Dargo Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Andy Devine made a career out of being annoying. Yeah I suppose, but ya gotta admit his annoying act sure did wonders in getting little kids to pester their mothers to reach for one particular processed food item while strolling down their supermarket's cereal aisle back in the day anyway... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcBCfnNKCIs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I can't join the chorus here that is knocking Andy Devine. Look, a large part of my childhood was watching him every Saturday morning as Jingles in Wild Bill Hickok. I adored that show as a kid and so Devine's name always gives me a major case of affectionate nostalgic reflection. I even still have my Wild Bill Hickok lunchbox today, sitting among my tools, now filled with miscellaneous nails and screws. Even now, as I write this, I think I can hear Jingles riding hard on horseback, calling out in that distinctive voice of his, to Bill, riding well ahead of him, "Wait for me!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 TomJH--Please watch the commercial Dargo posted & tell me what you think--because it makes Me shudder & wonder why people see Any charm in him at all?? This is meant as an honest question--what roles is he watchable in & I've seen "Stagecoach" (1939) & wasn't favorably impressed with Andy Devine--this is a question from someone who grew up in the 1970's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 TomJH--Please watch the commercial Dargo posted & tell me what you think--because it makes Me shudder & wonder why people see Any charm in him at all?? This is meant as an honest question--what roles is he watchable in & I've seen "Stagecoach" (1939) & wasn't favorably impressed with Andy Devine--this is a question from someone who grew up in the 1970's. Well, film lover, I was shuddering, too, as I watched that commercial - BECAUSE JINGLES IS HARDLY IN IT! I'm sure that as a kid I was probably rushing out to get my Sugar Pops after seeing that commercial then, high on the sugar, rushing outside again, only this time to punch a friend in the stomach. (I didn't have a stomach like Jingles so I couldn't bounce kids off me the way he could). By the way, I rather like Andy Devine in Stagecoach, though there are a lot of actors in that road film that clearly make a bigger impression. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Well, when I think of truly annoying comic relief, the first name that comes to MY mind is..... ISH KABIBBLE. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Well, when I think of truly annoying comic relief, the first name that comes to MY mind is..... ISH KABIBBLE. Sepiatone Well I guess you won't be supporting my upcoming Ish Kabibble for SOTM thread. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Well I guess you won't be supporting my upcoming Ish Kabibble for SOTM thread. I don't get the impression that my planned Andy Devine for SOTM thread would get a lot of support here either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 In one of my travels out west I had an overnight stay in Kingman, Arizona. Kingman is Andy Devine's hometown and the main street is named for him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 In one of my travels out west I had an overnight stay in Kingman, Arizona. Kingman is Andy Devine's hometown and the main street is named for him. The widest street in Kingman? I'm not vying to become the titular character of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casablanca100views Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 It does depend on who is doing the comic relief. Couldn't stand Gabby Hayes, the poor actor with two teeth. But I did enjoy the sidekick charm of Leo Carillo to the Cisco Kid. Don't worry, they were always laughing by the end of the episode. Andy Devine did get his comeuppance for being annoying when he got his own series and he was frequently upstaged by the most annoying puppet I remember from my toddler-hood, Froggy, and the creepiest, manipulated duo of performers, Midnight and Squeaky. Andy's Gang gave me nightmares! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Well, when I think of truly annoying comic relief, the first name that comes to MY mind is..... ISH KABIBBLE. Sepiatone My grandmother used to call me Ish when I was a teenager, because my mother had my hair cut like his. LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I can't join the chorus here that is knocking Andy Devine. Look, a large part of my childhood was watching him every Saturday morning as Jingles in Wild Bill Hickok. I adored that show as a kid and so Devine's name always gives me a major case of affectionate nostalgic reflection. I even still have my Wild Bill Hickok lunchbox today, sitting among my tools, now filled with miscellaneous nails and screws. Even now, as I write this, I think I can hear Jingles riding hard on horseback, calling out in that distinctive voice of his, to Bill, riding well ahead of him, "Wait for me!" I are many school lunches out of the that lunchbox. I can still taste the bologna sandwiches. Ugh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I are many school lunches out of the that lunchbox. I can still taste the bologna sandwiches. Ugh. So you're the reason a lot of my lunches were missing. And my mother made great bologna sandwiches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 So you're the reason a lot of my lunches were missing. And my mother made great bologna sandwiches! There is no such thing as great bologna sandwiches. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 There is no such thing as great bologna sandwiches. Ah, baloney! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzo1950 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 It does depend on who is doing the comic relief. Couldn't stand Gabby Hayes, the poor actor with two teeth. But I did enjoy the sidekick charm of Leo Carillo to the Cisco Kid. Don't worry, they were always laughing by the end of the episode. Andy Devine did get his comeuppance for being annoying when he got his own series and he was frequently upstaged by the most annoying puppet I remember from my toddler-hood, Froggy, and the creepiest, manipulated duo of performers, Midnight and Squeaky. Andy's Gang gave me nightmares! Why did I watch the Andy Devine video? Maybe I'm sadistic. No wonder I never watched the show, it made me feel extremely uncomfortable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemafan Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 I did not recognize two of the mentioned annoying names mentioned here - Hugh Herbert and El Brendel. Even looking up their photos didn't help too much in placing them in a irritating sense. I guess that's lucky for me. I'm glad that Andy Devine doesn't annoy me - he's in too many good movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Faiola Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 George "Gabby" Hayes was a very good actor. He got some fine opportunities in the 30's Cassidy films to be three-dimensional. And he has a nice non-Gabby role as an appreciatiive recipient of Mr. Deeds' largesse in MR DEEDS GOES TO TOWN. As for Andy Devine, he has a great scene in MEN OF THE TIMBERLAND (one of the pictures he did with Dick Arlen) where his pal, played by Paul E. Burns, is killed and Devine goes berserk, wrecking the cafe like a bull in a china shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 I'm glad that Andy Devine doesn't annoy me - he's in too many good movies. Yes, I think Andy Devine gets a free pass from some people because he was in a few classic John Ford films (and does fairly well in them). But he also appeared in a lot of B films, too, where he's just giving a paint-by-number performance as a broad buffoon character. However, I think he gets away from his usual tics and overly affected mannerisms is ISLAND IN THE SKY. There's a scene, if I remember correctly, where we see him shirtless (swimming, or in a locker room at the Y)...and he seems very vulnerable, perhaps because all his flabbiness is exposed. Plus, he plays a family man with a wife and kids in ISLAND IN THE SKY, and I think it's closer to who he was off screen. It's a shame he didn't have more opportunities to play genuine dramatic roles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 I just find it very disconcerting and actually tragic that Andy Devine and Pat Buttram [of "Green Acres" fame as Mr. Haney] never got to play father and son in a film. It would have been so wonderful as casting. I guess I will just have to live with the brilliant casting of Pat McCormick and Paul Williams as father and son in that Burt Reynolds epic, as my favorite paterfamilias and son duo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Pat McCormick seemed to have a distinctive vibe, at least to me, to his joke writing. I would hear jokes from Johnny Carson's monologues and think "that can only be a Pat McCormick written joke". His humor was so "off the wall" and irrelevant. Carson would tell the joke and it took a few seconds before you got it, and it was funny. It was well known that after Johnny retired he would send jokes to David Letterman for his monologues. But sometimes I think some McCormick jokes would slip in there. Either Johnny's joke was influenced by McCormick's style or the joke came straight from McCormick. McCormick had a long resume of writing for different shows and comedians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Andy helped give me a retort in my chorus class in high school one day. We do all know Mr. Devine had that distinctive rasp and tone to his voice. And one day, when Mr. Merritt, the chorus teacher was having some auditions for the robed choir, he had another female teacher give an example of what he wanted. I thought her voice would crack tempered automobile glass. HE thought it was GREAT. He did kind of swell up and ask us...."Don't you think her voice is simply DIVINE?" And I couldn't resist---- "Yeah, " I shot out---"ANDY Devine!" Got not only a big laugh from the class, but also got ME sent to the office. But it was well worth it! Sepiatone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmerin Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 John Candy and Chris Farley were often a bit much, but I still lament their very premature deaths. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Victor McLagen was much more annoying in She Wore A Yellow Ribbon than Andy Devine in Stagecoach. In the former Victor had extended set pieces that were actually disruptive and not funny while in the latter Andy was reduced to a few utterances here and there that served as a foil for some of the heavier stuff going on with others. I didn't mind Andy in that movie. ...all the above IMHO As to that horrible commercial ,that was Andy on the box, was it? The ad was awful enough as it is. At least Andy didn't say anything. We can be grateful for that. Love that graphic, "...and shot with sugar," whatever it was. They sure wouldn't do that today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Ah, baloney! What is the evolution of the word "baloney" from bologna? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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