Actor, writer, singer-songwriter, VO artist. Husband, father, sober..and yes..son of Jerry! “I’ve been rich, and I’ve been thin..but never at the same time.”🤣
He taught me pool, but not cards. He loved my words and my music. We loved each other’s voices. I loved who he was and what we might have been. We were pretty different, but I still find myself, at stoplights, tapping the steering wheel along to the radio in the exact same way.
Lots of love sent my way on what would’ve been my dad’s 87th birthday. A celebrity parent is a sword w 2 edges. There are things he showed us that he never showed you, and vice versa. But what’s so beautiful is the amount of joy his work brought the world. Thanks, everybody.❤️❤️
“The secret is never forgetting that you’re a journeyman actor and that nothing is your final thing, nothing is your greatest thing, nothing is your worst thing. I still consider myself a novice.”
#jamesearljones
with Julie Harris, Angela Lansbury, and my dad ❤️❤️❤️
Overwhelmed at the love I got yesterday for posting that old picture of my dad. So as a thank-you, here’s a picture of HIS dad, Leon Orbach. He worked in food service. Dad used to joke, “He didn’t change the world, but he could make a milkshake and a BLT better than anybody.” ❤️
I want to thank everyone who was kind enough to send well-wishes to me yesterday on the anniversary of my father’s death. It’s made the holidays a little more difficult. Really appreciate the love. Thank you. ❤️❤️
Putting a child safety cap on a bottle of pills doesn’t infringe upon your right to take them. Anyone who opposes sensible laws that balance personal freedom w public safety looks like a petulant impulsive child who probably shouldn’t own a gun in the first place.
It’s been a good day.
Wanted to sleep in, didn’t get to.
Wanted some time alone, didn’t get it.
All I got was some pancakes, and these two.
And that’s plenty. ❤️
#FathersDay2023
@emrazz
Dude: “It’s a witch hunt! I have to be careful of what I say at the Xmas party now!” Woman: “I’ve had to be careful every time I’ve ever jogged/sat on the train/walked to my car/pretty much done anything every day of my life, for decades.”
@BarbaraGehring2
Thank you ❤️ mom once told me he was running towards her on a windy day — trees swaying dramatically — but she had to laugh because as romantic as it was, “Not one hair on his head MOVED!!” That’s how much pomade he had in it!! 🤣 Well, in his defense, it was the 50’s ❤️
@dansaltzstein
88: Dad’s CPA, 70, beehive hair, purple lips, smoking in the office: “I been goin to the same deli fah 20 years. Every day I order the same thing:a grilled Swiss on rye, w BACON. And EVERY DAY THEY SCREW IT UP!” “Why don’t you go someplace else?” “IT’S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET!!”
@laurenthehough
Amen, sister. “I’m goin to London for 3wks. There’s some postdated checks on the fridge, some cream chipped beef in the freezer. Your brother’s friend will check in on you once a day. Do your homework and stuff. Byeee!” “Whatever, ma.” (Plops on couch, watches “Taxi Driver.”)
Louis Gossett Jr. LOVE him as an actor, but dad told me he was a great a songwriter too. Louis was struggling so hard as an actor he was getting kicked out of his apt the SAME DAY he got his 1st check for his song “Handsome Johnny.” Richie Havens recorded it . Rest in peace ❤️❤️
Late to the party, but Happy birthday to Law And Order sister
@JillHennessy
. Runway model gorgeous, Marx Brothers funny, great actor and musician. First time I saw her on the show, she put on glasses and slouched over a notepad and I thought, “THAT’S a lawyer. “ xoxo 😘
An experiment: Like many on this site, I have sometimes given in to engaging in negativity and partisan madness. While I do have strong beliefs, what matters most is trying to be positive. A day at a time, I’m gonna TRY and stick to it! Thanks to all the new follows out there. ❤️
Here’s the Xmas gift I got for my wife: a new tree, replacing the dead tree we got married under 12+ yrs ago. That tree was weak and prone to sickness. This one is stronger, a Red Sunset Maple. Thinking of New beginnings and second chances.
#Happy2024
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
As much as I hate getting in to this kind of stuff here, today on Twitter I had a Trump supporter refer to my deceased mother as “retarded.” I think irrespective of whom one votes for, we can all do a bit better than that, right? Maybe? 🤷🏻♂️❤️
@EWErickson
Yeah. My dad got a real gold shield from the NYPD for playing Lennie Briscoe, but he didn’t pretend to be a cop when he was at the supermarket.
@michaelharriot
Releasing this shit on MLK day is just like a final “fuck you” to the progressive side. I think he does this shit to piss people off and cause MORE unrest. Again and again, when the bar can’t get any lower, Trump digs underneath it.
@BarbraStreisand
@ABFalecbaldwin
Speaking of history, look what I found! An invite for my dad to your 20th birthday party. On the back, he’d written a grocery list! Love you xoxo
@crankyoldbag
My dad was strictly a Yardley Pomade guy. Basically, scented green Vaseline!! Mom joked “he was running toward me on a windy fall day and it was so romantic…yet NOT ONE HAIR IN HIS HEAD MOVED!!” 🤣🤣❤️❤️
Punk: The world is broken, and that makes me mad.
Goth: The world is broken, yet also hauntingly beautiful.
Emo: The world is broken, and that makes me sad.
Ska: The world is broken. I have a trumpet.
@StobiesGalaxy
@levarburton
When I was a kid LaForge, Data, Spock, Scotty, and Wes Crusher did the same things for me that people like Coltrane, Brando, and Lennon did: They showed me that you didn’t need to be able to throw a ball to be cool as hell. ❤️
@michaelharriot
If you’re from one school of martial arts and you visit someone else’s school, you must show the utmost respect and courtesy. You go to learn, and to observe — not to talk smack. Kid got what was coming to him.
@emrazz
@Cated73
It’s insane. Been a SAHD for 3 years. Random people have seen me in action and said “You’re a GREAT dad.” Yet when my wife does the *same stuff*, no one bats an eye.
HOW IN HELL DID I MISS MARK HAMILL WISHING ME A HAPPY BIRTHDAY?????? I hate this site, but I also love it.
@MarkHamill
, in the sewer grating that is so often one’s Twitter feed, one misses the occasional diamond. A thousand pardons, and THANK YOU ❤️❤️❤️❤️
OH MY! Thanks to the host,
@wongbd
, I got to meet the legendary
@GeorgeTakei
tonight!! Been a fan since I was a kid. Got to hear him tell his amazing story about being a kid in an incarceration camp for Japanese Americans during WW2. Moving and inspiring. Love you, George!!
Mostly out of the family biz. Shot myself in the foot many times. As many doors were opened, just as many closed. Ordinarily private, messy things like grief were public and lousy. I’m 54, living in the mountains. If there’s a
#nepobaby
witness protection program, I am in it.🤣
Honestly, between the writing and acting, we would be loving
#ResidentAlien
anyway — but the many loving tributes to my dad just make me smile so big. ❤️❤️
Thanks folks! So much love for the last picture. ❤️ The pic w James Earl Jones, Julie Harris, & Angela Lansbury was from the’69 Tony Awards. Dad won his only Tony for Best Actor in a Musical, in “Promises, Promises.” Here’s a clip from the awards show. ❤️
@laurenthehough
A member of congress should be held to a slightly higher bar than a 1st grader. Still, when I was that young, I thought the lyric was, “I can see clearly now, the rain is gone…I can see all the POPSICLES in my wayyy..”
I had a joke about beat poetry but it grooved high in spite of us on the brass wings of Bird’s cascades like a piece of god-made-sound before boom/bap vanishing into the blue endless narcotic American night.
Wow — the Twitter love for my dad’s birthday yesterday was just off the hook positive and great. Twitter can be nasty — but when it’s good it’s wonderful. Thank you all for the stories and well-wishes. It means the world. Xoxo
Great night at
@54Below
last night honoring dad. I’m here with my big brother
@Tony_Orbach
on either side of Broadway legend and dear family friend, the great Lee Roy Reams ❤️
@TheDweck
@irishanime
I always like to say, “Well so was Eisenhower. Check out the tax rates on the rich during his admin vs how good our infrastructure was” and watch their heads explode.
Me walking 2 kids (one crying) + big bag, & pushing the lil one’s bike, to car. Some harridan had the nerve to say, “It’s her bike. She should be pushing it.” Fought the urge to say, “F off forever and die.” just smiled EXTRA big & said, “Thanks! Anything else?” Msg delivered 🤣
@afmata_2
@UKinUSA
@jaketapper
Shakespeare, health care, *and* Crunchie bars? Awesome. I’d hold “Brexit” against you, but that was nothing compared to Trump.
@Cheryllynn512
@PortiaMcGonagal
Taking nothing away from Darin (and Ella!) dad played The Streetsinger and Mack in Threepenny. He understood the theatrical context of the song, and, being as much of an actor as a singer, infused it w that. Thanks for this ❤️
My 3yo daughter has been referring to herself in the 3rd person. "She doesn't like it." "She wants a graham cracker." This morning, I told her she couldn't play w the nice binoculars. She picked up a knit cap from the counter & threw it in my face. "SHE'S THROWING HATS AT YOU."🤣
@CalltoActivism
A great story, but a sad byproduct of this oligarchic hellscape where good people are stripped to the bone so that uncle Elon can buy another jet.
@ElieNYC
Oh man. That’s like when I break it to people that my dad, Jerry Orbach, was actually raised Catholic, and not in the Jewish faith as many assume. They say,“NO HE WASN’T!!” And I’m like, “Wellll I HAVE HIS CONFIRMATION PICTURE AND HE WAS NAMED AFTER ST JEROME BUT OK.” 🤣
@trekkiebill
I gotta say, this ticked me off at the time, but when I rewatched years later I realized I was unfair to Ezri. Still loved Jadzia more, but Ezri was cool.
If ya didn’t live in NYC in the 70’s, don’t talk smack about NYC in the 70’s. Yes, we had crime & dirt. Also? Basquiat, CBGB, The Sugar Hill Gang, Scorcese, Joe Papp, etc. better than the M&M store. Art you love? Priced out. But crooks who gamble w pensions are in $20M lofts🤣🤷🏻♂️
@ryanstruyk
@CNN
I’ll vote for a goddamned MAILBOX if it gets the nomination and runs against Trump. All hands on deck, folks. Too much at stake for this “he/she’s not perfect” nonsense. That’s how Hitler came in — b/c of a fractious left. NO MORE CIRCULAR FIRING SQUADS. GET TRUMP OUT.
Here’s the entire video clip from The Voice UK in 2019 when Tom Jones and Jennifer Hudson battled on “It’s a Man’s World.” Olly Murs goaded them into it and this is tremendous. Again, Tom Jones must be protected at all costs.
@michaelharriot
I don’t say it, mainly because I’ve never cared for appropriating slang, even when it’s used correctly. White people are misusing woke like it’s some terrible thing, when all it really means to me is being aware to the things that are really happening.
@BeGLAAD
@emrazz
This, 100%. I’ve been a stay-at-home dad of two kids for 2+ years because of economy and then COVID, and my respect for every mother everywhere has gone THROUGH THE ROOF.