What do you think of James Arness?

[kentauros]

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[Ikonoklast]

1. Miss Kitty liked it rough.

You should have seen the claw marks on her back.

[doc03]

2. I watch Gunsmoke nearly every evening, it seems like he

had a cozy relationship with the town madam and he sure drinks a lot of free beer while on the job.

[frogmarch]

3. The Thing!

My favorite monster movie!

I didn't like it when James killed the dogs, though. I didn't like that part in the remake either.

Is James Arness still living? I heard somewhere a couple years ago that he has Alzheimer's and is in a nursing home.

[NewJeffCT]

6. Still alive according to IMDB

87 years old now.

[Swede]

4. Scariest carrot hands down.

:hide:

[Aristus]

5. Ain't nothin' but a Thing...

:P

He was cool as Marshall Dillon...

[The Midway Rebel]

7. John Wayne wannabe.

But any friend of Festus is a friend of mine.

[kentauros]

8. Oh yeah

I forgot about Festus.

I wonder if he was related to Uncle Fester?
They have a kind of similar voice as I recall...

[whistler162]

12. I doubt Uncle Fester could have ever sung with Sons of the Pioneer.

[Ikonoklast]

13. Arness got a Purple Heart from the Anzio landings.

While John Wayne spent the war in Hollywood and played being a hero on celluloid, Mr. Arness was the real deal.

[The Midway Rebel]

16. OMG you are right. John Wayne was a James Arness wannabe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHVSCribt3U&feature=related

[Rhythm]

9. A grand-nephew of his once kept me from getting squished by a stage-diver

He's a friend of a friend, and about 6'6". Caught the diver in mid-air right above my head, then tossed him about 10 feet away.
All i could do was look up in astonishment and mouth the words 'thank you', because that would have hurt like hell otherwise.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

10. Small world.

I lived across the street from his son's photography business.
Very kind & friendly guy. He died a few years back & I had remembered
him so fondly I wrote to his widow to express my feelings & she
wrote back warmly. Thanks for the memories.

[whistler162]

11. James Arness isn't dead?

His younger brother, some guy named Graves, just passed away.

http://www.jamesarness.com/biogphy.htm

[A-Schwarzenegger]

14. I was talking about his son Craig.

[The Midway Rebel]

15. Gunsmokuru

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc-MhQBq3cA&feature=related

[nolabear]

17. You know, it works.

The Magnificent Seven wasn't great for nothing. Cowboy/Samurai same thing.