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Post by Coyote Queen on Feb 28, 2006 16:54:19 GMT -5
We lost 3 greats this week: Don Knotts, Darrin McGavin, and Dennis Weaver. RIP gentlemen.  |
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Post by owlcroft on Feb 28, 2006 19:47:25 GMT -5
Honestly, I was a big Darren McGavin fan before I knew he was from Spokane. I remember watching "Riverboat" when I was a tot. The others I'm sure were fine people, but he's the one I was really sad about.
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Post by lmlewis on Mar 1, 2006 10:17:46 GMT -5
Oh, he was so good in that porkpie hat of his on 'The Night Stalker'.
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Post by Riverman70 on Mar 1, 2006 12:37:42 GMT -5
Oh, he was so good in that porkpie hat of his on 'The Night Stalker'. I personally, always associate him as Mad Buck Gibson the same titled episode from Season Two of Magnum, P.I. Sad news. |
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Post by beatlejam on Mar 2, 2006 10:42:09 GMT -5
Liked them all so much I collect a lot of classic shows on DVD. To pay tribute to these gentlemen, I had a "black-and-white night" and watched them all in their prime: -Watched Knotts on an episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" (I now have all of the b&w episodes on DVD) -Watched Weaver on "The Twilight Zone" (episode "Shadow Play".....complete with commentary from Weaver done just last year....excellent!) -Watched McGavin on "Alfred Hitchthingy Presents" (episode "The Cheney Vase") Great actors, great fun. I don't know about you guys, but I would much rather watch these great stars and shows than 99% of the sludge of regular TV today. Thank God for DVD!  |
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Post by blk95ta on Mar 2, 2006 20:35:05 GMT -5
wasnt dennis weaver the traveling salesman driving the plymouth valient in spielbergs first movie "duel"?
great movie, sorry to see all those guys go
heres a comical line from an old comedy cop song i think of every time i hear of don knotts....
"law enforcement is his life, he's got an autographed picture of uh.....barney fife!"
RIP guys
(BTW that song is called "super cop" by ray stevens, but i t kind of would fit the judge as well cause theres a line that says "hes got a 63 gmc that he hand painted black and white" i think of old hardcase every time i hear that line too LOL" (i know milts is a 56-59 or something like that but a 63 isnt that much different)
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Post by jb on Mar 5, 2006 0:14:31 GMT -5
I had heard about Don Knotts and watched some of the Andy Griffith marathon tribute to him today on TVLand, but I didn't know about Darrin McGavin & Dennis Weaver. Very sad. Isn't it weird how celebrity deaths always seem to come in threes? (Hum "The Twilight Zone" theme to youself here to lighten the mood.)
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