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Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 18 Aug 2011, 22:57
by Rick Farris
CNorkusJr wrote:Tom, love the carneval story.Keep em coming is right.
Dyan Cannon- wasn't she the one who married Gregory Peck ?
My memory slips like the training on an old buick.
That was Cary Grant. The two have a beautiful daughter, Jennifer Grant. Stunning!
I met her a couple of times on the set when she was with Dyan.
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 18 Aug 2011, 23:05
by Rick Farris
Rick Farris wrote:kikibalt wrote:coach greg v wrote:
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rothfl
Who is Cheech and who is Chong??...
Everybody Loves Willie . . .
Hey, a Willie Nelson gift bag comes to mind from days gone by.
Willie had a bus, and he smoked so much pot in it that it smelled of THC. It went right into the woodwork of this beautiful tour bus. This is recent.
So he had been caught with weed before in his bus, and it's always publicized, etc. So he stops attempting to cross borders in posession of Marijuana.
As he's crossing over into Canada, the search dogs smell the THC in the walls and go crazy. They tear apart the bus and find nothing.
Willie was released, and he bought a new bus.
A close friend of mine is close with Willie Nelson. I've worked with him, years ago on The Electric Horseman and later on Honeysuckle Rose.
I'll never forget a little unofficial wrap party on the last day of production for Horseman. We were in St. George, Utah. On the last day we filmed, Willie had rented the American Legion Hall and he'd sent for his band, and they went on stage and performed for the cast & crew, and a few locals. What a fun time it was, many years ago. We were all young and I remember looking around the room as Willie sang a ballad, and Redford was there, and Jane Fonda, actor Richard Farnsworth and Wilfred Brimley.
Just a great guy. Everybody loves Willie.
And I forgot to mention one of the greatest directors ever, the late Sydney Pollack.
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 18 Aug 2011, 23:15
by coach greg v
Rick Farris wrote:Rick Farris wrote:kikibalt wrote:
Who is Cheech and who is Chong??...
Everybody Loves Willie . . .
Hey, a Willie Nelson gift bag comes to mind from days gone by.
Willie had a bus, and he smoked so much pot in it that it smelled of THC. It went right into the woodwork of this beautiful tour bus. This is recent.
So he had been caught with weed before in his bus, and it's always publicized, etc. So he stops attempting to cross borders in posession of Marijuana.
As he's crossing over into Canada, the search dogs smell the THC in the walls and go crazy. They tear apart the bus and find nothing.
Willie was released, and he bought a new bus.
A close friend of mine is close with Willie Nelson. I've worked with him, years ago on The Electric Horseman and later on Honeysuckle Rose.
I'll never forget a little unofficial wrap party on the last day of production for Horseman. We were in St. George, Utah. On the last day we filmed, Willie had rented the American Legion Hall and he'd sent for his band, and they went on stage and performed for the cast & crew, and a few locals. What a fun time it was, many years ago. We were all young and I remember looking around the room as Willie sang a ballad, and Redford was there, and Jane Fonda, actor Richard Farnsworth and Wilfred Brimley.
Just a great guy. Everybody loves Willie.
And I forgot to mention one of the greatest directors ever, the late Sydney Pollack.
.yes sydney was good and alot of people do not know willies song ...HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE.ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE HEARD FORM HIM....
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 18 Aug 2011, 23:27
by Rick Farris
Speaking of Robert Redford . . . today he turned 75.
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 00:04
by Rick Farris
1967 - The Turtles "So Happy Together" (from the Smothers Brothers CBS-TV)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdUjmDjm ... re=related
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 07:32
by kikibalt
Having my first cup of café, will have one more before breakfast, then one more with breakfast...
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 07:43
by kikibalt
Jesus Pimental interview
http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/blog/?p=9837#more-9837
Touching Gloves....Jesus Pimental
By Dan Hanley
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 10:14
by coach greg v
kikibalt wrote:Having my first cup of café, will have one more before breakfast, then one more with breakfast...
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I sure feel like a old man rising at 7:15
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 10:30
by Rick Farris
Great story, Dan!
Pimentel was one of the best of a great era.
Besides the great Mexican 118 pounders, you had Jofre, Harada, Rose, Rudkin, etc.
Sadly, bad management kept him from challenging Harada & Jofre.
At the time, both were struggling with weight, and Pimentel was at his hard-hitting best.
Great insight on the sour relationship between Kabakoff and George Parnassus
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 10:35
by Panzerfaust
Rick Farris wrote:
Great story, Dan!
Pimentel was one of the best of a great era.
Besides the great Mexican 118 pounders, you had Jofre, Harada, Rose, Rudkin, etc.
Sadly, bad management kept him from challenging Harada & Jofre.
At the time, both were struggling with weight, and Pimentel was at his hard-hitting best.
Great insight on the sour relationship between Kabakoff and George Parnassus
Anyone know what Kabakoff and Parnassus had a falling out about?
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 10:35
by Rick Farris
kikibalt wrote:Having my first cup of café, will have one more before breakfast, then one more with breakfast...
It's 7:30 and I'm on my only cup for the day.
This has been a prep week for me, which means I go in later in the morning and done early in the afternoon.
However, next week? 70 hours?
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 10:39
by Rick Farris
Panzerfaust wrote:Rick Farris wrote:
Great story, Dan!
Pimentel was one of the best of a great era.
Besides the great Mexican 118 pounders, you had Jofre, Harada, Rose, Rudkin, etc.
Sadly, bad management kept him from challenging Harada & Jofre.
At the time, both were struggling with weight, and Pimentel was at his hard-hitting best.
Great insight on the sour relationship between Kabakoff and George Parnassus
Anyone know what Kabakoff and Parnassus had a falling out about?
I don't know, Remy. Maybe George didn't like Harry's Hawaiian shirts?
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 10:42
by kikibalt
Tony Baltazar v Robin Blake
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 10:45
by kikibalt
Rick Farris wrote:Panzerfaust wrote:Rick Farris wrote:
Great story, Dan!
Pimentel was one of the best of a great era.
Besides the great Mexican 118 pounders, you had Jofre, Harada, Rose, Rudkin, etc.
Sadly, bad management kept him from challenging Harada & Jofre.
At the time, both were struggling with weight, and Pimentel was at his hard-hitting best.
Great insight on the sour relationship between Kabakoff and George Parnassus
Anyone know what Kabakoff and Parnassus had a falling out about?
I don't know, Remy. Maybe George didn't like Harry's Hawaiian shirts?
Not too many people liked Harry...
...I saw him get his ass kicked one time at the Olympic...
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 11:07
by Rick Farris
kikibalt wrote:Rick Farris wrote:Panzerfaust wrote:
Anyone know what Kabakoff and Parnassus had a falling out about?
I don't know, Remy. Maybe George didn't like Harry's Hawaiian shirts?
Not too many people liked Harry...
...I saw him get his ass kicked one time at the Olympic...
Ruben Navarro said he was a crook. How surprising!
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 11:10
by kikibalt
Rick Farris wrote:kikibalt wrote:Rick Farris wrote:
I don't know, Remy. Maybe George didn't like Harry's Hawaiian shirts?
Not too many people liked Harry...
...I saw him get his ass kicked one time at the Olympic...
Ruben Navarro said he was a crook. How surprising!
Ruben could spot a crook, after all he came out of Maravilla...
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 11:20
by coach greg v
kikibalt wrote:Rick Farris wrote:kikibalt wrote:
Not too many people liked Harry...
...I saw him get his ass kicked one time at the Olympic...
Ruben Navarro said he was a crook. How surprising!
Ruben could spot a crook, after all he came out of Maravilla...
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can you imagine a crook in boxing????
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 11:48
by kikibalt
Charlie El Jefe, is now 77 years old. He don't get around much anymore.
Couple of years ago he was on the lam until he got busted, he was lookin'
at doing some time, but I bailed him out and Tom The Lawyer worked out a
deal for him, one that he couldn't say no to..Before Tom The Lawyer worked
out the deal Rick and I were already buying cigarettes for him so he could use
them for money in the big house.
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 11:50
by coach greg v
kikibalt wrote:
Charlie El Jefe, is now 77 years old. He don't get around much anymore.
Couple of years ago he was on the lam until he got busted, he was lookin'
at doing some time, but I bailed him out and Tom The Lawyer worked out a
deal for him, one that he couldn't say no to..Before Tom The Lawyer worked
out the deal Rick and I were already buying cigarettes for him so he could use
them for money in the big house.
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rothfl
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 12:01
by Rick Farris
coach greg v wrote:kikibalt wrote:
Charlie El Jefe, is now 77 years old. He don't get around much anymore.
Couple of years ago he was on the lam until he got busted, he was lookin'
at doing some time, but I bailed him out and Tom The Lawyer worked out a
deal for him, one that he couldn't say no to..Before Tom The Lawyer worked
out the deal Rick and I were already buying cigarettes for him so he could use
them for money in the big house.
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rothfl
Charlie is the man. Nobody questions "El Jefe"
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 12:13
by kikibalt
Rick Farris wrote:coach greg v wrote:kikibalt wrote:
Charlie El Jefe, is now 77 years old. He don't get around much anymore.
Couple of years ago he was on the lam until he got busted, he was lookin'
at doing some time, but I bailed him out and Tom The Lawyer worked out a
deal for him, one that he couldn't say no to..Before Tom The Lawyer worked
out the deal Rick and I were already buying cigarettes for him so he could use
them for money in the big house.
>
rothfl
Charlie is the man. Nobody questions "El Jefe"
His homie's from Punete still come and visit The Don, kiss his ring, ask for a favor or two,
most of the time he says yes, now and then he'll say "forgetaboutit!!"...
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 12:17
by coach greg v
kikibalt wrote:Rick Farris wrote:coach greg v wrote:
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rothfl
Charlie is the man. Nobody questions "El Jefe"
His homie's from Punete still come and visit The Don, kiss his ring, ask for a favor or two,
most of the he says yes, now and then he'll say "forgetaboutit!!"...
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since the sopranos are not on sunday nights. nothing has filled the vacuum. forgetaboutit!!!
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 12:36
by scartissue
Rick Farris wrote:
Great story, Dan!
Pimentel was one of the best of a great era.
Besides the great Mexican 118 pounders, you had Jofre, Harada, Rose, Rudkin, etc.
Sadly, bad management kept him from challenging Harada & Jofre.
At the time, both were struggling with weight, and Pimentel was at his hard-hitting best.
Great insight on the sour relationship between Kabakoff and George Parnassus
Thanks, guys, and Frankie, thanks for that first photo, it really set it off.
Scartissue
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 12:37
by CNorkusJr
http://dailycaller.com/2011/08/17/brita ... al-utopia/
Saw this on the wire the other day. Bennie-sounds like tough times ahead.
Re: Classic American West Coast Boxing
Posted: 19 Aug 2011, 13:50
by kikibalt
scartissue wrote:Rick Farris wrote:
Great story, Dan!
Pimentel was one of the best of a great era.
Besides the great Mexican 118 pounders, you had Jofre, Harada, Rose, Rudkin, etc.
Sadly, bad management kept him from challenging Harada & Jofre.
At the time, both were struggling with weight, and Pimentel was at his hard-hitting best.
Great insight on the sour relationship between Kabakoff and George Parnassus
Thanks, guys, and Frankie, thanks for that first photo, it really set it off.
Scartissue