Today in Movie & TV History (4 Viewers)

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Burt Reynolds is another one who had a shorter, half decade run at the very tippy top of the movie world, in the late 1970s/early 1980s.. then MJF mid-late 80s/early 90s.. then Costner late 80s/early 90s…. It’s a strange phenomenon, that 5 or 6 year run where then it sort of fades whilst others remain on top for several decades .. John Travolta is the only one i can think of who had two such runs- first late 70s/early 80s.. then mid/late 1990s .

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Burt Reynolds is another one who had a shorter, half decade run at the very tippy top of the movie world, in the late 1970s/early 1980s.. then MJF mid-late 80s/early 90s.. then Costner late 80s/early 90s…. It’s a strange phenomenon, that 5 or 6 year run where then it sort of fades whilst others remain on top for several decades .. John Travolta is the only one i can think of who had two such runs- first late 70s/early 80s.. then mid/late 1990s .

Travolta went dormant and re-emerged
John Ritter was on the verge of something similar
Henry Winkler immediately started playing against type casting and has done fairly well
Jason Bateman, John Cusack all had/have steady careers

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Travolta went dormant and re-emerged
John Ritter was on the verge of something similar
Henry Winkler immediately started playing against type casting and has done fairly well
Jason Bateman, John Cusack all had/have steady careers

I was referring to actors who were/are known for (primarily) film .. no one is a bigger fan of John Ritter than i am- but his star power never approached any of the actors i mentioned in my post, at any point in history …. Bateman’s unusual b/c he was so well known as a kid/teen actor, esp on tv- but now mostly for being in movies .. Cusack’s been in some great movies and is kind of iconic (though it seems that everyone these days is “iconic”)- but never was he at an A list level, though it’s defintiely arguable that he should have been.. maybe he was just too quirky .. Winkler is the nicest guy in Hollywood, but again- gun to my head i could probably only name one or two movies he ever did .

 

[Sailorsaint]

I think Keanu Reeves would give Henry Winkler a run for nicest guy in Hollywood.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I was referring to actors who were/are known for (primarily) film .. no one is a bigger fan of John Ritter than i am- but his star power never approached any of the actors i mentioned in my post, at any point in history …. Bateman’s unusual b/c he was so well known as a kid/teen actor, esp on tv- but now mostly for being in movies .. Cusack’s been in some great movies and is kind of iconic (though it seems that everyone these days is “iconic”)- but never was he at an A list level, though it’s defintiely arguable that he should have been.. maybe he was just too quirky .. Winkler is the nicest guy in Hollywood, but again- gun to my head i could probably only name one or two movies he ever did .

I’ll forgive your ‘the one and only erasure’
But NIGHT SHIFT?!?
Freakin WATERBOY!!!

 

[Semper]

I’ll forgive your ‘the one and only erasure’
But NIGHT SHIFT?!?
Freakin WATERBOY!!!

Night Shift is so damn funny.

 

[Merl]

I’ll forgive your ‘the one and only erasure’
But NIGHT SHIFT?!?
Freakin WATERBOY!!!

When I saw Night Shift I was in pure denial. The Fonze just can't be a wimp!!

 

[Semper]

Can’t believe we aren’t feeding tuna mayonnaise yet…

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

I’ll forgive your ‘the one and only erasure’
But NIGHT SHIFT?!?
Freakin WATERBOY!!!

I actually attempted to watch Nightshift once, but it was literally decades since it had been released so i had a hard time getting into it… Never saw Waterboy, i think the only Adam Sandler flick ive ever seen is Punch Drunk Love, which i enjoyed .

 

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[SamAndreas]

I guess this is Today in Movie history.

The movie is 1941, and the subject is Wild Bill Kelso, (John Belushi), or as it turns out a real Marine Captain named Everett Yager.

He turned up in real DNA history, he was a real person. Here's his photo:

That's Wild Bill Kelso alright, and he did fly off into the crazed distance in California toward the end of the movie.

Some kid found his jaw bone after he crashed his airplane in California. The crash happened in California, but his jaw bone was found in Arizona. They're blaming a bird for having flown it across state lines.

Probably a Cuckoo bird.

Jawbone found by rock-collecting child identified as that of Marine who died in 1951 training accident

A child's parents turned the bone over to an Arizona sheriff's department in 2002. A team of students identified the remains more than 20 years later.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

I guess this is Today in Movie history.

The movie is 1941, and the subject is Wild Bill Kelso, (John Belushi), or as it turns out a real Marine Captain named Everett Yager.

He turned up in real DNA history, he was a real person. Here's his photo:

That's Wild Bill Kelso alright, and he did fly off into the crazed distance in California toward the end of the movie.

Some kid found his jaw bone after he crashed his airplane in California. The crash happened in California, but his jaw bone was found in Arizona. They're blaming a bird for having flown it across state lines.

Probably a Cuckoo bird.

Jawbone found by rock-collecting child identified as that of Marine who died in 1951 training accident

A child's parents turned the bone over to an Arizona sheriff's department in 2002. A team of students identified the remains more than 20 years later.

www.nbcnews.com

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Just me, or does it look like someone used a pic of Belushi and slightly modified it ?

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

 

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