Died at 82
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Offbeat funnyman Martin Mull was born in Chicago, Illinois, the oldest of three children, and raised in Ohio. The blond-maned, blue-eyed comedian with the sad, droopy mustache first came in contact with the arts by honing in on his innate talents as a painter. In order to pay his art school tuition, he started organizing bands. At around the same time, he discovered that stand-up comedy was another way to allow his creative juices to flow. Martin's early recognition as a humorist led to a recording contract, and, over the years, he would be Grammy-nominated several times for a number of eccentric comedy albums. His gimmick and allure came in the form of a dry, humorless delivery and a bland, highly conservative-looking demeanor, which masked a sly, witty and ultra-hip philosophy. Gaining popularity in the 1970s, he finally broke into TV with the cult soap opera parody "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" (1976) in which he played Garth Gimble, a volatile wife abuser whose comeuppance occurred in the form of an aluminum Christmas tree (impaled) in his home closet. Martin was so popular on the show that he was resurrected in the spin-off series "Fernwood 2 Night" (1977) as twin brother Barth Gimble, who was a co-host of the town's television program along with Fred Willard's Jerry Hubbard character. After this peak, Martin became a sought-after guest on the talk show circuit, not to mention variety specials and TV movies. He tried his hand at producing and starring in his own sitcom "Domestic Life" (1984) but the series failed. He also added his special brand of merriment to films over the years, some of them being decent, such as FM (1978), Serial (1980), Mr. Mom (1983) and Clue (1985) in the role of the tweedy-looking Colonel Mustard, while most have been either formula schtick or just plain drivel, as in Take This Job and Shove It (1981), Rented Lips (1988), which he produced and wrote, Cutting Class (1989), Far Out Man (1990) with Cheech & Chong, and Mr. Write (1994). Martin's first passion has always been art and the distinguished multi-media artist's work has been showcased in galleries throughout the world. He also authored the book "Painting, Drawing and World," which is a compilation of ten years of his work. Mull is married to a composer and musician, Wendy, and they have a daughter. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh
Martin Mull
Vlad Plasmius
for Vlad Plasmius in The Mystifying Avengers
Suggested by alexdesoto
After a falling out between Iron Man and Captain America, the Avengers disband for no reason at all. Kamala Kahn/Ms. Marvel doesn't like this and is trying to keep the team together. But, Cap and Iron Man won't listen to her. However, Justin Anderson/The Beyonder arrives and helps her out with this problem. Justin then brings her to the ruins of an old starship that crashed on Earth a while back and they spruce it up together and tells Kamala that A.I.M. is not to be trusted. They, along with the black-ops group Weapon X, have been capturing people, be they Inhuman, Mutant or normal and experiment on them and based on their performance, they would either stay or disappear. And also, the Justice League is in disarray due to Superman and Batman arguing about the contingency plans Batman had for the League, should they ever go to the side of evil or something like that. And even Young Justice is having problems. So Justin gets May Parker and Maria Hill of S.H.I.E.L.D. to help him and Kamala form a new team of Avengers, one with a few of the surviving members and some new kids, but they got several other allies to help them out, especially Elliot Heywood, a young man who is on a mission to get rid of A.I.M. for good, to do that, Elliot fights them as Ghost Rider. Plus, a familiar face returns, who is it?
