Posted on 02/27/2006 9:38:02 AM PST by Lizavetta
Just heard on the radio......
I've just ordered the complete "Gunsmoke" DVD series...cannot get enough of TV Land and the re-runs. It remains the longest running series in television history and, as far as I'm concerned, is still the best. The acting was incredible--James Arness is the last of the original stars living as Weaver, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone and Ken Curtis are all gone. 'sniff!
Didn't he build some sorta house out of cans and tires? Wondering about that since it's 17F here and snowing. What was the R value of the structure?
And then there was Miss Kitty, too!
Yes, he did.
It was an early indication of the type of person this Hollywood actor was.
Here's a link to a brief article about his "environmental ethic."
An excerpt:
"The earth is a tremendous gift," Weaver says. "There is nothing else like it in the known universe. I want to leave it the way I found it." We are headed into a discussion of sustainability, a topic close to Weaver's heart -- and home; after all, the "Earthship" is an outstanding example of what we can do to protect our planet, once we make a commitment to do so.
There is more at the Dennis Weaver Web page, but the server is probably overloaded just about now. Try this evening, late.
Maybe it will have to be in threes and with a letter in common in their names.
His connection with the SRF as well as other organizations is revealed in the article I cited in post #105:
He served as president of the Screen Actor?s Guild and as Lay Minister of Self Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine Temple.The guy was a flaming liberal, as many other Hollywood and Broadway actors are and have been for generations.
But we can't let that interfere with our enjoyment of their work.
My favorite line of Chester's from "Gunsmoke": "Marshal Dillon, don't underwear smell nice . . when it's clean?"
I remember reading that he was a really good athlete in college
Sad. He was a good guy, in my estimate. When I lived in the Los Feliz area, we shopped at the same stores sometimes. Big guy, real big, easy-going, nice. Everyone spoke well of him.
A few years ago, tragedy hit his family when his daughter-in-law was one of the 12 or more people killed when a motorist drove through the Santa Monica farmers market at the height of the shopping day.
She apparently worked with him in his various environmental causes.
Sorry to see Dennis go. I liked him.
I remember the show Whirly Birds, I think from the late 50's or early 60's. Do you remember a show called "Rescue 8" I think the guy that play Jock Ewing was in that show.
Thanks. Duel is one of my favorite movies.
Charming...
Perhaps that is the case when one looks at a large group. But my hubby used to be a grave digger and the deaths really did come in threes. It wasn't three graves in a row and then start immediately over. It was in threes and then a break before the next batch. Strange.
That was low, and that kind of comment is why I don't want to spend much time at FR anymore.
"I can't say I agree with your post, MikeA."
What's to disagree with? He was a Hollywood liberal. Now he's gone. That's all I said. I could have pretended to shed a tear over him, but these people have long ceased to deserve any sympathy from anyone.
Good riddance then. Maybe you mourn the loss of people who weakened this country. I choose not to.
Not the time or the place for that.
Dennis Weaver was indeed a lay minister at SRF Lake Shrine, a very beautiful and peaceful place. He lived his beliefs with enthusiasm and harmed nobody. He accomplished good in this world.
It's how people count. If they always go in threes then what were the other 2 when Andreas Katsulas died two weeks ago? People who think things happen in 3s always notice clusters that match their pre-conception, or manufacture them by forming clusters, and ignore the ones that go against.
Me too. I interviewed Weaver once on the set of "McCloud" and the 'hook' for the column I later wrote was his $50 haircut -- an unimaginable amount in those days. He was nice enough but very different from the characters he played, especially the down-to-earth crippled sidekick Chester in "Gunsmoke." In person he was more of a Beverly Hills guy than one from the hills of Oklahoma.
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