lamarrclemons

I'm 77 saw this with my 20 year old sun; we haven't discussed this yet because I have to wade through the details, and my hearing is what it was so I will have to revisit when it hits cable. But I do remember the aftermath of much of the happenings here; a long passed away friend who was in the Navy during WWII made a remark during a club meeting where Memorial Day, the 4th of July or another patriotic date was current. He stated that it was clear had we not dropped the bomb, that the carnage in Japan would have been unspeakably abhorrent. It would have been door to door, and person to person. Also Japan dropped Pearl Harbor on us at a time when our entry was not at all inevitable. What struck me what how so little has changed in (in)human nature, especially in politics in general and DC in particular. As an aside, I noticed that "James Woods" was an executive producer; there happens to be another James Woods with IMDB and I was pleased that IMDB shows it was the same James Woods whose roles I have enjoyed for so long. I know that as of January 2, 2023, he has not been hired for an acting job since a voice gig since a voice acting job in 2019 due to his outspoken conservative views. Kudos to him. He may have empathized with Dr. Oppenheimer. Welcome back.

I'm 77 and about 1952 we got a TV in the house; the first TV show I saw was "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie". For some reason, I became interested in all of the supporting actors in addition to the star and watched credits. Soon I knew just about all; one reason was that there were no crowding out the credits at the end of tv shows as now; hard to believe, all credits and the theme played without interruption. In 1963, my family went to Disney in California and returned through Gallup, New Mexico where we spent the night in a motel. That afternoon, I walked around and spotted none other than Jack Elam; he was smoking a cigarette unlike anyone else I have ever seen. It was lit and he cupped it with the lit end near his palm. There was a movie in production which I think was "A Distant Trumpet'"; Bartlett Robinson and others were in the restaurant that night. The next morning after breakfast, my family walked around and came to the pool where we found Mr. Elam and the bad guy in Caleb, Lane Bradford. The two were so engaging and friendly. Mr. Bradford had been in many of the serials of the fifties, in westerns and G-Man shows, so he'd been around about 15 years then. He was a lot of fun and laughed that others came up to him remembering then from their preteen years. He said now they are bigger than he; he was big enough. I was about 6-1 in those days and he and Mr. Elam had about an inch on me and Mr. Bradford was quite formidable. They were actors like Denver Pyle, very professional and very believable in every role, often better at their trade than the stars of a production. When Mr. Bradford menaced John Dehner, I still remember he's not really that mean, but he plays a mean guy on TV. I have to salute John Dehner also, one of the best of the best for the same reason.