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'Kill Bill,' 'Twin Peaks' actor Michael Parks dies at 77
Fox News ^ | May 10, 2017 | Fox-AP

Posted on 05/10/2017 4:59:38 PM PDT by LouieFisk

Michael Parks, a prolific character actor who found early fame in 1960s countercultural roles and later became a favorite of directors including Quentin Tarantino and Kevin Smith, has died. He was 77.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: actor; death; killbill; longlonesomehighway; michael; michaelparks; obituary; parks; thencamebronson; twinpeaks
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I know it’s coming but I know I’ll never get over it when it does.


Welcome to the big club.


21 posted on 05/10/2017 5:23:52 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives.have diseased minds.)
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To: LouieFisk
Bus Riley's back in town ...

... but won't be coming down for breakfast ...

Larry Storch, brazen and unashamed?

That could get messy.

22 posted on 05/10/2017 5:30:16 PM PDT by x
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To: DoughtyOne

I still love Remington Steele.


23 posted on 05/10/2017 5:30:18 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: x

Well, things got messy in “F Troop”!

I think the last movie I saw Parks in was “Wicked” (ca. 1999). He was in “Twin Peaks”, but I never realized it, so didn’t notice him.


24 posted on 05/10/2017 5:34:04 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: wally_bert

“I still love Remington Steele.”
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It was a good show. “Moonlighting” stole most of it’s thunder a bit later on - and then proceeded to lose it fairly quickly.


25 posted on 05/10/2017 5:37:59 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: wally_bert

So do I.

My wife and I at the time really enjoyed the show.

I really liked Stephanie Zymbalist. (sp?)

She was a good actress, and I thought she was a really cute.

We talked about Steel, and said that at some point he’d make a great James Bond.

It never quite panned out as good as I thought it would, but he did a reasoned job of it.


26 posted on 05/10/2017 5:41:15 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Happy days are here again!)
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To: TADSLOS

He ran the kahuna boys? I thought that was Mickey Rourke.


27 posted on 05/10/2017 5:42:19 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Nuke Bilderberg from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
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To: LouieFisk

I remember him mostly for “Then Came Bronson”.


Great show! I loved it! That show was the reason I rode motorcycles when I was a young man.

RIP Michael


28 posted on 05/10/2017 5:42:47 PM PDT by joshua c (Cut the cord! Don't pay for the rope they hang you with.)
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To: LouieFisk; Impy; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; stephenjohnbanker; BillyBoy

Enjoyed his work. RIP.


29 posted on 05/10/2017 5:48:50 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: x

Janet Margolin was cuter and hotter than Ann-Margret.


30 posted on 05/10/2017 5:50:22 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: DoughtyOne
Remember in the old days when you watched tv shows such as Mannix, Cannon, Barnaby Jones and Columbo, each episode had a beginning, a middle and an end.

There was very little plot carry over from one episode to the next. You could miss 2 episodes and watch the next episode without having to rely on what had happened in the previous two episodes.

Now, most tv shows have multiple story lines that carry over from one episode to the next with little if any resolution. If the show gets cancelled prematurely, you are left with no closure and a bunch of open, unresolved plot lines

Try watching the series Lost with a missing episode.

You will be Lost.


....and we didn't have those new fangled DVR's.
We watched the show when it was on...with all the commercials.
and that's the way it was...
and we liked it!

31 posted on 05/10/2017 5:50:35 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: DoughtyOne

I have the book Steele Loved about the show and it’s an autographed copy.

It came with some theater papers signed by Stephanie.

After Efrem died, a request in lieu of flowers were requests for donations to a couple of charities.

I made a couple of small donations and thought nothing of it.

A few weeks later I got a kind card in the mail from a Skip Zimbalist thanking me along with Stephanie. I still have it.


32 posted on 05/10/2017 5:53:36 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: LouieFisk

I’ll take Steele over Moonlighting.


33 posted on 05/10/2017 5:55:11 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: hole_n_one

Yes, you’re right. Now you skip a single show and five characters are lost and another five have been added.

As for soaps, in the old days you could miss a daytime series for months at a time, and the first show you viewed after that period, you picked it right up seemingly where you left off. I can remember looking in on the show as much as five years later, and still knew most of the characters.

My grandmother liked a couple of them. As the World Turns and the Edge of Night. LOL

Some of those early SNL guys were excellent comedians.

I still miss Garric Morris. Chico Esquela... or something close to that. The Dominican baseball player character.


34 posted on 05/10/2017 5:56:41 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Happy days are here again!)
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To: wally_bert

That’s really cool Wally_Bert. Thanks for the mention.

People had class in those days. If you received a gift or a gift was given in your name, you sent a thank you.

That’s the way to represent your family.

Very nice.


35 posted on 05/10/2017 6:00:05 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Happy days are here again!)
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To: wally_bert

“I’ll take Steele over Moonlighting.”
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Both were good. I think the characters on “Moonlighting” played off on each other better than on Steele, tho.


36 posted on 05/10/2017 6:01:17 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk
I forgot all about that show. This clip brought it all back...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLAADyR9WNQ#t=243.948842

37 posted on 05/10/2017 6:01:42 PM PDT by TigersEye (Make up my mind, NBC,CBS,CNN,ABC. What are the "facts" today?)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Impy; NFHale; stephenjohnbanker; BillyBoy

RIP.

Now that’s two characters from the “Kill Bills” gone (David Carradine).


38 posted on 05/10/2017 6:10:22 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: hole_n_one

“There was very little plot carry over from one episode to the next. You could miss 2 episodes and watch the next episode without having to rely on what had happened in the previous two episodes.”
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Yup.

“Columbo”
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Still one of my favorites.


39 posted on 05/10/2017 6:11:28 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk

I liked the classic movie references and subtle in-jokes.

One of my favorites is a dental convention in the same hotel as a chocolate maker’s.


40 posted on 05/10/2017 6:16:53 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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