Actor-Director-Screenwriter Harold Ramis died yesterday at the age of 69.
When the history of American film making in the late twentieth century is written, Ramis' name be a mere footnote when compared to the likes of Scorsese, Spielberg, Coppola, and Lukas, but when you are talking about movie comedy, how can Harold Ramis not be considered a true giant? Consider this mere sampling of his body of work, in each of which Ramis either wrote, directed, or acted:
- Animal House
- National Lampoon's Vacation
- Groundhog Day
- Meatballs
- Caddyshack
- Ghostbusters
- Stripes
- Analyze This
On Facebook yesterday, my friend Dan Bonk said it best: "I would have laughed a lot less in life had it not been for Harold Ramis."
That is a damn fine epitaph.
RIP Harold Ramis.
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