Butchered

(Honorifics for Monty)

Or
In the Deep Freeze
(Further praise for Monty)
Allan Melvin, best remembered as the guy who kept slipping Alice the meat but never slipping a ring on her finger, has died at the age of 84. In addition to his appearances as Sam the Butcher on The Brady Bunch, Melvin played Archie Bunker’s best friend Barney, Corporal Henshaw on The Phil Silvers Show, Rob Petrie’s Army buddy on the Dick Van Dyke Show and Sergeant Carter’s friend and rival Sergeant Charlie Hacker on Gomer Pyle: USMC. He lent his voice to Magilla Gorilla, Bluto, Drooper from The Banana Splits and played Al the Plumber in Liquid-Plumr commercials for 15 years.