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Actor Bob Hastings dies at 89: Star of 'McHale's Navy' began his career on the radio at an early age
The Burbank Leader ^
| July 1, 2014
| Alicia Banks
Posted on 07/01/2014 8:20:20 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
Rest in Peace Mr. Hastings!
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posted on
07/01/2014 8:22:41 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
07/01/2014 8:23:13 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: EveningStar
That’s also Phil Silvers in that pic too. Died 1985.
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posted on
07/01/2014 8:24:38 PM PDT
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tflabo
(o)
To: EveningStar
B-29 navigator during World War II
Born 1925.......
Todays kids cannot even read or write well.
To: tflabo
Joe Flynn on the left, Bob Hastings on the right.
To: tflabo
Thats also Phil Silvers in that pic too. Died 1985. Actually, that is Joe Flynn ( though he does look like Phil Silvers)
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posted on
07/01/2014 8:27:19 PM PDT
by
TheCipher
(Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself- Mark Twain)
To: tflabo
To: EveningStar
Elroy!
He did a good job portraying the idiot, brown-nosing, groveling sidekick. I wonder if he ever got promoted?
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posted on
07/01/2014 8:27:26 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: EveningStar
RIP
Not many of the guys from McHale’s Navy are left. There’s Tim Conway, Gavin MacLeod and I don’t know who else.
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posted on
07/01/2014 8:28:10 PM PDT
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ClearCase_guy
("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
To: ClearCase_guy
Thanks to syndication, I was able to watch McHale’s Navy in the early 1980s. Always good for a laugh what with all that classic comedic talent that they had.
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posted on
07/01/2014 8:31:19 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: ClearCase_guy
I suspect “Groober” is probably deceased as he was one of the older crewmen. Fuji might still be alive.
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posted on
07/01/2014 8:32:53 PM PDT
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yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: EveningStar
Ooops, my bad... it is Joe Flynn... egads-— sorry.
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posted on
07/01/2014 8:33:59 PM PDT
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tflabo
(o)
To: EveningStar
Wow. Just didn’t realize he was that advanced in years. I loved McHale’s Navy and Bob was one of the reasons why.
TV was fun in those days
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posted on
07/01/2014 8:35:28 PM PDT
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Nifster
To: EveningStar
OK, did not watch TV back then, which one was Hastings?
To: EveningStar
Ah, disregard my previous post, still ignorant on early TV stars. Do dimly recall Phil Silvers as something Bilko.
To: doorgunner69
Met him at a old time radio con here in Cincinnati; a class act.
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posted on
07/01/2014 8:38:23 PM PDT
by
50sDad
(A Liberal prevents me from telling you anything here.)
To: yarddog
Gruber (Carl Ballantine) actually only died a few short years ago. He lived to a good old age. The guy who played Virgil died about a year ago or so, as did Borgnine himself.
I guess the only ones from the show still surviving are Tim Conway, the guy who played Fugi, Gavin MacLeod, and the hillbilly character Willy (who was the real-life son of husband-wife country superstars Kitty Wells and Johnny Wright, if memory serves me).
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posted on
07/01/2014 8:42:33 PM PDT
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greene66
To: doorgunner69
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posted on
07/01/2014 8:43:57 PM PDT
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tflabo
(o)
To: tflabo
McHale’s Navy was basically a takeoff on Phil Silvers’ “You’ll Never Get Rich” except changed to Navy and WWII. As was the cartoon “Top Cat”.
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posted on
07/01/2014 8:47:20 PM PDT
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yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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