Remembering Garry Marshall

Looking back at the career of the great Garry Marshall 

This week brought the sad news of the passing of the legendary Garry Marshall. Thinking of the amazing career this man had made me think of all the amazing TV shows and movies he was a part of. After looking back, I decided I would write about my top five favorite Garry Marshall projects that he was a part of. I know he will be dearly missed by many.

5. "Pretty Woman" Garry Marshall directed the classic story of "Pretty Woman" which gave us the amazing duo of Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. The unlikely rags to riches was told in such a way that you were always rooting for Julia Roberts character even though she was a prostitute. Who doesn't love "Pretty Woman"?? 

4. "Runaway Bride" 9 years after bringing us "Pretty Woman" Garry Marshall got Gere and Roberts together again and directed them in the adorable movie "Runaway Bride". Garry did a great job in both films to make you feel like these two were soulmates who were made to be together, but at the same time were real and complicated in their own way for sure. Makes me wonder if he was ever thinking of doing a third movie with these two in it together. 

3. "Hocus Pocus" Though Garry Marshall didn't have a huge role in the film "Hocus Pocus" it still was one of the first things that popped in my head when I thought about him. Watching him play the devil or "master", as they called him in the movie, was fantastic. I love that he never skips a beat in that movie and just goes along with the witches thinking he is the devil. One of the best parts of his scene is his on-screen wife is played by his real life sister Penny Marshall whom he worked with often. 

2. "A League of Their Own" This movie is another great example of Garry working with his sister Penny. Penny Marshall directed the great film "A League of Their Own" and she cast her brother as Walter Harvey who was running the women's baseball league during the war. This movie just shows you what a great team Garry and Penny were.

1. By far the most amazing contribution Garry Marshall had on the entertainment world came in the 70's and 80's when he created, wrote and produced so many amazing television shows that are still so iconic today and lead the way for legends like Robin Williams and Ron Howard. Marshall brought us, just to name a few, "Happy Days", "Mork and Mindy" and one of my favs "Laverne and Shirley" which once again stared his sister Penny.

Looking back at his life and career I know the entertainment world would be a completely different place if he was never in it and for that I am so grateful that he was. May you rest in peace Garry.