I did a Bonanza binge on one occasion with a pre Star Trek theme, and watched Doohan in "Gift of Water" (with voice undisguised). Episode originally aired February 11, 1962 and also had a pre Nurse Chapel Majel Barrett in it as well.
Posted on 01/07/2019 3:19:56 AM PST by gattaca
Beam me up Scotty!
Aye
“James Doohan passed away in 2005. Fittingly, his ashes were taken into orbit and scattered in space.”
After the fourth attempt.
Thanks for posting this. Very interesting. Always liked his character. Seems that the man himself was even tougher.
God Bless him.
Later in life, Jimmy would joke that “Smoking had saved his life.”
Saved my father’s life in Vietnam. Was a Flight Engineer on a C-123. Seated at his station, he tried to light his cigar. He dropped his lighter and bent over to pick it up. Suddenly he heard a loud explosion. He looked up and where his panel was and his head would have been if he didn’t drop his lighter was a big hole from enemy ground fire. He fixed the wires so the landing gear would come down. They landed safely and he was later awarded a DFC. He wasn’t impressed as he said he was just doing his job. Because of that he always maintained that smoking saved his life.
I did a Bonanza binge on one occasion with a pre Star Trek theme, and watched Doohan in "Gift of Water" (with voice undisguised). Episode originally aired February 11, 1962 and also had a pre Nurse Chapel Majel Barrett in it as well.
Shot 6 times by a nervous sentry - what was the sentry armed with? a Sten gun? Sure as heck wasn’t a bolt action Mk4 Enfield!
Doohan wrote an autobiography talking about his military career back in the 1990’s.
Seems likely. A cigarette case wouldn’t have done much deflecting of a .303 round.
I have a pocket bible my father had in WW2. It has a brass cover - no idea where he got it.
Thanks for posting!
“Thanks for posting this. Very interesting. Always liked his character. Seems that the man himself was even tougher.”
Another favorite of mine is Don Adams who, as Marine, fought at Guadalcanal and then was a drill instructor.
But you’d never think it watching Get Smart.
You've heard of the "mad minute"? Rate of fire (when user properly trained) is so fast that Germans mistook it for machine guns.
I own a couple (No. 4 and a Mk III as well as an actual No. 5 "jungle carbine" (not the Indian imitation).) I'm not as well trained as they were, but with the rear locking lugs and a VERY slick bolt it will cycle amazingly fast.
I have one of those too! It’s a pocket sized New Testament (KJV i think) with a statement on inside from the CiC, Franklin Roosevelt. It looks to me as though it was probably originally given to his parents to give to him on enlistment. Their signatures and brief blessing from them are on the inside of the front brass cover.
I found it among some of his stuff after he died. He never mentioned it.
A lot of actors in that age range served in WWII.
A podcast tip - Mike Rowe’s “The Way I Heard It”. Very Paul Harvey-esque series.
Anyway, Mike did one recently about Scotty called “Conventional Hero” that was great. Only six minutes long (not including the commercial up front) so it won’t be a big time investment.
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