# The Stars are Still Alive, Let's Make a Sequel! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** actor-characters\ **Created:** [September 10, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975 "2019-09-10T11:31:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/41 "2019-09-17T17:51:45Z")
**Bugsy Malone** – A gangster film and a musical, where all the stars were kids. Made in 1976. Not surprisingly, they all still seem to be with us (including Michael Jackson, who isn’t THAT Michael Jackson). Director Alan Parker is still around, too. > **[Bugsy Malone (1976) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074256/)** > > Bugsy Malone: Directed by Alan Parker. With Scott Baio, Florence Garland, Jodie Foster, John Cassisi. The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/42 "2019-09-17T21:06:20Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Happy Days - Tom Bosley is gone. Otherwise Mrs. C., Ritchie and his friends could do a reunion show. It would be interesting to see what Fonzie is doing these days. Richie is probably a CEO at a company. No Joanie. No Al or Arnold. I hear that Fonzie teaches acting in LA. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kirkrapine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@kirkrapine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirkrapine)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/43 "2019-09-17T21:10:06Z")
When are we going to see _Buckaroo Banzai vs. the World Crime League?_ ---
**Author:** ![kirkrapine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@kirkrapine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirkrapine)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/44 "2019-09-17T21:11:12Z")
Mel Brooks is dead, so we can pretty much forget about _History of the World Part 2._☹ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/45 "2019-09-17T21:19:40Z")
> [@kirkrapine](#): > > Mel Brooks is dead, so we can pretty much forget about _History of the World Part 2._☹ Since when is Mel Brooks dead? > **[Mel Brooks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Brooks)** > > Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, songwriter, and playwright. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 19 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star Bro... He’s going to be around until he can do _The 2,000 Year Old Man_ for _real_. ---
**Author:** ![kirkrapine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@kirkrapine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirkrapine)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/46 "2019-09-17T21:23:22Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Since when is Mel Brooks dead? Thought I heard he was on the radio a while ago. Must have been thinking of somebody else. Come on, Mel! Don’t tease us! _HotWP2!_ ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/47 "2019-09-17T21:38:40Z")
> [@kirkrapine](#): > > Mel Brooks is dead, so we can pretty much forget about _History of the World Part 2._☹ Still alive, though he hasn’t directed a movie in 24 years, so it’s unlikely to happen anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/48 "2019-09-17T21:40:48Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > You’re right. For some reason I was thinking of the TV series actors. For whatever reason, several members of the movie cast have outlived their successors in the television series. Rene Auberjonois, Robert Duvall, Elliot Gould, and Carl Gottlieb are all alive while William Christopher, Larry Linville, Wayne Rogers, and John Orchard have died. Roger Bowen also outlived McLean Stevenson but only by a single day. Harry Morgan and David Ogden Stiers have also died but they played characters who weren’t in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/49 "2019-09-19T12:15:13Z")
It’s a TV show but they could definitely do _ **American Gothic** _ (1995) and the world would be a better place if they did. (Says I.) The premise was the demonic _Sheriff Buck_ (played by **Gary Cole** : Still alive and working) battling for the soul of young boy _Caleb_ (played by **Lucas Black** : Still alive and working.) Having _Buck_ directly battling the now adult _Caleb_ would be very doable. **Black** could even be the character he plays in _ **NCIS: New Orleans** _ - A law enforcement officer. Leaves NCIS and returns home to Trinity and resumes clashing with _Sheriff Buck…_ In the original \*\*Buck mainly battled with the Doctor played by **Jake Weber** who is still alive and working. The newspaper reporter played by **Paige** **Turco** who is still alive and working. Plus the ghost of _Caleb’s_ sister played by **Sarah Paulson** who is still alive and working. If her character, _Merlyn_, having aged is a problem - what with her being a ghost - then digitally de-age her and disguise any limitations in an eerie blue ‘ghost’ special effect. No problem. Although I would portray her at her natural age. TV ghosts have their own rules! Buck’s evil schoolteacher ally was played by **Brenda Bakke** and his incompetent deputy was played by **Nick Searcy**. Both are still alive and working. The series was created by **Shaun Cassidy** and produced by **Sam Raimi**. Both alive and working… Why isn’t this happening? TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/50 "2019-09-19T12:50:52Z")
It looks like Lawrence Kasdan and all the principle actors from \*The Big Chill \*are still around. How are the ex-hippies getting on these days? Did May Kay Place have that child she wanted? The kid would be 30-something now. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/51 "2019-09-19T13:39:02Z")
I saw the thread title, and that it was **CalMeacham** , and started thinking “A sequel to The Stars are Alive?” Was that a movie, or a book? Asimov maybe? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/52 "2019-09-19T13:56:02Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > I saw the thread title, and that it was **CalMeacham** , and started thinking “A sequel to The Stars are Alive?” Was that a movie, or a book? Asimov maybe? Sadly, no. (Although it would be a good alternate title for Frank Herbert’s **Whipping Star** ) Maybe I’ll write something with that as a title one of these days. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/53 "2019-09-19T13:57:07Z")
> [@Miss\_Mapp](#): > > It looks like Lawrence Kasdan and all the principle actors from \*The Big Chill \*are still around. How are the ex-hippies getting on these days? Did May Kay Place have that child she wanted? The kid would be 30-something now. I like this. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/54 "2019-09-19T14:03:31Z")
The entire cast of WKRP in Cincinnatti is alive! I would watch a remake. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/55 "2019-09-19T14:48:57Z")
Mr. Carlson is no longer with us… ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/56 "2019-09-19T21:30:38Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > The entire cast of WKRP in Cincinnatti is alive! I would watch a remake. They did do a remake. Nobody watched it. Well, not as many as needed to keep it running for very long. Note that Jan Smithers at 70 is the youngest of the survivors. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/57 "2019-09-19T21:45:42Z")
Just for the hell of it, I’d like to see Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito team up again. Most people would want to see a _Twins II_, but I’m partial to a remake of _Junior_, which ended with Schwarzenegger giving birth (what a setup for jumping ahead 25 years!) and which costarred Emma Thomson and Pamela Reed. Or how about bringing Arnold back as Conan, this time in a _Lion in Winter_ story, with Grace Jones as his consort, and his children fighting over who will inherit his domain. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/58 "2019-09-20T05:54:01Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Happy Days - Tom Bosley is gone. Otherwise Mrs. C., Ritchie and his friends could do a reunion show. It would be interesting to see what Fonzie is doing these days. Richie is probably a CEO at a company. YES! We all need more Henry Winkler in out lives. I would love seeing the Fronz having turned into someone like Winkler’s recent characters. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/59 "2019-09-20T06:05:33Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Happy Days - Tom Bosley is gone. Otherwise Mrs. C., Ritchie and his friends could do a reunion show. It would be interesting to see what Fonzie is doing these days. Richie is probably a CEO at a company. Like Riverdale, Power Rangers, and the Banana Splits remakes, let’s make it dark and edgy: _Happy Days: Chuck Returns!_ ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975/60 "2019-09-20T12:27:07Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Like Riverdale, Power Rangers, and the Banana Splits remakes, let’s make it dark and edgy: _Happy Days: Chuck Returns!_ Please, please, please could we have Jennifer Tilly as his bride? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975.md?page=4)