It was a busy weekend, so I’m playing obit catch-up here. Administratively, I plan to get TMQ Watch up at some point during the day.
Tom Wilkinson. THR. IMDB.
This has been pretty well covered, but I did want to make an observation. When I was at St. Ed’s, for my “Film and Literature” class, we had to watch “In the Bedroom” and read Andre Dubus’s “Killings”. I thought “Bedroom” was a pretty terrific movie: both Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek give career peak performances. If you have not seen it, I commend it to your attention.
(The Dubus story is good, too.)
Shecky Greene, comedian. THR. IMDB.
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Although never known as the most decorous of comedians, Mr. Greene made news in the comedy world in 2014 when he stormed out of a Friars Club event in Manhattan and announced that he was resigning from the club after his fellow comedian Gilbert Gottfried did material that Mr. Greene, who had been scheduled to speak, found offensive.
“He got dirtier and dirtier,” Mr. Greene told a radio interviewer, without providing details, “so I got up and I said, ‘That’s it.’”
Cale Yarborough, one of the NASCAR greats.
I agree with you that In the Bedroom with Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek was a very good movie. Well written, acted , and directed, it is one movie that will stick with you for quite some time.
I stopped and bought discounted tickets for our local cinema today at my credit union. I think my wife wants to see the remake of The Color Purple. I normally am not into that style of movie, but from the trailers that I have seen it might not be too bad.
I noticed that Cale Yarborough had passed. He was a driver back when I used to enjoy watching the auto racing on ABC’s Wild World of Sports every weekend. Now I don’t follow any NASCAR or auto racing as it has become pretty much like any other sport, with the hype and the huge money, the promoters and bosses acting like jackasses, etc.
I also wanted to wish you a Happy New Year, and best wishes for the coming days. I am talking with my son in Kentucky tonight, I am looking to trade for a 4″ revolver in .357 or .38 special. He has a number of guns, and neighbors that might want to trade for something that I have, and am willing to part with. I don’t know why, but I just feel like I need a centerfire revolver.
Thank you, pigpen. That’s at least two of us who have seen “In the Bedroom”. Though looking over the Wikipedia entry, it got a bunch of Oscar nominations that year, including actor, actress, and best picture. (It lost to “A Beautiful Mind”, Denzel in “Training Day”, and Halle Berry in “Monster’s Ball”.)
Back when I was young and followed auto racing with more enthusiasm, Richard Petty was the guy I pulled for. But I do remember Cale Yarbourough from that time, too.
You owe nobody an apology for wanting a centerfire revolver. I fully support this desire. You might find “Revolver Guy” (who is linked on my sidebar) a fun read.