have you ever done something and then said to yourself, why in the feck didn't i do this a long time ago??
a few days ago i decided to watch pat garret and billy the kid for my 15 minutes of pleasure before retiring for the evening. after a few minutes i was wondering why i hadn't done this a long time ago. this was the first time i was watching it with the old home theater.
as i was lying on the couch some music began to waft through the air and i said to myself, i can name that tune in 3 notes. of course i'm talking about knockin' on heaven's door. and adding to the pleasure was the fact that slim pickens was the man knockin' on heaven's door. if there was ever a better actor on this planet i've yet to see him or her. anyone remember slim getting hit over the head with a shovel in blazing saddles and his line to harvey korman, "why if it ain't that uppity nigger that went and hit me over the head with a shovel."
after i finish watching it in a few days i'm going to watch it again. the first time i watch a movie i miss a lot of the dialogue just immersing myself in the experience. the second time i'll pay more attention to the dialogue. and after i finish the second viewing of pat garret and billy the kid it will be time to watch the greatest television series ever made. can you guess what series i'm talking about?
the version of knockin' on heaven's door from i'm not there is pretty good too.
i love you sons of bitches.
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Primo movie, primo song. I downloaded (bought) the Guns and Roses version by mistake. Not primo.
That was a great movie. "How does Jesus look to you know, Bob?" is one of the unforgettable lines. The acting and the music make Billy the Kid's gang seem like a bunch of gun-toting hippies. I didn't like them blowing off a chicken's head though.
Even my sons thought "blazing saddle' was a good movie and so do I.
Coffee is on.
bob - yup, gnr is not the band for koncking on heaven's door. axel was great on sympathy for the devil.
gb - yeah, i didn't like them shooting the turtles in cool hand luke either.
peppy - might be the best film ever made!
I always liked that song. Almost any version of movies having Billy the Kid's character in it winds up depressing. I don't think Billy was all that bad of a guy. If you do any research on him, quite a few of the people he shot deserved it. There's been a lot of evidence of that. The fact that he and Pat Garret were friends makes it even more tragic.
Slim Pickins was a great actor, though. I liked his folksy style of acting. He was a great character actor. That scene or clip you show of him looking at the Mexican woman while she is looking at him while he's dying from a gut shot is poignant. I've seen that movie a few times, before, because I'm kind of a fan of James Coburn and I find billy The Kid, an interesting but tragic figure. I often wonder what would have happened if they had just left Billy alone, in the end. It seemed like he just wanted to get away from the whole outlaw lifestyle in the end. Just my take on it.
I assume you'll watch Deadwood again?
I don't get it, why would you knock on heavens door when you own the place?
kelly - yeah, my only complaint with the movie is they killed slim pickens too soon.
bill - bingo! it's almost deadwood time.
Rick keeps watching the part over where the chink keeps saying cocksucker.
Rick and Scott and I say cocksucker and cocksuckers a lot.
I have a great story about that movie..it was made up in Ruidosa New Mexico and Jack, me, and 2 other couples went up there ..the guys were going to gamble at the Ruidosa Downs and the women were going to shop..some how Jack and the 2 guys got into a poker game with Jack Elam..(the wonky eyed cowboy)...there were also some play off games going on I think..or at least some football games and jack Denney and Jack Elam were making bets and jack D was kicking Jack E's ass in poker, so they started beating on the football games..there were 2 games on and that was before remotes..and Jack E. would get up to change the channel to another game and it was hysterical...he would look at the knob and turn his head to the left then the right, then he'd stand back and tilt his head one way or another..like 5 minutes..then he'd walk back to the tv and change the knob one notch..I had walked in the room just to see him do this and I burst out laughing..the guys were afraid to laugh thinking this is what he had to do to see to change the station..I said , he's fucking with you guys aren't you jack..and he walked up to me and stood right to the side of me and said, 'now would I fuck with them little lady?'...then we both cracked up laughing..I missed seeing Kris K. and Bob Dylan by hours..sigh*.
yellowdog - excellent story. too bad jack turned around on 8 instead of 10 and kris shot him. that billy was a bit of a cheat.
Yellowdog didn't mention any Billy.
Yellowdog posts some pretty good stuff, but she has a problem with something, reality.
She seems to have a problem with the fact that we all fucking die.
Fucking Leslie is not on my bucket list, go figure.
Pat Garret and Billy the Kid, you painfully stupid jerk. I know you can't follow a comment thread to save your ass, but even skimming the post would've filled in some blanks for you. Instead, you use your lack of reading skills to insult someone you don't know. Shocking.
Pat Garret and Billy the Kid, you painfully stupid jerk.
What in the fuck would you know about Pat Garret and Billy the Kid? You painfully stupid cocksucker.
Billy the Kid died July 14, 1881 (at 21 years of age), center fire cartridges were invented in 1866 so it's unlikely that Billy the Kid ever fired a black powder gun with a percussion cap.
Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, cocksucker.
Pat Garret was born June 5, 1850, so it's possible he shot percussion cap guns when young.
Anyway, he lived a lot longer than Billy the Kid. Get right down to it Billy the Kid was pretty much a fuck up.
pat shot billy, game over. james coburn looked real cool riding his horse in the scenes shot from behind, real tall and straight. i kept trying to figure out if he was doing the riding or was it a pro?
Not interested in the movie, interested in the history, movies twist things around to suit them.
Lets watch some movies and learn about history, hahahahaha
Yeah, because writers aren't subjective at all...
(Please look up that word before responding with something inane).
Here's how I imagine your bucket list reads:
1) have sex with something warm-bodied without having to pay or bathe in tomato juice immediately following
2) chew food
bathe in tomato juice! that's what ruby had to do when some nogoodnik skunk sprayed her.
She sure is a mouthy cocksucker, that's why she isn't allowed to comment on my blog.
Of course that keeps the rest of you from commenting on my blog, but take it up with her.
Or not, I really don't give a fuck.
I'm only interested in the opinions of those that agree with me.
2) chew food.
The cocksucker thinks we need teeth to chew food?
WTF, is she eating wild uncooked game?
If I needed teeth to be here I wouldn't be here, would I?
yeah, but we're having glorious weather. it's been the salvation of my tomato crop.
I think he was in a movie "1941" that was a good one if you never saw it.
My tomato plant is looking pretty sick, but I pretty much expected that.
Calamity Jane worked as a prostitute at the Hog Ranch
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