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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 11:21 AM Original message |
In honor of Reagan's birthday--James Garner & Bette Davis on St. Ronnie |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks, I needed that to make this day fully a Friday. |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
54. ALL THE REPUB PREXIES HAVE BEEN FRAUDS AND SHAM ARTISTS |
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glarius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. I remember when he first came to Canada as president.... |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. The Great Communicator |
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wizstars (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. "The Great Prevaricator"..... |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. Gawd . . . I WISH James Garner had run for president |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Everything, down to the intros and theme music, is GREAT about the Rockford Files. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. what I liked about Rockford Files is that they didn't try to do a glamorized version |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. What I loved about the Rockford Files was Jim Rockford! |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. absolutely agree |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Me three! he would have been a vast improvement over Bonzo n/t |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
51. nice crop circle |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. "I played Maverick. Maverick was a role of mine. And YOU, sir, are NO maverick!" |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. I was a HUGE fan of the "Rockford Files" when it was on the air - I was |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Me too. I love James Garner - have loved him since |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. He did (and so did Jack Lemmon) |
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road2000 (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 01:21 AM Response to Reply #24 |
43. Absolutely. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #24 |
57. loved that movie, and was very much a rockford fan. |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. Had to laugh. I've been watching "The Rockford Files" on Hulu. |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Much better choice . . . Beth is great |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 12:39 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. True. No episode there. |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #40 |
55. True - best chases in television |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #40 |
62. I just watched "Pioneers of Television" on PBS |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
56. He always struck as an actual tough guy |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. Slightly off-topic.. but King's Row is good -and Reagan's pretty good in it, too. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Bette conceded that as well. |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Actually, here is an interesting movie with Reagan from 1951 |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Yes, that was a good movie |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. Also good in "The Killers" |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. And this was only the beginning . . . |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. He is exactly what his handlers wanted him to be. DUMB. The gop |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. +1 |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
49. Precisely...it's as if the GOP makes a beeline to the veggie bin... |
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yesphan (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. Way to go James |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. K&R #30 n/t |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. Partial list of his "accomplisments" |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. + a million |
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wizstars (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. I am saving my money for a trip to California to piss on his grave... |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 05:25 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Try not to get caught like Ozzy did at the Alamo. |
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jdadd (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. I stopped in Dixon Illinois, to take a shit..... |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 03:49 AM Response to Reply #17 |
44. Could you post the whole list or a link? |
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66 dmhlt (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
52. ... But he was so Charismatic! |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
58. fired the air traffic controllers. how many crashes could have been avoided, raygun? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. 'Jane Wyman divorced him because he was a bore."--Bette Davis |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. Garner and Davis are two credible people. Reagan? Bwaahaha! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
21. Reagan administration was "one big Christmas party for the rich." |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
23. When my mother briefly dated Ronald Reagan back in 1936, |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. great story! |
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Jawja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
28. I love Bette Davis!! |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. I liked Reagan in The Killers |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
34. He fucked the country up and smiled about it, like he didn't have a care in the world. |
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catchnrelease (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. Not a popular guy with actors |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #38 |
53. I remember reading something from Russell Johnson... |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
39. LOVE IT!!!! I had heard the Bette Davis quote before but not James Garner's. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
41. Or how about a quote from his own wife? |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
42. LOL @ James Garner's comments. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
47. I just took a Ronald Reagan and flushed it ASAP. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
48. k n r |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
50. I always liked James Garner... |
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santamargarita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
59. Some assholes celebrate Hitler's birthday too |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
60. My fave political campaign button: "JANE WYMAN WAS RIGHT!" |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
61. Hurl! |
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