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Post by HoudiniDerek on Nov 12, 2007 20:03:28 GMT -5
I don't even get the Dick Van Lesbian reference..... Mona It was just something I noticed and found funny...and I loved that show.
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Post by MelMac on Nov 12, 2007 21:41:08 GMT -5
I don't even get the Dick Van Lesbian reference..... Mona It was just something I noticed and found funny...and I loved that show. Well, I'm solid gold in creating the punchline of my own jokes apparently. :-\
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Post by mmderdekea on Nov 12, 2007 23:42:44 GMT -5
OHHHH! Okay, I just got it.
Geez....I cannot only ingest burgers and fries and half-eaten hotdogs off stadium floors, and old moldy guacamole and dog bisquits and alcohol. I don't know how Bill does it. It's rotting my mind. He really DOES have a strong constitution.
Mona
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Post by MyTatuo on Nov 13, 2007 13:38:46 GMT -5
You're on the Bill diet? Lawd, WHY? I mean, I can understand the burgers (No T), fries, hot dogs, Cokes and alcohol, but I draw the line at mold, dog food, and the 10-second rule. Forget the Bill Maxwell diet. Try the Dick van D*ke diet! What's he, like 110 now? It must be working! * BTW, if you think the DvD diet has anything to do with your sexual orientation, TITTSBoard!
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Post by jopierce on Nov 13, 2007 13:49:42 GMT -5
I never eat that garbage!
...well, not directly, anyway....
Ok. TiTTSB
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Post by MelMac on Nov 13, 2007 14:08:27 GMT -5
As someone who had food poisoning on Christmas Day because of one food mistake (which confused our international student - don't ask, I don't know), I don't eat anything that could get me sick such as moldy food and such.
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Post by MyTatuo on Nov 13, 2007 14:37:12 GMT -5
TRUE FACT: I won't even eat mushrooms or yogurt!
...well, not directly, anyway....
Ok. TiTTSBoard
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Post by mmderdekea on Nov 13, 2007 18:08:36 GMT -5
It's a tough diet, the Bill diet, but a true fan must persevere. I really love tomatoes....I miss them... I'm particularly proud of the ten cups of coffee a day I've been drinking; I haven't slept in 3 months! I feel I'm quite successful with the regimen--I was just diagnosed with my first ulcer! Mona
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Post by jopierce on Nov 13, 2007 18:48:25 GMT -5
I haven't slept in 3 months! Neither have I.
Coincidentally, also because of Bill.
But, diet has nothing to do with it.
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Post by helane4bill on Nov 13, 2007 23:13:49 GMT -5
I haven't slept in 3 months! Neither have I.
Coincidentally, also because of Bill.
But, diet has nothing to do with it.Talk about off topic...... Just to get back to Culp's voice on the interview....having re-watched some other interviews from years ago, you see that his voice is really very different from Bill's and he actually speaks very slowly and methodically.........which I think fits in with his speech on the O'reilly interview....just another clue that he is still very healthy (although I know he suffers from arthritis. Continue
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Post by MelMac on Nov 13, 2007 23:39:02 GMT -5
Neither have I.
Coincidentally, also because of Bill.
But, diet has nothing to do with it. Talk about off topic...... Just to get back to Culp's voice on the interview....having re-watched some other interviews from years ago, you see that his voice is really very different from Bill's and he actually speaks very slowly and methodically.........which I think fits in with his speech on the O'reilly interview....just another clue that he is still very healthy (although I know he suffers from arthritis. Continue As I said, I felt it could've been one, not that it was. I'm glad that my observation was apparently wrong, but I did give an opinion, not a statement of fact.
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Post by jopierce on Nov 13, 2007 23:43:18 GMT -5
Don't worry about it, Mac. Everyone's got a right to their opinion.
Even if it's not mine.
I forgive you anyway.
All of you.
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Post by MelMac on Nov 14, 2007 0:01:53 GMT -5
Don't worry about it, Mac. Everyone's got a right to their opinion.
Even if it's not mine.
I forgive you anyway.
All of you. Eh, no worries... just stating my opinion as par for the course (or board... ). I think the only times my opinion's counted are in elections, taste testing ice cream, and calling lines in volleyball... Though the last one, given the crazy rules now in the sport, I'd probably get thrown out for illegal calls over the volleyball players' first.
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Post by mmderdekea on Nov 14, 2007 0:16:01 GMT -5
Well, Culp has always had a different voice than Bill's in interviews. Even in the interviews of him during GAH he didn't speak like Bill. He's always been a slooow interviewee, choosing his words very specifically, being oftentimes very articulate--he has a terrific vocabulary--never rushing through his thoughts. Like in his GAH commentary. Sometimes that turns his answering into little boring expositions, but generally what he's saying (or repeating for the zillionth time, like questions regarding "I Spy") is so interesting it does hold one's attention. I just got a copy of his Q&A at the 2003 SPYFEST convention, that numerous I Spy forum folks went to. Culp was HIGHLY enjoyable the whole time. There was no problem at all with his speech or face or anything. His nose was itching and he was thirsty, but it really was fun to see him.
Mona
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Post by mmderdekea on Nov 14, 2007 0:25:11 GMT -5
Me responding to me, again.
I thought this would interesting for Bill/Culp fans--one of the questions at the SPYFEST was about Culp's infamous shoulder roll, which I'm sure fans of Culp/Bill have noticed appearing in various emotional situations. This is a definite body habit of Culp's used masterfully, just at the perfect moment when it would have the most effect.
Culp stated that this began just by chance, at the end of one of his earliest Western appearances on a Zane Grey episode. At the end of the episode, out of the blue, for effect, he rolled his left shoulder. Apparently, it was a big hit with those in the know. Sammy Davis, Jr, an acquaintance of Culp's loved it and highly suggested he make use of it more. So, this was not an actual trait of Culp's himself, but something he developed and perfected bit by bit. Do you regular notice Bill's emotional discomfort showing up in a shoulder roll? How about in "3 Ring Circus" when Bill is upset to learn Ralph is thinking of joining the circus, wondering if that means Ralph is going to abandon his kids. Ralph wonders if Bill really cares about them and a HUGE shoulder roll unfolds as Bill denies it (LIAR! LIAR! PANTS ON FIRE!). I love noticing these now and then in Bill. Culp uses it judiciously in his characters, never over-doing it, just getting the RIGHT moment when one would fit. Masterful!
I just find it kind of fascinating learning about stuff like that.
Mona
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Post by jopierce on Nov 14, 2007 10:06:36 GMT -5
Mona,
I also remember him speaking the same way in the I, Spy extras - very methodically, and choosing his words very carefully. And with a vocabulary that you knew it was Culp, not Bill. Although I wouldn't call Culp an intellectual, he's an intelligant man. Bill, on the other hand was clever and witty and intelligent, and I think purposefully avoided any vocab that may make him look like an egghead. Although the "fort... that's fortE!" scene in the pilot may prove me dead wrong. Just a gut reaction.
And the shoulder roll... yes, I have noticed it. I can't remember if he did it in the scene in O:SS where he is in the meeting with Carlisle. For some reason that's the one I remember. Again, I could be dead wrong.
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Post by MelMac on Nov 14, 2007 13:29:29 GMT -5
Mona,
I also remember him speaking the same way in the I, Spy extras - very methodically, and choosing his words very carefully. And with a vocabulary that you knew it was Culp, not Bill. Although I wouldn't call Culp an intellectual, he's an intelligant man. Bill, on the other hand was clever and witty and intelligent, and I think purposefully avoided any vocab that may make him look like an egghead. Although the "fort... that's fortE!" scene in the pilot may prove me dead wrong. Just a gut reaction.
And the shoulder roll... yes, I have noticed it. I can't remember if he did it in the scene in O:SS where he is in the meeting with Carlisle. For some reason that's the one I remember. Again, I could be dead wrong. What I think is funny, doing some research, is that both Bill and Ralph are correct in the pronunciation of forte: forte 1 |ˈfôrˌtā; fôrt| noun 1 [in sing. ] a thing at which someone excels : small talk was not his forte. 2 Fencing the stronger part of a sword blade, from the hilt to the middle. Compare with foible . ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (sense 2 ; originally as fort): from French fort (masculine), forte (feminine) ‘strong,’ from Latin fortis. Though too, Ralph has a point - even if not musically here - if using his pronunciation to describe Bill's voice : forte 2 |ˈfôrˌtā| Music adverb & adjective (esp. as a direction) loud or loudly. noun a passage performed or marked to be performed loudly. ORIGIN Italian, literally ‘strong, loud,’ from Latin fortis.
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Post by mmderdekea on Nov 14, 2007 14:56:19 GMT -5
Yes, Jo, He did a shoulder roll in that meeting with Carlisle in O:SS. He shoulder rolls in numerous episodes in TGAH. I love watching them. We should make a list on the Billboard. I also agree that Bill is intelligent, and VERY witty and clever. He has a VERY quick mind, such as when out of the blue there he is immediately making up how the suit works with the idiot bikers in "Hog Wild"; what a GREAT Bill scene. That is definitely an indication of intelligence. He isn't literary like Ralph, but has well established street smarts, which balances Ralph's education based intelligence perfectly. Culp is obviously highly intelligent, and may be somewhat of an intellectual as well. He is very well read. His own writing and directing has an intellectual bent, that's obvious, regarding the plot themes and editing that he uses. A movie such as, for example, "Hickey and Boggs" is considered to be a clear intellectual exercise in entertainment, which is why it wasn't appreciated by mass audiences in 1971, but has been recently "rediscovered" and shown in many art houses across the country. All I've seen of Culp, and heard of him from others, however, show that in real life he is not the goofy, charming, fun, playful guy that Bill Maxwell is. I guess that's why they call it "acting"! (And, possibly why Culp has been married five times...., although this last one has been since 1981 or so). Mona
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Post by billswoman on Nov 15, 2007 15:36:12 GMT -5
What I think is funny, doing some research, is that both Bill and Ralph are correct in the pronunciation of forte: forte 1 |ˈfôrˌtā; fôrt| noun 1 [in sing. ] a thing at which someone excels : .... I love catching people when I say "forte" and pronounce it "fort," which as all can see in Mel's great definition above, is one of two correct ways of pronouncing it. The company I was with paid us to go to a grammar seminar for the day, and the grammarian teaching it said yes, indeed, "fort" is correct. Oh yeah... as for Billy boy... yeah, he's brilliant. I've always seen him kind of like Jack O'Neill from Stargate SG-1... someone who wants to come off as a dunderhead, but is actually rather intelligent, esp at what they both do.
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