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Mon Oct-25-04 05:34 PM
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Dr. Strangelove fans: that guy who's riding the bomb at the end... |
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Is Slim Pickens the name of the character or the actor?
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Mon Oct-25-04 05:35 PM
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Mon Oct-25-04 05:36 PM
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Mon Oct-25-04 05:35 PM
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2. Slim Pickens is the actor n/t |
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Mon Oct-25-04 06:40 PM
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29. I actually looked this up the other day |
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My son asked if it was the same actor who was in "Blazing Saddles," and my husband said, "Yes, Slim Pickins," and my son said, "You're kidding."
It turned out that he was a rodeo rider for 20 years before he got into the movies. When he started out, he was just a kid and didn't want his family to know what he was doing, so he figured he'd better use a false name. When he told the rodeo manager, "I want to be in the rodeo," the answer he got was, "All you'll find here is slim pickings." So that was what he took as his name.
Just to make it more confusing, in some of his earliest films he played a character named Slim Pickins as well.
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Mon Oct-25-04 11:29 PM
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Edited on Mon Oct-25-04 11:31 PM by ewagner
I knew about his rodeo career but didn't know about how he took his stage name.
He was/is a great character actor....
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Mon Oct-25-04 05:35 PM
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3. It's the actors name... |
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Mon Oct-25-04 05:35 PM
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Mon Oct-25-04 05:36 PM
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6. OK, so what's the character's name? n/t |
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Mon Oct-25-04 05:37 PM
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Mon Oct-25-04 05:40 PM
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11. Kong . . . . for Pickens' rather simian physiognomy, maybe? n/t |
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Mon Oct-25-04 05:43 PM
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12. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? |
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Edited on Mon Oct-25-04 05:46 PM by MrScorpio
Huh, Huh Who?
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Mon Oct-25-04 05:38 PM
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Mon Oct-25-04 05:39 PM
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9. Major T.J. 'King' Kong |
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Mon Oct-25-04 08:07 PM
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33. HE WAS HOLLIS WOOD IN 1941, GREAT MOVIE. |
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Edited on Mon Oct-25-04 08:12 PM by THEHURON57
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Mon Oct-25-04 05:40 PM
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10. Major Kong ( AKA " King" Kong ) |
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going toe to toe with the Ruskies.....
I love that movie. !
Merkin Muffley, ( President ) General Jack D Ripper, ( launched the air strike ) General Buck Turgeson, ( I think he was General's supperior ) and don't forget Burpleson AFB. ( Peace is our profession ).
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Mon Oct-25-04 05:45 PM
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14. Turgeson was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
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Hey, what was his secretary's name?
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Mon Oct-25-04 06:27 PM
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26. I thought it was "Turgidson" |
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...as in "turgid" = Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated
But perhaps it was just supposed to sound like it... :shrug:
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Mon Oct-25-04 06:43 PM
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Boy that is a strange name. Leaves one wondering about things.
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Mon Oct-25-04 05:44 PM
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Peter Sellers was supposed to play Major Kong, too, but hurt himself before shooting and couldn't do it. Slim's performance is one of the all-time greats.
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Mon Oct-25-04 05:46 PM
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick Writing credits Peter George (novel Red Alert, aka Two Hours to Doom)
Stanley Kubrick (screenplay) & Terry Southern (screenplay) & Peter George (screenplay)
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete Peter Sellers .... Group Captain (G/C) Lionel Mandrake/President Merkin Muffley/Dr. Strangelove George C. Scott .... Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson Sterling Hayden .... Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper Keenan Wynn .... Col. 'Bat' Guano Slim Pickens .... Maj. T.J. 'King' Kong Peter Bull .... Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky James Earl Jones .... Lt. Lothar Zogg Tracy Reed .... Miss Foreign Affairs Jack Creley .... Mr. Staines Frank Berry .... Lt. H.R. Dietrich Robert O'Neil .... Adm. Randolph Glenn Beck .... Lt. W.D. Kivel (as Glen Beck) Roy Stephens .... Frank Shane Rimmer .... Capt. G.A. 'Ace' Owens Hal Galili .... Burpelson AFB Defense Team member Paul Tamarin .... Lt. B. Goldberg Laurence Herder .... Burpelson AFB Defense Team member Gordon Tanner .... Gen. Faceman John McCarthy ....
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Mon Oct-25-04 06:02 PM
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18. I didn't know James Earl Jones |
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Mon Oct-25-04 06:24 PM
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24. Oh yeah, he's a flyer. In the plane with Kong...I think |
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Mon Oct-25-04 05:48 PM
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16. Just for you: a screen capture! |
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Mon Oct-25-04 06:03 PM
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19. someone should superimpose Bush's ugly mug over that of Pickens' |
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If it hasn't been done already.
I'm guessing it's been done.
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Mon Oct-25-04 06:20 PM
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Mon Oct-25-04 06:07 PM
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20. Wait a Minute... a Guy Named "Slim Pickens"? |
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Edited on Mon Oct-25-04 06:07 PM by GiovanniC
I bet he's voting for John Kerry!
Just like Mary Poppins and Dick Tracy!
Whatever the fuck that means.
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Mon Oct-25-04 06:12 PM
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22. Slim died a couple of years ago |
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Date of birth 29 June 1919 Kingsburg, California, USA
Date of death 8 December 1983 Modesto, California, USA. (brain tumor)
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Mon Oct-25-04 06:27 PM
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25. My Subtle and Poorly Constructed Joke Crashed on the Runway |
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Which I'm entirely used to.
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Mon Oct-25-04 06:31 PM
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28. Slim was a great character actor. Who could forget: |
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Mon Oct-25-04 08:36 PM
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35. One of my top favorite movies |
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I love Blazing Saddles. :)
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Mon Oct-25-04 07:02 PM
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31. hyphenate, are you having the same trouble with the passage of time |
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as I am?
"Slim died a couple of years ago"-1983! that would be a couple of decades ago :7
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Mon Oct-25-04 08:34 PM
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34. I lost track of time about the same time |
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that I went to live in California, 17 years ago. I came back to Mass. Feb. 2003, and I think I'm still behind a bit. :)
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Mon Oct-25-04 06:11 PM
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21. So can we expect a Dr. Strangelove reference in your next column? n/t |
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Mon Oct-25-04 06:28 PM
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Mon Oct-25-04 07:05 PM
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brother used the name 'Easy Pickens'
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Mon Oct-25-04 08:36 PM
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36. Wait for the remake with RUmsfeld |
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