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Lisa some braces, and tell...
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3 hours ago, redrum said:
Gotta finish reading this.
Don't know why, but I think the American soldier's helmet looked so bad ass. Marines too.
Thank for posting that pdf about Midway---fascinating read.
When I was a kid we would go to the local Army Navy Surplus and buy the GI helmet liners (which were shaped just like the steel helmets) and we would wear those when we played Army. Don't now why we didn't get the steel pots too, but he liners were just a few buck without the pots. Probably they made more of the liners as they would need to be replaced from time to time with the sweat bands rotting out especially during Vietnam.
So we would get those, a web belt, and then a canteen and the canvas holder for the canteen an re enact every major battle (or Combat TV episode) from the war. We all had 'Johnny Eagle' toy rifles and guns too. Looked pretty real---wish my mother hadn't thrown all that stuff out, those toys worth some bucks today.
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2 hours ago, redrum said:
He was great. I need to watch more of him. Used to have this poster.
Being I'm kind of graveyard kook too, a few years ago I was able to sneak into the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Cemetery and check out his niche. Lots of film stars and celebrities buried there at Forest Lawn. Not just the one in Glendale, but down around the way over in The Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills cemetery over next to Warner Bros, and the ABC/ Disney studios. My father and grandparents also buried there. So many celebrity graves here. Also the Hollywood Forever cemetery over in Hollywood near the Paramount Studio is a major tourist attraction, but that cemetery kind of encourages visitors. Ever since Michael Jackson was interred in the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn in Glendale--- fat chance trying to sneak in now to the private areas of that mausoleum. Used to go there all time as a kid. Kind of creepy actually.
Micheal Jackson tomb
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12 hours ago, Strider said:
Never got to see them in their club days. Earliest I saw 'em was 1984. Ugly ass band.
But I actually prefer these new lyrics. "Big Mac 1.03"...or is Vince Meal singing "Big Mac...one or three"?
"Shat on stilts" is genius. Let's see Bob Dylan come up with that.
LOL one or three.
Were you living down here in LA in the '80s Strider, or points north? I know you saw Zep at Kezar I think you said once. You and Randall aren't both NoCal Bay area are you?
The Crue was not my favorite local band to see live back in the day. We sure had a lot to choose from though back then.
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7 hours ago, Strider said:
R.I.P. Roy Head. His "Treat Her Right" was used to magnificent effect in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood". Also, when Jimmy Page joined Robert Plant at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1983 for their first time on stage together since Led Zeppelin, it was Roy Head's "Treat Her Right" that they played.
RIP Roy
His song featured in one of my all time favorite musical films 'The Commitments' (1991)
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22 hours ago, redrum said:
It's the eyes. 😍
Yep...
as opposed to what our good friend Mr, Carruthers likes to focus on....LOL
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that James Coco didn't...
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4 hours ago, Strider said:
And to think I turned down free Motley Crue tickets.
Not sure if to laugh or cry?
A far departure from the band I used to go see at the Starwood, Roxy, and Whisky almost 40 years ago.
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On 9/20/2020 at 1:33 AM, redrum said:
Daniel Day Lewis is a great actor. Was watching There Will Be Blood (2007) the other day again. Really liked his hat in that film too! And good musical score in that film. Not as heroic sounding as Last of the Mohicans, but the violin music builds tension throughout the film.
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Actress Candy Moore from The Lucy Show
Aka: Candy-O model from the Cars album Candy-O
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19 hours ago, redrum said:
Actress Johdi May (Last Of The Mohicans)
Yum!
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15 minutes ago, reids said:
Yes, Indeed. Agreed. Too many, today, do not have any idea what it means to sacrifice for our country. May your uncle Rest In Peace, too.
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Thanks!
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1 hour ago, reids said:
Yes. My uncle lewis was in the battle of midway and was interviewed on tv years ago before he passed away. He shot down Japanese zeros.
Heroes , we need more like your uncle. May he RIP.
Had an uncle who lost half of his hearing during the assault and capture of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen when a kraut explosive was detonated near him.
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Did I post these already? Any W.C. Fields Fans?
Comedy genius
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taking half of your seat...
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11 hours ago, RainbowElf said:
Completely agree Kipper, whenever I watch The Godfather movies, I usually always skip the third one.
I only watched GFIII once and was horrified by how bad it was. Since then I try to put it out of my mind and focus on Michael Corleone sitting alone at his home in Tahoe showing an aged and weary face as the wind blows the dry leaves across the ground and consider that the last page in the story. Godfather III is more dead to me than Fredo was to Micheal after Fredo broke Michael's heart.
This was the end of that story.... there were no other pages in the tale, nor did it need any. There are many ways to make sauce, but if you keep adding ingredients to it after it already perfect, you will fuck it up every time.
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making human blimps who like...
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"RIP" Rest In Peace Thread in 5, 4, 3, 2...
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28 minutes ago, cryingbluerain said:
Yep, but only after November 3rd. I wonder why???
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3 hours ago, redrum said:
One of the best remakes I can remember was of the Bogart film 'Sahara.' Jim Belushi starred in the remake and it pretty much mirrored the original.
We went down to watch them filming 'The Towering Inferno' in SF at the 52 story B Of A building. (Where Scorpio shot the girl from in Dirty Harry). I got a glimpse of Paul Newman, but that was about it.
I'm usually very disappointed with most remakes. Haven't seen Sahara yet, have to check it out. One remake I thought I would hate but really enjoyed was 3:10 To Yuma. I really hope they never pollute Dirty Harry with a remake. I was sad to hear the railroad overpass Callahan stood on before he leaped on to the bus was demolished a few years ago.
Another Eastwood film collaboration with director Don Siegel (Dirty Harry) that I really liked was Coogan's Bluff (1968).
I've seen plenty of film location shoots over the years. The biggest star I saw up close and had a chance to speak with Burt Reynolds during a shoot for the film Hustle (1975). I remember saying something goofy to him about how my mother was a huge fan of his, and Reynolds says, "have any pictures of her?" with that devil's grin of his.
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