My youngest son and I bonded over his movies.
One of my favorite memories was when, after his arrest on public indecency charges led to a lot of Pee Wee Herman jokes, his first public appearance was on an awards show. His first words were, “Heard any good jokes lately?” I thought that was hilarious.
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Dude owned it.
I think of PeeWee Herman every time I’m on a curvy road.
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RIP Pee wee
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70? Holy wow. IDNKT
RIP PeeWee
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This is one of the saddest moments ever in my life:
RIP chocolate. We hardly tasted thee.
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Meh . . . there’s more where that came from.
well, on the bright side, now there’s a new Hershey Highway!
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That’s a lotta chocolate!
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The bell tolls for Mark Margolis
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Mr. Friedkin said it took a bribe (“$40,000 and a one-way ticket to Jamaica”) to get a New York City Transit Authority official to look the other way as stunt coordinator Bill Hickman sat behind the wheel of a Pontiac LeMans and floored it for 26 blocks. Because members of the camera crew were married or had children, Mr. Friedkin got into the back seat to operate the camera during the dangerous stunt.
As the scene plays out, Hackman’s Doyle is seen speeding through the streets, pounding on his horn, bouncing off fenders, barreling through trash cans, almost spinning out of control to a symphony of screeching tires, and nearly striking a pedestrian wheeling a baby carriage.
Aside from the carefully staged baby-carriage scare, much of the dodging and weaving was left to chance, although a flashing police light — not visible in the shot — was placed on the car to warn onlookers.
“The crashes that occurred in the chase were never supposed to occur,” Mr. Friedkin told Variety in 2017. “Human life was in danger, my life was in danger, everybody who’s in that sequence — we could’ve killed somebody. By the grace of God no one was hurt. I would never do something like that ever again.”
Made on a budget of about $2 million, “The French Connection” took in more than $50 million.
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My wife met him while she was working in the “industry,” a huge and historical sound company. Very nice guy, she said.
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Robbie Robertson
One of my favourite musicians from the old days. Incredible guitar player and songwriter. I had all The Band albums.
RIP Robbie.
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Yet another I didn’t know was still alive. RIP the Band has a great catalogue of music.
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RIP so many iconic songs
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Dale was one of my favorite conspiracy theorists.
Dale: “Be careful what you say, Hank. They’ll come and get you.”
FBI agent: “We are they.”
Dale: “GAHH!!” [runs away and hides]
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