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Just received my copy of THE GARNER FILES last night, and have seldom enjoyed reading an autobiography of a beloved actor so much. Highly recommended to one and all.
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That book tops my lists of must reads!
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Apr 26, 2013 - 3:42 PM
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Gary S.
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Garner has always been a favorite of mine, whether as Maverick, Jim Rockford, Hendley the Scrounger, King Marchand etc. Many have mentioned Support Your Local Sheriff, but I also like Support Your Local Gunfighter and his stint on 8 Simple Rules as Katey Segal's character's father. (If people want to know how Kaley Cuoco became adept at tv comedy before Big Bang Theory, 8 Simple Rules was her training ground, working with Ritter, before his untimely death, Sagal, David Spade and Garner.
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As i posted previously, he attended the 1963 March on Washington.
Fine man, fine actor
rip
brm
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We had a thread on this famous day, did we not?
Good long-running wel-deserved Garner tribute neo.
His dialogue with colin the forger was...erm...splendid.
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We had a thread on this famous day, did we not?
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Yes, i referenced it above
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What was it headed under, el bruco?
Never tire of bumping a piece of history!
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Ta el bruco.
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check out the extras on the GRAND PRIX dvd.
there is a bts shot of Garner threatening to punch out a store owner who is trying to blackmail the film crew.
cool!
brm
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Is Sarge -- Phil? -- still here?
I don't know how how one defines "true leading man" in movies, but for my money Mr. Garner certainly made the cut. What if he never was Steve McQueen or Clint Eastwood? Nobody in the business has ever been more successful at being a leading man in both movies AND television, and I don't know of an actor in either medium who was and is more beloved by both audiences.
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Just one of my personal favorite MAVERICK moments: the teaser at the beginning of GUNSHY, a GUNSMOKE parody penned by Marion Hargrove. Exactly like every GUNSMOKE installment, it started with the tall Marshal facing down his opponent at the opposite end of Dodge's main street. The Marshal draws. He fires! The other guy is still standing. The lawman fires again! Same non-result. He empties his chamber with four more shots, all to no avail. Then the confused Marshal hears the other guy calling out to him in the unmistakable voice of Bret Maverick: "Shall I stand a little closer, Marshal?"
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Which reminds me -- if I can be forgiven for mentioning film music -- I've always felt that David Buttolph's MAVERICK theme was one of the greatest tunes in that Golden Age of Television Music.
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