Comments on: Charlton Heston, Adieu

By: Smut Clyde

Smut Clyde — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:46:56 +0000

If no-one else is going to mention ‘Stump’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xxju1pNhuA

By: jim

jim — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:12:36 +0000

“And who can forget his dramatic reading of “I Love My KKK Bitch” by Body Count?”

ZOMG!!! Forgot about that! Must find audio or video. Man.

By: jim

jim — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:10:10 +0000

He was a damn good actor. Not only was he fun to watch, he really brought power to movies.

That’s how I will remember him.

By: Gregory

Gregory — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:59:50 +0000

I’m not sure if people realize it, but Planet of the Apes would have been a dreadful bore without him.

Proof positive: Beneath the Planet of the Apes, which is a dreadful bore until Heston shows up.

By: Madraven72

Madraven72 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:56:03 +0000

of course, having worked at one of my old jobs with a number of folks from Egypt, TTC always makes me laugh at the concept of there being THAT MANY white Egyptians.

By: Svensker

Svensker — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:27:15 +0000

Hey, guys, I know Chuck was a little weird and winger in his lasts decades, but before paranoid dementia got him, he was a pretty good Democrat. Marched with Martin Luther King, defended Vanessa Redgrave when she was supporting the Palestinians, and told J.Edgar Hoover — who had been threatening Chuck because of his lefty politics — to go get stuffed.

He was much more complex than he’s getting credit for.

And while most of his acting was scenery chewing schlock, he did Omega Man, and was perfect as Richelieu.

Cut the guy a little slack.

By: bjacques

bjacques — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:18:59 +0000

And who can forget his dramatic reading of “I Love My KKK Bitch” by Body Count?

By: King Oscar

King Oscar — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:14:29 +0000

Mr. Tyson would be more than welcome at my palace, where we could have provided him with plenty of tastey seafood treats. And I have fish balls!

By: T. J. O'Pootertoot

T. J. O'Pootertoot — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:06:07 +0000

Mike Tyson should have come to my place instead and tried our famous Pooter balls.

By: Bob McKenzie

Bob McKenzie — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:04:56 +0000

Turn up your speakers.

By: D. Aristophanes

D. Aristophanes — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:28:08 +0000

Hoosier X – one time Mike Tyson was spotted with his entourage round about 11pm at some tarted-up regional dump in the small town where I was working as sports editor for the local rag. It was a PJ O’Dolphinshagger’s or an Applebee McShenanigans if I recall correctly.

Anyway, the call came in that Iron Mike was at the local Ballgag MacJaegershotter’s and I sent the photographer over to take his picture. Tyson’s entourage nearly beat the poor guy up, but he returned with a slightly blurry shot of Mike eating shrimp poppers and cheesy potato sludge, taken as the photographer was being forcibly removed from the restaurant.

Didn’t have to stop the presses – the sports section was the last to run – but we didn’t get that page into production and filmed until after the front section had already started rolling off the line.

By: acrannymint

acrannymint — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:29:35 +0000

oops - my url was malformed. Here is a well formed one.

By: acrannymint

acrannymint — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:08:22 +0000

For those of you still hanging around or don't know the movie El Cid- here is a practical demonstration of how Chuck can be used in Iraq (just substitute the horse for a hummer)

By: Qetesh the Qaveat Qat

Qetesh the Qaveat Qat — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:45:50 +0000

And no, it’s not an attention span issue. I’ve made it through Lawrence of Arabia more than once.

That may be because Peter O’Toole is a talented actor, particularly when he’s playing nutcases (and Lawrence, despite being oh-so-right about the West’s attempt to partition the Middle East, definitely did not have all his oars in the water).

Have you ever seen The Ruling Class? Now that is classic cinema: satire, murder, christ, and opera, packed with great British actors and absolutely sublime. Stack it up against the likes of Ben Hur (which I confess blew me away when I first saw it, although perhaps that was just the result of so much manliness) and see which comes off better.

By: Xenos

Xenos — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:51:01 +0000

Anybody know if Heston was the model for Sam the Eagle on the Muppet Show?

By: RobW

RobW — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:41:43 +0000

Speaking of reconquista…

By: Hoosier X

Hoosier X — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:32:25 +0000

I didn’t yell “Stop the presses!”

I told my boss, “Hey, Chuck Heston died. Should we re-do the Obituaries?”

He said, “Yes, Check AP and see if they have a 15 or 20-inch obit yet. I’ll look for art.”

They hadn’t started the presses yet.

Maybe next time.

We don’t get to yell “Copy boy!” anymore either.

By: Blue Buddha

Blue Buddha — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:01:39 +0000

acrannymint said,

April 6, 2008 at 22:49

I can’t believe no one mentioned El Cid . Actually, I already did but my comment got eaten. All the US needs to do is to strap him to the hood of a humvee and send him against our enemies in Iraq. Mission Accomplished.

Hey, if it worked against the Muslims in Spain, it’s gotta work in Iraq.

By: acrannymint

acrannymint — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:49:39 +0000

I can’t believe no one mentioned El Cid . Actually, I already did but my comment got eaten. All the US needs to do is to strap him to the hood of a humvee and send him against our enemies in Iraq. Mission Accomplished.

By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:13:30 +0000

just watch the 2001 Planet of the Apes remake.

Tim Burton is bad.