Avatar (2009): The Best Space Western Since 1977's Star Wars

After a jokey morning with my daughter where she informed me that she and a mate had decided that I was battle-scarred enough to be Colonel Quaritch in Avatar, a viewpoint I laughingly agreed with, I started thinking about the film itself. We went to see Avatar at the cinema. In all its 3D glory … Continue reading "Avatar (2009): The Best Space Western Since 1977’s Star Wars"

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Avatar (2009): The Best Space Western Since 1977's Star Wars

After a jokey morning with my daughter where she informed me that she and a mate had decided that I was battle-scarred enough to be Colonel Quaritch in Avatar, a viewpoint I laughingly agreed with, I started thinking about the film itself. We went to see Avatar at the cinema. In all its 3D glory … Continue reading "Avatar (2009): The Best Space Western Since 1977’s Star Wars"

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#FTroop (1965-1967)
The misadventures of the staff and neighbors of a remote U.S. Army outpost in the Wild West.
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“He was very generous, and instrumental in getting me the role.”
#LarryStorch on #ForrestTucker (1919-1986)

The actor who played Sgt. O'Rourke on #FTroop was #BornOnThisDay.

#ClassicTV #1960s #1960sTV #Nostalgia

“Sometimes, I walk out on stage, and you can hear from the balcony, 'Hey, Agarn!’”

#LarryStorch (1923–2022) would have been 100 today.

He was an Emmy nominee for #FTroop, a character actor in films like #TheGreatRace (1965), and a voice actor in cartoons like #TennesseeTuxedo (as Phineas J. Whoopee).

#BornOnThisDay #ClassicTV #1960s #1960sTV #ClassicFilm #Nostalgia

Today would have been Larry Storch’s 100th birthday. Here’s when I met him at #bigapplecon back in 2018. Dad was jealous that I got to meet him. #ftroop #ghostbusters #tennesseetuxedo #joker #larrystorch https://www.instagram.com/p/CnKTHwKOSKT/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=
Steve Hoffman on Instagram: "Today would have been Larry Storch’s 100th birthday. Here’s when I met him at #bigapplecon back in 2018. Dad was jealous that I got to meet him. #ftroop #ghostbusters #tennesseetuxedo #joker #larrystorch #looneytunes #coolcat"

Steve Hoffman shared a post on Instagram: "Today would have been Larry Storch’s 100th birthday. Here’s when I met him at #bigapplecon back in 2018. Dad was jealous that I got to meet him. #ftroop #ghostbusters #tennesseetuxedo #joker #larrystorch #looneytunes #coolcat". Follow their account to see 2312 posts.

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#FTroop was one of those forgotten '60s sitcoms that was on syndication every afternoon when I was a kid in the '70s, and it was...not good. Can't even imagine what the Woke crowd would make of this show. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/arts/television/larry-storch-dead.html
Larry Storch, Comic Actor Best Known for ‘F Troop,’ Dies at 99

His well-honed comic timing, and the mimicry skills he had developed in nightclubs, served him well on one of the sillier sitcoms of the 1960s.