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Author: InfoSuperHwyRoadKillInfoSuperHwyRoadKill Date: Mar 24, 2008 16:01
"Dennis M" dennmac.net> wrote in message
news:dennmac-ya02408000R2403081728480001@NNTP.InfoAve.Net...> Fred Thompson Looks to Go Back to Acting
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> Mar 24, 6:51 AM (ET)
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> BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - After a failed run for president, Fred
> Thompson is getting back to pretending to be commander in chief.
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> Hollywood's high-powered William Morris Agency announced this week that it
> has signed the actor/politician, signaling a return to the screen for the
> former senator from Tennessee.
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> Thompson most recently appeared as grizzled district attorney Arthur
> Branch
> on "Law & Order" and has played authority figures in the films "The Hunt
> For Red October,""Die Hard II" and "In the Line of Fire."
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> Thompson dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential
> nomination ...
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Author: OlinOlin Date: Mar 24, 2008 16:13
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> "Dennis M" dennmac.net> wrote in message
> news:dennmac-ya02408000R2403081728480001@NNTP.InfoAve.Net...>> Fred Thompson Looks to Go Back to Acting
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>> Mar 24, 6:51 AM (ET)
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>> BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - After a failed run for president, Fred
>> Thompson is getting back to pretending to be commander in chief.
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>> Hollywood's high-powered William Morris Agency announced this week that
>> it
>> has signed the actor/politician, signaling a return to the screen for the
>> former senator from Tennessee.
>>
>> Thompson most recently appeared as grizzled district attorney Arthur
>> Branch
>> on "Law & Order" and has played authority figures in the films "The Hunt ...
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Author: Boston Blackie (Read only 0.01%% by KD the Merciless!)Boston Blackie (Read only 0.01%% by KD the Merciless!) Date: Mar 24, 2008 18:57
On 2008-03-24 18:15:15 -0500, "Olin" comcast.net> said:
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> Thing about Fred is he LOOKS presidential. He even sounds
> presidential... for a little while. Must come from playing presidents,
> admirals and other "go to" public officials, because once he gets off
> script, he comes apart like a cheap toy.
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> I actually enjoy him in film and television. He's really not a bad
> actor at all... albeit somewhat limited in range.
Well yes, there's that. He can play one character and one character
only, but he can play it well.
Understandably the Steve Gills and the Pinky Valentines of the world,
bereft of brain cells, thought he was the new Reagan.
--
de gustibus non est disputandum. With emphasis on dumb.
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Author: OlinOlin Date: Mar 24, 2008 19:20
"Boston Blackie (Read only 0.01%% by KD the Merciless!)" mail.com>
wrote in message news:2008032420571050073-bblackie@mailcom...> On 2008-03-24 18:15:15 -0500, "Olin" comcast.net> said:
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>> Thing about Fred is he LOOKS presidential. He even sounds presidential...
>> for a little while. Must come from playing presidents, admirals and
>> other "go to" public officials, because once he gets off script, he comes
>> apart like a cheap toy.
>>
>> I actually enjoy him in film and television. He's really not a bad actor
>> at all... albeit somewhat limited in range.
>
> Well yes, there's that. He can play one character and one character only,
> but he can play it well.
>
And there's plenty of room for that... in acting... the one trick pony who
keeps reinventing the one trick so it looks kinda new next time around.
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Author: maxomaxo Date: Mar 25, 2008 07:48
On Mar 24, 9:23 pm, "Olin" comcast.net> wrote:> "Boston Blackie (Read only 0.01%% by KD the Merciless!)" mail.com>
> wrote in messagenews:2008032420571050073-bblackie@mailcom...
>>> On 2008-03-24 18:15:15 -0500, "Olin" comcast.net> said:>
>>> Thing about Fred is he LOOKS presidential. He even sounds presidential...
>>> for a little while. Must come from playing presidents, admirals and
>>> other "go to" public officials, because once he gets off script, he comes
>>> apart like a cheap toy.
>
>>> I actually enjoy him in film and television. He's really not a bad actor
>>> at all... albeit somewhat limited in range.
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>> Well yes, there's that. He can play one character and one character only,
>> but he can play it well.
>
> And there's plenty of room for...
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Author: OlinOlin Date: Mar 25, 2008 17:50
"Dennis M" dennmac.net> wrote in message
news:dennmac-ya02408000R2503081456330001@NNTP.InfoAve.Net...> In article
> 13g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, maxo
> gmail.com> wrote:
>>>Make up dept. can give him infinite expressions by tightening or
>>loosening a small adhesive backed strip behind his ears--that's the
>>beauty of excess skin and age.
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> If worse comes to worse I guess he can always be cast as the turkeyneck
> guy
> in the FedEx commercial.
I think he oughta finish his attempt to follow in Ronald Reagan's footsteps,
even though he didn't quite make it to the Oval Office, and bring back a
western series he could host, sponsored by Borax.
It would put a lot of mules back into honest work.
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Author: OlinOlin Date: Mar 25, 2008 19:18
"Boston Blackie (Read only 0.01%% by KD the Merciless!)" mail.com>
wrote in message news:2008032520014475249-bblackie@mailcom...> On 2008-03-25 19:50:00 -0500, "Olin" comcast.net> said:
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>> "Dennis M" dennmac.net> wrote in message
>> news:dennmac-ya02408000R2503081456330001@NNTP.InfoAve.Net...>>> In article
>>> 13g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, maxo
>>> gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Make up dept. can give him infinite expressions by tightening or
>>>> loosening a small adhesive backed strip behind his ears--that's the
>>>> beauty of excess skin and age.
>>>
>>> If worse comes to worse I guess he can always be cast as the turkeyneck
>>> guy
>>> in the FedEx commercial.
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>> I think he oughta finish his attempt to follow in Ronald Reagan's ...
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Author: Kent FinnellKent Finnell Date: Mar 26, 2008 09:36
"Olin" comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "Dennis M" dennmac.net> wrote in message
> news:dennmac-ya02408000R2503081456330001@NNTP.InfoAve.Net...>> In article
>> 13g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
>> maxo
>> gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>Make up dept. can give him infinite expressions by
>>>tightening or
>>>loosening a small adhesive backed strip behind his
>>>ears--that's the
>>>beauty of excess skin and age.
>>
>> If worse comes to worse I guess he can always be cast as
>> the turkeyneck guy
>> in the FedEx commercial.
> ...
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Author: jakdedertjakdedert Date: Mar 26, 2008 10:44
Kent Finnell wrote:
> "Olin" comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:VfadnXquG5puAXTanZ2dnUVZ_gCdnZ2d@comcast.com...>> "Dennis M" dennmac.net> wrote in message
>> news:dennmac-ya02408000R2503081456330001@NNTP.InfoAve.Net...>>> In article
>>> 13g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
>>> maxo
>>> gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Make up dept. can give him infinite expressions by
>>>> tightening or
>>>> loosening a small adhesive backed strip behind his
>>>> ears--that's the
>>>> beauty of excess skin and age.
>>> If worse comes to worse I guess he can always be cast as
>>> the turkeyneck guy
>>> in the FedEx commercial.
>> I think he oughta finish his attempt to follow in Ronald
>> Reagan's footsteps, even though he didn't quite make it to ...
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