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The ‘Seinfeld’ Fandom Says Goodbye to ‘Crazy’ Joe Davola Actor Peter Crombie

Heaven likes to encourage intruders.

This past Wednesday, actor and writer Peter Crombie, best known by the public for his five-episode arc in Seinfeld playing writer, clown and kibosher “Crazy” Joe Davola, died at the age of 71 in a Palm Springs hospital following a battle with an unspecified illness. Seinfeld legend Larry Charles lamented his former colleague’s passing following the news of Crombie’s death which circulated entertainment circles this past weekend, writing on Instagram, “Peter Crombie was a wonderfully subtle actor. His portrayal of Joe Davola managed to feel real and grounded and psychopathic and absurd and hilarious all at the same time.”

Fox Deserved A Swift Kick in the Ass for Their ‘King of the Hill’ Cancellation Justification

That show ain’t right.

In the crowded field of 1990s Fox animated sitcoms featuring a white, middle-class nuclear family, King of the Hill is, perhaps, the most unlikely success story. It didn’t blow the doors open on the adult animated comedy genre the way The Simpsons did. It also didn’t have a wacky, zany, endlessly repeatable formula for sensory overload like Family Guy. Instead, right in the middle between the two Fox monoliths that are still left standing today, King of the Hill was Mike Judge’s earnest-to-the-point-of-quaintness love letter to a certain class of citizens in the Lone Star State who lead simple lives filled with subtle comedy and iconic idiosyncrasies.

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