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Sat Feb-25-06 11:02 PM
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Darren McGavin, Father in "Christmas Story" Dies at 83 |
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http://www.darrenmcgavin.net / On his site; not anywhere else (yet).
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Sat Feb-25-06 11:03 PM
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1. two of my favorites , don knotts, and darren mcgavin |
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Sat Feb-25-06 11:09 PM
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2. sad, sad, sad. Darren McGavin, amazing character actor, superb in |
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Christmas Story. RIP. MKJ
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Sat Feb-25-06 11:11 PM
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3. Darren McGavin, the real Night Stalker. |
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Which I will watch in reruns every single time I see it.
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Sat Feb-25-06 11:13 PM
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6. I loved Night Stalker... |
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...it was such a novel program.
I was a young child when I watched it, but it mesmerized me. It was so scary.
McGavin was wonderful as "Kolchack" the unstoppable 'monster detective.'
RIP buddy...you made me smile, you entertained me and best of all--you slayed the werewolves and vampires.
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Sun Feb-26-06 12:04 AM
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Sun Feb-26-06 02:44 AM
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30. It was scary but friendly. |
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Sun Feb-26-06 12:13 AM
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18. He was the motivation for the X-Files... |
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Edited on Sun Feb-26-06 12:16 AM by calipendence
Read a lot of Chris Carters' commentaries on the X-Files, and he cites on a number of occasions the Darren McGavin and the Night Stalker as being his inspiration. The X-Files I think still motivate us all to continue to help get the "truth that is out there" to all of us, that is the stark reality facing us today. May he R.I.P. Thanks for being there and giving us hope Darren!
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Sun Feb-26-06 03:05 AM
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31. I always watched it too |
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When I was a kid I never missed that show. I just loved it. Strange that both he and Don Knotts died today. Wonder who will be the third?
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Sat Feb-25-06 11:11 PM
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As a child of the 60s and 70s, I always found Mr McGavin to be a comforting presence
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Sat Feb-25-06 11:16 PM
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7. I can only hope that Heaven includes a Major Award |
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Sat Feb-25-06 11:19 PM
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8. Laughing and crying, thanks for posting! n/t |
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Sat Feb-25-06 11:52 PM
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...he will be missed...
RIP dp
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Sat Feb-25-06 11:12 PM
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5. "This nut thinks he's a vampire!" |
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"This is NEWS! We are a NEWSpaper! We Print NEWS!"
When you remember lines (approximately) from a ealy 70's pilot, it's a great character.
Kolchak should have covered Dick Cheney.
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Sat Feb-25-06 11:30 PM
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10. He was born to play that part. Wonderful. |
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Sat Feb-25-06 11:29 PM
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9. He had a wonderful wife, married thirty plus years |
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And they owned a riverboat in France that they both loved. Alas, nothing lasts forever.
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Sat Feb-25-06 11:32 PM
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Hollywood superstition says that deaths always come in threes.
Is Bob Hope still dead?
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Sat Feb-25-06 11:34 PM
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12. He was great in "Clara" |
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an Arthur Miller play that I saw on PBS(?) in ~1991. It was so good that I have often wished that I had taped it...
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Sat Feb-25-06 11:41 PM
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13. "Fra-geel-ay... it must be Italian!" |
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Sun Feb-26-06 12:41 AM
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:rofl: I loved him in "A Christmas Story" He was great.
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Sat Feb-25-06 11:52 PM
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Edited on Sat Feb-25-06 11:56 PM by unkachuck
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Sun Feb-26-06 12:03 AM
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Old celebs look out! Who's number three gonna be?
RIP, Darren and Don.
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Sun Feb-26-06 12:16 AM
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19. "Sonsabitches, BUMPASES!!! |
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One of my favorite lines....
And also.
"The duck, it's, um, SMILING!"
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Sun Feb-26-06 12:23 AM
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21. and to add to this... |
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I remember the series Riverboat being played late at night (in reruns) and watching it with my mom and sister. We really enjoyed that show, and I thought he was sooooo handsome!!
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Sun Feb-26-06 12:34 AM
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23. I loved "Riverboat" and I had |
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a huge crush on him in that series.
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Sun Feb-26-06 12:17 AM
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This is too much. Two of my heroes in one day.
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Sun Feb-26-06 12:29 AM
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22. This story should be posted and re-posted every 2 hours for an entire day. |
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Sun Feb-26-06 12:46 AM
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25. "I told you not to use Lifeboy" |
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Funniest line in the movie. He was excellent.
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Sun Feb-26-06 12:47 AM
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26. You fruugentimetizen! |
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Cursing the Darren McGavin way!
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Sun Feb-26-06 01:00 AM
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28. I named one of my sons after him! |
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Loved him as Mike Hammer!! It's the strangest thing, I was thinking about him early today before I'd heard about his death. Weird, but this happens very often with me. :cry:
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Sun Feb-26-06 12:54 AM
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27. I remember Riverboat too |
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real classy show and a real classy guy!
RIP, Carl :-(
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Sun Feb-26-06 01:23 AM
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29. i loved when he was cursing at the furnace in christmas story... |
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reminded me of my own dad. he had such a beautiful voice, so much presence in everything he did.
another irreplaceable talent lost, sigh
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Mon Feb-27-06 10:52 AM
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" In the heat of battle my father wove a tapestry of obscenities that as far as we know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan."
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Sun Feb-26-06 09:26 AM
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He'll be old man Parker forever, if we don't go up in a ball of nuclear fire, they'll be showing Christmas Story in perpetuity.
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