tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post8632921136538888930..comments2024-03-29T02:18:35.303-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: Robert S. Birchard, RIPSteve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-79423304584102193872016-06-14T21:35:52.727-07:002016-06-14T21:35:52.727-07:00Jenny,
Bob was my second oldest friend, having me...Jenny,<br /><br />Bob was my second oldest friend, having met him in the Boy Scouts in elementary school, and known him though college, our early, hard-scrabbling years, and on into geezerhood. We've had lunch together once or twice a week for the past dozen years, jawing about politics, and movies, and life in general. When my kids were small, he was a frequent visitor to our Orchard street house.<br /><br />His passing was rapid. I'd had lunch with him a week and a half before and he seemed as he always did. ... Ready to talk about the Presidential election and movies. But now he's gone, and I'm reminded yet again how fleeting life is. Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-90015102264109140372016-06-05T12:15:27.224-07:002016-06-05T12:15:27.224-07:00I had no idea you'd grown up with Bob, Steve. ...I had no idea you'd grown up with Bob, Steve. I would have assumed you'd have known him from WDTV-but how great that the world is this small...I also had no idea he was a local. I've known him for 32 years-at screenings at mutual friend's homes, UCLA, and everywhere else, running into him researching Francis Boggs at the Academy Library, and of course-Cinecon. Hearing the news on Memorial Day morning, as we were outside enjoying the beautiful day I just couldn't quite believe Bob wasn't here anymore. I still can't, and won't for I suspect a long time. A kind, witty, brilliant, stubborn, charismatic man. Boy, will he be missed.Jenny Lerewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06668171465801333811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-32719688924371686742016-06-04T12:01:50.487-07:002016-06-04T12:01:50.487-07:00I knew Bob Birchard since 1993 and was shocked and...I knew Bob Birchard since 1993 and was shocked and saddened when I learned of his passing.<br /><br />Bob was indeed the go-to guy for knowledge of silent films and, for that matter, all films. Indeed, when it comes to film historians, I rank him in the same league as Rudy Behlmer and Kevin Brownlow. Add to that Bob was a really nice guy. <br /><br />One of my fondest memories of Bob was once several years ago when we were both attending the celebrity show that was held at the Beverly Garland Hotel. In a momentary lapse of sanity I said, "Watching and learning about films is great, but once in a while you have to realize they're are other things in this world that movies." Bob brought me back to reality instantly by saying, "No there isn't."<br /><br />God bless you, Bob Birchard, I will miss you.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583658643482435194noreply@blogger.com