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I believe he played in all the Airport movies.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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George was the only one in all 4 Airport movies.
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How will anyone ever make another cheesy disaster flick without him?
RIP George, and thanks for all the hours of good, clean entertainment!
Will Rogers never met me.
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I've had the honor having lunch with George at his house (Eagle, ID) on multiple occasions (in the early 2000's), and pop-in visits here and there since.
While a 'tough-guy' on the big screen, George was a big marshmallow teddy bear through and through in small Eagle, ID.
A big Man with an even more grand heart.
As noted in the article Remembering Idaho’s Humble Hollywood Great George Kennedy[^]:
In Hollywood, George Kennedy will be remembered for his great work and awards. In Idaho, he’ll be remembered as truly a Gem State Treasure.
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I hate email signatures.
I hate huge ones that contain every conceivable piece of contact information they can think of.
I particularly hate the above on emails from people in the same bloody office.
I hate ones that include the email address like the email doesn't know where it's come from.
I hate ones that have a fax number like it's the 1990s.
I hate ones with images, especially if the image makes the email client think there is an attachment.
I hate ones in Comic Sans, you're not fun and wacky, you're a twat.
I hate people who cannot be bothered typing their name at the end because they just let the standard sig handle it.
If you cannot be bothered signing off with you name then you're getting nothing back from me either.
I'm in a grumpy mood today.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Beautiful.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: I'm in a grumpy mood today.
Because Nagy moves near you...?
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U. G. Leander wrote: Because Nagy moves near you I don't know how to pronounce that name but it looks like Naggy to me, something wives are famous for doing to their husbands, so you could be right.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I've always pronounced it Nagy too, in my head, I don't read this stuff out loud.
It is supposed to be pronounced to rhyme with lodge I think.
Nagy Vilmos is a joke in Hungarian, it means something along the lines of Big Willy.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Correct the lad!
veni bibi saltavi
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I grew up in Hungary and never heard 'Nagy Vilmos' as a joke...
I do not know why our Nagy choose the name (maybe a translation of Big Willy?), but if you look up that name you will find someone very interesting...(Wikipedia)
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Maybe not, but it was funny at the time. When I moved to Hungary, my boss called me Willy or Big Willy; as my names William. I needed an email and so signed up for a free account with the name Nagy Vilmos. I've used it ever since; 18 years or so.
veni bibi saltavi
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Interesting...Did your boss knew that Big Willy has some secondary meanings? If did, than it should be really funny...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Of course he did, our office was the like the warm up area for this[^]
veni bibi saltavi
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Those fine years!!!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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To ruin everything, it should be pronounced "nodge" to rhyme with dodge.
Oh and in Vilmos the 's' is an 'sh' sound.
veni bibi saltavi
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I always thought it was your real name.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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It's my 'real' online name
veni bibi saltavi
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Vilmos IS his real name...He probably added Nagy (which means big) because of certain problems with his self confidence...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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If I recall correctly he's driving a Peugeot or Vauxhall or similar. No lack of confidence there.
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It was an Opel but we have a Renault as the family car. I also have a vintage sports car for playing.
veni bibi saltavi
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Going from an Opel to a Renault is having balls the size of watermelons in my book.
It's either that or a being a complete pillock.
A vintage sportscar sounds a lot more interesting.
How vintage is it?
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It's only 1971, but it has a custom body and looks like a 1930's Aston Martin - NG TA[^]
veni bibi saltavi
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That's an officially cool car!
But is it really from 1971?
According to the german wikipedia the company was founded in 1979.
I can't find any english wikipedia entry.
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