Gawd I love that scene, absolute perfect timing.
Hope I’m not stealing this from somebody: “Vigoda’s syndrome: 1.The belief that a living celebrity passed away a long time ago. 2.Also if enough persons prematurely believe a particular celebrity to be dead, that celebrity may be said to have Vigoda’s syndrome.”
Yup. I’m sure they left Vigoda out of the Oscar tribute because he’s been dead for decades.
I always appreciated the way George could take a small role and wring every inch of meaning from it. Unlike other actors who made a career largely from small roles, I always remembered George was in a movie after I’d seen the movie. We’re a country who used to greatly admire a man who did his job, did it well, and didn’t need it to be all about him. That’s exactly the type of actor George was.
Just in case this site may be new to you, there’s a decent list of folks who’re “Not Dead Yet” at
Dead People Server
Not Dead Yet
Quash Those Dead People Rumors!
RIP George
“They’re not here for you Frank. Weird Al Yankovick is on the plane”
I always liked how in the “Airport” series he worked his way up from head of a runaway maintenance crew to piloting a Concorde.
“Airport”. nervous assistant tells Patroni that flight control is sending bulldozers to clear the stuck 707 so Dean Martin can land his damaged plane Chomping on cigar, Patroni says “can’t hear them, too much noise”, goes full throttle and 707 gets out of the ditch.
Kennedy worked his way up from being a military advisor on set of “Sgt Bilko” to winning an Oscar
I posted this in the Death Pool thread.
Jim Beaver (Supernatural, Deadwood) posted on his facebook page that when he was a child and a big movie buff he sent George Kennedy a request for an autographed picture. He got the picture but also received a Christmas card from Mr Kennedy every year for 25 years.
If anyone remembers the title and ending of this GK film–without consulting IMDb–you’ve earned a six-pack of Skittlebrau on me:
GK is a farmer(?) bitten by a rabid skunk and chains himself in his barn. Young son and wife try to find doctor, while flooding threatens near-by dam.
George was the best.
“Hang on, we’re going for broke.”
I love his character in that movie.
Joe Patroni: They don’t call them emergencies anymore. They call them Patronis.
Title, no, but if I recall correctly, he’s rabies free at the end, and gets his son up on the roof and saves his life.
This!
The title:A Cry in the Wilderness
You’re right about GK being rabies free at the end; unless I was having a fugue or something, the reason was:All that water (from the dam bursting), “shocked” his system into “remission(?)” and the rabies was cured :eek: :dubious: (Yeah, I don’t get it either).
Next time you’re in Houston, look me up and we’ll split a six-pack of Shysterbrau. 