Over here it called ''syltelabb'' ... acctually never had itkikibalt wrote:Okay, but would you eat a pickled pork feet????...How about the rest of you guys????.....Rick Farris wrote:C'Mon Frank. We gringos know good Mexican food because of Taco Bell. There is one on nearly every corner. A gabacho kinda place.kikibalt wrote: You can have all the taco bell to yourself, Paul....
but i would try it in a blink of an eye... 
Wow, I would never suspect that. A product out of NY famed Actors Studio and all.Rick Farris wrote:Charlie, I worked with Brando on The Formula. He read all of his lines off of que cards.CNorkusJr wrote:Thanks for the Superman posts Rick. It sounds like they are going back once again to the original beginnings of the "Superman" story for the film(as compared to taking up a new adventure against a foe and Superman already existed).
I thought Marlon Brando was good as his Kryptonite dad,maybe another could have been cast better, but I like Brando. If there was an actor who ever beat to his own drum-no pun intended- it was Brando, or maybe that was the personnae that he wanted us to know.
Its tough to tell with these Hollywood actors.
Nicholson is another guy I like. It seems to me he is a whole lot different off camera than on camera. Sounds like a real down to earth guy.
To me -one of Hollywoods last true legends.
These kids today have no personality-Cruise,Cage,Cusack even Travolta seems bland.
Charlie Sheen-now theres a guy who knows how to ramp up self-promotion. If he was only half as nuts as he portrays himself now.Watch how many movies he gets out of this act he doing.
I had read that. Apparently, he used cue cards pretty much his whole career. He refused to memorize his lines and claimed it was more natural that way - reasoning that people seldom memorize the lines they say in real life. (Yeah, and they don't read off cue cards in real life either, dummy!) He also claimed that he ad-libbed the famous "I coulda been a contender" scene in On the Waterfront.CNorkusJr wrote:Wow, I would never suspect that. A product out of NY famed Actors Studio and all.Rick Farris wrote:Charlie, I worked with Brando on The Formula. He read all of his lines off of que cards.CNorkusJr wrote:Thanks for the Superman posts Rick. It sounds like they are going back once again to the original beginnings of the "Superman" story for the film(as compared to taking up a new adventure against a foe and Superman already existed).
I thought Marlon Brando was good as his Kryptonite dad,maybe another could have been cast better, but I like Brando. If there was an actor who ever beat to his own drum-no pun intended- it was Brando, or maybe that was the personnae that he wanted us to know.
Its tough to tell with these Hollywood actors.
Nicholson is another guy I like. It seems to me he is a whole lot different off camera than on camera. Sounds like a real down to earth guy.
To me -one of Hollywoods last true legends.
These kids today have no personality-Cruise,Cage,Cusack even Travolta seems bland.
Charlie Sheen-now theres a guy who knows how to ramp up self-promotion. If he was only half as nuts as he portrays himself now.Watch how many movies he gets out of this act he doing.
Method Actor.I wonder if he did for most of his career ? Either way-he was Brando,and had that act all to himself.
It must have took forever to film that movie "The Formula ".
Accordingly to another story, when filming The Godfather, Robert Duvall became so exasperated about cue cards and lines being written on inanimate objects all over the set that he yelled at Brando, "Marlon! you fat lazy %^$##^, why don't you memorize your lines??" 
CNorkusJr wrote:Wow, I would never suspect that. A product out of NY famed Actors Studio and all.Rick Farris wrote:Charlie, I worked with Brando on The Formula. He read all of his lines off of que cards.CNorkusJr wrote:Thanks for the Superman posts Rick. It sounds like they are going back once again to the original beginnings of the "Superman" story for the film(as compared to taking up a new adventure against a foe and Superman already existed).
I thought Marlon Brando was good as his Kryptonite dad,maybe another could have been cast better, but I like Brando. If there was an actor who ever beat to his own drum-no pun intended- it was Brando, or maybe that was the personnae that he wanted us to know.
Its tough to tell with these Hollywood actors.
Nicholson is another guy I like. It seems to me he is a whole lot different off camera than on camera. Sounds like a real down to earth guy.
To me -one of Hollywoods last true legends.
These kids today have no personality-Cruise,Cage,Cusack even Travolta seems bland.
Charlie Sheen-now theres a guy who knows how to ramp up self-promotion. If he was only half as nuts as he portrays himself now.Watch how many movies he gets out of this act he doing.
Method Actor.I wonder if he did for most of his career ? Either way-he was Brando,and had that act all to himself.
It must have took forever to film that movie "The Formula ".
Remy, have you ever eaten Swedish surströmming?Panzerfaust wrote:Over here it called ''syltelabb'' ... acctually never had itkikibalt wrote:Okay, but would you eat a pickled pork feet????...How about the rest of you guys????.....Rick Farris wrote: C'Mon Frank. We gringos know good Mexican food because of Taco Bell. There is one on nearly every corner. A gabacho kinda place.
Yeah, Ron was the man. He went blind in the last few years of his life and still banged out his pieces.scartissue wrote:Bennie, do you remember Ron Olver's column, "The Professionals"? It was one of the first articles I would hit when my BN came in the post. I didn't agree with everything Ron would write but man, he could write a very vivid story on a fighter's rise to a possible shot at a British title.bennie wrote:I was only chatting to Simon Euan-Smith the other day. He is 62 now and does the old-timers' section in BN. He's a fine writer.Flump wrote:
Scartissue
Nice pic, Randy.Randyman wrote:Rick, Amy Adams is my favorite of the current young actresses. She has a very special quality about her that reminds me of the actresses of the past eras. I loved her in "the Fighter".Rick Farris wrote:The Fighter's Amy Adams will play Lois Lane in the next Superman feature.
My daughter Meranda met her last year and had nothing but good things to say about her. She was gracious enough to take this photo with my granddaughters Maddie and Mariah.
Scartissue, I'm afraid a lot of my collection has been lost in house moves etc but I'm trying to pick up some stuff where possible, if there's anything else of West Coast interest I'll post it.scartissue wrote:Flump, thanks for posting this. I used to love reading Boxing News. Subscribed to it for years, but after Harry Mullan passed away it just never seemed the same under Claude Abrams. Perhaps the same editorial policies and such didn't jive with him. I gave it a year under Claude and let it lapse. I always loved the way BN writers would break a fight down and boldly make a prediction on a fight's outcome. This was great on Lopez-Stracey. Do you have a collection dating back?Flump wrote:As this now legendary thread started with Ernie Indian Red Lopez I though you might be interested in some articles that appeared in the British Boxing News just before the John H Stracey fight in London in 1974. Keep going guys, it's been an education, inside and outside the ropes.
Scartissue
Ditto!!bennie wrote:Nice pic, Randy.Randyman wrote:Rick, Amy Adams is my favorite of the current young actresses. She has a very special quality about her that reminds me of the actresses of the past eras. I loved her in "the Fighter".Rick Farris wrote:The Fighter's Amy Adams will play Lois Lane in the next Superman feature.
My daughter Meranda met her last year and had nothing but good things to say about her. She was gracious enough to take this photo with my granddaughters Maddie and Mariah.
Flump, I don't think it was so much under-handed as it was that Harry had gotten very sick with his cancer and announced he would be stepping down. He passed away shortly thereafter. However the baton was passed I don't know, but it lost something in the transition. If you have any more issues from that era, I would love to read what BN reported on the 1st Napoles-Muniz fight and Rodolfo Gonzalez' title fights with Carmona-Navarro-Puddu. Thanks, dude. Those reports on Lopez-Stracey were terrific.Flump wrote:Scartissue, I'm afraid a lot of my collection has been lost in house moves etc but I'm trying to pick up some stuff where possible, if there's anything else of West Coast interest I'll post it.scartissue wrote:Flump, thanks for posting this. I used to love reading Boxing News. Subscribed to it for years, but after Harry Mullan passed away it just never seemed the same under Claude Abrams. Perhaps the same editorial policies and such didn't jive with him. I gave it a year under Claude and let it lapse. I always loved the way BN writers would break a fight down and boldly make a prediction on a fight's outcome. This was great on Lopez-Stracey. Do you have a collection dating back?Flump wrote:As this now legendary thread started with Ernie Indian Red Lopez I though you might be interested in some articles that appeared in the British Boxing News just before the John H Stracey fight in London in 1974. Keep going guys, it's been an education, inside and outside the ropes.
Scartissue
You're right about Claude Abrams, I remember a year or so before Mullan left BN Abrams' writing suddenly became more flamboyant and bold, then I realised why as Mullan was seemingly eased out of the door, Bennie would be better placed to know if there was anything underhand going on. Mullan and his staff in the 70's and 80's were talented, honest and produced a great paper. Abrams once proclaimed Roy Jones Jr as the greatest fighter of all time. I think I'll leave it at that....
British Boxing News was a terrific publication. For some reason, I got complimentary issues for about two-years in the mid-1970s, and I looked forward to receiving those each and every time. For a while, when Iwas getting my journalism degree, I thought about starting something similar in the US: "American Boxng News." But I couldn't find any investors, and the idea died on the vine.scartissue wrote:Flump, I don't think it was so much under-handed as it was that Harry had gotten very sick with his cancer and announced he would be stepping down. He passed away shortly thereafter. However the baton was passed I don't know, but it lost something in the transition. If you have any more issues from that era, I would love to read what BN reported on the 1st Napoles-Muniz fight and Rodolfo Gonzalez' title fights with Carmona-Navarro-Puddu. Thanks, dude. Those reports on Lopez-Stracey were terrific.Flump wrote:Scartissue, I'm afraid a lot of my collection has been lost in house moves etc but I'm trying to pick up some stuff where possible, if there's anything else of West Coast interest I'll post it.scartissue wrote: Flump, thanks for posting this. I used to love reading Boxing News. Subscribed to it for years, but after Harry Mullan passed away it just never seemed the same under Claude Abrams. Perhaps the same editorial policies and such didn't jive with him. I gave it a year under Claude and let it lapse. I always loved the way BN writers would break a fight down and boldly make a prediction on a fight's outcome. This was great on Lopez-Stracey. Do you have a collection dating back?
Scartissue
You're right about Claude Abrams, I remember a year or so before Mullan left BN Abrams' writing suddenly became more flamboyant and bold, then I realised why as Mullan was seemingly eased out of the door, Bennie would be better placed to know if there was anything underhand going on. Mullan and his staff in the 70's and 80's were talented, honest and produced a great paper. Abrams once proclaimed Roy Jones Jr as the greatest fighter of all time. I think I'll leave it at that....
Scartissue
A trio of lovely ladies!bennie wrote:Nice pic, Randy.Randyman wrote:Rick, Amy Adams is my favorite of the current young actresses. She has a very special quality about her that reminds me of the actresses of the past eras. I loved her in "the Fighter".Rick Farris wrote:The Fighter's Amy Adams will play Lois Lane in the next Superman feature.
My daughter Meranda met her last year and had nothing but good things to say about her. She was gracious enough to take this photo with my granddaughters Maddie and Mariah.
Tom, id rather die!raylawpc wrote:Remy, have you ever eaten Swedish surströmming?Panzerfaust wrote:Over here it called ''syltelabb'' ... acctually never had itkikibalt wrote: Okay, but would you eat a pickled pork feet????...How about the rest of you guys????.....
Panzerfaust wrote:Tom, id rather die!raylawpc wrote:Remy, have you ever eaten Swedish surströmming?Panzerfaust wrote: Over here it called ''syltelabb'' ... acctually never had it
I wanted to try it when I was in Sweden - but I couldn't get past the smell! Thanks for the info.Rick Farris wrote:CNorkusJr wrote:Wow, I would never suspect that. A product out of NY famed Actors Studio and all.Rick Farris wrote: Charlie, I worked with Brando on The Formula. He read all of his lines off of que cards.
Method Actor.I wonder if he did for most of his career ? Either way-he was Brando,and had that act all to himself.
It must have took forever to film that movie "The Formula ".
Actually, we filmed it on schedule and under budget. His co-star was George C. Scott.
They came to the set, and they did it perfect the first time. The que cards were used on all of his films according to those who worked with him.
If you think back to the very first scene in the first Superman film with Christopher Reeve, Brando's small scene opens the film, and you see him walking around in a set of crystal. Brando was reading his lines off cards strategically held by production assistants. That one was filmed in England.
We didn't use a teleprompter system, just Q cards.
I can't think of an actor superior to Marlon Brando.
Thats pretty funny Remy. LOLPanzerfaust wrote:Tom, id rather die!raylawpc wrote: Remy, have you ever eaten Swedish surströmming?
Its going to take more than one visit to sweat the devil out of Don.....Rick Farris wrote:"Little Brother" . . .
I took the day off work. I did it because I didn't feel like going, something I'd have never done when I was young.
I'm working with a few guys I broke in with, my buddies, we take care of each other.
When you grow up in Burbank, you live close to many people who work in the film industry, cameramen, make-up artists, lighting techs, grips, actors, writers, etc.
Burbank is home to the Warner Brothers Studios, Walt Disney Studios/ABC Headquarters, Universal Studios is located in Burbank's Toluca Lake area, NBC Studios where the "The Tonight Show" is taped several days a week, and the Columbia Studios Ranch facility.
The TV series, "The Wonder Years" was filmed on the street I grew up on. The "Arnold family" home location was directly across the street from my mothers house.
My mother said the location reps would pay all of the neighbors a $100 to park their cars in the garage instead of on the street or driveway. The series was a period production and the newer model cars would compromise the time period. The series was set in the late 60's (which would have been the time I lived there), but it was early 90's when the series was filmed.
My grandmother's home, on Catalina Street, was located in the middle of the block between Oak St. and Verdugo, a small 2 bedroom house on a big lot where I spent most my time as a kid. Around the corner on Oak St., about 3 blocks down is a small 2 bedroom home on a corner across fron Stevenson Elementary School. This was where actor/director Ron Howard grew up. We'd see him in the neighborhood, usually with his parents and younger brother, Clint. Clint was himself a child star of the series, "Gentle Ben". They boys were raised conservativly, and Ron Howard attended Burbank schools when not on the set. He married his high school girlfriend, attended USC Film School with George Lukas, Spielberg, etc. Ron Howard was unpretentious, drove a VW Beetle, stayed in the neighborhood until his late 20's. There was Happy Days, American Graffiti, The Shootist, and now he is an A List director/producer. One of the best film makers on the planet.
Little brother Clint, as a kid, was a cute little boy, and a brilliant actor. Before getting his own series, he appeared in an episode of the "Twilight Zone" and got great reviews.
Clint Howard was suddenly one of those hot kid actors, but unlike his brother, that's where things would end.
Teen years made the cute kid an awkward looking charactor, and he rarely worked. In recent years he's been seen in speaking rolls in all of his brother Ron's films, but that's about it.
Today we crossed paths again, as we did decades back, when he and Ron were at the slot car track (always with both mom and dad, charactor actor Rance Howard. In the early 60's, the slot car track was one of my boyhood haunts. It's where I got into a lot of fights, in the alley behind. Lots of trouble before I stepped into a junior golden gloves ring.
I once played Ronny Howard one-on-one when he challenged me to game of basketball. He and I were the only kids on the Verdugo Park Gym floor, but that was the only time I spoke with him directly, until I worked with him years later on "Far & Away". He was a year younger than me, both about the same size. He beat me in that game by two points. Today I saw Clint at a local spa where I go for saunas. It's in our old neighborhood. I live about 15 minutes away in Studio City, Clint tells me he lives just a few blocks away, same neighborhood where we grew up. We commented on the relaxation and benefits of our sauna visits. You pull the tag line running across the ceiling and water is sprayed onto the hot rocks, creating steam in a better way than when pumped thru pipes. It's where I go to escape, clean out the toxins. "I'm not a rich man," Clint Howard remarked, "but I can afford a few bucks for this once a week. A great way to regenerate myself."
His brother Ron is wealthy beyond belief. Two brothers, same direction, different destinations.
Clint was right about the benefits of "The Burbank Spa". I've been doing this since my 20's, regardless of my good habits or bad, I don't go long with out visiting my friends from Finland. It's a real Finnish Spa, and I've known the family for about twenty years now, used to date one of the sisters.
It's where I go to sweat the devil out.
This Sunday I'm going to take Don Fraser to the Burbank Spa. It's going to sweat the devil out of Don, as well.
kikibalt wrote:Its going to take more than one visit to sweat the devil out of Don.....Rick Farris wrote:"Little Brother" . . .
I took the day off work. I did it because I didn't feel like going, something I'd have never done when I was young.
I'm working with a few guys I broke in with, my buddies, we take care of each other.
When you grow up in Burbank, you live close to many people who work in the film industry, cameramen, make-up artists, lighting techs, grips, actors, writers, etc.
Burbank is home to the Warner Brothers Studios, Walt Disney Studios/ABC Headquarters, Universal Studios is located in Burbank's Toluca Lake area, NBC Studios where the "The Tonight Show" is taped several days a week, and the Columbia Studios Ranch facility.
The TV series, "The Wonder Years" was filmed on the street I grew up on. The "Arnold family" home location was directly across the street from my mothers house.
My mother said the location reps would pay all of the neighbors a $100 to park their cars in the garage instead of on the street or driveway. The series was a period production and the newer model cars would compromise the time period. The series was set in the late 60's (which would have been the time I lived there), but it was early 90's when the series was filmed.
My grandmother's home, on Catalina Street, was located in the middle of the block between Oak St. and Verdugo, a small 2 bedroom house on a big lot where I spent most my time as a kid. Around the corner on Oak St., about 3 blocks down is a small 2 bedroom home on a corner across fron Stevenson Elementary School. This was where actor/director Ron Howard grew up. We'd see him in the neighborhood, usually with his parents and younger brother, Clint. Clint was himself a child star of the series, "Gentle Ben". They boys were raised conservativly, and Ron Howard attended Burbank schools when not on the set. He married his high school girlfriend, attended USC Film School with George Lukas, Spielberg, etc. Ron Howard was unpretentious, drove a VW Beetle, stayed in the neighborhood until his late 20's. There was Happy Days, American Graffiti, The Shootist, and now he is an A List director/producer. One of the best film makers on the planet.
Little brother Clint, as a kid, was a cute little boy, and a brilliant actor. Before getting his own series, he appeared in an episode of the "Twilight Zone" and got great reviews.
Clint Howard was suddenly one of those hot kid actors, but unlike his brother, that's where things would end.
Teen years made the cute kid an awkward looking charactor, and he rarely worked. In recent years he's been seen in speaking rolls in all of his brother Ron's films, but that's about it.
Today we crossed paths again, as we did decades back, when he and Ron were at the slot car track (always with both mom and dad, charactor actor Rance Howard. In the early 60's, the slot car track was one of my boyhood haunts. It's where I got into a lot of fights, in the alley behind. Lots of trouble before I stepped into a junior golden gloves ring.
I once played Ronny Howard one-on-one when he challenged me to game of basketball. He and I were the only kids on the Verdugo Park Gym floor, but that was the only time I spoke with him directly, until I worked with him years later on "Far & Away". He was a year younger than me, both about the same size. He beat me in that game by two points. Today I saw Clint at a local spa where I go for saunas. It's in our old neighborhood. I live about 15 minutes away in Studio City, Clint tells me he lives just a few blocks away, same neighborhood where we grew up. We commented on the relaxation and benefits of our sauna visits. You pull the tag line running across the ceiling and water is sprayed onto the hot rocks, creating steam in a better way than when pumped thru pipes. It's where I go to escape, clean out the toxins. "I'm not a rich man," Clint Howard remarked, "but I can afford a few bucks for this once a week. A great way to regenerate myself."
His brother Ron is wealthy beyond belief. Two brothers, same direction, different destinations.
Clint was right about the benefits of "The Burbank Spa". I've been doing this since my 20's, regardless of my good habits or bad, I don't go long with out visiting my friends from Finland. It's a real Finnish Spa, and I've known the family for about twenty years now, used to date one of the sisters.
It's where I go to sweat the devil out.
This Sunday I'm going to take Don Fraser to the Burbank Spa. It's going to sweat the devil out of Don, as well.
Windmill White - Hall of Famer . . .Chuck1052 wrote:In today's edition of the Ventura County Star, there is a fine article about Ray "Windmill" White and four other former Ventura County sports figures who were selected for induction into the Ventura County Hall of Fame. Most of the article is devoted to White, who appears to be alive and well at the age of 72, teaching people boxing skills in Ventura.
- Chuck Johnston
Great story Rick, I assume the "wonder Years" house was for exterior shots only and all interior stuff was in studio,not the house across from your moms. They would tie up the whole block for hours if they did,right ? Did the Arnold family shoot any scenes right on that block ? must have been real neat for the "regular" neigjhbors.Rick Farris wrote:"Little Brother" . . .
I took the day off work. I did it because I didn't feel like going, something I'd have never done when I was young.
I'm working with a few guys I broke in with, my buddies, we take care of each other.
The great thing is several of their sons are also working with us, the next generation. These kids grew up hearing our names, we get respect.
When you grow up in Burbank, you live close to many people who work in the film industry, cameramen, make-up artists, lighting techs, grips, actors, writers, etc.
Burbank is home to generations of film professionals, as well as the Warner Brothers Studios, Walt Disney Studios/ABC Headquarters, Universal Studios is located in Burbank's Toluca Lake area, NBC Studios where the "The Tonight Show" is taped several days a week, and the Columbia Studios Ranch facility. People like to live close to their work, and Burbank is the true Media Center of Southern Cal, as well as the rest of the world. Unlike most cities in Southern Cal, Burbank has no budget problems, it has movie studios.
The TV series, "The Wonder Years" was filmed on the street I grew up on. The "Arnold family" home location was directly across the street from my mothers house.
My mother said the location reps would pay all of the neighbors a $100 to park their cars in the garage instead of on the street or driveway. The series was a period production and the newer model cars would compromise the time period. The series was set in the late 60's (which would have been the time I lived there), but it was early 90's when the series was filmed.
My grandmother's home, on Catalina Street, was located in the middle of the block between Oak St. and Verdugo, a small 2 bedroom house on a big lot where I spent most my time as a kid. Around the corner on Oak St., about 3 blocks down is a small 2 bedroom home on a corner across fron Stevenson Elementary School. This was where actor/director Ron Howard grew up. We'd see him in the neighborhood, usually with his parents and younger brother, Clint. Clint was himself a child star of the series, "Gentle Ben". They boys were raised conservativly, and Ron Howard attended Burbank schools when not on the set. He married his high school girlfriend, attended USC Film School with George Lukas, Spielberg, etc. Ron Howard was unpretentious, drove a VW Beetle, stayed in the neighborhood until his late 20's. There was Happy Days, American Graffiti, The Shootist, and now he is an A List director/producer. One of the best film makers on the planet.
Little brother Clint, as a kid, was a cute little boy, and a brilliant actor. Before getting his own series, he appeared in an episode of the "Twilight Zone" and got great reviews.
Clint Howard was suddenly one of those hot kid actors, but unlike his brother, that's where things would end.
Teen years made the cute kid an awkward looking charactor, and he rarely worked. In recent years he's been seen in speaking rolls in all of his brother Ron's films, but that's about it.
Today we crossed paths again, as we did decades back, when he and Ron were at the slot car track (always with both mom and dad, charactor actor Rance Howard. In the early 60's, the slot car track was one of my boyhood haunts. It's where I got into a lot of fights, in the alley behind. Lots of trouble before I stepped into a junior golden gloves ring.
I once played Ronny Howard one-on-one when he challenged me to game of basketball. He and I were the only kids on the Verdugo Park Gym floor, but that was the only time I spoke with him directly, until I worked with him years later on "Far & Away". He was a year younger than me, both about the same size. He beat me in that game by two points. Today I saw Clint at a local spa where I go for saunas. It's in our old neighborhood. I live about 15 minutes away in Studio City, Clint tells me he lives just a few blocks away, same neighborhood where we grew up. We commented on the relaxation and benefits of our sauna visits. You pull the tag line running across the ceiling and water is sprayed onto the hot rocks, creating steam in a better way than when pumped thru pipes. It's where I go to escape, clean out the toxins. "I'm not a rich man," Clint Howard remarked, "but I can afford a few bucks for this once a week. A great way to regenerate myself."
His brother Ron is wealthy beyond belief. Two brothers, same direction, different destinations.
Clint was right about the benefits of "The Burbank Spa". I've been doing this since my 20's, regardless of my good habits or bad, I don't go long with out visiting my friends from Finland. It's a real Finnish Spa, and I've known the family for about twenty years now, used to date one of the sisters.
It's where I go to sweat the devil out.
This Sunday I'm going to take Don Fraser to the Burbank Spa. It's going to sweat the devil out of Don, as well.
