Mr. Grodin definitely had a great run and when I became a young adult, I got a better grip on his humor. Before then, I thought he was just a grump on David Letterman plus The Lonely Guy was a boring flick. On the latter, I finally got it.
The rest of his catalog here correlated with my upbringing and he was the perfect straight man and foil in them all: The Great Muppet Caper, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Clifford, Heaven Can Wait, The Lonely Guy and Seems Like Old Times. Everybody else mentioned Midnight Run but I’ve never seen it, maybe I will in the near future. I would rather check out his breakout performance in The Heartbreak Kid.
Thanks for everything Mr. Grodin. You were a gem of an actor and although you were called in for the same role, you made each character you played unique and memorable. This helped make your co-stars shine with the laughs: Miss Piggy, Martin Short, Lily Tomlin, Dyan Cannon, Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn.