Brevity by Dan Thompson for May 17, 2013

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    Chalkeye  almost 11 years ago

    Brando deWilde was an acting Prodigy and it’s said He sang Harmony with Country Rock legend Gram Parsons better than anyone save Emmylou Harris.Those two wrote a song about His tragic death at age 30; It’s on Their LP Grievous Angel. In My Hour of Darkness . . .any remember the Northern Exposure episode with “Shoen”?!?

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    Varnes  almost 11 years ago

    Chalkie, no. But Northern Exposure was one of the best shows ever, by far….Thanks for reminding me about it….Good times…

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    edclectic  almost 11 years ago

    I do this too often when travelling.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Yeah, Alan Ladd was pretty short….

    He and his horse look about 100 yards off in this picture… But he’s really only about 40 feet away on a shetland pony.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Actually, yeah, I joke about it…but the height thing has always seemed funny to me…

    Hollywood teaches us that heroes are tall and handsome…or at least rugged looking.

    Real-life heroes come in all sizes and shapes.

    Audie Murphy could play a gunslinger but sometimes not a top-billed hero because he didn’t look like one in the movies.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Not a bad rendition.

    Now I get the half a dog…

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Ten.Joel needed a minyan….ten (preferably Jewish) men (including himself) to sit shiva, or mourn, and recite the kaddish (prayer) when his uncle (?) died.

    Hilarity ensued.

    But yeah…. Northern Exposure was one of my all time favorites.

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    jreckard  almost 11 years ago

    A cell phone is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A cell phone is as good or as bad as the man using it.Well, that and how many bars you have.

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    jack fairbanks  almost 11 years ago
    he was gay actually
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    APersonOfInterest  almost 11 years ago

    Don’t forget Brendon deWilde’s great role in “Hud”

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    TheAuldWan  almost 11 years ago

    HA! Good one….

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