tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post7755576373194959610..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Mike Connors, R. I. P.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-64141621903342838502017-01-27T11:14:17.844-06:002017-01-27T11:14:17.844-06:00I always enjoyed the show. But wait--a Dodge Dart...I always enjoyed the show. But wait--a Dodge Dart was a "muscle car"?Mike Stammnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-88958204570265292532017-01-27T06:21:04.140-06:002017-01-27T06:21:04.140-06:00The NY Times has a much better obituary.
They cal...The NY Times has a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/arts/mike-connors-mannix-dies.html" rel="nofollow">much better obituary</a>.<br /><br />They call hiM "glass-jawed" rather than "Square-jawed" as Mannix got knocked unconscious <i>55 times</i> during the course of the show. They also mention the Roger Corman films (including SWAMP WOMEN) and TEN COMMANDMENTS.<br />Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-343983738411441982017-01-27T06:15:54.823-06:002017-01-27T06:15:54.823-06:00That was THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, of course.That was THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, of course.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-36237449293991555562017-01-27T06:15:28.505-06:002017-01-27T06:15:28.505-06:00I remember fondly his "Touch" Connors da...I remember fondly his "Touch" Connors days in early movies by Roger Corman. We always enjoy the scene when Touch and his sidekicks try to muscle Yvonne De Carlo away from the well so they can water their livestock first, only to have Moses (in the person of Charlton Heston) crack his head with his staff.<br /><br />RIPJeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-38897668813295306872017-01-27T06:06:58.454-06:002017-01-27T06:06:58.454-06:00One of my favorite exchanges on SEINFELD. George a...One of my favorite exchanges on SEINFELD. George and Jerry have inadvertently gotten into a limousine belonging to a white supremacist. They discuss how they can escape:<br /><br />GEORGE: "Look, let's just jump out of the car."<br /><br />JERRY: "We're doing 60 miles an hour!"<br /><br />GEORGE: "So we jump and roll, you won't get hurt."<br /><br />JERRY: "Jump and roll? Who are you--Mannix?"Debnoreply@blogger.com