Ken Osmond Passes -- Played Eddie Haskell

[sagegrouse]

Eddie Haskell was a truly memorable sitcom character.

[SouthernDukie]

Eddie Haskell was a truly memorable sitcom character.

So, so sad. Loved Ken Osmond’s portrayal of Eddie in one of the all-time great TV sitcoms.

[sagegrouse]

Eddie Haskell -- a truly loathsome character in the show -- who, through Osmond's characterization, became really loved by TV viewers -- he was smarmy and obsequious in front of adults and conniving whentheir backs were turned. I suppose he was loved because he was so vulnerable as a character.

[sagegrouse]

Eddie Haskell -- a truly loathsome character in the show -- who, through Osmond's characterization, became really loved by TV viewers -- he was smarmy and obsequious in front of adults and conniving whentheir backs were turned. I suppose he was loved because he was so vulnerable as a character.

I'm not doing a good job here. Osmond played this character straight -- not for yucks, or as a Stooge -- just as a character in a series for years and years. He didn't camp it up.

[brevity]

Eddie Haskell was a truly memorable sitcom character.

Eddie Haskell -- a truly loathsome character in the show -- who, through Osmond's characterization, became really loved by TV viewers -- he was smarmy and obsequious in front of adults and conniving whentheir backs were turned. I suppose he was loved because he was so vulnerable as a character.

I'm not doing a good job here. Osmond played this character straight -- not for yucks, or as a Stooge -- just as a character in a series for years and years. He didn't camp it up.

If any member was going to drop by and pile it on for this thread, I would have guessed DBR's own eddiehaskell.

His IMDb entry indicates that he was nominated for a TV Land Award in 2006 for "Character Most Desperately in Need of a Timeout". (He lost to Nellie from Little House on the Prairie and Dee from What's Happening.)

Here's a clip of Ken Osmond being Haskellish on Happy Days:

[budwom]

the older you get, the more Eddie Haskells you see in the world...