You mean like in this picture where he is standing next to Merle Haggard who is about 5'8" and Willie Nelson who is 5'6"?
Posted on 05/09/2016 5:30:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway
By 1973, singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson had also starred in a handful of feature film roles, playing outlaw Billy the Kid in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, which also featured Bob Dylan. That same year, just after her 14th birthday, Marie Osmond, of the performing Osmond clan, launched her recording career, becoming the youngest female act to hit Number One on the country chart with her song "Paper Roses." Although their career (and, indeed, personal) trajectories couldn't be more divergent, the paths of Kristofferson and Osmond, along with her teen-idol brother, Donny, would cross just a few years later when the Donny & Marie Show became a surprise hit for ABC at a time when variety series were quickly going out of vogue with the viewing public. Yet, as one cultural phenomenon was breathing its last breath, another — also first launched in 1973 — was quickly achieving lightspeed.
In April '73, writer-director George Lucas, who had just completed a nostalgic film called American Graffiti, began writing the 13-page treatment for a project titled The Star Wars. Four summers later, Star Wars was in movie theaters and transformed modern cinema and the movie business, becoming the most profitable film franchise of all time. Today, May the 4th, has even been dubbed "Intergalactic Star Wars Day," thanks to the endlessly quoted line, "May the force be with you," heard at least once in all seven of the Star Wars films to date.
Four months into Star Wars-mania, in September 1977, Donny & Marie, who were "a little bit country and a little bit rock & roll," were a staple of Friday-night TV. Their variety show debuted in 1976 with an array of guest stars, musical interludes and comedy sketches, and usually included a closing production number featuring the show's guests.
During his first appearance on the show, which also included guest stars Redd Foxx and Paul Lynde, Kristofferson, whose then-wife Rita Coolidge and young daughter Casey were also seen briefly in a segment, performed his song "The Legend" and sang a duet with Marie on the Lou Rawls hit "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine."
For the totally spaced-out 12-minute production number closing this episode, the Osmonds, Kristofferson, Foxx and Lynde were joined by actual Star Wars characters C-3PO, R2-D2 and Darth Vader (voiced not by James Earl Jones but by Thurl Ravenscroft, best known as the "g-r-r-r-r-eat" voice of Tony the Tiger and the singer of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch). Kristofferson plays it cool as space rogue Han Solo, accompanied by his hirsute co-pilot Chewbacca, and executes a cringe-worthy take on Sly and the Family Stone's "I Want to Take You Higher." (Perhaps Kristofferson was recalling — or still feeling — the effects of the fat bomb of a Mexican joint that had appeared on the Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid set four years earlier).
Whatever may or may not have influenced his performance on the Donny & Marie Show, it certainly didn't prevent him from returning as a guest the following fall, where he would participate in a Beatles medley. Kristofferson might, however, wish evidence of this Star Wars "homage" had journeyed to a galaxy far, far away.
He played a good role as a bad guy in Payback as well.
Kris Kristofferson has to be one of the worst actors in history. He’s not all that great as a singer, but at least he can write. Act? Huh uh.
I loved that when I was a kid. For some reason.
He’s a Ricky Nelson method actor.
Satirical in a silly way; satirizing it’s satire.
He was a part of the Best Concert I ever went to (late 70’s Portland Oregon)
Chris Khristofferson , Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings
(Difficult 80 mile drive home at or about 4:00 AM)
Sarcasm is a very close relative
Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, yes. I wouldn’t walk across the street to piss on Willie Nelson if he was on fire. And Kristofferson should stick to writing train songs. And having someone else sing them.
**** “ The old perv could barely keep his hands off Marie. Cant say I blame him “ *****
He is all of 5’ an a little bit tall (Johnny Cash Towered over him) but in those days Marie would be after Him not visa versa.
(Chris is short... Tom Cruise may actually be taller than someone;^)
Kris Kristofferson, BA in literature summa cum laud, Rhodes Scholar, rugby there, Captain in the US Army, helicopter pilot, Ranger, taught English literature at West Point.
Betcha didn’t know all that ??
Better songwriter, than performer himself.
I used to have a cassette of Willie Nelson performing songs written by Kristofferson.
The only 2 of them (from the Concert) left alive and you want to have a Bic moment with them?
Willie is a Waco Lib, Chris isn’t far behind but they just think/believe what they think/believe ...
If they were Politicians or had any power what so ever I might be able to understand but I don’t in this case.
They have their Opinion as do I ... they are Entertainers and I enjoy their work.
Something personal with Willie? (Had a job once near his place and he did seem to piss a bunch of people off)
Just asking
OH Rub it in you had a Cassette! Us Knuckle Draggers were so ancient and not Hip with our Eight Tracks!
(I wore out 3 Eight Track Tapes of the Guess Who before I was 17)
The Memories
I stood next to KK in 2007 he is at least 5’8.
BS
I was next to him and I’m 5’8”
As good as the Star Wars Christmas Special?
Percy Sledge was my most stolen 8-track. Great makeout music.
I’m just sayin: In The video you can see him trying to paw her every chance he got.
Nah, nothing personal with Willie Nelson. I used to like him and that kind of “outlaw country hippie” image he cultivated. But the more I heard about his politics, the more I came to understand that he was a lot more hippie than country. Now he just sounds like a nasally fraud to me, all bandana and no cattle.
So I am a liar huh? You make many FRiends here do ya?
You mean like in this picture where he is standing next to Merle Haggard who is about 5'8" and Willie Nelson who is 5'6"?
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