# Letter to James Earl Jones **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 27, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847 "2003-05-27T19:15:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/21 "2003-05-28T18:34:16Z")
JEJ is the one whos head rolls down the stairs šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/22 "2003-05-28T19:17:01Z")
ā€¦foam party night? šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/23 "2003-05-28T19:33:35Z")
Heh. The normals donā€™t know what a foam party is, **jmpride62**. Itā€™s so fabulous being gay, isnā€™t it? šŸ˜ƒ Esprix ---
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/24 "2003-05-28T21:50:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mehitabel \* > \*\*ā€¦foam party night? \*\* [A foam party is as it sounds.](http://www.foampartypros.com/pictures.htm)šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/25 "2003-05-28T22:17:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jmpride62 \* > \*\*[A foam party is as it sounds.](http://www.foampartypros.com/pictures.htm)šŸ†’ \*\* And twice as ā€œspecialā€. I saw more depth in the foam than I saw in any of the men at the couple I attended. Of course this could be that I donā€™t find getting hammered to be entertaining. And I donā€™t like being hit on by the hammered. Okay, I also donā€™t like being offered cocaine, ecstasy, or any other sort of hard drug. Alright, I find popper passe and internally roll my eyeballs so much they hurt when offered. A tan doesnā€™t denote value in a man, I grant you I believe that. And the wall to wall bland, I mean blonde, made you think we had been taken over by a Nordic country that fought in their very expensive BVDs. Why was I at this type of soiree you might ask? Friends wanted to go, I was newly thin and wanted to show it off, and I thought there might be some worthwhile men there. I only made that mistake one or two hundred more times before I started going to book clubs and more stimulating events. [sub]Well, while that may sound elistist, it _is_. I want man I can grow old with and share a multitude of things, not a hung behemoth of a man with the intellect of belly button lint that I take in every five years for a replacement model because this one got so stupid I had to spoon feed him.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/26 "2003-05-29T01:10:39Z")
Wait-you have a party with bubble bath? Whatā€™s gay about that? šŸ˜• Anyhoo, I think I read somewhere that James Earl Jones used to stutter. Is that true? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/27 "2003-05-29T01:35:34Z")
Gee, guys. Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/28 "2003-05-29T01:39:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*Wait-you have a party with bubble bath? Whatā€™s gay about that? > > šŸ˜• > > Anyhoo, I think I read somewhere that James Earl Jones used to stutter. Is that true? \*\* DV: Yes Luke, I am y-your f-f-faa ffff-f-f-faa fa-fa-f-f-fahā€¦ Luke: Whaaat! Youā€™re my Whaaaaaaaaat!? (just had to chime in on that one, please continue) ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/29 "2003-05-29T01:45:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SpaceGhostofArrakis \* > \*\*I liked the time he arranged for the seizure of _Red October_. \*\* What are you talking about? The _Red October_ was destroyed by a torpedo. And James Earl Jonesā€¦ was never there. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/30 "2003-05-29T01:52:06Z")
The man should really stick to what he does best-- Personifying slick, almost incomprehensibly powerful Evil. You know, dark lord of the sith, voice of CNN, that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/31 "2003-05-29T01:55:06Z")
Yeah, but I saw the one he would like to forget, opposite Richard Burton in _Heretic II_. If he could, heā€™d buy every copy and burn them. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/32 "2003-05-29T04:42:13Z")
Can you imagine what his kids must be like? After all, it was Darth Fucking Vader (the cool one, not the whiney little brat one) who was tucking them into bed at night and reading them their bedtime stories! :eek::eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![SpasticKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@SpasticKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpasticKitty)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/33 "2003-05-29T04:51:10Z")
I always liked him as Mufasa in ā€œThe Lion Kingā€. šŸ˜ƒ That commercial gets on my last nerve also, but let the guy dance if he wants to. Iā€™d say heā€™s earned it. ---
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/34 "2003-05-29T11:31:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mockingbird \* > \*\*And twice as ā€œspecialā€. > > I saw more depth in the foam than I saw in any of the men at the couple I attended. > > Of course this could be that I donā€™t find getting hammered to be entertaining. And I donā€™t like being hit on by the hammered. Okay, I also donā€™t like being offered cocaine, ecstasy, or any other sort of hard drug. Alright, I find popper passe and internally roll my eyeballs so much they hurt when offered. > > A tan doesnā€™t denote value in a man, I grant you I believe that. And the wall to wall bland, I mean blonde, made you think we had been taken over by a Nordic country that fought in their very expensive BVDs. > > Why was I at this type of soiree you might ask? Friends wanted to go, I was newly thin and wanted to show it off, and I thought there might be some worthwhile men there. > > I only made that mistake one or two hundred more times before I started going to book clubs and more stimulating events. > > [sub]Well, while that may sound elistist, it _is_. I want man I can grow old with and share a multitude of things, not a hung behemoth of a man with the intellect of belly button lint that I take in every five years for a replacement model because this one got so stupid I had to spoon feed him.[/sub] \*\* Um, okay? For the record, neither me or my boyfriend drink or take drugs, and we just earned our masterā€™s degrees at ages 21 and 23. However, we do like to have fun at times. Canā€™t speak to your experiences, but we have met some great intelligent people at clubs. Maybe the foam wasnā€™t the only thing obscuring your vision. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/35 "2003-05-29T11:49:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jmpride62 \* > \*\*Um, okay? > > For the record, neither me or my boyfriend drink or take drugs, and we just earned our masterā€™s degrees at ages 21 and 23. However, we do like to have fun at times. Canā€™t speak to your experiences, but we have met some great intelligent people at clubs. Maybe the foam wasnā€™t the only thing obscuring your vision. \*\* My vision was quite clear. I just ā€œluckedā€ into an inappropriate group of men. Inappropriate for me at least. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/36 "2003-05-29T11:52:38Z")
Iā€™ve also heard that James Earl Jones was a stutterer but I canā€™t remember if it was from a PSA about stuttering or if itā€™s one of those Paul Harvey-style ā€œThe Rest Of The Storyā€ tales that sounds good but is bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/37 "2003-05-29T12:37:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by widdershins \* > \*\*Iā€™ve also heard that James Earl Jones was a stutterer but I canā€™t remember if it was from a PSA about stuttering or if itā€™s one of those Paul Harvey-style ā€œThe Rest Of The Storyā€ tales that sounds good but is bullshit. \*\* Donā€™t know if itā€™s true, but [IMDB](http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Jones,%20James%20Earl) has it on their site as well. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/38 "2003-05-29T14:13:03Z")
Thanks for answering this straight gal! In fact, that image in the pictures was the first thing that popped into my mind but then I thought, ā€œNaah, thatā€™s too simple.ā€ Anyway, I saw _Wigfield_ last week with Amy Sedaris and Hedwig and the Angry Inch off-Broadway eight times so Iā€™m not THAT normal. I hope. ---
**Author:** ![Alto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Alto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alto)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/39 "2003-05-29T22:51:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jmpride62 \* > \*\* I know that itā€™s not you, but the fact that you had to wiggle your butt even the slightest to create this illusion should have caused you such discomfort as to risk a dislocated hip to leave the set as fast your legs could carry you. \*\* I havenā€™t seen this commercial, but I have seen James Earl Jonesā€™s naked butt. In ā€œMaster Haroldā€¦and the Boys,ā€ he bares it in response to the South African kid who has told him a demeaning joke. (Itā€™s appropriate in context.) I guarantee you, he can shake his butt without losing a whit of dignity, if he wants to. (Also, he has a nice butt.) ---
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847/40 "2003-06-02T17:31:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wolfian \* > \*\*Well put, **jmpride62**. Have you seen the water-skiing one? Oye. \*\* :eek: Just saw the water-skiing commercial; and yes, I DO BELIEVE ITā€™S WORSE. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-james-earl-jones/177847.md?page=1)