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Started by SGOS, July 20, 2014, 10:36:12 AM

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SGOS

July 20, 2014, 10:36:12 AM
http://news.msn.com/pop-culture/police-movie-tv-legend-james-garner-dies

James Garner played Bret Maverick back in the 50s.  It is the first TV series I can remember in my life where I set aside a night dedicated to watching a TV show.  While he had a long career as an movie star, Maverick was the role I always associated him with.

Solitary

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July 20, 2014, 10:56:18 AM
After John Wayne Westerns, it was nice to see a Western where the hero didn't want to fight if he didn't have to, and used his head. Also, Maverick had a lot of comedy in it. Great show from a real conservative!  :eek: He! He! Solitary
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SGOS

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July 20, 2014, 12:17:59 PM
Quote from: Solitary on July 20, 2014, 10:56:18 AM
After John Wayne Westerns, it was nice to see a Western where the hero didn't want to fight if he didn't have to, and used his head. Also, Maverick had a lot of comedy in it. Great show from a real conservative!  :eek: He! He! Solitary
Yeah, I like the way the point of the character was to outsmart his foes.  As the article said, "It provided a breath of fresh air to the notion that Western heroes had to be tough guys who won their objectives with iron fists."  At the time, it really was a unique concept.

aitm

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July 20, 2014, 04:08:36 PM
not only that, but he was genuinely a nice guy.
A humans desire to live is exceeded only by their willingness to die for another. Even god cannot equal this magnificent sacrifice. No god has the right to judge them.-first tenant of the Panotheust

AllPurposeAtheist

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July 21, 2014, 07:25:33 AM
Oh damned, and here I though it was Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones's alter ego dead.
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July 21, 2014, 12:06:03 PM
I'm sorry to hear it. Mid-eighties is a good run, even these days. He was a good guy. One of the few white faces at Dr. King's March on Washington.
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Solitary

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August 25, 2014, 01:54:34 PM
Did you know in real life he was a talented enough race driver that when he did Grand Prix movie he was a natural at it and considered that he could have been a real racer by Formula One drivers that were in it?
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SGOS

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August 25, 2014, 03:27:01 PM
Quote from: Solitary on August 25, 2014, 01:54:34 PM
Did you know in real life he was a talented enough race driver that when he did Grand Prix movie he was a natural at it and considered that he could have been a real racer by Formula One drivers that were in it?
Yeah, now that you bring it up, I do recall his racecar days.
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