February 22, 201313 yr Today's Google doodle reminds that it's the late, great Edward Gorey's 88th birthday.
February 22, 201313 yr Truly one of the greats. "Masterpiece Theatre" used to use an animated version of his work as the lead-in to their mystery series, with appropriate music. My favorite of his extended works was "The Curious Sofa."
February 22, 201313 yr Active Members Truly one of the greats. "Masterpiece Theatre" used to use an animated version of his work as the lead-in to their mystery series, with appropriate music. My favorite of his extended works was "The Curious Sofa." A truly wonderful bit of humor. I have most of his stuff and can open it at random for a good laugh. What a mind he had! He did the sets for Dracula which I saw on Broadway in the late seventies; the same intricate black-and-white style on the backdrops, and black-and-white costumes which he also designed. But in each act was a single blood-red item: a glass of wine, a ruby pendant necklace, and the satin lining of the vampire's cape. Memorable to this day. I don't know if he single-handedly did the animations for "Masterpiece Theater". It wouldn't surprise me. His work is so subtle and so controlled. How could he have turned it over to anyone else? Wish I could have spent some time in his company. He was one of a kind. His comments on his sexuality: I'm neither one thing nor the other particularly. I am fortunate in that I am apparently reasonably undersexed or something ... I've never said that I was gay and I've never said that I wasn't ... what I'm trying to say is that I am a person before I am anything else ... His Cape Cod house is kept as a museum.
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