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16 Nov 2015, 9:41 pm

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kurt Russell as elvis, the man whose shin he kicked in that world's fair movie. and too bad evis couldn't have played the part that went to kris Kristofferson in that "star is born" remake, he woulda blown babs clean outta the water!

IIRC, Colonel Parker wanted top billing for Elvis, and they wouldn't give it to him. I mean, come-on, the "star" in the title was the character that Babs played.

I've always felt bad for Elvis, where his movies were concerned..... Elvis HATED those cookie-cutter roles (heartthrob leading man / singer) they gave him----he wanted to be a SERIOUS actor (as in, in dramatic roles). He did a couple of dramas, but the box-office take was abysmal; everybody just wanted to hear him sing, and look at him, in a happy role.


One story goes that Elvis had been offered the lead male role in Westside Story, but the Colonel had convinced him to do a bunch of sucky movies instead.

the "colonel" had his eye always on the bottom line, elvis be damned. :x


Yeah, even after Elvis went to the great beyond. The Colonel had gotten involved in that Elvis-is-still-alive-but-in hiding crap. One of the very few good things I'll credit to Geraldo Rivera was how he had exposed Colonel Parker for the fraud he was.


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16 Nov 2015, 9:45 pm

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Yeah, even after Elvis went to the great beyond. The Colonel had gotten involved in that Elvis-is-still-alive-but-in hiding crap. One of the very few good things I'll credit to Geraldo Rivera was how he had exposed Colonel Parker for the fraud he was.

I wonder what kind of career elvis woulda had, if only he had better management. he was a woefully underutilized talent. :o he woulda been a WORLD star had the colonel allowed him to give concerts overseas.



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16 Nov 2015, 11:22 pm

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Yeah, even after Elvis went to the great beyond. The Colonel had gotten involved in that Elvis-is-still-alive-but-in hiding crap. One of the very few good things I'll credit to Geraldo Rivera was how he had exposed Colonel Parker for the fraud he was.

I wonder what kind of career elvis woulda had, if only he had better management. he was a woefully underutilized talent. :o he woulda been a WORLD star had the colonel allowed him to give concerts overseas.


Yeah, coulda, shoulda, woulda.


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16 Nov 2015, 11:34 pm

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Yeah, even after Elvis went to the great beyond. The Colonel had gotten involved in that Elvis-is-still-alive-but-in hiding crap. One of the very few good things I'll credit to Geraldo Rivera was how he had exposed Colonel Parker for the fraud he was.

I wonder what kind of career elvis woulda had, if only he had better management. he was a woefully underutilized talent. :o he woulda been a WORLD star had the colonel allowed him to give concerts overseas.


Yeah, coulda, shoulda, woulda.

the big reason the colonel refused is 'cause he was himself an illegal immigrant who feared not being allowed back into America should he leave for some foreign country to manage elvis in concert there.



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16 Nov 2015, 11:44 pm

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Yeah, even after Elvis went to the great beyond. The Colonel had gotten involved in that Elvis-is-still-alive-but-in hiding crap. One of the very few good things I'll credit to Geraldo Rivera was how he had exposed Colonel Parker for the fraud he was.

I wonder what kind of career elvis woulda had, if only he had better management. he was a woefully underutilized talent. :o he woulda been a WORLD star had the colonel allowed him to give concerts overseas.


Yeah, coulda, shoulda, woulda.

the big reason the colonel refused is 'cause he was himself an illegal immigrant who feared not being allowed back into America should he leave for some foreign country to manage elvis in concert there.


I did not know that. Where was he from?


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16 Nov 2015, 11:54 pm

^^^
He was born Andreas van Kuijk, a Dutch citizen who came across the water to Tampa Bay harbor, quickly changed his name but neglected to apply for a green card. He worked as a carny for Royal Amusement Shows. He briefly managed the careers of country legends Eddy Arnold and Hank Snow. He was a friend of country star and two-time Louisiana Governor Jimmie Davis (himself known for writing “You Are My Sunshine”), who bestowed the honorary rank of Colonel upon Kuijk in exchange for services rendered during Davis’s campaign.



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17 Nov 2015, 12:02 am

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He was born Andreas van Kuijk, a Dutch citizen who came across the water to Tampa Bay harbor, quickly changed his name but neglected to apply for a green card. He worked as a carny for Royal Amusement Shows. He briefly managed the careers of country legends Eddy Arnold and Hank Snow. He was a friend of country star and two-time Louisiana Governor Jimmie Davis (himself known for writing “You Are My Sunshine”), who bestowed the honorary rank of Colonel upon Kuijk in exchange for services rendered during Davis’s campaign.


Thanks; I didn't know any of that.


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17 Nov 2015, 12:05 am

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He was born Andreas van Kuijk, a Dutch citizen who came across the water to Tampa Bay harbor, quickly changed his name but neglected to apply for a green card. He worked as a carny for Royal Amusement Shows. He briefly managed the careers of country legends Eddy Arnold and Hank Snow. He was a friend of country star and two-time Louisiana Governor Jimmie Davis (himself known for writing “You Are My Sunshine”), who bestowed the honorary rank of Colonel upon Kuijk in exchange for services rendered during Davis’s campaign.


Thanks; I didn't know any of that.

prego :) not much is known about the colonel, his past is akin to looking through a glass darkly. but there are hints that he fled Holland due to morals problems.



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17 Nov 2015, 12:12 am

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He was born Andreas van Kuijk, a Dutch citizen who came across the water to Tampa Bay harbor, quickly changed his name but neglected to apply for a green card. He worked as a carny for Royal Amusement Shows. He briefly managed the careers of country legends Eddy Arnold and Hank Snow. He was a friend of country star and two-time Louisiana Governor Jimmie Davis (himself known for writing “You Are My Sunshine”), who bestowed the honorary rank of Colonel upon Kuijk in exchange for services rendered during Davis’s campaign.


Thanks; I didn't know any of that.

prego :) not much is known about the colonel, his past is akin to looking through a glass darkly. but there are hints that he fled Holland due to morals problems.


For some reason, I'm not surprised about the alleged morals problems.


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17 Nov 2015, 12:17 am

the colonel at first sucked elvis 25% dryer but eventually got 3/4ths of his profits. for this reason elvis was financially ailing at the time of his death.



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23 Feb 2016, 7:04 am

Peter Sellers as Jacques Clouseau.

Herbert Lom as Charles Dreyfus.


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23 Feb 2016, 9:47 am

Does TV count?

Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor [and David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Peter Capaldi as Doctors 10, 11, and 12]

Takahiro Sakurai, Kenichi Suzumura, Maaya Sakamoto, Ayumi Ito, and Toshiyuki Morikawa as Cloud Strife, Zack Fair, Aeris, Tifa Lockheart, and Sephiroth in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete


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23 Feb 2016, 10:51 am

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Does TV count?


Sure, why not?


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23 Feb 2016, 10:55 am

^Yay!

Benedict Cumberbach as Sherlock [from BBC's Sherlock] and Smaug [from The Hobbit] :D
Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield [from The Hobbit]
Patrick Stewart as Capt. Picard [Star Trek]
James Earl Jones as Darth Vader [Star Wars] and Mufasa [The Lion King]

Fun fact: when I told my Dad that Mr. Jones wasn't voicing Mufasa for the new Lion King tv show, he said: 'Well, that's bunk!' :lol:


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23 Feb 2016, 2:16 pm

Rock Hudson as Col. John Wilder in "the Martian chronicles."



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23 Feb 2016, 7:57 pm

IMHO, Sam Claflin as Finnick Odair from The Hunger Games movies. A lot of people were really upset when he was cast in that role and I have no idea why. He's a decent actor and he was exactly the way that I pictured Finnick looked like from the books. Not counting main characters, Finnick was my favorite person in the series.