HurricaneWrestling2 492 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, MadMardigain said: I’ll take your Henry Lee Lucas and raise you one Henry Lee Summers I call... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westfan 1 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, TobusRex said: Great actor. I had a lot of respect for Lee Marvin, although he was a bit of a hound (remember: he was the first bigtime actor to lose a "palimony" suit to an ex-girlfriend). Usually played the bad guy in movies, and sometimes "good" bad guys (like Maj Reichmann). Contrast that with John Wayne: pulled strings to avoid serving. First he claimed his career would suffer and people would "forget him" if he went off to war. Yeah, he was only in the biggest goddamn western of all time in 1939 ("Stagecoach). Eventually got a draft deferment for "family reasons", then proceeded to leave his wife and pound the hell out of Marlene Dietrich. Got a completely undeserved reputation as an "American Hero" which he ran with the rest of his life. Actual WW2 veterans more often than not held him in contempt and considered him a phony (which he was). John Ford mocked John Wayne after the war for never serving. Yeah, not a big fan of the Duke. Was 34 at the time of Pearl Harbor and thus his exemption from service. Marvin was 17 years younger. Not that the Duke couldn't have enlisted, but apples to oranges in your comparison. Edited February 28, 2019 by westfan additional facts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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WillieBoy 692 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 On age and profession to keep from serving in WWII. Below are some Athletes and entertainers who served. They did not dodge the draft or get deferments though a number could have done so. Some prominent Athletes Jackie Robinson Ted Williams Stan Musial Bobby Jones Hank Greenberg Joe DiMaggio Patty Berg Joe Lewis Enos Slaughter Jack Dempsey Actors, directors and Hollywood types who served. Glen Ford Frank Capra Julia Child Clark Gable Jimmy Stewart Charles Bronson Glenn Miller Charlton Heston Eddie Albert James Arness Art Carney Charles Durning Douglas Fairbanks, Jr Henry Fonda Jackie Coogan Kirk Douglas Gene Hackman Don Rickles Mickey Rooney Hugh Hefner Tony Bennett 1 TobusRex reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lurker 976 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 3 hours ago, tommytechnique said: Nobody mentioned Anthony “Buddy” Lee? 3xAA Greco Olympian Jump rope king I was scrolling down hoping I didnt have to be the one to input Buddy Lee. Nice work Tommy. 1 tommytechnique reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lurker 976 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 3 hours ago, BigTenFanboy said: That looks pretty freakin good Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreatWhiteNorth 82 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 OK - Here we go.... Lee > Herring Herring > Fillet Fillet > (?) ... who's next? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreatWhiteNorth 82 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 I'm Spartacus! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gantry 1,446 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 TheMat is doing God's work today, well done everyone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WF89 102 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 Can someone please post a picture of the one and only Lee Roper? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreatWhiteNorth 82 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 18 minutes ago, WF89 said: Can someone please post a picture of the one and only Lee Roper? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreatWhiteNorth 82 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 25 minutes ago, Gantry said: TheMat is doing God's work today, well done everyone. We may have a week or two off between wrestling battles, but we're not idle. In the absence of wrestling, the "Lee" challenge isn't being taken lightly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TFBJR 338 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 Lee sisters Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Dr. Novak 147 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 Wanted to attend Lehigh but chose the easy way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TobusRex 1,520 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 8 hours ago, westfan said: Was 34 at the time of Pearl Harbor and thus his exemption from service. Marvin was 17 years younger. Not that the Duke couldn't have enlisted, but apples to oranges in your comparison. There were older and more established stars who DID serve. Clark Gable, for example. The fact that Wayne never served doesn't bother me that much. After all we won the war anyway. What pisses me off is Wayne ran with the whole "American Hero" thing, knowing he never served his country at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackwebster 58 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) Leeda and the Picc W. B. Yeats, 1865 - 1939 A sudden blow: the great wings beating still Above the staggering boy, his thighs caressed By the dark webs, his nape caught in his bill, He holds his helpless breast upon his breast. How can those terrified vague fingers push The cradle grapnel from his loosening thighs? And how can body, laid in that orange rush, But feel the strange heart beating where it lies? A shudder in the loins engenders there The broken wall, the burning roof and tower And Agamemnon dead. Being so caught up, So mastered by the brute blood of the air, Did he put on his knowledge with his power Before the indifferent beak could let him drop Edited February 28, 2019 by jackwebster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheOhioState 345 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 2 hours ago, TobusRex said: There were older and more established stars who DID serve. Clark Gable, for example. The fact that Wayne never served doesn't bother me that much. After all we won the war anyway. What pisses me off is Wayne ran with the whole "American Hero" thing, knowing he never served his country at all. Where did you serve? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TobusRex 1,520 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, TheOhioState said: Where did you serve? US Army, Desert Storm. Where did you serve? Edited February 28, 2019 by TobusRex Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gowrestle 603 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 2 metrosexual men and 1 way to skinny gal. Yuck.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gallison 35 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 Julia Child? Mickey Roony? Who'd a thunk! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MedicineMan 229 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 3 1 Plasmodium, steamboat_charlie v2, russelscout and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steamboat_charlie v2 887 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 There he is Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeanGuy 98 Report post Posted February 28, 2019 23 hours ago, Zebra said: I put this in a different Lee thread but this was in my opinion his best role. Loved The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. "This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact...print the legend." 1 gallison reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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