Pictures of Norman Fell Pretending Jack Tripper is Fruity

There's absolutely no redemptive value to this particular blog entry, it's just pictures of actor Norman Fell in his Three's Company role of Mr. Roper making hand signals that indicate he believes fellow actor John Ritter is homosexual. So, here we go...

In this hand signal Norman Fell is making the Tinkerbell gesture, which shows that he believes pastry chef Jack Tripper is gay.

Here we see a slight variation of the Double Tinkerbell gesture from Norman Fell. And the conspiratorial eye roll to really let the live studio audience knows that he knows that Jack Tripper knows that he knows what's really going on.

In his final photo, World War II veteran and member of the Rat Pack actor, Norman Fell appears to be engaged in slapping this woman's bottomside. Norman Fell, please be alive somewhere in the Universe doing what it is you do.

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The Boneyard, Starring Norman Fell and Phyllis Diller

The 1991 horror movie The Boneyard has that rare quality that makes it better than good. It's unique. You haven't seen a movie like this. I like it quite a bit. I'm actually watching it right now. Here's some of the elements that make it off beat and original...

The "star" of this movie is Deborah Rose, a schlumpy, overweight Columbo female counterpart who plays the role of an empath who is hiding away so she doesn't have to face the police inspector who continually drags her into grisly investigations.It's an interesting choice in a lead role and one that starts the movie off on a path in the right direction. Then there's...

Norman Fell as the Coroner. Paired with his appearance in CHUD 2: Bud the CHUD, these are two of Fell's more fun movie roles. Norman Fell was a tailgunner in WW II. And a member of the Rat Pack. Heavy creds for a man in two dippy horror movies. Not enough to convince you this is one strange brew of a movie. 

Oh my god, it's a Phyllis Diller. When Phyllis Diller read the script for The Boneyard and discovered she was reading for the role of Mrs. Poopinplatz, she didn't complain, she embraced it. Besides...

They let her bring along her poodle Fifi and even wrote her into the movie...

As a demon poodle monster. Listen, a lot of stuff happens in this movie. It's a standard deviation or two above bad, and if you're a genre fan this is about as good as it gets for re-discovering underappreciated gems. The action eventually takes place in a morgue, and is adroitly done. Demon zombie children, all that. I forgot how it ends.

February 21, 2013 update: Nothing new to add I just wanted to restate that I really like this movie. 

January 27, 2018: Still like it. Norman Fell is still in it.

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