The Monster, dead at 71
December 13th, 2006 | 
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Peter Boyle, star of stage, screen, TV, and Transylvanian castle, died last night.
Generally when his name come up he gets remembered (and rightfully so) as the tap-dancing Monster from "Young Frankenstein" and Frank Barone from "Everybody Loves Raymond." But everyone knows the first one and I never watched Raymond (thereby disproving the title), so tonight I'll be honoring his brilliant, off-center memory by rewatching his honorable gangster in "Johnny Dangerously," his messianic nutball in "The Dream Team," and his hilarious prophetic insurance salesman in the best episodes of "The X-Files" ever.
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Peter Boyle was a true comedic legend & genius. I, personally, never watched "Raymond"; however, as a thirty-something now, I came up with great movies such as "Johnny Dangerously" and "Young Frankenstein"& the most underrated movie of all time, "The Dream Team". All of these movies were better for having Mr. Boyle in them, and we were better for it as well. Godspeed!!