R.I.P. Mike Nussbaum

“Now, I come into your candy store and give you twenty dollars in singles…”

Aw, man…I just read that Mike Nussbaum passed away last week. He was one of my favorite players in HOUSE OF GAMES, David Mamet’s excellent 1987 film. Nussbaum’s Joey explaining a simple con to Lindsay Crouse’s tightly-wound psychiatrist is so much fun, and for me it is in no small part due to how casual the shady characters are about the work. Greatness.