I remember way back in 1965, i wrote to Ed Byrnes in the highlight of his fame. I received a postcard back from him with his signed autograph, saying how much my friendship meant to him. I was a young 22 year old guy then and live in Perth, Western Australia.
Not everyone is thrilled to be alive in old age. Now, adding a D to a common first name IS tragic, trust me. At least he lived in Santa Monica. Funny he looks like Bowie in some of these shots. [Say Warner Brothers in the future. You actually did say it once. ☑️] Cheers fine video.
I met Ed Byrnes at a sale in Flagstaff at the NAU dome. I felt so sorry because he was selling "Kookie, Kookie lend me your comb" I couldn't buy one at the time. He looked pretty good then. Rest in Peace Ed Byrnes.
On 77 Sunset Strip he was one Cool Cat. On that series he would drive into a parking space at full speed without hitting the cars on both sides. He called it the Kookie school of driving. The way he spoke he was one Hip Cool Cat. On that series he knew Surfers, Beatniks, and he knew how to reach young people when his PI bosses were unsuccessful. He also knew how to speak with girls on that show. He had a Hot Rod like the one you see on the opening credits on Happy Days. He would go on stake-outs for his bosses on that Hot Rod. He was 1 Hip Cool Cat !!!
@@janeyd5280 6 or 7 years ago I remember late ⏰ at night they had begun showing the reruns of 77 Sunset Strip. In the early 60’s it was my Mom that watched those episodes I was probably 5 or 6 years old and didn’t pay attention to them. It wasn’t till 6 or 7 years ago that I begun watching the reruns late ⏰ at night. It was a pretty good 📺 TV series. I did like Ed Byrns because he was a hip cool cat 😎 he eventually became a PI man and became part of the firm that his bosses worked for. When Ed died a couple of years ago I felt bad he was a good looking 👀 guy, and it was a wise choice when they picked him for cool 😎 cat 🐈. That’s because he looked like Rockabilly Eddie Cochran. A show from the time when guys were tough and cool and walked with their heads held up high.
I dont think Ed Byrnes had a tragic ending at all and certainly not a tragic life.. Reaching a ripe old age of 87 years, is a fairly good innings in my books..
I used to enjoy 77 Sunset strip. When I visited LA I tried to find it without sucess. I don’t think Kookie had a sad life and he lived to a decent age.
@@cdgates1 I'm guessing it was his young girlfriend. That was 1991. She was graduating law school. Perhaps a friend's daughter. Family friend? Who knows. He seemed very nice and sincere
RU-vid always describes deaths as "tragic" when many of them were simply normal deaths of old age. Everyone dies, but not "tragically." A tragic death is like that of James Dean or Marilyn Monroe, who died at such young ages.
Amanda Hirschfeld he certainly was, he looked a bit like Rockabilly "Eddie Cochran" there was a Rock & Roll look to him. He started out on the series parking cars. Then later he became a PI working with his associates, and he did things his own way.
He was a cool cat as someone wrote and I think he did real good with himself considering the lifestyle that was part to blame for taking him at 86 but, to me, that’s pretty darn great! I’m so glad he got away from the party stuff enough to be able to carry on with other parts to play, game host and more. RIP!
Living into your 80s is not a tragic end. Stuffing your Porsche into someone else's car on the desert is a tragic end... for the others (James Dean). Dying in a commercial aviation accident during a war bond drive is a tragic end (Carole Lombard). Dying in a crash on a rural road in a chauffeured car is a tragic end (Jayne Mansfield).
I met him in the 2000s when he was opening the Dan Gable Wrestling Museum in Iowa. He was cocky, but I didn’t care. BTW, what was the tragic ending you mentioned in the description?
Henry Winkler starred in the TV show happy days as the fonz from 1974 to 1984 on ABC he went back to television this time on CBS in the short lived TV show Monty With future friends star David Schwimmer
Just trying to help but it would help the narration a lot if you put up heavy curtains in the room you are narrating from to improve the horrible acoustics you have now. Bed spread or tarps whatever.
Susan MacDonald Would someone tell me where Edd Byrnes is buried or cremated at Green-Wood in Brooklyn, New York, please and whether his name is in the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
Living a long and good life and dying at 87 is not "tragic." We should all do as well as he did. For some reason he never became a major star like Dean or Hudson. The public is unpredictable.
Is the poster of this video trying to say "CHEYANNE" at 1:52.... I never heard any film he did called SHENYAY. Also his name on 77 Sunset Strip was """"KOOKIE"""" phonetically with "long O's " If he thinks it's "SHEYNYAY" and "Cookie" he obviously does not know the show .
@@joelkoosed902 Warner Brothers really churned out some good tv shows back then......SHEN-YAY lol....All the detective shows, Maverick, etc. I am glad I have a lot of that stuff on DVD. ULTRA LOL.......""""SHEN-YAY""""""
You call that a tragic ending? He died at 87. It happens. Also, you should make sure to learn how to pronounce the name of the people you're doing a story about -- it's "Kookie," not "Cookie." (Like, "ooh," not like, "cook.")
That doesn't excuse his drunken and unprofessional behavior during the pilot episodes of "Wheel of Fortune". Edd Byrnes was completely wasted during the pilots to the point that Susan Stafford was concerned that his drunken and unprofessional behavior may have cost the show the possibility of being greenlit by NBC.
