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Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Friday, September 03, 2010 - 1:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
"You'd rather live with that silly little fool who can't open her mouth except to say "yes" or "no" and raise a passel of mealy-mouthed brats just like her.
Ashley: You mustn't say unkind things about Melanie."

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

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In the book, I believe Scarlett's son was hiding behind her skirt when she shot the soldier.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, September 03, 2010 - 1:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Good grief my memory is bad. Maybe I will have to re-read the book. I was much younger when I read it (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it! )

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

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I read the book when I was 12. Good old bookmobile used to visit nearby during the summer. I was so sad when it came to the end.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Friday, September 03, 2010 - 2:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
I haven't read that book in many years.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

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I can't even find my tattered copy, so I've just downloaded it to my Kindle. This will be my next read as I'm now missing Tara and its characters!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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I bought a new copy a couple of years ago because I never owned my own. My godmother had given me her copy to read when I was in high school.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, September 03, 2010 - 11:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Ah.. I remember.. Scarlett did shoot the guy.. Melly had dragged some heavy weapon out.. she could hardly walk at the time.

I have to look around.. I know I have the very copy of GWTW that I read under the covers with a flashlight.. hardback.. my parents were book people.

The movie ia well worth watching too..

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Saturday, September 04, 2010 - 5:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
Love the movie so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

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Gloria Winters who played Penny on the old Sky King tv show has passed away. I loved the Sky King show when I was a kid.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935930/bio

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

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Ah, that is too bad. I liked the Sky King show with Penny and Clipper (?).

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

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...and the Songbird.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

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Maybe it was Penny and Skipper.

Yep OG, Sky's plane.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

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No, it was Clipper. I checked IMDB. He was only in about half the episodes as the other two. Must have gone on to greener pastures. I'll have to go back and see if it says anything about that.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

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He did lots of work after SK, but fell out of the scene in '68.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

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HYANNIS, Mass. – Actor Kevin McCarthy, who played the frantic doctor trying to save his friends and neighbors in the science-fiction movie classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," has died at age 96.

McCarthy died Saturday, said Cape Cod Hospital spokesman Dave Riley, who wouldn't reveal the cause of death or any other details.

McCarthy's acting career took off in 1938 with his Broadway debut in "Abe Lincoln in Illinois."

Soon after, he became an early member of the Actors Studio and was chosen by Elia Kazan to play Biff, the son of Willy Loman, in the London production of "Death of a Salesman." He repeated the role in the 1951 film starring Fredric March and earned an Oscar nomination as supporting actor.

But while he would consistently win praise for his acting during a long and busy career, his most lasting fame would come for "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." In the 1956 film, he vainly tried to warn residents in his small town of the evil pod people from outer space who were quietly taking over the personalities of everyone on Earth.

His frantic shouting of "You're next!" to those in approaching cars became so well known among science-fiction fans that he was often asked to spoof the role. He more or less did that in the opening minutes of the 1978 remake, which starred Donald Sutherland as the hero menaced by the pod people.

"Body Snatchers" flopped at the box office, considered too bleak for audiences of the time. It was elevated to classic status, and its star to iconic status, after such critics as Francois Truffault hailed it and late-night television programmers embraced it.

McCarthy's other films included "A Gathering of Eagles," "The Best Man," "Mirage," "Hotel," "The Howling," "Twilight Zone_ The Movie," "Inner Space," "Dark Tower," "Just Cause," "The Distinguished Gentleman" and "Steal Big, Steal Little."

He also appeared in one other classic film, although in a much smaller role. He was Marilyn Monroe's estranged husband in her last movie, 1961's "The Misfits."

He originally turned down the role when director John Huston approached him, complaining that it was too small.

"I finally said I would do it if they paid me $100 a word," he recalled in 2003. "Turns out I had 29 words. I should have asked for more."

McCarthy also worked frequently in television, appearing in TV movies, miniseries and such series as "The Survivors," "Flamingo Road" and "Amanda's."

Comic accordion player "Weird Al" Yankovic cast McCarthy in his movie "UHF" and several of his videos, and the actor appeared in more than two dozen episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater.

In 1978, he began touring in the one-man show "Give 'em Hell, Harry," playing the Harry Truman role created by James Whitmore. Over the years he appeared as Truman in 350 venues.

McCarthy was born in Seattle on Feb. 15, 1914. He, his sister, author Mary McCarthy, and their two brothers were orphaned when their parents died in the 1918 influenza epidemic. They were raised by relatives.

His first marriage, to Augusta Dabney, produced three children. His second, to Kate Crane, produced two children.


Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, September 13, 2010 - 6:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
:-(

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, September 13, 2010 - 6:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
For many, many years he was in every tv show that came down the pike...a very talented man.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

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On IMDB he has 202 listings, the last 2010. The man was working to the end.

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
Harold Gould, who starred on 'Rhoda' and 'The Golden Girls,' passed away Saturday in Woodland Hills, Calif., after a battle with prostate cancer, his spokeswoman, Jaime Larkin, told the NY Times. He was 86.

Gould is survived by his wife, the former Lea Shampanier, who he married in 1950; a daughter, Deborah; two sons, Joshua and Lowell; and five grandchildren.

Gould was an American actor best known for playing Martin Morgenstern on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' and its spin-off, 'Rhoda.' He also appeared as Miles Webber on 'The Golden Girls.'

During Gould's nearly 50 year career, he appeared in more than 300 television shows, 20 major motion pictures, including 'The Sting,' and over 100 stage plays. He received five Emmy nominations for his work.

He was also featured on 'Dennis the Menace,' 'Mister Ed,' 'The Twilight Zone' and 'Hogan's Heroes.'


Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

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Oh no!!! I am sick at heart to hear this. I did a celebrity dining article about Mr. Gould many years ago when he was in Toronto starring in his one-man show FREUD. I wrote a review of his show, and also took him to an Italian restaurant. When he asked for Angel Hair pasta, which the chef didn't have on hand, the chef nipped out and bought some and then prepared it special for him. He was lovely and I am so sad to hear about his passing.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

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The man also had a PhD.



Tishala
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08-01-2000

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Edwin Newman, Journalist, Dies at 91
NY Times


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Edwin Newman, the genteelly rumpled, genially grumpy NBC newsman who was equally famous as a stalwart defender of the honor of English, has died in Oxford, England. He was 91.

[...] Mr. Newman, recognizable for his balding head and fierce dark eyebrows, was known to three decades of postwar television viewers for his erudition, droll wit and seemingly limitless penchant for puns. (There was, for example, the one about the man who blotted his wet shoes with newspapers, explaining, “These are The Times that dry men’s soles.”) He began his association with NBC in the early 1950s and was variously a correspondent, anchorman and critic there before retiring in 1984.

An anchor on the “Today” show in the early 1960s and a familiar presence on the program for many years afterward, Mr. Newman also appeared regularly on “Meet the Press.” He won seven New York Emmy Awards for his work in the 1960s and ’70s with NBC’s local affiliate, WNBC-TV, on which he was a drama critic and the host of the interview program “Speaking Freely.”

He also moderated two presidential debates — the first Ford-Carter debate in 1976 and the second Reagan-Mondale debate in 1984 — and covered some of the signal events of the 20th century, from the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. [...]

RIP Mr Newman

Chaplin
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01-08-2006

Friday, September 17, 2010 - 6:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chaplin a private message Print Post    
I loved Harold Gould and will miss him a lot. I also loved Edwin Newman's wonderful sense of humor and biting wit.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 10:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Eddie Fisher has died. I have to admit I had no idea he was still alive!

1928-2010.

Five marriages, including Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, Connie Stevens.. 4 children including Carrie Fisher and Joely Fisher.

He died in Berkeley, following complications from hip surgery.