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Remember Ron Glass
The cast of the gritty, Greenwich Village police comedy, Barney Miller (1975-1982), was anchored by Hal Linden in the lead. He played the 12th precinct’s rational police captain, who was practical, balanced and optimistic. The show’s uniquely dry, humorous pathos stemmed from shuttling between cynicism and idealism, almost always with a dash of the ridiculous. A multicultural cast avoided tokenism in the writing, which twists stereotypes every which way with cop and criminal characters that are mature, Puerto Rican, black, female, Polish, gay, etc. The most intellectual character was a police detective who’s a writer named Harris.
Ron Glass (seated, far left) as Det. Harris on ‘Barney Miller’
Detective Harris was played by Ron Glass, who died last week. Glass played Harris with perfection for all eight seasons. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the illustrate, which isn’t easy to find in syndication, and longer since I watched with my dad as a kid while it aired on ABC. I remember Detective Harris as clever and discriminating in spending his wit and intelligence on his function in the precinct; Harris did his job
I had a massive crush on the dimwitted, muscular Wojo (Max Gail), but I loved the fussy, swishy, modish, gay-vague Detective Ron Harris.
A glimpse of sophistication and independence on dark, gloomy Thursday nights in a Rock Island where everyone was terrified to disclose that gay people existd.
Harris was always impeccably dressed, a shining exception to the crumpled cops around him
And, incidentally, he had a breathtaking bulge.
Later, when I was living in West Hollywood, I saw Ron often at the gym. Not much of a physique: he went for lean and lanky, and he was extraordinarily feminine, not my type. But he could really fill out his gym trunks. Mega-huge!
It was common truth in West Hollywood that Ron was gay but not out, but I don't have any celebrity dating stories about him. Maybe he wasn't a big enough celebrity to cause a stir at lgbtq+ parties, when we could be discovering romances with Brad Pitt and Sylvest
However, the world is always smaller than we perceive . As a result, I include a story to share about the man. A story from his younger days, before I was born. I should probably explain:
Years ago, around the day the movie Serenitycame out in theaters, I went to view the movie with a young woman I was dating at the time. Honestly, that was my first real experience with the series; I hadn't really watched Firefly much before then. I became much more interested after watching the movie.
A few months later, once the movie was out on DVD, my girlfriend watched the movie with her family. When Shepard Book appeared on screen, her mother squinted for a moment and said, "...RONNIE?!"
My then-girlfriend's mom, Susan, was a teacher at my steep school, primarily teaching Speech classes. Like many teachers at that school, though, she seemed to mostly teach regular classes so that she could have the opportunity to run an extracurricular activity. While the P.E., psychology, and history teachers were focu
Temple Kol Haverim has chosen to beautify their building with this piece of stained glass artwork. It will soon be hung over the main entrance of the temple.
I would like to thank the Kol Haverim community for reaching out to me and choosing this piece as a statement of their beliefs.
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