The celebrity death march continues.Karl Malden has died at the age of 97. He was probably best known for his role as Lt. Mike Stone on the ABC series The Streets of San Francisco. Actually, he was probably equally well-known for his American Express "Don't Leave Home Without It" commercials that ran in the 70s and 80s.
He played the lead role in the short-lived NBC series Skag in 1980, but most of his roles were in movies, including Patton, On The Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire, Kiss of Death, How The West Was Won, Birdman of Alcatraz, Murderer's Row, and Meteor. One of my favorite Malden roles was in the 50s movie Fear Strikes Out, where he played the pushy father of Red Sox outfielder Jimmy Piersall. His last role was a first season episode of The West Wing.
If you haven't caught the new reality series Share the Love, it's
probably because you weren't sitting on a Jet Blue flight. The new series, done in partnership with American Express,
is being shown exclusively as an in-flight show on DirecTV. Contestants on the show compete in a cross country race to
win free air miles. I assume they would use those air miles to fly back? Passengers can cast their votes, which
simultaneously makes a contribution to the Boys and Girls Club. Finally, reality TV the way it was meant to be seen:
30,000 feet in the air with a weird kid kicking the back of your seat.
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