Eight-time Emmy Award winning character actor David Langston Smyrl died Tuesday of lung cancer. He was 80.
Mr. Smyrl is best known as the affable Mr. Langston Hanford, the retired firefighter who ran the corner store on Sesame Street.
Smyrl holds the distinction as the second-highest Emmy award winner in children’s TV programming.
A former Broadway star, Smyrl landed a gig as a writer and audience warm-up man on The Cosby Show. He later played a bit role as Mr. Sam Lucas on ‘Cosby’.
Smyrl also had small roles in The Preacher’s Wife and TV’s crime drama Law and Order.
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Thanks Sandra.
I was hurt this morning behind this
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I had no idea he had so many Emmy awards. I enjoyed him on The Cosby Show. One of my fave eps was when Denise got her license and bought a car from him. RIP Mr. Smyrl.
RIP Mr. Smyrl. Your impact on children’s programing will not be forgotten. Even if people don’t know your name… we remember you and thank you.
Sandra, I know UK folks love Good Friday and Easter Monday but please don’t abandon us in posts today. Enjoy yourself.
RIP in Peace Sir
My 30 year old sister grew watching Sesame Street and therefore I watched him as well. He was a funny man. He seemed to have a kind spirit. Remember him from Cosby Show as well.
Philly cats always are funny.
Thanks Sandra for giving Mr. Smyrl a post!
Did you know NC was some of the onliest fukkas to celebrate Easter Monday? Few others. But of course we took it far as hell over something college sports related. Baseball in this instance
Easter Monday… the mythical creature in the private sector. My UK coworkers been out like 2 or 3 weeks already this year. I may need to move on paper.
NC is well NC… these folks seem ready to tar and feather Pat McCrory.
Here it’s supposed to be African-American family day at the zoo. The kids are out so we may brave it
Chile, NC don’t PLAY. EASTER is NEXT to CHRISTMAS. We enroute….Had to finish filling out NEW HIRE paper work.
What What What. Yes, GOD is GOOD
At the paper we had on editor from Midwest. I want to say Kansas maybe. He was like yall making chit up!?Ain’t no damn such a thing as no Easter Monday! Shutchall country asses up!
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Miko Grimes STILL running her mouth. Ma’am you got your husband fired, yet she still popping them gums. Brent grow a pair.
Congrats on the new gig!
You and family chilling? Got there safely….nobody got on your nerves too bad. LOL
Thanks Ma’am my prayers were answered. My current employer had me working like slave, all kinds of Odd hours and it was never enough.
Congrats on gig!
“The Easter Monday holiday in North Carolina stemmed from the tradition in the early 20th century of state government workers taking the day off to attend the annual baseball game between North Carolina State College (Now North Carolina State University) and the once nearby Wake Forest College (now Wake Forest University and moved to Winston-Salem, NC).”
????? Something always sports related here
Little did he know… the UK takes Easter Monday seriously. SERIOUSLY.
Government and their holiday of the month club. lol
She needs to stop venting on social media. When your tweets contribute to your husband’s lack of employment, you are doing too much.
Folks always talking about Texas and Sports, but they SLEEP on NC. It lives and breathes SPORTS. Look at where the professionals come from. YAS
What?! That is so random. LOL!
He knew hardly anyone in US did. That’s for sure.? I had to do open/closed box in the paper. Every holiday. I bust out with Easter Monday closings. Including the liquor stores and he was like hold the fukk UP. ??
What is she saying now? You’d think if she cared about her husband working she’d learn to stfu. SHE is messing up his prospects.
Girl. Probably why I’m so fanatical about sports. In my blood and geography lmaoooo
Chile, you know DUBB gonna bring her receipts. Journalism is in her blood.
Yes. I’m drinking coffee on balcony
Ha! We said the SAME THING AT SAME TIME.
Check device
I would’ve been more impressed if you were getting head on the balcony while talking on here. :hides:
I got my damn mama and chirens with me?
And my cousin and niece and their family here too.
That is freaking bananas! A state holiday because of a baseball game. LOL!!!! Yeah, y’all just may have Texas beat.
Amazingly he got picked up by the Bucs. She saying that the receiving core asked for the QB to be benched and she gone keep talking.
Yaaayy! Family vacays are fun. Are y’all doing touristy stuff or just beaching it?
She doesn’t want him to have a job. She wants him to be a perpetual victim so she can take care of him.
That must be it. Because she just keeps running her mouth!
That was my old job. I’m still grateful to be gone 90 days later. After working there 6 years I’m still programmed sadly. They did a number on me.
Lmao …ho hard or go home
Not sure if I’m reaching, but batting average is high, this lady has some type of substance abuse problem. This is why he can’t control her. Lawd…Jesus be a mouth staple for her lips.
As opposed to just family day? Does that make anyone uncomfortable, or do people enjoy it? We don’t have that type of thing in the North East that i know of.
Yeah, abuse can come from many directions, even your employer. I spoke with two of my old directors and they were like SO glad you got out of that toxic environment.
Stand up for whats right but know when to STFU.
She don’t care. She do the most.
You always take something away from jobs, even bad ones…..the good thing is your take away was a positive.
Easter plans?
Damn them c0ck blocking you… (and me vicariously)
I think that’s it too, but soon he gone had to take a hard look at what’s going on. He can’t provide if she cause him to get fired.
Did I say something wrong?
“mouth staple” I DIE Slowly
Hi There Bugga MAUH…Headed to the South, to visit with FIL. Looking forward to doing NOTHING, how about you?
Considering making a cake….maybe…
How you gonna live vicariously sexually?! that’s the THOT in you!! Ole Nassy Azz!!
No boo, I actually agree …
Just don’t ask for chocolate from him!! Last cake he made me smelled funny, when I asked him what he used….he told me Ancient Brenden Secret, but just know he put something a little special in there. EWWW!
I watch p0rn… I’m living vicariously then. I admit it’s probably a good thing I’m single right now because my thotbox is on. I’d probably be pregnant if I wasn’t single…
So you want to be a Ole Nassy Azz on this Goodt Goodt Friday too, Huhn?!
We regulars. Myrtle Beach is 2.5 hours from us so we’ve done all the tourist stuff mannie mannie times. Kids pure don’t eem want to go over to the lil amusement park. We just chilling. Might go to outlets to shop. 2 nice sized outlets here.
I watch p0rn, too…..what is your favorite sites?
How do you make a Good Friday even better? Head on the balcony… that’s how you go from Good to Goodt.
Yay!!!!
Shet?
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He refused to elaborate……but I had my suspicions and tossed it……the cake not a salad, @BrendenBrendenBrenden:disqus!!
Damn…I don’t mean to make this about me but I’m getting old, RIP ?
FOR TODAY AND IN STORE ONLY!!! Old Navy dresses- $10
Yes, new beginnings!!
@thotlogic by B.Sweet started it .. I just want some fish & potato salad … U know Dubb Wilding out …u know sprites get turnt all the way up
Stupid had to work. Only reason he didn’t come this time. Last time his slow self came with us, him and my nephew got drunk AF at some bar and walked about 20 blocks back to hotel?? Said they didn’t realize it was that far when they started walking. ?
But u did tho , can this man manage to have his death abt him …j/p
Gm ?
I’m e-white so she shouldn’t be surprised.
Imma let you go on and be ignet, today!! I’ll resume on Monday!! LOL
????? Mornin??
Mammy wants me to cook. Looks like it’s gone be just hurh n me? Whatevs?? Prolly get a ham from hbh and make a few sides??
Top of it to ya!!
I see what you did. Ol creative ass?
Lolol I just had flashbacks of watching him as a kid & I’m like sh*t that doesn’t seem that long ago !
LMAO
I lurrrrnnnneeeddd frooooommm the beeeesssstttt! I lurrrrnnnneeeddd froom EEEWWWWEEEE!!!
That’s America’s pastime.
It’s hard for me to sit through 9 innings.
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Definitely better to see it in person.
I’ve never heard of Easter Monday, but always thought, the day after the Super Bowl should be a holiday.
No I quit , I’ll behave the rest of the day ..?
Why the exasperated faces, Hunny Bunny?! What’s wrong?
Lol , time flies ..but getting old is a blessing …
Why does that make me think of Craig on Friday?
Nope, please proceed!!
Oh stop??? You know good n well my old ass hasn’t mastered what these smileys are posed to express???
Outlet shopping is a must on our family vacations. Just booked a vacation for the hubby & I yesterday and all I want to do is go lay in the sun.
THAT TURKEY THEY HAVE IS GOODT TOO
Okay, well stick with the skulls then, cause I was worried. Got enough going on in my world……..I need your joy and jokes!!
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Iono, but I ain’t get it from him……I actually had a profound moment!! LOL
That sounds delish and less effort and I’m down for that.
My FIL, side KICK can not cook, at all. But since I’m eating less I guess it’s good. I’m going to the Capital of Pork BBQ, it’s not get my religion, but it does add in STOMACH and BACK fat. Tea so sweet it’s like syrup. non the less I’m excited, for the extra crispy fried chicken.
Loose booTy dresses huh ….
Out of all my sports declarations of undying love? The kid hates baseball. With all that I’m is
Popcorn.
Yup!!!
P0rnhub is just easy. Don’t have any favs at the moment. You?
Venti!! LOL
Pornhub ..?
Oh boy, let me look at my phone history……P0rnhub, xvideos, freegayp0rn (judge me, I don’t cur), freelesbianxxx, youp0rn………….that is just a few!!
I’ve been in the skybox and everything. I drank beer and ate ourdervers the whole time.
Last I been was a Nationals game, when they had Alfanso Serrano.
Me too , girl i feel my virginity coming back …
P0rnhub gets dry at times………..
I knew I liked you for a reason.
? Funny you mention cuzz I was looking at their menu and noticed some locations carry fried? We’ll see..,My Mother likes family gatherings. Imma call around and see what folks are doing before I commit…Otherwise it will truly just be me n her…Don’t feel like dealing with folks?
Agreed which is why I started back infrequently making my own p0rn.
“I got my license-yeah-ya-yeah-ya!” ???
RIP we are dropping like flies from cancer, hypertension, heart failure and diabetes at epidemic levels but nobody talks about it.
I am nawt alone. I’m happy but in a sad way.
lol.
I deleted mine, once I got rid of my partner……….I tend to throw out the mattress too and get a new one. CTHU, thankfully I keep partner for long periods of time, or I would be broke.
Awww, you know you secretly luh me!!
It’s okay in person, but too damn boring over the TV.
I haven’t recorded my acts in a long long time. Probably shouldn’t start back now. I make sure it’s nasty enough for a p0rno though.
Its a bit tough but I want more than sex .. A man just told me he know a lot of men want me, nah they want fuk me they dont want me ..its a difference
So you saying you regrowing your hymen?! LOL
WHO?
BBQ.
EXACTLY…..although, sometimes the feeling can be mutual….you know the just want to fukk me part, cause I have seen a few that I can guess what that mouth do….but know they ain’t good for much more.
What about the Glory Hole?
It’s a spot in Baltimore called Lake Trout, that makes the best fish sandwiches…
The San Francisco won two World Series. Fireworks evrerywhere… People honking all through the night. I watched the last at bat… That’s it.
Now I do since you’re my Sister in Freaky.
Why? are you trying to see if that is something you want to have invaded? CTHU, sorry I had to!!
Yeah there is a difference. Once is a part the other is whole. You want the completeness of it. I totally agree.
Nice n simple?? I like it…Just dint feel like dealing with fam…More than half them bishes owe me money? Money that I sure could use right about now??
Nah, amatuer wives.
wheresyourwifedotcom?
I had a guy tell me that he knows that I am a freaky, because of the way I look at him when he speaks to me…….huhn? He said, you are really comfortable with your sexuality and even in a suit, you exude it and when you talk to certain men, you have a side glance that you give and a smirk. Apparently this is unconsciously done, but I am careful now.
Huhn?
*secretly jots down a couple, scratches out lez be in, adds shemales*
“My thing” just recently changed.
Everybody has a thing right?
I’ve been told many times that I exude undercover freak… I ain’t never even been a freak. :hides:
There is one with a shemale, a buff guy and a chick with short red hair. The guy and shemale have her sandwiched and are in both holes. She sat up and rode the shemale, while the guy was in her azz…………LIKE A CHAMP!! #SKILLS……BUTIAINTABLE CTHU
RIP young man.
But is it me, or did anybody else think he was already 80 on SS and The Cosby Show?
Don’t start lying to me!! We are in an open and honest elationship!! LOL
I’m ENTHRALLED with DP and TRIPPPLE if I can find it. Almighty forgive me on this Good Fridy.
I ain’t either. Anal is for woman far stronger than I. Both holes? Geez.
I have been looking for it, but haven’t been able to find it again….Le Sigh But when I do, I’ll copy the link. She was a BEAST!!
I’m a freak by some peoples standards. I think freely expressing your sexuality is normal therefore not freaky. Happy?
I can do anal, but both holes…….first I have to okay with 2 men and my Freak ain’t built like that!!
TRUST me and my niece were debating if we should invite HER sister’s…..my OTHER nieces. LOL
Then we only decided to TAKE my mama (her granny) a plate. We ain’t eein gone tell her about it. LOL So I FEEL YOU!
Expound, please sir!!
Anal is an every once in awhile thing for me…but you can nevermind. In my dreams sometimes I have 2 dudes both holes filled but real life said no.
You are a freak, but not a whore. Embrace that inner freak, she has a ball no matter what…she gonna get hers!!
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My sentiments exactly, not an all the time thing and I can enjoy the two guy thing “Vicariously” through p0rn.
*going to think about getting a new phn – my shit ackin’ a nigga fool today*
Please….
I thought that ,I had sex a couple months ago BC I was jus soo horny … Dude gave goodt head & his d was good but nothing was there … I fuked him like a dog & blocked his # before he even left out the door ??
?????
BOOM!!
Lol he would have been in his 50s when I was born.
I KNOW THAT’S THE TRUTH
She is a freak and she has been a whore before but not anymore lmao.
I have a ? about the Ebony channel. Did roc and shay change the female? In the more recent ones, she looks different in the face with a different body type. Maybe she lost weight and got a makeover but….
And big girl with the weird makeup is a trip. Forgot her name but she has a series with her liteskinned husband. Okay…I think it’s jade Jordan.
Girl ?
Ain’t nothing going in my glory hole , I tried it , hated it .
No… it’s a wall.
I “flip through the channels” too much to get into names, but the girl Gotti puts Pinky to shame with the way she does them girls with her strap on.
_______________ lmaooooooooo im hollin at the IRONY of ur fav sites bit I shant reveal y as lmao
No, go ahead Boo………reveal away!! i haven’t said anything here that I cannot stand behind. Are you referring to the gay sites and the fact that my son is………..one has nothing to do with the other. Especially since he has no idea what I do in my bedroom.
No. I assumed the samething. The way he dressed and his glasses didn’t help either. Like Grady from Sanford and Son, I always assumed he was old too.
In your backyard? You know that’s what black folks do for EVERY celebration. ??
Can’t sit through Pinky, everything just looks too strange. One bi chick I kinda like looks like a cross between Kelis and Mona from half and half but she’s way less curvy. She seems like she’s really into giving and receiving.
Well as long as they owe you ,you’ll never go broke. Put coin slots on your refrigerator and bathroom doors, when they come over. You’ll get your money back eventually.
Yep because these streets are too dangerous now (at least where I live) to bust often when not in a monogamous relationship.
CTHU
At my niece’s and I’m not celebrating anything……just this warm weather.
???? Rent a spoons????
What ?
Or James Evans and JJ……they were the same age. LOL
… The Glory Hole is a wall, with a hole in it.
Close enough. LOL
I’m just messing with you. Someone here said black folks throw back yard BBQs for everything. I gave them my azz to kiss. Enjoy your BBQ ( save me a plate , no pork please?) and the weather sis.
“You can take that 17 hunit dollas and go discova Amerrica”-Clair to Denise on the same episode when she tried to get slick out the mouth about spending HER money on a car. Loved that part…
For real? Wow! Like Angela Bassett and Jenifer Lewis. Same age playing Mother and daughter.
Ummm #blankstare #crickets ( Im not familiar with u or ur backstory ) but couple sites u mentioned were the topic of a recent convo between girlfriends. #mygirlsandIrClosetfreaks lol thatsall LOL (but now I wana kno what the hell u was bout to go in on me about )
So basically u can’t see who or what u fuking ????
On what?
Most definitely NO PORK! Now I can’t save you if you don’t eat seafood…..because EYE DO! LOL But you’re welcome to it. LMAO
Seafood? Skrimps? ?. Salmon I can do ??.
In “What’s love got to do with it”.
Oh. I never really watched that WHOLE movie from beginning to end. Just bits and pieces. *slides over black card*
yep, skrimps.
All of Hollywood better check their wills…. folks dropping left and right. jeez
? I guess I’ll slide mine over too, cause I’ve never seen “Mahogany” or “Lady sings the blues”. I do own “Coolie high” and “TheWiz” on dvd though, So I’ll only slide half my card over ?.
Hell, me either. I think I watched the beginning of Mahogany and Lady Sings……..as a KID. I don’t remember too much about those movies. Can’t say I’ve watched Cooley High and I BEEN said I don’t remember too much about the Wiz. So yeah, my card is still deactivated.
No, you can’t. They are random holes in walls that allow a man to put his member through them so the individual on the other side can service him however they choose. You don’t know what’s on the other side of that wall. Clearly something for someone who doesn’t care what’s on the other side of that wall. ???
Omg that’s nasty …
Lmao no it isn’t . I remember watching “Blacula” as a kid. Scared the ish out of me, I assumed all vampires we’re yt folks . Then “Vampire in Brooklyn”came out and messed me up all over again.
There’s a big difference between a scenario like that being presented in an adult film, where the stars know who’s who behind that hole, and actually visiting one. They exist in real life. ??? again.
That’s why folks better get to know the people they date and marry. You may think you know, but odds are…
Lol…..Lol……
Never seen these either. LOL
RIP
My apologies, I am a little on the sensitive side. I thought you were being one of the resident “Smartazzes”. But stop being #CLOSETFREAKS, come on out and celebrate!! LOL
Ughh , sticking that D in any thing ..
Tears
I agree. I need new sites to look at.
We were talking about flicks.
A hit dog will holler.
What noise a bitch make?
Whatever noise you make. *shrugs*
You get a good laugh today?
Always
It might have been at my expense.
I can’t roast you all the time…
Lololilol *scoot ova then* lolol
(All is 4given Queen)
RIL