[mkjessup]

You forgot the one of Martin Sheen when he tried to pretend he couldn’t speak up against the war........

Good Morning Lakeshark, and you're absolutely right but I tend to cut Martin Sheen a little bit of slack because he gave a tour de' force (is that right?) performance as 'Greg Stillson' in the original film version of 'The Dead Zone' (and kudos to Christopher Walken too, one of my favorite actors), and if that wasn't enough, I still admire Sheen's role as Michael McCord in 'The California Kid' (1974) a terrific hot rod/murder/corrupt sheriff flick (sheriff played by the late Vic Morrow), so having said all that, I generally dismiss Sheen's political sputterings as his impact in that arena "ain't all that". ;)

[stephenjohnbanker]

One of the most fun days of my life....

About 20 years ago, Martin Sheen invited homeless people to come to Malibu. They did.....in DROVES! My friend Bob P. lived next door to Martin Sheen at the time.

Now, most of the homeless tended to congregate at a coffee shop right across the street from Pepperdine University.(Dietrich’s) Unfortunately for me and Bob, this coffee shop was also our morning haunt before work, and the homeless took all of the outdoor seating. This would not do!

One morning,Bob suggested we drive a few of them to Martin Sheen’s house. 4 homeless, and 80 bucks later, we dropped them off at Marty’s house in Pt. Dume.

A few weeks later, Bob ran into Sheen in front of his house...

Bob: Hey Marty, what happened to the guys hanging out in front of your house?

Sheen: They were here for hours. They didn’t cause any trouble...just laid down in my front yard. I called the Malibu Sheriff’s, but they took forever for them to get here “

ROTFLMFAO!!!!

[Lakeshark]

Martin was a disaster as General Lee, and I've never seen anything I particularly thought he was good in, including his pretending 1st amendment rights were mysteriously stripped in his pic with duct tape on his mouth.

I think it was Steve McQueen who said the camera either likes you or it doesn't. And for sure the camera doesn't bequeath intelligence to those who it likes. Intelligence surely has forgotten the Sheen family.