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Post by pippsheadache on May 6, 2021 20:21:42 GMT -5
And Dennis Weaver as Chester before Festus came along. Before "McCloud" or "Gentle Ben" or the long-forgotten "Kentucky Jones."
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Post by inger on May 6, 2021 20:30:06 GMT -5
And Dennis Weaver as Chester before Festus came along. Before "McCloud" or "Gentle Ben" or the long-forgotten "Kentucky Jones." Who would have thought that when Arness reduced his roll in the later years was “out of town” until the final scene that Ken Curtis could have held the audience for so long? I heard Dennis say once that he wished he hadn’t given Chester the limp in his audition because it made the role much more difficult to play, and that he sometimes forgot which leg to limp on...I liked Chester more than any of the other “helpers” Matt ever had. Better than Quint or Festus or Newly, or even Thad... |
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Post by anthonyd46 on May 6, 2021 20:57:56 GMT -5
You can’t fix anything about that last one. A rocket, a splendid play. Sometimes when you do everything right it just turns out wrong... There's a song in there somewhere.... or This song: |
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Post by noetsi on May 6, 2021 21:04:21 GMT -5
What happened to my sweep?
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Post by chiyankee on May 6, 2021 21:12:45 GMT -5
What happened to my sweep? Hey, the great Meat Loaf once said "Two Out Three Ain't Bad". |
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Post by inger on May 6, 2021 21:59:27 GMT -5
This forum has a music thread, yet it often must spill over to other threads. Sometimes it’s just impossible to contain. Like this special request in from Jayson in Florida...
Jayson boy, is that you?
I thought your post-hangin' days were through,
Sunk-in eyes and full of sighs,
Tell no lies, you get wise,
I tell you now we're gonna pull you through,
There's only one thing left that we can do
We gotta get you a woman,
It's like nothin' else to make you feel sure you're alive
We gotta get you a woman,
We better get walkin', we're wastin' time talkin' now
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Post by rizzuto on May 6, 2021 22:33:49 GMT -5
And Dennis Weaver as Chester before Festus came along. Before "McCloud" or "Gentle Ben" or the long-forgotten "Kentucky Jones." Before he was Festus Hagen, he was lead singer for the western band Sons of the Pioneers, which began in 1933 and is still going strong today. |
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Post by rizzuto on May 6, 2021 22:47:57 GMT -5
And Dennis Weaver as Chester before Festus came along. Before "McCloud" or "Gentle Ben" or the long-forgotten "Kentucky Jones." Who would have thought that when Arness reduced his roll in the later years was “out of town” until the final scene that Ken Curtis could have held the audience for so long? I heard Dennis say once that he wished he hadn’t given Chester the limp in his audition because it made the role much more difficult to play, and that he sometimes forgot which leg to limp on...I liked Chester more than any of the other “helpers” Matt ever had. Better than Quint or Festus or Newly, or even Thad... James Arness said in interviews that he thought Burt Reynolds’ character Quint brought something special to the show. I enjoyed the banter between Festus and Quint, but perhaps my favorite character was Galen “Doc” Adams (Milburn Stone). |
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Post by inger on May 6, 2021 22:51:00 GMT -5
Who would have thought that when Arness reduced his roll in the later years was “out of town” until the final scene that Ken Curtis could have held the audience for so long? I heard Dennis say once that he wished he hadn’t given Chester the limp in his audition because it made the role much more difficult to play, and that he sometimes forgot which leg to limp on...I liked Chester more than any of the other “helpers” Matt ever had. Better than Quint or Festus or Newly, or even Thad... James Arness said in interviews that he thought Burt Reynolds’ character Quint brought something special to the show. I enjoyed the banter between Festus and Quint, but perhaps my favorite character was Galen “Doc” Adams (Milburn Stone). I’ve noticed that it was great casting to have Quint play the half breed. He is amazingly nimble mounting horses and doing his own stunts in the bar fights, etc.. or was. Was amazingly nimble. Not so much now... kinda stiff... |
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Post by rizzuto on May 6, 2021 22:52:30 GMT -5
James Arness said in interviews that he thought Burt Reynolds’ character Quint brought something special to the show. I enjoyed the banter between Festus and Quint, but perhaps my favorite character was Galen “Doc” Adams (Milburn Stone). I’ve noticed that it was great casting to have Quint play the half breed. He is amazingly nimble mounting horses and doing his own stunts in the bar fights, etc.. or was. Was amazingly nimble. Not so much now... kinda stiff... Doing his own stunts was a Reynolds’ trait. He nearly died doing so in the movie Deliverance. |
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Post by inger on May 6, 2021 22:52:49 GMT -5
Who would have thought that when Arness reduced his roll in the later years was “out of town” until the final scene that Ken Curtis could have held the audience for so long? I heard Dennis say once that he wished he hadn’t given Chester the limp in his audition because it made the role much more difficult to play, and that he sometimes forgot which leg to limp on...I liked Chester more than any of the other “helpers” Matt ever had. Better than Quint or Festus or Newly, or even Thad... James Arness said in interviews that he thought Burt Reynolds’ character Quint brought something special to the show. I enjoyed the banter between Festus and Quint, but perhaps my favorite character was Galen “Doc” Adams (Milburn Stone). Doc, by the way. Milburn that is, built the theatre at the Rising Sun Community College back in my old county. Don’t know why he chose that to donate... |
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Post by rizzuto on May 6, 2021 22:56:52 GMT -5
James Arness said in interviews that he thought Burt Reynolds’ character Quint brought something special to the show. I enjoyed the banter between Festus and Quint, but perhaps my favorite character was Galen “Doc” Adams (Milburn Stone). Doc, by the way. Milburn that is, built the theatre at the Rising Sun Community College back in my old county. Don’t know why he chose that to donate... A few years ago, I was watching an old Sherlock Holmes movie with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Lo and behold, a young Milburn Stone played an American serviceman who was the love interest of a young girl seeking the famous consulting detective’s services. |
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Post by kaybli on May 6, 2021 23:03:53 GMT -5
I’ve noticed that it was great casting to have Quint play the half breed. He is amazingly nimble mounting horses and doing his own stunts in the bar fights, etc.. or was. Was amazingly nimble. Not so much now... kinda stiff... Doing his own stunts was a Reynolds’ trait. He nearly died doing so in the movie Deliverance. Another disturbing classic movie like Clockwork Orange. I really could have done without seeing the squeal like a pig scene. And the behind the scenes featurette on the DVD of the squeal like a pig scene.  |
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Post by rizzuto on May 6, 2021 23:13:55 GMT -5
Doing his own stunts was a Reynolds’ trait. He nearly died doing so in the movie Deliverance. Another disturbing classic movie like Clockwork Orange. I really could have done without seeing the squeal like a pig scene. And the behind the scenes featurette on the DVD of the squeal like a pig scene. [img alt=" " class="smile" src="//storage.proboards.com/6828121/images/cYJDdrfMoRBryreIqHCt.gif"] Ned Beatty in one of the most famous movie scenes in the history of film. It didn’t hurt his career, but I bet he got tired of the jokes. |
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Post by inger on May 6, 2021 23:34:26 GMT -5
Another disturbing classic movie like Clockwork Orange. I really could have done without seeing the squeal like a pig scene. And the behind the scenes featurette on the DVD of the squeal like a pig scene. [img alt=" " class="smile" src="//storage.proboards.com/6828121/images/cYJDdrfMoRBryreIqHCt.gif"] Ned Beatty in one of the most famous movie scenes in the history of film. It didn’t hurt his career, but I bet he got tired of the jokes. The scene was not at all pleasant, but somehow without it the angst would have been dropped to a slightly lower level and the rest of the movie doesn’t work. Getting the flavor of why the guys were fighting back to the death is the only justification that the viewer can understand... There was a movie with incredible casting and makeup that was done to perfection... |
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