For no reason other than nobody talking on teevee today is even half so interesting as Hayden and Snyder shooting the shit about every-damned-thing 30 years ago.
Dude's a grand old freaky curmudgeon - & his respect is correct. Tito was a large part of the reason why the Nazis never subjugated Yugoslavia, making it into a miniature Russian Front that remained a lethal sinkhole for many divisions of troops for years on end.
Both he & Enver Hoxha seem to have had a constant & sincere hate-on against both the USSR & the USA.
Thanks for posting that, it went well with the whiskey this late night. I think once upon a time this would be called "oral history" - you know when we actually lived in reality.
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Amazing!
"How's the Italian food in this place?"
Isn't that the guy that played General Ripper in Dr. Strangelove?
Anon,
You are correct.
Link ~ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/
"The TubeFu strong with this one is."
Dude's a grand old freaky curmudgeon - & his respect is correct. Tito was a large part of the reason why the Nazis never subjugated Yugoslavia, making it into a miniature Russian Front that remained a lethal sinkhole for many divisions of troops for years on end.
Both he & Enver Hoxha seem to have had a constant & sincere hate-on against both the USSR & the USA.
I could watch Tom Snyder interview just about anybody (or anything for that matter)....
A true exemplar of what a "talk show" MEANT itself to be...
Hayden was a real original, very definitely his own man. And every inch as tough as he looked.
A damned good writer, too. I'll have to dig out my copy of Voyage sometime soon for another read. And track down a copy of his autobiography.
Thanks for the links, drifty.
holy shit, I had no idea that Sterling Hayden was with the OSS or that he became a stone freak (and I mean that as a total compliment)
"made me feel like a young ocelot with his first erection"
I am so stealing that!
Thanks for posting that, it went well with the whiskey this late night. I think once upon a time this would be called "oral history" - you know when we actually lived in reality.
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