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Travis McGee Says a Long Goodbye (Not FR's Travis McGee)
American Spectator ^
| 8-27-04
| Lawrence Henry
Posted on 08/27/2004 5:27:39 PM PDT by Temple Owl
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To: Temple Owl
Man, if ever a title needed a clarification disclaimer this is it!
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:36:59 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
To: Temple Owl
Half the bag guys in McDonald's stuff remind me of Clinton & his cronies.
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:37:55 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: Travis McGee
I never took you for an opus kinda guy.
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:38:05 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
(Donate to the Swifties, once again serving the nation selflessly)
To: RightWingMama
Whew! When I first saw the headline I thought it was our Travis McGee. Still....a damn good Headline for an Opus!
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:39:41 PM PDT
by
Focault's Pendulum
(I Just fell off the boat!! Kerry I need you! Uh..nevermind, it's only hip deep...right now.)
To: Temple Owl
Whew!
I thought this was a Travis McGee opus.
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:40:14 PM PDT
by
mabelkitty
(Zealous Troll Hunter - and you know who you are - you've been warned.)
To: Larry Lucido
LOL!
I just grabbed a beer for the links to the inevitable posts from The Other Site.
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:41:12 PM PDT
by
mabelkitty
(Zealous Troll Hunter - and you know who you are - you've been warned.)
To: Focault's Pendulum
Well, we haven't heard from him yet.
To: Temple Owl
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:41:29 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(Allah FUBAR!)
To: Temple Owl
if you liked Travis McGee
try author Harold Adams
his character is a good guy in Nebraska during the 1930's.
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:42:53 PM PDT
by
bitt
To: Tribune7
It's the perfect read for a rainy summer weekend..A whiule ago I read an article about MacDonald...marvelous piece..how/where her lived, how he wrote...as I recall he livd in a small ton..in a rural part of the state..He joked to the author that he';d quite writing the McGee series when he couldn't come up with any more catchy titles...
Tonite's trivia queston..who played McGee in the movie....maybe the worst film ever made..ruined a good potential "franchise"..no, I correct that..Dean Martin as Matt Helm was even worse than Peter Sellers as James BOnd..
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:42:56 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(Bill Clinton has just signed to be the national spokesman for Hummer..)
To: Temple Owl
I have enjoyed John D. McDonald novels and may go back to read some of them again.
I also have enjoyed Ross Thomas novels and they are just as interesting as John D's. So check them out as well.
To: ken5050
Just looked it up 10 min ago, so it wouldn't be fair to offer an answer now.
To: ken5050
Sam Elliot was in the "Empty Copper Sea" which was mediocre. I never saw the one with Rod Taylor.
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:45:12 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: Temple Owl
Well, we haven't heard from him yet. Mebbe he had The American Spectator do it for him.
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:47:34 PM PDT
by
Focault's Pendulum
(I Just fell off the boat!! Kerry I need you! Uh..nevermind, it's only hip deep...right now.)
To: Captain Peter Blood
And then there are Ross McDonald novels -- who wrote his first Lew Archer books as John McDonald.
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:47:57 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: Temple Owl
Thanks for the thread Owl. Like many others, I thought it was either an obit or opus for Freeper Travis McGee. I've been chuckling all the way down the thread. :-)
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:48:16 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(The Great Experiment is over and the Constitution is dead.)
To: ken5050
You're right it was pretty bad, but I enjoyed Sam Eliot in other movies.
To: Temple Owl
Man you scared the living crap out of me....I thought something happened to freeper Travis McGee..
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:49:07 PM PDT
by
Dog
( formerly known as VC-- - - - - - Combat Dog.)
To: Larry Lucido; Tribune7
IT lalways amazed me..You've got this great book franchise..sells millions, like clockwork..guaranteed success, and millions of guys dyig to see it..so Hollywierd buys the rights, pays a bundle, then all these idiots sit around a big table, and ask themselves..OK we've got this sure-fire hit, with built in sequels. How can we screw it up?
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:49:39 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(Bill Clinton has just signed to be the national spokesman for Hummer..)
To: Temple Owl
The US Olympic men's basketball team is "pretty bad"
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posted on
08/27/2004 5:51:37 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(Bill Clinton has just signed to be the national spokesman for Hummer..)
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