Proof That Jimmy Stewart was one of the Coolest People on the Planet

Yes you have, and you did a very good job of it, too! :smiley:

Crap, two keyboards in one thread.

Um…I’m there regularly, so I’ll check for you. Then again, their opening a second Arclight, so perhaps she’ll relocate? I’ll tell her you asked about her!

Nope. “Im n ur kokpit, bommin ur krowtz” is still hysterical.

Maybe it’s a sign that you should buy stocks in a keyboard mfg company ?

Or wrap the next one in cellophane.

Winchester '73?

Try a silicone, moisture-proof keyboard.

Not only nice and noble, but smart. This from CNN’s obituary of Mr. Stewart:

I was reviewing his obit from the NY Times. (What, you don’t save them?) I note:

First Lieut. Ronald W. McLean, his stepson was killed in Vietnam in 1969.

That maybe it, but I don’t remember anything about a rifle.

I too have a tremendous respect and admiration for Jimmy Stewart.
Sadly, when people talk of the ideal American hero, they always mention that “other guy”. I think you folks know my vote would always go to Jimmy Stewart for the archetypal American hero.

Incidentally, I believe Jason Robards Jr was stationed at Pearl Harbor one week before the infamous Japanese attack.

As for Dana Carvey’s impersonation of Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, I think the other thing that made it funny is that in the actual movie, nothing happens to Mr Potter who only was a constant enemy of Jimmy Stewart’s, stole $8,000 and almost was responsible for getting Jimmy Stewart sent to jail. I think the Dana Carvey version is the way a lot of us would love to see that movie end. :smiley:

Legally, Mr. Potter did not “steal” the $8,000. George Bailey lost it, and Mr. Potter found it, and said nothing about it.

Does the Potter Estate still have you on retainer after all these years, counselor? :wink:

George lost nothing. Uncle Billy accidentally put it in Mr. Potter’s newspaper when he was taunting Potter about Harry being a war hero. George was willing to take the blame, but he didn’t lose the money.

I think rayh is right. The baddie in Winchester 73 is the brother of Jimmy Stewart’s character and he (Jimmy) kills him in the end.

Hey, if you get the Nossies in-joke (and it’s the same one I’m thinking of) I’m going to get worried that this intarweb is a very small place…

Trust me, if you do, bombing Nossie is hilarious (and the only thing that will work; we’ve tried everything else…).

Had to find this thread to pass on to friends. “Nossies”? Please explain.

He was a great one, all right. One of my favorites. Hard to believe that the slightly dandified college boy in his early films becomes the heartthrob in Philadelphia Story and then the amazing actor with such magnificent range in It’s a Wonderful Life (we used to joke about IAWL-TV: “It’s a Wonderful Life Channel - All George Bailey, All the Time!”)

Princeton grad. Pilot and commander in WWII (hey, pilot is good. military pilot is courageous. Military commander as well? That’s damn good.)

Yeah, SAC is sappy, but I get the feeling he made it to recognize all the guys who were sticking with the USAF during the Cold War.

His Westerns are great. One of my favorites is The Cheyenne Social Club with Henry Fonda. Great line from it: Fonda is trying to borrow money from Stewart, but then says “There you go, thinking like a Republican again!” Stewart replies “Well, you don’t bring up politics while you’re borrowing money, Harley. It ain’t seemly!”

They were roommates as bachelors; Stewart was of course a long-time Republican as much as Fonda was a long-time Democrat. Is it that they don’t make actors like that any more, or is it that they don’t make movies that need and grow actos like that any more.

Yeah I liked Jimmy Stewart a hell of a lot.

Never forget, he almost killed Liberty Valance