tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350863297365446178.post6422871928657581879..comments2023-11-26T19:42:54.383-05:00Comments on THE BOOKSTEVE CHANNEL: John AstinBookstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350863297365446178.post-72449329985128987112014-05-30T23:25:14.853-04:002014-05-30T23:25:14.853-04:00Astin was the only actor in CANDY who didn't s...Astin was the only actor in CANDY who didn't seem drunk or stoned or just walking through their role. Thus, as you said, he is a standout even over the bigger name actors.Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350863297365446178.post-32617768063612638152014-05-30T18:05:34.583-04:002014-05-30T18:05:34.583-04:00John Astin is a wonderful actor and I appreciated ...John Astin is a wonderful actor and I appreciated your tribute. My favorite Astin role is in the underappreciated 1968 movie CANDY, in which Astin plays a dual role as brothers, one the stuffy schoolteacher father to Ewa Aulin in the title role and the other as the randy uncle to Candy. It's a standout performance in a movie boasting everyone from Ringo Starr (his first non-Beatles movie) to Richard Burton to Marlon Brando. <br /><br />Astin also showed what a great actor he is playing a handicapped man on a 1975 episode of POLICE WOMAN (his then-wife patty Duke-Astin was also a guest star). <br /><br />Great post and pix.Gary R. Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811008380554433446noreply@blogger.com