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David McCallum Dies: Beloved ‘NCIS’ Actor Was 90
Deadline ^ | September 25, 2023 | Nellie Amdreeva

Posted on 09/25/2023 3:26:40 PM PDT by NCDragon

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To: NCDragon
What made The Man From Uncle work was the difference between the main characters. The two actors in the movie remake seemed identical and interchangeable.


81 posted on 09/25/2023 6:18:59 PM PDT by x
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To: jocon307

You are most welcome! :)


82 posted on 09/25/2023 6:29:13 PM PDT by NCDragon ( Americans will always do the right thing, after they've exhausted all the alternatives. WC)
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To: NCDragon

I had an Ilya Kuryakin action figure when I was a kid.


83 posted on 09/25/2023 6:33:01 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Spacetrucker

So he gets it. I wish more of them would.

That goes for musicians, comedians, etc.

I want to watch you do your craft, because I admire your skills in that way. I don’t give a hoo ha what your personal opinions are.


84 posted on 09/25/2023 6:38:47 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: NurdlyPeon

MAD Magazine had some great satire. It isn’t the same nowadays! Even when they made fun of politicians it was in Good Humor.


85 posted on 09/25/2023 6:58:00 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: daler

They did a parody of James Bond movies a few times. They did a parody of Star Wars and R2D2 was Alfred E Neuman. They parodied hit movies. The cover of MAD when they parodied Jaws was funny...Alfred E Neuman was the swimmer and the shark looked like he had an upset stomach!


86 posted on 09/25/2023 7:05:56 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: LukeL
He was also the last surviving main cast member of The Great Escape

I knew he was one of the youngest in the film, didn't realize he was the last of the main cast.

87 posted on 09/25/2023 7:11:27 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: NCDragon

RIP Ducky!


88 posted on 09/25/2023 7:29:41 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT Anheuser Busch, the NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR & Faux Snooze! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper! )
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To: szweig

His father was 1st violinist of London Philharmonic Orchestra. In A Night To Remember, he survived the sinking of Titanic


89 posted on 09/25/2023 7:42:16 PM PDT by mware
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To: Dr. Sivana

There were only three channels. So at school the next day, EVERONE had watched the same thing. Shared experiences, tighter culture.

Then came more channels. Then vcr (time shifting). Then streaming.

We grew up in a very unique time that will never exist again.

Call it the broadcast era.

Now anyone can broadcast, and anyone can watch anything.

That’s the impact of technology.


90 posted on 09/25/2023 8:04:18 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: MV=PY

He will always be Ducky to me .

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91 posted on 09/25/2023 8:08:35 PM PDT by Mears
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To: NCDragon

RIP.


92 posted on 09/25/2023 8:54:07 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: yuleeyahoo

Dame Joanna Lumley is 77 now.


93 posted on 09/25/2023 11:23:06 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: NurdlyPeon

“I’ve always preferred the Mad Magazine version: “The Man From A.U.N.T.I.E.” (The Association for Unbelievably Nauseating Television and Idiotic Entertainment).”

Mad Mag did a parody of the huge Cleopatra movie, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Ricard Burton. Who had all kinds of love hijinks on the movie set. That were feverishly reported in the media of the time.

Mad Mag gave it the title of CleoPotroast.


94 posted on 09/26/2023 12:09:53 AM PDT by dennisw (Never attribute to incompetence & stupidity, that which is adequately explained by malice)
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To: mware
Ahhh, I had a such a crush on him as an 11 year old. He actually aged rather handsomely.

Agree on both points. The most attractive actor from Man from UNCLE—that shock of blond hair—and loved him on NCIS.


95 posted on 09/26/2023 7:52:35 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: mware

He married his second wife, Katherine, shortly after he and Jill were divorced. He and Katherine remained married until his death, so it seems love really is lovelier the second time around.


96 posted on 09/26/2023 7:00:39 PM PDT by Schatze (It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.)
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To: NCDragon

Oh wow I’ve been without my computer for a week so I just stumbled across this news. A huge chunk of my childhood was the Man From UNCLE. I know we lost Robert a while ago now and Leo passed away shortly after UNCLE ended. RIP David and thanks for the memories.


97 posted on 09/28/2023 7:31:37 PM PDT by xp38
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Big Man From U.N.C.L.E. fan!

I had the Man From U.N.C.L.E. spy attache case. I still have my Man From U.N.C.L.E. security badge somewhere.

David’s musician father’s suggested to Jimmy Page to use a violin bow on his electric guitar.

The other round about Page connection, is that Jimmy did the soundtrack for a Charles Bronson Death Wish film. Charles Bronson was also in The Great Escape with David.

Charles Bronson stole David’s wife, Jill Ireland, from him. Who’s to blame???


98 posted on 11/16/2023 3:05:24 PM PST by Texan4Life
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