Pluggers by Rick McKee for December 13, 2016

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    Farside99  almost 8 years ago

    Who is Jackie Gleason?

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    Jonni  almost 8 years ago

    “Ya know what I mean?” You have to be a lover of old radio shows and movies to hear that one from Art Carney. In a similar way, you have to be an old movie watcher to see “Pittsburgh” a movie with John Wayne visiting a tailor played by Shemp Howard. [ that 3 Stooges other brother] oops, I’m a Plugger!

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    Plods with ...™  almost 8 years ago

    What? So who is it?

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    McGehee  almost 8 years ago

    I remember a movie with Art Carney and James Cagney. One of Cagney’s last.

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    JanLC  almost 8 years ago

    I understand that the younger generations don’t usually know the classic actors. They are missing so much. My husband is addicted to old movies, so our son grew up with them. He knows a whole lot more about classic movies and their casts than most people of his generation, and he is the richer for it.

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    nyssawho13  almost 8 years ago

    That’s the thing with Pluggers and names. I enjoyed a tv program actor and when I saw his name was Billy Burke my mind immediately went to the actress Billie Burke who played Glinda in “The Wizard of Oz”!

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    Dani Rice  almost 8 years ago

    I’m a plugger! I told somebody to “Say ‘Good night, Gracie’” and got a blank look.

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    neverenoughgold  almost 8 years ago

    One of the best Gleason films was Soldier In The Rain with Steve McQueen

     

    Until that time, Eustice, until that time

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    MichaelSFC90  almost 8 years ago

    It was Cagney’s last. Carney won an Emmy and Cagney should have won one also. Also, in my college classes, I will mention John Kennedy and they think I mean JFK, Jr.

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    ChukLitl Premium Member almost 8 years ago

    One of the best monologues in written history is Art Carney as Santa; “Why do I drink Mr. Dundee?”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUEx-XqbB2M

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    ladylagomorph76  almost 8 years ago

    “Sunset Boulevard” with Gloria Swanson and William Holdan!

    And when things are getting tense I say “Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night!” Bette Davis, most people go “Huh?”

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    pcolli  almost 8 years ago

    Today’s actors don’t seem to have the same presence that the bygone film stars did. Some even play the same role in all their films and sound exactly the same off screen. Of course the media hasn’t helped by forcing them into our faces every day.

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  almost 8 years ago

    I know Art Carney from the Honeymooners. And the actor Ed Norton from many movies including a Marvel Hulk film.

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    hippogriff  almost 8 years ago

    Farside99

    He was a trumpeter and band leader. Also acted in some sit-coms. Don’t try to out-Plugger me.

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