I have lost all respect for Gene Wilder.

He was on "The Insider" last night promoting his new book. The entire interview was all about Gilda Radner. He said that she was bulimic, an alcoholic and basically just trashed her. Oh, but of course he still loves her.

Gilda has been dead over 10 years. Now her widower is cashing in on her life.

Why can't he just focus on the good things about Gilda (of which there were so many)?

they showed him and new wife.

Especially Stir Crazy.

Granted I LOVE him as an actor. That's probably why I was so pissed when I saw this interview.

And he shouldn't speak ill of the dead... particularly those he claims to love.

But those are some good films... Pryor is funnier, though. Funnier by a long shot.

Why drag her name through the mud, especially after what she went through?

I was talking to my co-worker and she say that show too. Her take was it really would be the only way his book would get any press.

books, you know.

:(

Either you die painfully of ovarian cancer, or Gene Wilder drags your memory through the dirt. Sometimes it's both.

...and didn't trash her at all. He seemed very loving and respectful of her memory. Listen here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4537395

I'm sure that the tabloid vultures of "Extra!" and "Insider" played up the angle more. But I still think it's wrong for him to write about her issues like this.

It's a real betrayal of GR, his telling "all" about an epitomic problematic Seventies-Eighties baggage-laden Jewish/clueless Gentile relationship- as seen from a clueless-cynical and superior/selfimportant Gentile p.o.v. (and I say that from Gentile side of the aisle).

And yes, I accidentally saw him twice, because a clip of him was shown on Extra! with a similar bit/pitch about five or ten minutes later. It left me thinking that his real reason for the book is to argue to all her friends and fans that she was beyond saving. He obviously never really understood her or what she was about, or why, that was the really sad part. That he's peddling the story out for novelty and cash almost can't make it worse.

There was a book written about SNL in the late 80s that discussed it.

I didn't see the interview, so I don't know how he approached the subject.
Gilda was a very funny lady. I catch myself singing the song from her standup, "Let's Talk Dirty To The Animals".

Couldn't live without 'Let's Talk Dirty To The Animals' and the whole Candy Slice and the Slicers routine. Gimme Mick!!! And I adore 'If You Look Close'.

Gene Wilder always seemed to be a good guy. I had heard about Gilda being bulimic but never an alcoholic.