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Duking it out
over John Wayne
New York Daily News ^
| 7/19/03
| Kay Gardella
Posted on 07/19/2003 1:45:34 AM PDT by kattracks
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posted on
07/19/2003 1:45:34 AM PDT
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
PBS. Figures.
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posted on
07/19/2003 2:04:40 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
(Rob: "I see a five letter word. F-R-E-E-P. Freep." Jerry: "Freep? What's that?" - Dick Van Dyke Show)
To: kattracks
My favorite line from my favorite actor:
"Fill your hands you son-of-a-bitch!"
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posted on
07/19/2003 2:11:47 AM PDT
by
The Duke
To: The Duke
John Wayne excelled in Westerns. Although "The Quiet Man" is a gem about John Ford's native Ireland.
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posted on
07/19/2003 3:33:18 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: kattracks
From John Wayne, aka Marion Morrison:
To: The Duke
I like "Straight up, or over the saddle - makes no diff'rence ta me."
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posted on
07/19/2003 3:41:58 AM PDT
by
185JHP
( Penumbras. Emanations. Fatuities.)
To: goldstategop
"The Quiet Man" is one of my favorite movies.
My husband and I often quote the squire when we're disgusted with someone:
Put his name on The List and draw a line through it.
To: kattracks
The one nick in his armor was putting career above the country he loved during World War II. He shirked a call to arms when other actors such as Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, Henry Fonda and Tyrone Power entered the service. That is, at best,unclear, and "shirked" is certainly a perjorative term. Other biographies claim he was not accepted due to a prior knee problem, age, family. I do not know what is correct.
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posted on
07/19/2003 4:17:19 AM PDT
by
RJCogburn
("All them Parmelees is teched. Harold's the worst.".....Lucky Ned Pepper)
To: kattracks
"The one nick in his armor was putting career above the country he loved during World War II. He shirked a call to arms when other actors such as Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, Henry Fonda and Tyrone Power entered the service."Typical PBS bullshit lies. Wayne tried to enter the service but was rejected on medical reasons due to an old football injury. Of course, the liberal elite at PBS will tell any lie to trash this man's reputation.
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posted on
07/19/2003 4:20:21 AM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
(Stir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
To: The Duke
My favorite line from my favorite actor: "Fill your hands you son-of-a-bitch!" Not a bad line....
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posted on
07/19/2003 4:22:01 AM PDT
by
RJCogburn
("You think one on four's a dogfall?".......Lucky Ned Pepper)
To: RJCogburn
One of my favorites?
"I won't do it. I won't do it.
The hell I won't!"
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posted on
07/19/2003 4:32:23 AM PDT
by
Ulysses
To: Redleg Duke
Typical PBS bullshit lies. Wayne tried to enter the service but was rejected on medical reasons due to an old football injury. Of course, the liberal elite at PBS will tell any lie to trash this man's reputation.
I agree. However, we can also argue that he served his country best in Hollywood then behind a rifle. His WWII era films provided what his country needed most.
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posted on
07/19/2003 4:39:50 AM PDT
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: kattracks
Hubby and I are big JW fans...many DVD's and tapes...my fav JW film is *The Searchers* but my fav line is *Apologizing is a sign of weakness* from *She Wore A Yellow Ribbon*...
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posted on
07/19/2003 5:00:02 AM PDT
by
mystery-ak
(The War is not over for me until my hubby's boots hit U.S. soil.)
To: kattracks
One of my favorite lines...
"I'm looking at a tin star with a drunk pinned to it."
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posted on
07/19/2003 5:08:15 AM PDT
by
aomagrat
(IYAOYAS)
To: kattracks
The liberal low lifes at pbs can never lower the stature of the great John Wayne, no matter how they try. He's the ultimate symbol of what's good in this country, as well as the greatest movie star this country has ever produced. A giant being slandered by fleas!
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posted on
07/19/2003 5:11:10 AM PDT
by
TAIPAN22001
(a little perspective is in order)
To: kattracks
...nor does it set out to destroy the heroic image. if it doesn't "set out to destroy" does this sentence implie that it does just that by the end? ...rto
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posted on
07/19/2003 5:11:54 AM PDT
by
visitor
(Thank God George Bush Won)
To: The Duke
And that came in response to, "I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man". Greatest dialouge exchange in Hollywood history.
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posted on
07/19/2003 5:12:13 AM PDT
by
Bernard
To: Miss Marple
"He'll regret it until his dying day... if ever he should live so long!"
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posted on
07/19/2003 5:14:44 AM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: mystery-ak
my fav JW film is *The Searchers*That'll be the day.
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posted on
07/19/2003 5:18:22 AM PDT
by
RJCogburn
("You think one on four's a dogfall?".......Lucky Ned Pepper)
To: BibChr
LOL!
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