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.
Amazing!
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ReplyDeleteIsn't that the guy that played General Ripper in Dr. Strangelove?
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ReplyDeleteYou are correct.
Link ~ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/
"The TubeFu strong with this one is."
ReplyDeleteDude'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)....
ReplyDeleteA 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.
ReplyDeleteA 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)
ReplyDelete"made me feel like a young ocelot with his first erection"
ReplyDeleteI 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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