# I thought Charles Nelson Reilly was dead

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 11, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-charles-nelson-reilly-was-dead/141892 "2002-12-11T00:54:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-charles-nelson-reilly-was-dead/141892/61 "2002-12-13T14:05:16Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Sampiro \*  
> \*\*Speaking of Tattletales, one of the funniest ones I saw as far as datedness was Whitman “Grady” Mayo from SANFORD AND SON. This was during the hey-day of the “Back to Africa” movement and Whitman, who was much younger in real life than his character, was wearing a dashiki (sp?) type blowse with a leisure suit and his wife had an Afro that could interfere with air traffic. The Game Show Channel (which I no longer get but so so so wish I did) is the absolute ultimate in multimedia kitsch. \*\*

Ah, Whitman Mayo. He was great.

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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-charles-nelson-reilly-was-dead/141892/62 "2002-12-14T04:24:48Z")

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oh, THAT charles lane!!! i remember him now! it’s funny, he was homer bedlow to me all of my life till i saw its a wonderful life…it was so funny…“this bright YOUNG man…” he’s never been young! is he still working?

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**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-charles-nelson-reilly-was-dead/141892/63 "2002-12-15T10:21:12Z")

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[http://www.deadpeople.info](http://www.deadpeople.info) works too. I think that’s the site I usually check to see who’s dead and who’s not.

Esprix

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