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Paul Bowers on
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I guess it's telling that I'm old when I remember him as being 50-ish.
And, by the way, in the old days we used to tie onions on our belts, but
that was OK because the ferry in those days only cost a nickle. That
worked for awhile until we had to repair the boats that were damaged by
dolphin attacks. I remember it well, but in those days you couldn't just
walk around town without special shoes. Back then, the shoes had to be
made by a special pe...what? Huh? Lunch?
OK, back to what I was saying. In 1924, there was the onion belt
revolution. I fought against it initially , but later
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OK, maybe I should go to bed before this gets even more ridiculous.
Paul
On 10-02-06 4:17 PM, Jeffrey Nelson wrote:
> I'd agree, if Poitier wasn't 83.
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> On 10-02-04 3:36 AM, Lightcudder wrote:
>> The one thing I do know, and I am sure many UFO fans will support me on this, is that without a decent Ed Straker.
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> Nice analysis. Straker's role would have to depend on marketing focus
> groups in Hollywood.
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> Will Smith would be a good bet, as he's done "sci-fi" before. There are
> a lot of black actors that could effectively do the role of Straker,
> shall I name them?
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> - Samuel L. Jackson (that might be a good one - does nasty well)
> - Sidney Poitier (that would be f*cking amazing)
> - Denzel (standard hero, wouldn't be a bad choice)
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> I vote for Sidney Poitier, myself. I don't know if he'd be willing to
> work on such a project, but, hey, it'd be really cool if he did.