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I'm surprised I'm the first one to post this. Garry Marshall, creator of some of the most iconic television and director of some amazing movies has died. He had a stroke and then got pneumonia.

Loved this guy.

I mainly knew him as Penny Marshall's brother, though I did know he had a bunch of credits of his own. And by that I mean I knew that Pretty Woman was directed by "Penny Marshall's brother," for instance.

--Patrick

I loved Marshall's naivete, he chose Chachi's costume to resemble these "cool kids" that hung out on street corners in New York in the 1970's. He did not know that the "cool kids" were in reality prostitutes that tied or placed different colored bandanas on themselves to advertise what sexual favors that they would perform.

PatrThom said:

I mainly knew him as Penny Marshall's brother, though I did know he had a bunch of credits of his own. And by that I mean I knew that Pretty Woman was directed by "Penny Marshall's brother," for instance.

--Patrick

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He played the Devil in Hocus Pocus!

Dave said:

He played the Devil in Hocus Pocus!

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"Devil"
I remember thinking at the time that it was Ted Knight (didn't know he was already dead at the time).

--Patrick

He was also the voice of one of the executives in "The Majestic". One of the parts I really loved him in, even though he's uncredited and they never show his face.

RIP. But he didn't make Casablanca.

I've enjoyed a lot of his movies and TV shows, but I loved him in A League of Their Own.

He did more to make people associate Milwaukee with The Fonz and Laverne & Shirley than anyone else.

I'm kinda non-plussed about it.

I mostly know him from Pretty Woman and Runaway Bride (both movies I love immensely), US television not being such a thing over here.

That said, I should rewatch Pretty Woman.
I always loved the way the story flows and how the characters work. Especially Hector Elizondo as the hotel manager. His scenes always outshine everything else to me.
The same goes for Runaway Bride in a slighly different way. In that one also the side characters are what makes the movie so enedearing to me.

Sad and out of left field, but mostly because I didn't follow much of the career apart of those two movies. Sad nonetheless.

Just Me said:

Hector Elizondo as the hotel manager. His scenes always outshine everything else to me.

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This.

--Patrick

"Hector Elizondo as the hotel manager."

Hell he's one of the main reasons I wear a goatee to this day.