Posted on 05/11/2008 4:40:50 PM PDT by hole_n_one
Nah, not really. I just LOVED that show. Don’t watch tv anymore, really. Have never seen CSI, Sopranos, etc. HGTV, Food TV, and NFL is about it.
Yes, you’re right. My memory had faded.
I know. I think. Can I post?
Knock yourself out!
I was going to say both were on NYPD Blue.
So what's the answer?
Nevermind. I am wrong.
A .22 handgun is crap for personal defense. I wouldn’t trust my life on it.
My Grandpop used to say, six shots with a .22 equals one shot with a .45. But he was a man, and sometimes you can put in six shots with a .22, on target!
Get Shorty.
A quick Farina bio from Wikipedia:
Early lifeFarina was born in Chicago, Illinois to Italian American parents Yolanda, a homemaker, and Joseph Farina, a doctor.[2][3] He was raised in a large family and has three brothers and three sisters.
Career
Farina began his work in show business working for director Michael Mann as a police consultant on Mann's early works. This led to an interest in acting when Mann cast him in a small role in the 1981 film Thief. Farina proceeded to moonlight as an actor in the Chicago theater scene before Mann chose him for his Crime Story series. Farina played the mobster Albert Lombard in Michael Mann's other television show Miami Vice.
One of his most well-known movie characters is Jimmy Serrano, the mob boss from Midnight Run. Other movies in Farina's filmography include Manhunter, Striking Distance, Another Stakeout, Get Shorty, Saving Private Ryan, Big Trouble, Snatch, The Mod Squad and Out of Sight. He has also acted opposite Bette Midler in the romantic comedy That Old Feeling. In early 2005 Farina provided the voice of aging boxer-turned-superhero Wildcat on Justice League Unlimited.
Farina starred as Det. Joe Fontana on NBC's long-running television series Law & Order from 2004 to 2006. In May 2006, it was announced that Farina was leaving Law & Order to pursue other projects.
His role of -Detective Lt. Mike Torello on Crime Story was as a Chicago police officer. Farina's Law & Order character, Joe Fontana, worked for Chicago Homicide before his transfer to the NYPD. As is common on Law & Order, Fontana shares a number of other characteristics with the actor who plays him: they hail from the same Chicago neighborhood, attended the same parochial school, and have the same tastes in both clothes and music (Dean Martin).
It was confirmed on April 7, 2008 that Dennis Farina will be the new host of Unsolved Mysteries when it returns to television with a new five season, 175 episode run on Spike TV in October of 2008. Farina is filling the void that the late Robert Stack left upon his death (Stack hosted the series for its entire original 15 year run). The series will include re-edited segments from the series' previous incarnations on NBC, CBS, and Lifetime (all originally hosted by Stack) as well as several all-new original stories.
Personal life
Farina is the father of three sons, Dennis, Michael and Joseph from his marriage. His youngest son, Joseph, is also an actor. He was an officer of the Chicago Police Department from 1967 to 1985. When Farina quit the force, he became a detective. He has one granddaughter, Brianna, and four grandsons, Michael, Tyler, Matthew and Eric. Dennis is a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan and played an avid fan alongside Dennis Franz in the play "The Bleacher Bums" for a few years.
Farina was arrested on May 11th, 2008 for trying to get through LAX security with a loaded .22 caliber pistol. Farina was taken to LAPD's Pacific Division. He was booked on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon, and bail was set for $25,000.00. He claimed he had simply forgotten the weapon was still in his briefcase and had never intended to take it on a plane. After police found out the weapon was unregistered, the charges were upgraded to a felony and bail was increased to $35,000.00.
.22s can be very accurate and will make you just as dead as a .45 will.
Doug the Head: We've got sandy beaches...
Avi: So? Who the f*&k wants to see 'em? I hope you appreciate the concern I have for my friend Franky, Doug. I'm gonna find him, and you're gonna help me find him, and we're gonna start at that fight.
Lots of bad language but the movie is great.
Hi, Tax-chick:
I think Farina’s first film role was in Michael Mann’s ‘Thief’, where he played Robert Prosky’s mob body guard.
Farina had just finished with Mann’s ‘Crime Story’ on TV and would have another splendid role opposite William Peterson in Mann’s excellent ‘Manhunter’.
Jack.
JERRY: All right . . . I once had a hair in my Farina and I freaked out.
ELAINE: You found a hair in your Farina?
Dang, I like this guy. He absolutely owned “Get Shorty.” Somehow despite such delectables as Travolta, Hackman and DeVito, he stole the whole thing. And how ironic that this would happen at “the f*ng airport,’ as he barked at the cabbie in one of his last scenes.
I hope he beats this rap.
I watched “The Ring” with a couple of my brothers. We don’t even *watch* horror movies, but one of us picked it out thinking it was a mystery type dealie, and once it was started, we figured we’d go ahead and finish it.
About halfway through, all of a sudden the TV went black (though the power was still on in the next room), and at the same instant the screen door came loose and was banging in the wind. We all sat there in the dark arguing over who was gonna actually get up and check what the heck was going on.
If the phone had rung at that instant, I think I’d have about passed out.
Freaky movie.
I always thought him a good guy who was an entertaining actor. I hope this gets worked out OK for him.
OMG, what a powerful photo.
At least it was in his briefcase, where his SUV couldn’t get its grubby tires on it, and go on a rampage.
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