Offscreen Notes
Blake Edwards: 1922-2010
The world of comedy keeps getting hit with hard blows. First was the death of Leslie Nielsen on November 28, then Mario Monicelli on the day after, and then on December 15, writer, producer, director Blake Edwards dies at the age of 88. Edwards will be best remembered for his wonderful collaborations with the great comic actor Peter Sellers, which include all of Sellers’ Pink Panther films, plus one of the funniest films of the 1960s, The Party. I remember feeling quite depressed one New Year’s Eve when things conspired to keep me home for the night. I turned on the television and happened across The Party, and ended up laughing myself out of any funk.
