By Prince George's County Ex-Pat
monday, september 25, 2023 at 09:14:46p.m. edt
actor David McCallum, who became a teen heartthrob in the hit series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. in the 1960s and played the eccentric medical examiner in the popular NCIS 40 years later, has died. He was 90.
 | Actor David McCallum, who became a teen heartthrob in the hit series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." in the 1960s and played the eccentric medical examiner in the popular "NCIS" 40 years later, has died. He was 90. www.cbsnews.com |
United Network Command for Law Enforcement.
Presaged the Deep State and the Surveillance State.
"But if he was 90,what does that make me?"
ReplyDeleteThat's advanced math--probably calculus.lol.
--GRA
I wasn't old enough to watch "Man From Uncle" originally,but later,on reruns--and I didn't see many episodes--I thought of McCallums character as Burt Wardish
ReplyDeleteCouldn't extract the individual episodes, so here's the entire first season of THE OUTER LIMITS- with two of the finest performances ever by any actor in a TV episode: episode 5, THE SIXTH FINGER, and episode 32, THE FORMS OF THINGS UNKNOWN. R.I.P. David McCallum. https://archive.org/details/the-outer-limits-1963-s-01-e-02-the-hundred-days-of-the-dragon-1080p-blu-ray-x-265-im-e_202306/The+Outer+Limits+(1963)+-+S01E05+-+The+Sixth+Finger+(1080p+BluRay+x265+ImE).mkv -RM
ReplyDeleteBROOKS ROBINSON--GREAT ORIOLE THIRD BASEMAN--ROUNDS THE BASES FOR THE LAST TIME;PASSES AT 86
ReplyDeleteGRA:I read the obits and who knows anymore--it seems even a first ballot,Hall of Famer like #5,Brooks Robinson--because he's White--can't get the proper salute for a tremendous career--back when baseball was fun.
1969 was the first time I saw baseball on tv--except for local rare Tigers' broadcasts--and that was a few minutes of the Mets upset of the Robinson boys' team--the Baltimore Orioles. By next fall,I was subscribing to Sports Illustrated and following the Big Red Machine,as they were called--a supposed shoo-in for the World Series,but Brooks Robinson's spectacular defense, singlehandedly made the Orioles the champs instead.He also hit .429 with 2 home runs in the 5 game series.A clutch hitter,Robinson played 23 years--all with Baltimore.
I remember analysts like Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek remarking that Robinson was slow as a runner,but quick as a cat reacting to hot smashes down the third base line or to his left.Old video confirms that aplenty.
A great,White player of my youth,who I didn't get to see often enough,but heard on the radio through the descriptions of Ernie Harwell(Tigers'
announcing great)--"and Kaline was robbed of extra bases by Brooks Robinson,diving to his right and throwing the runner out at first."
The good old days.
--GRA
Every October, to fill the void left by baseball's demise, I revisit a World Series from 50 years earlier (available on YouTube; some intact, some not, though highlight films fill in the gaps). I began with 1966, Orioles-Dodgers, which was the first series I ever saw on TV as a youngster. This year, it'll be Mets vs Oakland. The Orioles had a multi-year dynasty and I appreciated seeing all the great players like Mr. Robinson. Even knowing the outcomes, re-watching those games was thrilling (especially the Mets' win in '69- and I was a Yankee fan in those days!). Good Times that will never come again. -RM
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