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Peter O’Toole at 80: The best drinking stories
UK Yahoo ^ | August 2, 2012 | Orlando Parfitt

Posted on 08/02/2012 6:29:05 PM PDT by beaversmom

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One of my favorite scenes from Lawrence of Arabia. Okay, the whole movie is my favorite scene.

The Most Famous of Edits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypul7nPcMII


21 posted on 08/02/2012 7:08:06 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom
I remember seeing O'Toole on Letterman in the mid 80s. Dave asked him about the nature of his relationship with the recently deceased Rock Hudson. O'Toole proceeded to tell a story:

He woke up in the morning with Hudson handing him a drink and saying "Today is a day for getting drunk".

He said the last thing he remembered was the sun setting and both of them riding on a horse still in their pajamas.

22 posted on 08/02/2012 7:09:19 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (Tom Hoefling for President - 2012)
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To: beaversmom

I was looking for the scene in that movie where he goes to the family’s dinner, because it would have been good for this thread. The family asks him if certain rumors were true about his behavior, and he replies that yes, he gets away with a lot because he is a movie star, but he also gets blamed for things he has never done, and it all evens out in the end. I couldn’t find it on YouTube, though, so I just went with the bathroom scene.


23 posted on 08/02/2012 7:10:21 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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Ah, I love that scene with Uncle Morty. “Did you schtoop her?” If you find it, let me know.


24 posted on 08/02/2012 7:15:35 PM PDT by beaversmom
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LOL! That was great!
Reminds me of me and my brother, though we aren’t that old.


25 posted on 08/02/2012 7:18:12 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Manic_Episode

How the horse got in their pajamas they’ll never know.


26 posted on 08/02/2012 7:19:10 PM PDT by Argus
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To: beaversmom
My fave scene from Murphy's War
27 posted on 08/02/2012 7:21:47 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: beaversmom; mylife

Harris loved to tell the joke about getting the truck stuck under a bridge. He drove a truck under a bridge that was too low for the truck. the truck got stuck. When the cops showed up, he tells the cops “no problem here, I’m just delivering this bridge”.


28 posted on 08/02/2012 7:23:43 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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To: beaversmom

‘The Night of the Generals’ with O’Toole and Sharif is a favorite of mine. Amazing movie.


29 posted on 08/02/2012 7:39:10 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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Did you know that Richard Harris wrote poetry along with all he many talents? I have his book : I, in the membership of my days”. Also I have a book of Hemingway poems I don't think a lot of people know about: Ernest Hemingway 88 poems.
30 posted on 08/02/2012 7:49:23 PM PDT by fish hawk (Religion: Man's attempt to gain salvation or the approbation of God by his own works)
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To: mamelukesabre

I always liked the fellow.


31 posted on 08/02/2012 7:51:49 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: beaversmom

When I was a kid and saw him in Lawrence of Arabia, I thought he was GORGEOUS. Looking back at the film now, my opinion was right.


32 posted on 08/02/2012 7:57:28 PM PDT by Moonmad27 ("I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Jessica Rabbit)
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To: beaversmom

IMDb shows him in two movies now in post-production.


33 posted on 08/02/2012 8:08:34 PM PDT by ShasheMac
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To: beaversmom

“These must be his drinking socks.”


34 posted on 08/02/2012 8:35:55 PM PDT by yawningotter
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To: mylife

That’s one of the O’Toole movies that I have not seen.


35 posted on 08/02/2012 8:41:41 PM PDT by beaversmom
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He did announce a couple of weeks ago that he will no longer be acting. On a fan page at Facebook someone posted that it was because of his declining health.

Peter O’Toole retires, says his ‘heart’ for acting is gonehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2905265/posts


36 posted on 08/02/2012 8:44:11 PM PDT by beaversmom
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37 posted on 08/02/2012 8:44:18 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93destr)
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To: beaversmom

Not a great film, but that is a great scene.

Fly You Bastard! Fly!


38 posted on 08/02/2012 8:45:33 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Moonmad27

Pretty darned handsome.


39 posted on 08/02/2012 8:46:03 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Manic_Episode

Hadn’t heard that story before.


40 posted on 08/02/2012 8:47:07 PM PDT by beaversmom
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