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Post by Don Quixote on Jun 23, 2010 17:48:37 GMT -5
... and he kept Chesterfield afloat during those hard times.
But that is one freakin' cool idol to have, Phantom.
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Jun 23, 2010 19:49:55 GMT -5
And those Chesterfields killed him at 50. The only thing I don't like about Rod is his on screen smoking. He was a great artist but a bad businessman. He sold off the rights to TZ and deprived his heirs of millions in profits. Creative people aren't always business savvy.
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Post by CBG on Jun 24, 2010 11:56:56 GMT -5
Lesse...
Superman Batman Sheriff John Abraham Lincoln Captain Kirk Mr. Spock Frank Furillo Ronald Regan John Wayne Neil Frickin' Armstrong My Dad
Only four 'real' people. Sad, really.
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Post by Von Ryan on Jun 25, 2010 17:19:42 GMT -5
-Clint Eastwood -Clive Cussler (And to a larger extent, Dirk Pitt, Al Giordino, and the other well known characters he wrote about) -Sir Douglas Bader (Lost both his legs in flying accident in 1931, but recovered, got prosthetic limbs, fought the RAF to get back in after being discharged, and shot down 22 Luftwaffe planes during WWII) -Doctor Robert Ballard (Finder of the Titanic, Bismarck, USS Yorktown, PT-109 etc...)
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Post by ilmatto on Jun 26, 2010 22:27:02 GMT -5
Only four 'real' people. Sad, really. Not sad at all; lots of fictitious characters embody these idealized character traits that serve as a good role model for children, like the Lone Ranger, Matt Dillon etc. Or real life people that have been cleaned up and fictionalized for general consumption like Wyatt Earp, Davy Crockett, etc. Hah - and I like your jump from Abraham Lincoln to Captain Kirk; one can almost peer into your mind and see the gears turning. Help me, Spock!
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