I miss Peter Sellers.
Posted on 05/25/2007 7:22:02 PM PDT by LouAvul
.......Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb.
I just watched it, again. Oh, for the 60s, when there was mass paranoia. To be a child in school where they told us that if a nuclear bomb went off, to hide under our desks. And who can forget being in a public place, never wanting to be very far from a nuclear fallout shelter.
The good old days.
“Precious bodily fluids”
“You can’t fight in here! This is the war room!”
In my top 5 funniest movies ever.
I miss Peter Sellers.
The 60’s … was part of the school day in the 50’s, remember it well.
Peter Sellers’ talent was truly God-sent, Reverend!
You've got to watch it again. I never saw this before, but in the final scene where Strangelove's arm goes nuts, and Sellers is beating it, the Russian actor is trying hard to not laugh. He does laugh, but tries not to. I never noticed it before.
Sellers was great.
“Well, boys, I reckon this is it – nuclear combat, toe-to-toe with the Ruskies.”
Top 5 is right.
That was the first time I saw the then unknown actor by the name of George C. Scott. He was awesome as the Air Force general.
And James Earl Jones.
“Mr. President, we must not allow a mine-shaft gap!”
“I think you’re some kind of deviated prevert. I think General Ripper found out about your preversions, and you were organizing some kind of mutiny of preverts.”
“You’re gonna hafta answer to the Coca-Cola Company.”
“Shoot, a fellah could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.”
“In the name of her majesty and the Continental Congress, come here and feed me this belt, boy!”
Etc...
“My Fuhrer—I can walk!”
“Mein Feuhrer, I can walk!!”
I laughed myself silly at that final scene. Damn he was funny!
To some of us old folks, GC Scott was already well known! George was a noted stage and film actor by that time. He’d done “Anatomy of a Murder” and “The Hustler”, plus guest appearances on many TV series of the late 50’s/early 60’s.
The year Strangelove was released, he was starring in his own TV series, “East Side/West Side”, playing a NYC social worker.
I got to see him on stage in “Plaza Suite” in ‘68, co-starring with Maureen Stapleton. It’s a farce, a very demanding role, very physical, lots of running around. He was famous enough by then that he could have just taken it easy, but he did not hold back. When the cast took their bows, he was drenched in sweat.
As fate would have it, George is buried next to Walter Matthau, who played the role in the film version.
Global warming is coming to destroy us.
“You’re gonna hafta answer to the Coca-Cola Company.”
ROFL!!!
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