Fans discuss the actor who played library investigator Joe Bookman, identifying him as Philip Baker Hall and praising his performances in Seinfeld and other films like Magnolia and Hard Eight.
Greetings Joyboys and Joygirls ... I'm looking for a tape of the episode with Bookman the "library cop." Can't recall this older actor's name (he was in "Boogie Nights" and a bigger -- and better -- role in "Hard Eight" by "BN" director), but his straight-faced monologue dressing Jerry (joyboy") down really cracked me up the one time I saw it. Bookman had a cameo in the Seinfeld finale too.
Help, anyone... Walter
The library cop- Joe Bookman was played by Philip Baker Hall.
drw wrote:
Yes he was. He was terrific in Magnolia - a GREAT!!!! film - not understood by many reviewers or patrons.
The characters are grounded in Biblical and Mythological persona - all brought to life in a day around Magnolia Street. The intertwining of the seemingly disconnected stories reminded me immediately of the Seinfeld writers interplay of the characters in each episode with the resolution based on each other's actions.
I believe this episode is on either tonight or sometime early next week..... if you have Seinfeld in syndication where you live.
--Doug
Walter Allread wrote in message ...
Douglas Schnell wrote:
The Library is being shown on Wednesday, 05/31
"So uh, what's a guy got to do around here to get a library card?"