DownGoesFrazier

My point was that it's a tragic coincidence.

I thank they realize that THE ESSENTIALS is on its last legs. RO's absence is an opportunity to put it in mothballs. Besides, it is very much identified with him.

How can you interpret my post that way?

Weren't we recently talking about her on this forum?

Don't laugh. Rusty Stevens would have been about my age. I'm thinking back.

This may be the time for me to indicate that my grandmother's sister regularly played cards with Eddie Fisher's mother.

I thank Larry was getting too big, so he was consigned to the cornfield.

..and Larry just disappeared from the show with no explanation

That was an older Beaver. The younger, more easily malleable Beaver was dominated by Larry, who was long-gone by the time Whitey and Gilbert came upon the scene.

Really? It seems to me that Larry was always taking the lead and getting Beaver into trouble..... I may have the advantage over you. I've been watching double episodes at the gym lately after I'm finished my morning routine, waiting for the library to open.

I don't see much comparability between Widmark and Andrews. In films such as KISS OF DEATH and NO WAY OUT, Widmark played an over-the-top caricature of a bad guy. Andrews never played, and wouldn't have been right for, roles like that.

The best "friend" character that either brother had was Larry Mondello. The Lumpy Rutherford character, like Haskell, was also over-exaggerated.

People make fun of it, but it was really well-written, and the casting was perfect. The only quibble I have is with the Eddie Haskell character. Why did they have to make him so obnoxious? And if even Wally didn't like him, why was he his best friend?

I hate to continue with :"Seinfeld" references, but Elaine would have added an exclamation point to every film title...........GONE WITH THE WIND!

Is it my imagination, but was James Mason's role in THE SEVENTH VEIL similar to his role in LOLITA, 16 years later?

In this thread, it is relevant to mention that "Beaver" is on every weekday between 8AM and 9AM (2 episodes) on ME-TV.

Hint?

If he's SOTM, that guarantees a good number of noirs.

The Jersey shore had great beaches. Wildwood and Ocean City, in particular, had great clean large beaches, and the water was relatively clean. And the Wildwood nights weren't bad, either. Listen to Bobby Rydell's lyrics.

He had the biggest role in arguably the film with the greatest combination of critical acclaim and commercial success of the '40s. Still, he didn't become a household name . Strange.

I don't believe he was ever nominated for an Oscar, was he? (not that there's anything wrong with that)

I'm sure there were other post-1940 movies with stereotypical flamboyant gay characters. Anyone?

Never in my life, and I used to spend a lot of time at the beach, have I ever seen anyone get sand kicked in his or her face.

...and don't forget about Charles Atlas, who motivated men to acquire large, rippling muscles.

I find it hard to believe that someone can be motivated to ride hard while listening to Nelson Eddy and Jeannette MacDonald.