Flounder is dead

[blastoff]

One of the great movies


Stephen Furst, best known for his performance as the hapless Flounder in Animal House and put-upon rookie doc Eliott Axelrod on St. Elsewhere, died yesterday due to complications from diabetes.

His death was announced by his sons Nathan and Griffith Furst, who asked that fans “celebrate his life by watching one of his movies or use one of his bits to make someone else laugh – really, really hard.” See their entire statement below.

Furst had a couple of small credits before landing the part of Kent “Flounder” Dorfman in 1978’s Animal House.
Stephen Furst Dies: ‘Animal House’, ‘St. Elsewhere’ Actor Was 63

Sad news. "Oh boy is this great!" Immortalized in Animal House. Sorry to see him pass.

Amen!

Can't imagine any other actor delivering that line as he did, along with the great facial expression that accompanied it.

RIP

 

[toobfreak]

Wow, I agree with you. Furst was fantastic in that role, where he was both funny and had a lot of dramatic heft. (Essentially, he was the voice of reason when his people blundered into a cruel and stupid war against the Narn.) B5 was Star Wars with a brain.

To those who never watched it, I should point out that Babylon 5 also involved at least 5 motion pictures interspersed with the TV series, and it involved a huge ensemble cast of ever-changing and evolving characters. Much of the series written by one person. Furst's character was there from the beginning through nearly all of it as a diplomatic attachment to one of the ambassador's (Londo Mollari), who was central to the story, so Furst's character evolved greatly from a bit of a Flounder struggling always in between a rock and hard place as Londo's comic doormat to an eventual increasingly dynamic role of emotional, moral and story conflict. A pinnacle for television.

It was also I believe the first TV series to use CGI, without which it would not have been possible to do.

PS: The series also made great use of Walter Koenig in what was probably his best ever role, where he was much better used than ever on Star Trek. RIP, Stephen.

 

[tigerred59]

One of the great movies


Stephen Furst, best known for his performance as the hapless Flounder in Animal House and put-upon rookie doc Eliott Axelrod on St. Elsewhere, died yesterday due to complications from diabetes.

His death was announced by his sons Nathan and Griffith Furst, who asked that fans “celebrate his life by watching one of his movies or use one of his bits to make someone else laugh – really, really hard.” See their entire statement below.

Furst had a couple of small credits before landing the part of Kent “Flounder” Dorfman in 1978’s Animal House.
Stephen Furst Dies: ‘Animal House’, ‘St. Elsewhere’ Actor Was 63

Guno, that bar scene with them girls...priceless!!

 

[JoeB131]

My favorite Vir scene:

I agree. It was very satisfying when Mr. Morden got what was coming to him.

 

[boedicca]

RIP Vir Cotto

 

[WEATHER53]

Face it Flounder. You threw up ON Dean Wormer

 

[JoeB131]

"Fat Drunk and Stupid is no way to go through life, son!"