Posted on 05/17/2013 8:39:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
FWIW, Jim Henson also died the very same day.
This photo shows some of the terror and confusion involved in the President's early attempt to perform his own umbrella duties, after this event the Secret Service gave training to the President, but eventually decided that it was best to just keep umbrellas from him for the duration of his Presidency.
Oops, I posted that on the wrong thread.
On this thread I meant to post that Sammy Davis could do a lot of trick handling of a six shooter, and he displayed that skill when he would appear on “The Rifleman”.
A real loss.
You know, I watched Sammy Davis a year or two ago in “Robin and the Seven Hoods” (a really forgettable movie, in general) and he got to have one knock-your-socks-off number where he was shooting up a bar while he danced ... and it was just amazing. In another era, he would have been the lead in every movie he was in. Just a massively talented performer.
I think I know why you got confused. There have been so many comparisons of President Obama to President Nixon in the last week, and Sammy Davis endorsed Nixon. Your mistake was perfectly natural.
Those are perfect links, he was really incredible with a six shooter.
As a soldier under Nixon I had a period when I was in a punishment platoon, the “platoon” never numbered over 6, and often it was just me and the sergeants as I watched the other guys come for days or a single week, while I remained there, week, after week, after week, after week, etc., starting each morning with a ten K run and light gear with an M-14 modified with lead in it to weigh 28 pounds.
During that period Sammy Davis JR. had the hit, “The Candyman (can)”, in the barracks in between all the “Cool Hand Luke” type punishments which usually was solely focused on me since I was usually the only one in the “platoon”, I would listen to that song on a transistor radio that I had, and the innocence and joy of it really made me chuckle at what was going on (I was killing those sergeants because they had to keep up with me on the ‘punishments’ and the run). I was having a ball and Sammy’s song was my theme song.
Gee whiz, no bias in this article, no, sir. Davis endorsed Nixon in '72 because he well remembered which party's candidate was embarrassed and worried his marriage to Mai Britt might cost him votes in the 1960 election (hint: it wasn't Nixon). Interesting that little fact was left out so as to take a cheap shot at Sammy for not going with the misguided herd.
Did the same thing myself and the same thing when I heard that Karen Carpenter had passed.
Liked him in every performance I saw.
Great talent and never hear a song with FU in it.
Still listen to his songs.
Timeless as is said.
I remember the late Sammy Davis Jr. when he graced the Travelers Golf Tournament (Greater Hartford (CT) Open) back in the 1980’s with his name.
Wasn’t that charming? They had a deep understanding of their craft.
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