Hollywood lost another great one yesterday when Jack Palance passed away at the age of 87:
Jack Palance made ugly beautiful — all 6 feet 4 of him.
You may remember him as Curly, the ornery cowboy from the “City Slickers” movies, or maybe the obnoxious, wizened 73-year-old who — after winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1992 for his first time playing that role — looked down on host Billy Crystal and made a joke we love and respect but can’t repeat here. After which, he performed a series of one-hand push-ups while Crystal looked on in mock amazement. It was a wonderfully squirmy moment, in which the message was clear, as he bobbed up and down: I’m a man. You can measure me like this. And this. And this.
Truly one of the greats. He’ll be sorely missed. And, courtesy of YouTube, here’s one of the best acceptance speeches in the history of the Oscars:
