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  • MIB41
    Eloquent Member
    • Sep 25, 2005
    • 15633
    #1

    Obscure actor of the day discussion

    Okay here's an idea. How about discussing an actor that is more or less out of the picture these days and see if we can find out what happened to them? If nothing else we can have a good time talking about their "hey day". I have the perfect actor to start with - Dan Haggerty. I saw a lunch box of his character "Grizzly Adams" the other day on Ebay and I thought to myself, "Now there's a flash in the pan". Whatever happen to this guy? I remember watching that show back in the late 70's but it was pretty limited. I mean how much entertainment value can you find in a man who runs off into the mountains to befriend a bear while he's on the run from the law? Some of the dialogue in that show was hysterical (and keep in mind this was mostly with a bear) - "Hey Ben. Aren't you excited to try some of my new raspberry cobbler cooking over the fire? Ha!Ha! I just knew you would!" Are we truly surprised this man was busted for marijuana use? Just a thought...
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    • ramsey37
      • Jun 18, 2001
      • 0
      #2
      He's not doing too well, sadly:
      Dan Haggerty (I) - News
      George

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        • MIB41
          Eloquent Member
          • Sep 25, 2005
          • 15633
          #3
          Wow. Talk about bad timing on my part. Feel sorry for the man. Thanks for the link.

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            • Gorn Captain
              Invincible Ironing Man
              • Feb 28, 2008
              • 10549
              #4
              This is starting to sound like Mego Obituary here.
              Let's pick someone who's doing great, shall we?
              That means, preferably alive and happy....

              I'm trying to think of someone, but they're all...dead....
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              "When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."

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                • Gorn Captain
                  Invincible Ironing Man
                  • Feb 28, 2008
                  • 10549
                  #5
                  How about Marc Singer? The Beastmaster?

                  He's coming to Belgium in october: what can I give him to sign that is NOT 20 years old?
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                  "When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."

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                    • SUP-Ronin
                      Stuck in a laundry shoot.
                      • Oct 8, 2007
                      • 3146
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Gorn Captain
                      How about Marc Singer? The Beastmaster?

                      He's coming to Belgium in october: what can I give him to sign that is NOT 20 years old?
                      Your stomach?
                      "Steel-like jaws clacked away, each bite slashing flesh from my body - I used my knife and my hands, and when they were gone, my bloody stumps - and yet the turtles came."

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                        • Gorn Captain
                          Invincible Ironing Man
                          • Feb 28, 2008
                          • 10549
                          #7
                          Originally posted by MegoRonin
                          Your stomach?

                          My abs of steel would get in the way.
                          The pen would glide off those bulging...muscles....
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                          "When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."

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                            • Brue
                              User without title
                              • Sep 29, 2005
                              • 4246
                              #8
                              I saw grizzly Adams on one of those 2 minute long commercial spots selling something just last week. Can't remember what - maybe arthritis "medicine"

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                                • Earth 2 Chris
                                  Verbose Member
                                  • Mar 7, 2004
                                  • 32966
                                  #9
                                  He's coming to Belgium in october: what can I give him to sign that is NOT 20 years old?
                                  Well, he did the voice of Man-Bat/Kirk Langstrom on Batman: The Animated series, so you could get a Man-Bat figure off of ebay and get him to sign it. But geez, that's close to 20 years ago, now that I think about it!

                                  Chris
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                                    • saildog
                                      Permanent Member
                                      • Apr 9, 2006
                                      • 2270
                                      #10
                                      Abe Vigoda. People have been saying he is dead for nigh-on 30 years!

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                                        • MIB41
                                          Eloquent Member
                                          • Sep 25, 2005
                                          • 15633
                                          #11
                                          Now this is weird. Additional research pulled up this personal message from Mr. Grizzly here:

                                          YouTube - Dan Haggerty Personal Video Message Service

                                          But when you go to his website he has a commercial playing that, in light of his recent tragedy, seems a little... different (just my point of view).

                                          http://www.danhaggertyhome.com

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                                            • mitchedwards
                                              Mego Preservation Society
                                              • May 2, 2003
                                              • 11781
                                              #12
                                              How about Frank Cady (AKA Mr Drucker) Hes still alive and almost 100 yrs old. (born 1915)



                                              Think B.A. Where did you hide the Megos?

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                                                • MIB41
                                                  Eloquent Member
                                                  • Sep 25, 2005
                                                  • 15633
                                                  #13
                                                  Now THAT is amazing. I figured that guy had died after the 70's...incredible.

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                                                    • Seeker
                                                      Neptunians RULE!
                                                      • Feb 20, 2008
                                                      • 1954
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by MIB41
                                                      Now THAT is amazing. I figured that guy had died after the 70's...incredible.

                                                      Damn he was old when Green Acres and Petticoat junction were on.

                                                      And Abe Vigoda is still alive too? Didnt he do some cartoon voices a while back?
                                                      Lo there do I see my Father.
                                                      Lo there do I see my Mother and my Sisters and my Brothers.
                                                      Lo there do I see the line of my people back to the begining.
                                                      Lo they do call me.
                                                      They bid me take my place among them.
                                                      In the halls of Valhalla where the brave may live forever.

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                                                        • EmergencyIan
                                                          Museum Paramedic
                                                          • Aug 31, 2005
                                                          • 5470
                                                          #15
                                                          Abe Vigoda: Well, I used to see him in my neighborhood all of the time. Though, he apparently lives on the upper east side. The funny thing is that one day when coming out of work (on the upper east side) there was Abe Vigoda. This was just after having seen him two or three times, in my neighborhood, over a few day period. For a minute I thought Abe might be stalking me...lol

                                                          - Ian
                                                          Rampart, this is Squad 51. How do you read?

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