Jerry Orbach: Classic or Dud

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Does he live up to his reputation as "the most perfect human being in the history of the universe"? I say he does.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

is he in the new Dirty Dancing?
if not, then he sucks.

― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Motherfucking classic.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)

"You know what club soda's good for? Cleaning the grill." Total CLASSIC.

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.brandonbird.com/vultureman.html

― the angry cowboy (dick), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

okay that didn't work...
explain me posting images again?

― the angry cowboy (dick), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.brandonbird.com/vultureman.html

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

you did it right, some links just don't work

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.brandonbird.com/vultureman_big.jpg

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

excellent. thanks much.

― the angry cowboy (dick), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)

He was recently honored by the Drama League for having "appeared in more performances of American musicals than any other living actor".

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:34 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.space-debris.com/spy_orbach_law.jpg

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:34 (twenty-two years ago)

he's got a kind of Jerry Orbach-meets-Danzig thing going on in that.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Episode 18 "Space Rockers"

Buck becomes involved with a futuristic rock group named Andromeda when a series of riots break out at all of their concerts. Buck's investigation finds that the band's manager, Lars Mangros, has been secretly encoding the group's music with behavior-altering sounds that create the riots. Buck is forced to convince Andromeda not to play at galactic-wide broadcast from the space station Musicworld, to prevent Mangros from causing chaos throughout the galaxy.

The evil Lars Mangros (Orbach) plans to broadcast a signal with the next performance of his rock group, Andromeda, that will cause the youth of the galaxy to riot. Buck invades Musicworld, where Mangros broadcasts his concerts, in attempt to stop the madman from destroying the galactic capitals.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Lennie Briscoe is no John Munch.

― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)

John Munch is no Lars Mangros!

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Briscoe>>>>Munch

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:49 (twenty-two years ago)

(note: I refer to the one true Det. John Munch, not the guy who hangs out with Ice-T)

― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:51 (twenty-two years ago)

That still doesn't change things.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

a genuine star, one of the best. who doesnt have a soft spot for the law and harry mcgraw?

― Stringent Stepper (Stringent), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Munch on Homicide was a complete character. L&O Briscoe is a cardboard cut-out.

― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:56 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, whatever

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:57 (twenty-two years ago)

did Briscoe ever say anything as cool as this (from the H:LOTS pilot no less!):
You're saving your really good lies for some smarter cop, is that it? I'm
just a donut in the on-deck circle. Wait until the real guy gets here. Wait until that big guy
comes back. I'm probably just his secretary. I'm just Montel Williams. You want to talk to
Larry King. I've been murder police for ten years. If you're going to lie to me, you
lie to me with respect. What is it? Is it my shoes? Is it my haircut? Got a problem with my
haircut? Don't you ever lie to me like I'm Montel Williams. I am not Montel Williams. I am
not Montel Williams.

― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:57 (twenty-two years ago)

that's awesome

― jody (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 16 February 2004 16:58 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm glad to see Jerry Orbach doing well for himself but i'm not sure the tough guy role in law&order is entirely suited to him

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 16 February 2004 17:03 (twenty-two years ago)

In that signed pic upthread he looks sorta like Julian Casablancas' dad. Much more rockin' though.

Anyway, classic classic classic. You can't compare L&O and Homicide characters; L&O is completely plot driven, it dips into personal lives for a second maybe once a season.

― anode (anode), Monday, 16 February 2004 17:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I agree with you, anode. there's a reason why L&O has been able to weather massive cast changes while Homicide wasn't.
Characters on L&O (at least the original version, have never been bothered too much with the others, aside from a brief fascination with CI's 70s detective show format) are role-players.

― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Monday, 16 February 2004 17:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Jerry Orbach = total, complete CLASSIC.
oh man i love him in Law and Order - he's so witty and his sense of humor is so dry and ridiculous.
best line ever -> Orbach at crime scene where dead hooker has been discovered...casually reaches down to ground and picks up something - then says "hey, we got a crack pipe here" like it's nothing unusual. he picked it up! with his bare hands! a crack pipe! jerry, i love you! ok, maybe you had to see it, but still!

― stolenbus (stolenbus), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 04:16 (twenty-two years ago)

ten months pass...

get well soon, Jerry!!!!

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Saturday, 25 December 2004 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)

He is the sourest lemon.

― You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch (tracerhand), Saturday, 25 December 2004 02:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I know what Rosemary is watching!

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 25 December 2004 03:08 (twenty-one years ago)

He played Lumière??

― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 25 December 2004 03:11 (twenty-one years ago)

"appeared in more performances of American musicals than any other living actor".

starring in the longest-running musical ever will do that

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 25 December 2004 03:12 (twenty-one years ago)

in the second season of l&o, orbach plays a defense lawyer in an episode. how is that for the ultimate continuity fuckup?

― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 25 December 2004 05:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry, but all the pictures aren't working for me - and maybe I missed it, but I can remember seeing him in a mid 60s Playboy mag modeling clothes. Of course he's cool!

― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 25 December 2004 05:35 (twenty-one years ago)

cutty that was GARY orbach.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 25 December 2004 06:26 (twenty-one years ago)

is this the guy from law and order? if so then he fucking sucks.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Saturday, 25 December 2004 06:28 (twenty-one years ago)

possibly most controversial statement ever on ilx!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 25 December 2004 06:33 (twenty-one years ago)

well is he?? i fucking hate law and order with the sort of unbridled passion that can only be somewhat irrational.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Saturday, 25 December 2004 06:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Not watching, gabbneb, listening.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Saturday, 25 December 2004 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

ah, the naivete of the dilettante

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 25 December 2004 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

gabbneb is so controversial lately!

― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 25 December 2004 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't care enough about L&O to hate it, but he should not be sullied by his participation therein

(xpost: ? no, just too vague. i was referring to myself.)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 25 December 2004 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)

i hate that "cell-doors-slamming" sound that's made between each transition

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Saturday, 25 December 2004 19:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I was going to make my stepfather a Jerry Orbach CD for Christmas, but I think I will save that for his birthday next week.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Saturday, 25 December 2004 22:17 (twenty-one years ago)

he sings?!

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Sunday, 26 December 2004 01:38 (twenty-one years ago)

when this show comes on i feel like a dog forced to listen to some punky toddler blowing endlessly on a tin whistle.

-- amateurist (amateuris...) (webmail), July 11th, 2003 9:43 PM. (amateurist) (link)

yup.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Sunday, 26 December 2004 01:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Uh, singing was part of his career before Law and Order, amateurist.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Sunday, 26 December 2004 02:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Playbill interviews Jerry

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Sunday, 26 December 2004 02:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Hello, Crimes and Misdemeanors, anybody? One time I crossed paths with him in Manhattan and I can tell you in real life he looks exactly like he does when he is mediated. Plus he's an expert at the famous-to-nonfamous-person flash of eye contact. Based on this circumstantial evidence I say classic.

― Ken L (Ken L), Sunday, 26 December 2004 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't watch L&O. To me he's the guy who sang "Promises Promises" on Broadway, and played corrupt cop Gus Levy in Sidney Lumet's criminally neglected 1981 film "Prince of the City."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 26 December 2004 04:22 (twenty-one years ago)

from imdb:

"Law & Order" playing "Frank Lehrman" in episode: "The Wages of Love" (episode # 2.2) 24 September 1991.

frank lehrman/lenny briscoe doppelganger!

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 26 December 2004 04:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Uh, singing was part of his career before Law and Order, amateurist.

-- tokyo rosemary (rosemarygilber...) (webmail), December 26th, 2004 2:00 AM. (rosemary) (link)

ok, well, that's what i was wondering. you're a nice girl, rosemary.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Sunday, 26 December 2004 07:12 (twenty-one years ago)

i hate that "cell-doors-slamming" sound that's made between each transition

isn't it supposed to be a stylized gavel?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 26 December 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

it's definitely not cell-doors-slamming. it's like a huge gavel/bell sort of thing.

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 26 December 2004 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

i think it works to evoke all those things at once; also it makes me retch.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Sunday, 26 December 2004 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

i find it comforting.

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 26 December 2004 19:27 (twenty-one years ago)

The Nyt article here is a little chilling.

― Chrchuckis Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Sunday, 26 December 2004 20:33 (twenty-one years ago)

"Fred Thompson and Steven Hill, who played the head prosecutor for the
show's first decade, so resemble each other you can't keep them
straight anyway."

WHAT????? Soooooo wrong.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Monday, 27 December 2004 02:46 (twenty-one years ago)

AMATEURIST YOU ARE DEAD TO ME.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 27 December 2004 15:35 (twenty-one years ago)

oh, you knew this about me all along.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 27 December 2004 20:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Do you guys hear something? Like somebody talking? No, me neither.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 27 December 2004 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Alas.

"Law & Order" star Jerry Orbach has died of prostate cancer at age 69, a representative of the show said.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 15:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh shit. RIP.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Holy shit!
RIP, Lenny.

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 29 December 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

(deserves its own thread)

Jerry Orbach RIP

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 29 December 2004 16:05 (twenty-one years ago)

― maura (maura), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 16:08 (twenty-one years ago)

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