Friday, June 28, 2024

Hulu's Hit-Monkey Trailer Drops; Remembering Character Actor Bill Cobbs

Hit-Monkey

Hulu's Hit-Monkey Season 2 official trailer and key art for the second season has dropped. Season 2 of Hit-Monkey will premiere Monday, July 15 on Hulu. In New York City, Monkey finds a path to escape his life of killing, while Bryce attempts to repair the damage to those he wronged in life. But what will it cost them to undo the past? A Japanese snow monkey, aided by the ghost of an American assassin, goes on a killing-spree, and becomes the famous "killer of killers."

Cast: Leslie Jones, Ally Maki, Cristin Milioti, Olivia Munn, Fred Tatasciore, and Jason Sudeikis Credits: Co-created and executive produced by Josh Gordon & Will Speck. The second season of Hit-Monkey is produced by 20th Television Animation with animation by Floyd County Productions.




Bill Cobbs

Actor Bill Cobbs, who starred in The Slap Maxwell Story, The Gregory Hines Show and The Michael Richards Show, has died. He died at his home in Upland, California, on June 25. Mr. Cobbs was 90.

The Slap Maxwell Story

Cobbs starred as The Dutchman in the 1987-1988 ABC sitcom The Slap Maxwell Story. "Slap" Maxwell (Dabney Coleman) is an egocentric sportswriter for a newspaper called The Ledger, somewhere in the American Southwest. The Dutchman is the friendly bartender at the local tavern. The series also starred Megan Gallagher, Susan Anspach, Brian Smiar and Bill Calvert.

He starred as Phil Drexler in the short-lived 1989 ABC sitcom Homeroom. The series follows Darryl Harper (Darryl Sivad), a highly paid advertising copywriter who decides to quit his job to teach underprivileged kids at P.S. 391, an inner city school in New York City. Darryl's wife Virginia (Penny Johnson) supports his choice but Virginia's father, Phil Drexler does not. The cast included Claude Brooks, Trent Cameron, Jahary Bennett, Billy Dee Willis, Daphne Lyn Jones and Tritia Setoguchi.

The Gregory Hines Show

Cobbs starred as James Stevenson in the 1997-1998 CBS sitcom The Gregory Hines Show. The series starred Gregory Hines as Ben Stevenson, a publishing agent and widower raising 12-year-old son Matty (Brandon Hammond). He receives advice from his father James. The series also starred Wendell Pierce, Mark Tymchyshyn, Robin Riker and Judith Shelton.

The Michael Richards Show

He starred as Jack in short-lived 2000 NBC sitcom The Michael Richards Show. The show revolved around Vic Nardozza (Michael Richards), an inept and clumsy private investigator working for McKay Investigative Services. Grumpy old pro Jack sparred with Kevin Blakely (Tim Meadows) constantly at the office. The cast included William Devane and Amy Farrington.

Drew Carey and Bill Cobbs - The Drew Carey Show

Cobbs had a recurring role as Tony in 9 episodes of the ABC sitcom The Drew Carey Show from 2002 to 2004. Tony the bus driver served as the smart-alecky "bartender" type to whom Drew could tell his problems.

Go On

He had a recurring role as George in 10 episodes of the 2012-2013 NBC sitcom Go On. George is a blind grief-support-group member. The cast included Matthew Perry, Laura Benanti, Julie White, Suzy Nakamura, Tyler James Williams, Brett Gelman, Sarah Baker and John Cho.

Some of his sitcom guest appearances included Good Times, Baby... I'm Back! (2 episodes), Kate & Allie (2 episodes), Designing Women, Married People, True Colors, Coach, Empty Nest, The Wayans Bros., For Your Love (2 episodes), The Fighting Fitzgeralds, My Wife and Kids (2 episodes), Yes, Dear (2 episodes), Back in the Game, The Carmichael Show and Superior Donuts.

Cobbs had a recurring role as Lewis Coleman in 13 episodes of the 1991-1993 NBC legal drama I'll Fly Away. He starred as Elmer Greentree in the 2000 NBC science fiction series The Others. In 2020, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Performance in a Daytime Program for his role as Mr. Hendrickson on Dino Dana.

Some of his other television guest appearances included The Equalizer (1985), Spenser: For Hire, L.A. Law, Gabriel's Fire, The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, Northern Exposure, ER (1996), NYPD Blue (2 episodes), Walker, Texas Ranger (1997), L.A. Doctors, The Outer Limits (2 episodes in 1997 and 1999), The Sopranos, The Practice, Touched by an Angel, Six Feet Under, The West Wing, The Division, JAG (4 episodes), Soul Food, Star Trek: Enterprise, One Tree Hill, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2020). He had a recurring role as Judge Rutchland on Rake in 2014. He appeared in 4 episodes of Greenleaf from 2016 to 2017.

He starred as Moses in The Hudsucker Proxy (1994). He played Coach Arthur Chaney in Air Bud (1997). Some of his other film credits included The Hitter (1979) The Brother from Another Planet (1984), The Bodguard (1992), Night at the Museum (2006), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014).

Mr. Cobbs was a fine character actor. He had almost 200 television and film credits over his 50-year career. We thank him for the laughs and entertainment that he brought us. He will be greatly missed.

Kevin Brophy

We also remember actor Kevin Brophy. He starred as the title character in the 1977-1978 ABC drama Lucan. He died on May 11 at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, California, following a 10 year battle with stage IV cancer. Mr. Brophy was 70.

Lucan

Brophy starred as Lucan in the 1977-1978 ABC drama Lucan. The series follows a 20-year-old man who spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forests of northern Minnesota, after being raised by wolves, Lucan is taken to a research institute and taught the ways of human society. The series also starred Don Gordon and John Randolph.

Kevin Brophy on M*A*S*H

He appeared as Roberts in the M*A*S*H season 8 episode "Life Time" in 1979. Some of his other sitcom guest appearances included The Love Boat, AfterMASH, New Love American Style, Growing Pains (2 episodes) and Just the Ten of Us.

The Yeagers

He played Tony Yeager in the short-lived (2 episodes) 1980 ABC drama The Yeagers, which starred Andy Griffith. Some of his other television guest appearances included The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, (2 episodes), Strike Force, Trapper John, M.D. (3 episodes), Matt Houston (2 episodes), Partners in Crime, Finder of Lost Loves, Zorro (1992), Civil Wars and JAG.

He starred as Peter Bennett in the 1981 supernatural slasher film Hell Night. Illinois-based Ray Fulk, a man who died in July 2012 at the age of 71, bequeathed half of his $1 million estate to the actor in his will, the other half going to his former Hell Night castmate and The Young and the Restless star Peter Barton, despite never meeting them. Fulk, who had no family of his own, was a fan of both actors. The story was featured in a 2015 episode of the Fox Business Network docu-series Strange Inheritance.

Mr. Brophy later worked as a valet who parked cars at the Hotel Bel-Air between 1983 and 2009. We thank him for his work on television and in films. He will be sorely missed.


Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Friday, May 9

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Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of May 5)

Friday, May 9

  • Paul Rudd (The Shrink Next Door/Living with Yourself/Wild Oats) - Watch Paul on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
  • Matt Bomer (Mid-Century Modern) - Matt appears on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
  • Asif Ali (Deli Boys) and Saagar Shaikh (Deli Boys) - Asif and Saagar are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
  • Busy Philipps (Girls5eva/Vice Principals/Cougar Town/Love, Inc.) - Busy chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
  • Christine Baranski (The Big Bang Theory/Happy Family/Welcome to New York/Cybill) - Christine talks about Nine Perfect Strangers on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
  • Holly Robinson Peete (Hangin' with Mr. Cooper/For Your Love/Like Family/Love, Inc.) - Holly swings by for a chat about her new film Hats Off to Love on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar (The Crazy Ones) and Alyson Hannigan (How I Met Your Mother/Free Spirit) - NBC's Today catches up with Sarah and Alyson in the 9am hour.
  • Brooke Shields (Suddenly Susan) - In this a little bit extra episode Drew shares more of her conversation with Brooke at the news desk on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
  • Rebel Wilson (Super Fun Night) - Rebel joins Sherri to talk about starring in the new film Juliet & Romeo, so check your local listings.
  • Terri J. Vaughn (She the People/Mann & Wife/Meet the Browns/All of Us/The Steve Harvey Show) - Terri talks about starring in the new Netflix series She the People on Sherri, so check your local listings.
  • Julia Sweeney (Shrill/Work in Progress/Maybe It's Me/George and Leo) and Marsha Mason (Grace and Frankie/The Middle/Sibs) - Julia and Marsha talk about My First Ex-Husband on PIX11 Morinng News on WPIX in New York at 9:40am.


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