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Actor was dad in ‘A Christmas Story’ (Darren McGavin dead at 83)
AP ^ | Monday, February 27, 2006

Posted on 02/27/2006 7:18:29 AM PST by presidio9

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To: sockmonkey

Haas engel pfeiffer!! LOL. Not sure I spelled that right but you get the idea.

"Oh fudge." ;-)

Darren also was very good as Murphy Brown's father, I thought. Though that show was a lot of left wing propaganda.


21 posted on 02/27/2006 7:33:09 AM PST by TNCMAXQ
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To: sockmonkey

Haas engel pfeiffer!! LOL. Not sure I spelled that right but you get the idea.

"Oh fudge." ;-)

Darren also was very good as Murphy Brown's father, I thought. Though that show was a lot of left wing propaganda.


22 posted on 02/27/2006 7:34:21 AM PST by TNCMAXQ
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To: presidio9

Bye Darren! Thanks for the entertainment. Sleep well.


23 posted on 02/27/2006 7:34:54 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: presidio9

Here's the other day's thread for more comments, (see 22)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1585567/posts


24 posted on 02/27/2006 7:35:26 AM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: presidio9

Thanks for the pic.....What a fine actor and a pleasure to
watch even great with Arnold


25 posted on 02/27/2006 7:35:38 AM PST by The Wizard (DemonRATS: enemies of America)
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To: presidio9
You used up all the glue...ON PURPOSE!
26 posted on 02/27/2006 7:36:14 AM PST by lesser_satan
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To: PetroniusMaximus

Grew up watching the "Night Stalker".

Yes, the zombie episode was particulary scary. Loved it!


27 posted on 02/27/2006 7:38:04 AM PST by brwnsuga (Proud, Black, Conservative!)
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To: presidio9

To be added to the "you'll shoot your eye out" ping list, freep me! (actually just kidding, no such list ;)


28 posted on 02/27/2006 7:41:04 AM PST by Element187
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To: presidio9

"DAGGUMMITBLAU!""

"NOTAFINGA!"

""FRA-JILL- LAY."

D.G. is a Christmas Story icon who will be missed.

(somewhere in the cold night shovelling can be heard and taps is being played as he's laid next to his major award)


29 posted on 02/27/2006 7:41:40 AM PST by CAPTAINSUPERMARVELMAN
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To: CAPTAINSUPERMARVELMAN
That revived Nightstalker broke my heart. The charm of the original was Kolchack's "everyman" personal pitted against the occult and odd. They turned the idea into a cheapened X-files...actually more in the mold (and I emphasize the word "mold") of that dank, dark "Millennium", with nary a laugh or smile in sight. If anything, "Supernatural" carries the flavor of the old "Nightstalker" much more true to form. I smile when I recall Simon Oakland's shouting counterpoint to Kolchack's blind belief. A true classic!
30 posted on 02/27/2006 7:49:12 AM PST by 50sDad (Racist: Anyone who is winning an argument with a Liberal.)
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To: presidio9

The Challenge (1970) (TV) .... Jacob Gallery

Garrarry!! (Miko)


31 posted on 02/27/2006 7:57:41 AM PST by BadAndy (The DemocRATs are the enemy's most effective weapon.)
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To: CAPTAINSUPERMARVELMAN

"A-HA, IT'S A CLINKER!!!"


32 posted on 02/27/2006 7:58:47 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: PetroniusMaximus
Grew up watching the "Night Stalker". Use to scare the begeebes out of me.

I was an adult when "Night Stalker" was on the air, and I was afraid to watch it. I've only begun enjoying it recently, when my son has watched reruns on cable TV.

Sorry to hear of McGavin's death.

33 posted on 02/27/2006 8:08:45 AM PST by syriacus (Hillary says: Millions to China's state-run shippers; not one RED cent to the UAE shippers)
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34 posted on 02/27/2006 8:19:31 AM PST by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might.)
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To: Element187
(actually just kidding, no such list ;)

Well there damn sure oughta be one! On the bright side, it would be prtty low-volume.

35 posted on 02/27/2006 8:22:47 AM PST by lesser_satan
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To: presidio9

God bless him. May he RIP. _Christmas Story_ has brought many people much joy and laughter.


36 posted on 02/27/2006 8:40:39 AM PST by fourscore (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness)
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To: 50sDad

That revived Nightstalker broke my heart. The charm of the original was Kolchack's "everyman" personal pitted against the occult and odd. They turned the idea into a cheapened X-files...actually more in the mold (and I emphasize the word "mold") of that dank, dark "Millennium", with nary a laugh or smile in sight. If anything, "Supernatural" carries the flavor of the old "Nightstalker" much more true to form. I smile when I recall Simon Oakland's shouting counterpoint to Kolchack's blind belief. A true classic!



I wholeheartedly agree. I had suspected when I had heard of the new "Night Stalker" series that it wouldn't be worthy of the name.


37 posted on 02/27/2006 8:45:24 AM PST by CAPTAINSUPERMARVELMAN
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I remember Mcavin way back in early television in Casey, Crime Photographer
38 posted on 02/27/2006 1:19:01 PM PST by Old Seadog (Inside every old person is a young person saying "WTF happened?".)
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To: presidio9
I was just thinking about Darren McGavin a few days ago and how he was doing. Then I decide today to make an FR search of articles with "Christmas" on the title and ended up with the thread on Mr. McGavin's passing in February.

What a loss to those of us who are rabid A Christmas Story fans! I think his role in the film as The Old Man was his "finest hour" (with apologies to Night Stalker fans).

39 posted on 07/07/2006 2:27:06 PM PDT by Ebenezer (Strength and Honor!)
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