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Jerry Stiller dead at 92

I do not remember dates.  I was in America when George Carlin - one of my all time fav comic had died.  But I found out later.
Today thanks to the stay at home condition and access to internet I read that Ben Stiller had updated us on his father's passing.  Apparently Ben did it in the bird kingdom called Twitter.  But that twit was picked up by NYT which I read and thusly found out that a close second in terms of comic genius to George Carlin (not Costanza) was now gone.  Jerry Stiller dead at 92.

I may have seen him in a cameo here or there in film or television but I only came to know of him as a character and father of another comic (Ben) as I started enjoying Seinfeld.  As the eccentric and irascible father of Jason Alexander's character called George Costanza, he was a glue that carried the show about nothing to new highs.

In many ways he was a perfect foil with his advanced age and mental blocks to the fast moving witty banter among the younger four stars.

What a treat it was to watch him then.  It still is thanks to the entire Seinfeld collection on DVD that I own.  That collection is priceless to me.

I guess officially one could say - Serenity then, Insanity Now!

While I have my doubts about heaven I suspect Jerry is now taking his cue from the 'Maestro' in the 'Place to Be'.

I think May 10 should be Happy Festivus day as a celebration of his life.
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