TV writer and producer, Tom Whedon, father of TV and screenwriter Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Angel, Firefly, Marvel's The Avengers), musician and writer Jed Whedon (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog), and writer Zack Whedon (Deadwood, Halt and Catch Fire), died on March 23, 2016, at the age of 83. Jed announced the news late yesterday, on Instagram.
A producer on It's a Living, Benson, Maggie, The Golden Girls, and The Sinbad Show , Mr. Whedon's TV series writing credits includes those shows and many more. His professional career began on the Captain Kangaroo TV show, in the 1950s. Other TV credits include Music Scene, The Dick Cavett Show, The Electric Company (on which he was head writer), All's Fair, United States, The Two of Us, and the children's series, Between the Lions, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy.
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A producer on It's a Living, Benson, Maggie, The Golden Girls, and The Sinbad Show , Mr. Whedon's TV series writing credits includes those shows and many more. His professional career began on the Captain Kangaroo TV show, in the 1950s. Other TV credits include Music Scene, The Dick Cavett Show, The Electric Company (on which he was head writer), All's Fair, United States, The Two of Us, and the children's series, Between the Lions, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy.
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- 3/26/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Tom Whedon, an Emmy-winning writer-producer on such popular TV shows as The Golden Girls, Benson and Alice and the father of filmmaker Joss Whedon, died Thursday. He was 83. His son Jed Whedon, co-creator and co-showrunner of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., announced the news in an Instagram post but offered no details. A New York native and the son of TV writer John Whedon, Tom Whedon got his start writing for the beloved children’s series Captain Kangaroo in 1955 and…...
- 3/25/2016
- Deadline TV
Tom Whedon, a veteran TV writer and producer who worked on shows including The Golden Girls and Captain Kangaroo, died Thursday at 83, his son Jed announced.
Whedon was father to five sons, including Avengers director and Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. writer-producer Jed, Halt and Catch Fire writer Zack Whedon, Samuel and Matthew.
"We said goodbye to our dad yesterday," Jed, 41, wrote on Instagram Friday. "He passed away in relative peace surrounded by his wife, all five of his boys and their loved ones. He gave us the gift of his warmth and humor. We miss him terribly.
Whedon was father to five sons, including Avengers director and Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. writer-producer Jed, Halt and Catch Fire writer Zack Whedon, Samuel and Matthew.
"We said goodbye to our dad yesterday," Jed, 41, wrote on Instagram Friday. "He passed away in relative peace surrounded by his wife, all five of his boys and their loved ones. He gave us the gift of his warmth and humor. We miss him terribly.
- 3/25/2016
- by Aaron Couch
- People.com - TV Watch
Tom Whedon, a veteran TV writer and producer who worked on shows including The Golden Girls and Captain Kangaroo, died Thursday at 83, his son Jed announced. Whedon was father to five sons, including Avengers director and Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. writer-producer Jed, Halt and Catch Fire writer Zack Whedon, Samuel and Matthew. "We said goodbye to our dad yesterday," Jed, 41, wrote on Instagram Friday. "He passed away in relative peace surrounded by his wife, all five of his boys and their loved ones. He gave us the gift of his warmth and humor. We miss him terribly.
- 3/25/2016
- by Aaron Couch
- PEOPLE.com
Tom Whedon, a veteran TV writer and producer who worked on shows including The Golden Girls and Captain Kangaroo, died Thursday at 83, his son Jed announced. Whedon was father to five sons, including Avengers director and Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. writer-producer Jed, Halt and Catch Fire writer Zack Whedon, Samuel and Matthew. "We said goodbye to our dad yesterday," Jed, 41, wrote on Instagram Friday. "He passed away in relative peace surrounded by his wife, all five of his boys and their loved ones. He gave us the gift of his warmth and humor. We miss him terribly.
- 3/25/2016
- by Aaron Couch
- PEOPLE.com
Tom Whedon, father of “The Avengers” director Joss Whedon, died on Tuesday at the age of 83. According to an Instagram post from his son Jed Whedon, who currently serves as showrunner on ABC’s “Marvel’s Agents of Shield,” Whedon passed away “in relative peace” surrounded by family. Whedon himself was an accomplished television writer and producer, having worked on series including “The Dick Cavett Show,” “Benson” and “The Golden Girls.” He also served as head writer on the children’s series “The Electric Company.” Also Read: J.J. Abrams, Joss Whedon, Francis Ford Coppola Highlight Tribeca Film Festival Panels Whedon...
- 3/25/2016
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
With Marvel’s upcoming The Avengers (or Marvel Avengers Assemble, as it’s now known in the UK), cult favourite writer-director Joss Whedon looks set to finally establish himself as a blockbuster movie director. However, as with his stories, Whedon’s tastes are not quite so easy to pigeonhole. If all the world's a stage, then Whedon's career has encompassed many, from television to film to comic books to internet musicals.
In an interview with /Film, which has Thor spoilers, for all you silly people who haven’t watched it yet (including spoilers for the end credits scene, for all you silly people who don’t watch to the end of the credits), Tom Hiddleston, who plays Loki in Thor and The Avengers, said that:
“In fact, he [Joss Whedon] has talked about the choice that he had to make in college between theater and film and he almost became a theater director.
In an interview with /Film, which has Thor spoilers, for all you silly people who haven’t watched it yet (including spoilers for the end credits scene, for all you silly people who don’t watch to the end of the credits), Tom Hiddleston, who plays Loki in Thor and The Avengers, said that:
“In fact, he [Joss Whedon] has talked about the choice that he had to make in college between theater and film and he almost became a theater director.
- 4/9/2012
- Shadowlocked
Filed under: Movie News, Cinematical
If you're well-versed in the world of Jim Henson's Muppets, you know that they were more than just silly, felt creatures designed to entertain the little ones. There was always an adult twist -- fuzzy beasts were even a part of 'Saturday Night Live's' fledgling episodes.
In more recent years, they found themselves in bloody battles on television. Joss Whedon (whose dad is Muppet writer Tom Whedon) and co. enlisted the help of The Jim Henson Company to turn his good vampire Angel into a puppet for the Hugo Award-nominated 'Angel' episode "Smile Time."
And now Henson's son, Brian Henson, is eager to take the ideas of humans, puppets and murder to the big screen for a new feature film called 'Happytime Murders.'
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If you're well-versed in the world of Jim Henson's Muppets, you know that they were more than just silly, felt creatures designed to entertain the little ones. There was always an adult twist -- fuzzy beasts were even a part of 'Saturday Night Live's' fledgling episodes.
In more recent years, they found themselves in bloody battles on television. Joss Whedon (whose dad is Muppet writer Tom Whedon) and co. enlisted the help of The Jim Henson Company to turn his good vampire Angel into a puppet for the Hugo Award-nominated 'Angel' episode "Smile Time."
And now Henson's son, Brian Henson, is eager to take the ideas of humans, puppets and murder to the big screen for a new feature film called 'Happytime Murders.'
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- 10/13/2010
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Moviefone
Filed under: Movie News, Cinematical
If you're well-versed in the world of Jim Henson's Muppets, you know that they were more than just silly, felt creatures designed to entertain the little ones. There was always an adult twist -- fuzzy beasts were even a part of 'Saturday Night Live's' fledgling episodes.
In more recent years, they found themselves in bloody battles on television. Joss Whedon (whose dad is Muppet writer Tom Whedon) and co. enlisted the help of The Jim Henson Company to turn his good vampire Angel into a puppet for the Hugo Award-nominated 'Angel' episode "Smile Time."
And now Henson's son, Brian Henson, is eager to take the ideas of humans, puppets and murder to the big screen for a new feature film called 'Happytime Murders.'
Continue Reading...
If you're well-versed in the world of Jim Henson's Muppets, you know that they were more than just silly, felt creatures designed to entertain the little ones. There was always an adult twist -- fuzzy beasts were even a part of 'Saturday Night Live's' fledgling episodes.
In more recent years, they found themselves in bloody battles on television. Joss Whedon (whose dad is Muppet writer Tom Whedon) and co. enlisted the help of The Jim Henson Company to turn his good vampire Angel into a puppet for the Hugo Award-nominated 'Angel' episode "Smile Time."
And now Henson's son, Brian Henson, is eager to take the ideas of humans, puppets and murder to the big screen for a new feature film called 'Happytime Murders.'
Continue Reading...
- 10/13/2010
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
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