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1 posted on 05/19/2009 9:43:55 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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rye wit

Well, he WAS a whisky drinker.

2 posted on 05/19/2009 9:48:00 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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A young private James Doohan enlisted in the armed forces at the outbreak of World War II in 1939.

To hear the Left tell it, WWII started in 1941. That was their point of reference for how long it took us to win WWII in comparison with Boosh in Iraq. PS we ended WWII with 2 nukes, that might have brought a rapid conclusion to the conflict in Iraq as well...

3 posted on 05/19/2009 9:48:24 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (If you like the Dept. of Motor Vehicles, the IRS, and the Post Office, you'll love govt Health Care)
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Mittengan ping for one of our nicest neighbors and Port Huron’s Canoogian twin.


4 posted on 05/19/2009 9:49:23 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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and that along with the character's rye wit

I was cursed with a pumpernickle wit myself.

5 posted on 05/19/2009 9:51:37 AM PDT by pgkdan ( I miss Ronald Reagan!)
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...your photo torpedo tubes jammed ...

Photo torpedo? PHOTO torpedo?

6 posted on 05/19/2009 9:57:35 AM PDT by sima_yi ( Palin / Jindal 2012)
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"Can you imagine that in an episode of Star Trek?" Doohan said. "Scotty's life saved because a stray phaser blast was deflected by a silver cigarette case given to him by his brother. Fans would shake their heads and think the writers had lost their minds, falling back on unlikely clichés."

In the movie "A Bridge Too Far," Anthony Hopkins played Lieutenant Colonel John Frost, who later retired from the British Army as a Major General. The real Frost was brought on as a technical advisor for the film. In one scene, Hopkins has to cross a street controlled by German fire to get from his field HQ to see his wounded. During the first take, Hopkins dodged and ran through fire, and was roundly criticized by Frost who told him that in combat, it was bad form for a Battalion Commander to let his soldiers see him run from the enemy. Frost advised that at Arnhem, he had walked across the street a brisk but confident pace. The makers of the film stated that an audience would never believe it, so they used the original take, insisting that portraying the reality of the scene would have been too unrealistic to believe...

7 posted on 05/19/2009 9:59:30 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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Uh, “rye wit”? Scotty was strictly a Scotch man.


8 posted on 05/19/2009 10:04:04 AM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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I lived across the river from Sarnia for several years, and never knew that Doohan was a native...nor that the natives were called Sarnians. (I did know that Doohan was Canadian, and Sarnians sounds like a group of spacemen that Scotty would get into a bar fight with on Rigel 12)

Are they still looking for his ashes in the New Mexico desert?


10 posted on 05/19/2009 10:06:24 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Weren’t those “photon” torpedoes? lol


11 posted on 05/19/2009 10:09:27 AM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett (There is a demand today for men who can make wrong appear right. Terrence, c. 160 B.C.)
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12 posted on 05/19/2009 10:09:56 AM PDT by lewisglad
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If your dilithium crystals were ever fried, your photo torpedo tubes jammed or you were short a man in a brawl with the Klingons, Scotty was the guy you wanted.
15 posted on 05/19/2009 10:20:32 AM PDT by calex59
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If your dilithium crystals were ever fried, your photo torpedo tubes jammed or you were short a man in a brawl with the Klingons, Scotty was the guy you wanted.

But only if they insult the enterprise. Insulting the captain wouldn't get him riled!(One of the movies, I forget which one, the crew got into a bar fight because the other guys insulted the enterprise,AFTER insulting Capt. Kirk which didn't lead to the fight!)

16 posted on 05/19/2009 10:21:25 AM PDT by calex59
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I met him a couple times at ‘Trek conventions. He was a really fun and nice guy all around. A real class act.


22 posted on 05/19/2009 10:35:50 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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The absolute singular reason that I ever watched "Homeboys from Outer Space".

"This is Poker? We had a different name for it on the starship. We called it 'Let the Captain Win or He'll Kick Your Ass'!"

It was funnier with the accent ...

23 posted on 05/19/2009 11:07:02 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (The sun glinted off chiseled pectorals sculpted during four weight-lifting sessions each week and...)
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I like the new Trek but there will only be on Scotty for me and that's Doohan.

30 posted on 05/19/2009 2:43:27 PM PDT by dragonblustar ("... and if you disagree with me, then you sir, are worse than Hitler!" - Greg Gutfeld)
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Here’s a toast of Trania for Scotty...


33 posted on 05/19/2009 3:11:05 PM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: nickcarraway; grellis; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
In his autobiography, "Giving Hitler the Finger," Doohan described what motivated him to leave Sarnia for the war. He was the fourth child born to Sarah and William Patrick Doohan, an alcoholic with a stormy temper... during the invasion of Normandy, and almost lost his life. He was shot six times by a sentry, four times in his leg, once in the chest and once through his middle finger, which had to be amputated. Miraculously, a bullet struck a silver cigarette case in his shirt pocket directly over his heart... Doohan eventually became a pilot and the experience inspired him... Doohan wrote that in the years after the war he was self-conscious about the wound and often hid his right hand from view while filming Star Trek. Observant fans can spot the missing finger in just three episodes... He was even awarded an honourary engineering degree from the Milwaukee School of Engineering... He was often quoted telling fans that "Scotty is ninety-nine per cent James Doohan and one per cent accent." That may be true, but to me, James Doohan is 100 per cent the Greatest Sarnian.
Get ready to FReep that poll! Thanks grellis for the ping, and nick for posting it.

One thing though -- he was only shot six or seven times, what's the big deal? /sarc

Does anyone know if the footage of Doohan removed from "Wrath of Khan" has ever been restored in the video releases? I used to have the movie with that intact, taped off the air, no idea where that went to. Shatner wanted it edited out, and I've heard tell that's when Doohan stopped speaking to him except as required by the script.
38 posted on 05/19/2009 6:49:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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From That Which Survives.

 

39 posted on 05/19/2009 6:51:06 PM PDT by JoJo Gunn (Such a pity, to see Freepers still addicted to the Hollyweird teat.)
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