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Death of the World's Greatest Entertainer
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| July 16, 2009
| Larry Elder
Posted on 07/16/2009 3:52:41 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
“Don’t forget Nat King Cole. He is one of my favorite black singers”
He was one of my favourite singers, period. Dean Martin was wonderful too.
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posted on
07/16/2009 5:17:11 AM PDT
by
Nipfan
(The desire to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it - H L Mencken)
To: relictele; Kaslin
Enough of this lazy, oft-repeated but inaccurate meme.Agreed. Astair's best numbers were solo routines like the gym rehersal scene in "Royal Wedding".
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posted on
07/16/2009 5:21:12 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: NoLibZone
“Geez your right I had forgotten Sammy Davis Jr was black!”
He was also Jewish.
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posted on
07/16/2009 5:24:57 AM PDT
by
Hacklehead
(Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
To: Kaslin
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posted on
07/16/2009 5:29:50 AM PDT
by
usmcobra
(Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
To: Erik Latranyi
Jackson owes his entire career success to Wierd Al Jankovich.
IMHO most of jacksons songs served only as fodder for the real genius of that time.
BTW, SDJ, Martin, Sinatra, and the stars of that era and before really were the last real entertainers we’ve seen. Who today could compare to Bob Hope or Bing Crosby, or Red Skelton?
No one. Hollywood has destroyed themselves.
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posted on
07/16/2009 6:00:29 AM PDT
by
John O
(God Save America (Please))
To: Captain Jack Aubrey
Sammy was there as a Nixon supporter.Maybe they should put up a Sammy Davis Was A Republican billboard in Houston.
To: Erik Latranyi
"The real ‘King’, Elvis, crossed-over gospel, rock, country, etc, etc, etc" If I'm not mistaken, Johnny Cash remains the only person to have been elected to each the Rock & Roll, Country Music, and American Gospel Halls of Fame.
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posted on
07/16/2009 6:18:47 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Kaslin
And last but not least...Sam preferred adult females.
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posted on
07/16/2009 6:23:02 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?)...R.I.P.)
To: Kaslin
When entertainers were class acts and good, too.
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posted on
07/16/2009 6:32:47 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
(If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
To: Kaslin
Bob Hope was the world’s greatest entertainer. Radio, movies, TV, USO, live performance, great comic actor, song and dance man, his monologues are still a model today. Lots of charity work.
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posted on
07/16/2009 6:35:38 AM PDT
by
nufsed
(Release the birth certificate, passport and school records.)
To: ETL
I heard a quote about the Rat Pack which, paraphrased, was “Everyone wanted to be like Frank, except Frank who wanted to be like Dean”.
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posted on
07/16/2009 6:37:07 AM PDT
by
DonnDe
To: Kaslin
Thanks, Larry.
I grew up watching Sammy Davis, Junior, and miss him a lot. He truly was a great entertainer and seemed to be a heck of a great guy. He was everything Elder said he was . . . . and more.
Michael may have been the self-proclaimed “King of Pop”, but Sammy was an entertainer’s entertainer and that was why he was part of the “Rat Pack”.
I hope Sammy is enjoying his rest in Heaven, but I wish he had a clone here for those of us who miss a truly great entertainer.
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posted on
07/16/2009 7:08:32 AM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: 4yearlurker
I still think that’s why he named “his” kids Prince. Because they were the sons of “the King” ick
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posted on
07/16/2009 7:09:53 AM PDT
by
Shimmer1
(Navy blue)
To: relictele
What is lazy and inaccurate about this?
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posted on
07/16/2009 7:10:50 AM PDT
by
Shimmer1
(Navy blue)
To: nufsed
Bob Hope was the world’s greatest entertainer. Radio, movies, TV, USO, live performance, great comic actor, song and dance man, his monologues are still a model today. Lots of charity work.Bob Hope's 1967 Christmas show
Bear Cat base camp, S. Vietnam, December, 1967; John Olson, ©Stars and Stripes
Bob Hope dances with actress Raquel Welch during his 1967 Christmas tour of U.S. bases in the Far East. Among the other performers on the tour were singer Barbara McNair and Miss World, Madeline Hartog Bel.
http://www.stripes.com/photoday/welch/pages/welch_hope01.html
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FOXNEWS.COM HOME: YOUR WORLD W/ NEIL CAVUTO
Transcript: American Beauty
August 12, 2005
NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: When you think of Hollywood legends or at least when I think of Hollywood legends, my next guest really comes to mind. She's a Golden Globe winner, she's a Broadway star, and did I mention, she is — oh gosh — she is a knockout. On Saturday [August 13, 2005], actress Raquel Welch will be honored by the Vietnam Veterans of America for entertaining the troops with Bob Hope back in 1968.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165586,00.html
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Oh, what the hell, might as well throw these in too!
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posted on
07/16/2009 7:12:35 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: DonnDe
I heard a quote about the Rat Pack which, paraphrased, was “Everyone wanted to be like Frank, except Frank who wanted to be like Dean”. I believe it.
From the movie 'Bandolero', Dean Martin and Raquel Welch
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posted on
07/16/2009 7:13:33 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: Kaslin
Don’t forget Nat King Cole. He is one of my favorite black singersWithout a doubt, Nat King Cole was one of the most golden throated singers ever. Lord, could he deliver a tune!!! I'd love to hear him and Sammy singing a duet in Heaven . . . . . . . . I bet God would be entranced by the magic THAT would create!!
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posted on
07/16/2009 7:14:52 AM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: ETL
May be the worlds all-time hottest chick ever.
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posted on
07/16/2009 7:16:08 AM PDT
by
Travis T. OJustice
(I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
To: Kaslin
"In other news, Michael Jackson is still dead."
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posted on
07/16/2009 7:16:30 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(It is impossible to convince someone of facts or truth if they don't want to believe it.)
To: Shimmer1
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