ Soles
Gloria
directed & written by John Cassavetes
starring Gena Rowlands, Julie Carmen, Buck Henry, Tom Noonan
First Family
directed & written by Buck Henry
starring Bob Newhart, Madeline Kahn, Gilda Radner, Richard Benjamin, Harvey Korman, Fred Willard, Rip Torn, Austin Pendleton, John Hancock
Strong Medicine
directed & written by Richard Foreman
starring Kate Manheim, Raul Julia , Carol Kane, Buck Henry
Eating Raoul
directed & written by Paul Bartel
starring Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Ed Begley Jr, Buck Henry, Edie McClurg
Protocol
directed by Herbert Ross
written by Buck Henry
starring Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, Andre Gregory, Gail Strickland, Ed Begley Jr, Kenneth Mars
The New Show
created by Lorne Michaels
starring Buck Henry, Valri Bromfield, Dave Thomas
Aria, “Rigoletto” directed by Julien Temple
starring Buck Henry, Beverly D'Angelo, Anita Morris
Rude Awakening
directed by David Greenwalt & Aaron Russo
written by Neil Levy & Richard LaGravenese
starring Cheech Marin, Eric Roberts, Julie Hagerty, Robert Carradine, Cindy Williams, Tom Sizemore, Andrea Martin, Rae Dawn Chong, Louise Lasser, Buck Henry
Tune In Tomorrow
directed by Jon Amiel
starring Barbara Hershey, Keanu Reeves, Peter Falk, Patricia Clarkson, Henry Gibson, Peter Gallagher, Dan Hedaya, Buck Henry, Elizabeth McGovern
Defending Your Life
directed & written by Albert Brooks
starring Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, Buck Henry, Shirley MacLaine
The Linguini Incident
directed by Richard Shepard
written by Tamar Brott & Richard Shepard
starring David Bowie, Rosanna Arquette, Marlee Matlin, Eszter Balint, Buck Henry, Andre Gregory
Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space
directed written & produced by Charles Stewart
starring Frank Doubleday, Buck Henry, Kay Lenz
Keep the Change
directed by Andy Tennant
starring William Petersen, Rachel Ticotin, Lolita Davidovich, Buck Henry, Lois Smith, Jack Palance
Mastergate
directed by Michael Engler
written by Larry Gelbart
starring Marcia Strassman, Richard Kiley, David Ogden Stiers, Jerry Orbach, Robert Guillaume, Ed Begley Jr, Bruno Kirby, Ken Howard, James Coburn, Dennis Weaver, Burgess Meredith, Buck Henry
The Player
directed by Robert Altman
written by Michael Tolkin
starring Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Cynthia Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dean Stockwell, Sydney Pollack, Lyle Lovett, Dina Merrill, Gina Gershon, Buck Henry
The Lounge People
directed & written by Bradd Saunders
starring Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole, Buck Henry, Amanda Plummer, BD Wong
Short Cuts
directed by Robert Altman
written by Robert Altman & Frank Barhydt
starring Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Julianne Moore, Matthew Modine, Anne Archer, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Penn, Lili Taylor, Robert Downey Jr, Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robbins, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher, Annie Ross, Lori Singer, Jack Lemmon, Lyle Lovett, Buck Henry, Huey Lewis and every actor living in Los Angeles at the time
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
directed & written by Gus Van Sant
starring Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Angie Dickinson, Pat Morita, Keanu Reeves, John Hurt, Rain Phoenix, Roseanne Arnold, Ed Begley Jr, Buck Henry, Carol Kane, Sean Young, Grace Zabriskie, Heather Graham, Lin Shaye, Edward James Olmos, River Phoenix
Grumpy Old Men
directed by Donald Petrie
starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Ossie Davis, Buck Henry
To Die For
directed by Gus Van Sant
written by Buck Henry
starring Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck, Illeana Douglas, Dan Hedaya, Holland Taylor, Buck Henry, George Segal, Rain Phoenix
The Real Blonde
directed & written by Tom DiCillo
starring Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, Daryl Hannah, Marlo Thomas, Kathleen Turner, Elizabeth Berkley, Denis Leary, Steve Buscemi, Dave Chappelle, Christopher Lloyd, Buck Henry
1999
directed & written by Nick Davis
starring Jennifer Garner, Buck Henry, Steven Wright, Amanda Peet
I'm Losing You
directed & written by Bruce Wagner
starring Rosanna Arquette, Frank Langella, Andrew McCarthy, Elizabeth Perkins, Buck Henry
Curtain Call
directed by Peter Yates
starring James Spader, Polly Walker, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Buck Henry, Sam Shepard, Marcia Gay Harden, Frances Sternhagen
The Man Who Counted
directed & written by Curtiss Clayton
starring Buck Henry, Shirley Knight, Michael McKean
Breakfast of Champions
directed & written by Alan Rudolph
starring Bruce Willis, Albert Finney, Nick Nolte, Barbara Hershey, Glenne Headly, Valerie Perrine, Lukas Haas, Omar Epps, Vicki Lewis, Buck Henry, Michael Clarke Duncan
Lisa Picard Is Famous
directed by Griffin Dunne
written by Laura Kirk & Nat DeWolf
starring Laura Kirk, Nat DeWolf, Griffin Dunne, Carrie Fisher, Buck Henry, Melissa Gilbert, Mira Sorvino
Town & Country
directed by Peter Chelsom
written by Buck Henry & Michael Laughlin
starring Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Garry Shandling, Andie MacDowell, Jenna Elfman, Nastassja Kinski, Charlton Heston, Marian Seldes, Buck Henry
Serendipity
directed by Peter Chelsom
starring John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Molly Shannon, Bridget Moynahan, Jeremy Piven, Eugene Levy, Buck Henry
The Last Shot
directed & written by Jeff Nathanson
starring Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette, Calista Flockhart, Ray Liotta, Tim Blake Nelson, Tony Shalhoub, Buck Henry, Pat Morita, Joan Cusack, Judy Greer
A Bird of the Air
directed by Margaret Whitton
starring Rachel Nichols, Jackson Hurst, Anjanette Comer, Linda Emond, Buck Henry, Judith Ivey
Streetcar
directed & written by Hala Matar
starring Chloë Sevigny, Nash Edgerton, Harry Treadaway, Buck Henry
The Humbling
directed by Barry Levinson
written by Buck Henry & Michal Zebede
starring Al Pacino, Greta Gerwig, Kyra Sedgwick, Dan Hedaya, Dianne Wiest, Charles Grodin, Dylan Baker
Kiss Kiss Fingerbang
directed & written by Gillian Wallace Horvat
starring Anton Yelchin, Kate Lyn Sheil, Buck Henry
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