To celebrate Jack Klugman’s birthday I watched Goodbye Columbus. Jack Klugman played Ali MacGraw’s father. Richard Benjamin sees her at a pool and watches her in and out of the pool. He gets her phone number from his cousin and they make arrangements to meet. The outdoor lighting of the couple are very well done. They are walking around a lake and at one point the picture is the reflection of them walking. As they sit and talk they are both sides of the camera and the green reflecting pond is behind them. They are silhouetted against a window bright with sunshine. They are lying in the grass and the sun shadows the tall grass over them. Walking outside they hug and blot out the sun, once again silhouetted. At dusk they are shadows against a bridge over the water. In the final scene there is a close profile of Richard on the right and Ali either off camera or standing in the background away from him. Music by The Association.
Jack has a small part. He plays the typical father, loving, loud, clueless, sweet, gruff, hardworking and protective.
I have to admit I like Oscar Madison character that Jack Klugman played on television opposite Felix Unger played by Tony Randall. I liked that the television characters were given hobbies and interests that the actors really had. I have two favorite episodes when they are on Match Game and David Brenner’s talk show. These two really show that the men who are total opposites can be friends.
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