Goodbye uncle Fouad

I don't know if it was fate or what when two of the greatest comedy legends in Egypt and the Arab world pass away in a short time. First it was Gaddo Abdo now it is Amo Fouad. From two days ago Actor Fouad El-Mohandas had passed away in the hospital ,after long struggle with a heart disease, it was the irony of time when he entered the hospital to be treated from his heart on the same day his long time co-actor and friend Abd El-Monam Madbooly passed away from couple of months

Fouad El-Mohandes by the way is the brother of the great anchorlady of Egyptian radio "Safia El-Mohandes", he got only one son ,Mohamed and he was married twice , the most famous marriage and the longest was with long time another half Shewiikar , forming the most famous duet from the 50s to the 70s , Shewiikar is said to be very sad now.

El-Mohandes was known in 1950s and 1970s for his comedy movies , they were n't serious ones , usually making fun from other western movies like "Wax Museum" or "James Bond movies" like in "Women's slayer" or "The most dangerous man in the world" , or simple comedy from the society like "Shanbo in the trap" or "a husband confessions" {my favorites" ,he also presented wonderful plays in the 60s and 50s most of them were directed by Madbooly and most of them were based upon international plays like "My fair lady".

Yet unfortunately in the 70s ,El-Mohandes and comedy in Egyptian cinema began to lose its tough , with stupid topics similar to silliness , in this time he stopped presenting movies except for one or two ,I remember from them "Viva Zalata" which was a spoof movie from Quinn's"Viva Zapata". he then continued working in theater,radio and television

In television in the 80s and 90s ,till two years ago he used to have his children show "Amo Fouad" "Uncle Fouad" , where it became his nickname in press and public in those three decades

In radio , his first home ,he was presenting a very critic shot program called "Two words and half" criticizing the society

By the way I may be from the lucky few from the young generation who were lucky enough to hear the early episodes of "an Hour for your heart" where Fouad El-Mohandes made his first debate as a comedian through the radio , he had this wonderful duet with khaira Ahmed better known as Mahmoud and his noisy picky boring wife "Ya Mahmooooooud" , in shallah I will upload the episodes to Box.net so all of you can hear it

Fouad El-Mohandas was a great comedy actor whether in cinema or TV or radio or theater , yes I don't like him as I like Abd El-Monam Madbooly more but still I can't deny the talent of El-Mohandes in comedy but Madbooly for me was a great actor whether in Drama or Comedy ,while El-Mohandes didn't change color from comedy to drama . anyway God bless them both , both great made and are making people and I believe they will continue making people happy in the future with God's will, may God bless his soul ,we sure we are going to miss him this Ramdan

Please pray for him