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Amazing he lived the last twenty years at all. Heck of a good match with the liver transplant. We should all be so lucky.
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I never saw a single episode of Dallas, so yeah, that clip is pretty much my memory of Larry. Hey, he had a good long life and made a shitpile of money. Maybe he was an asshole, maybe he wasn't — I didn't know him personally.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR7A0cXog…
Had no idea he was a dedicated pot smoker and advocate of dropping acid
Had no idea he was a dedicated pot smoker and advocate of dropping acid
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Most amazing part is that he did Jeannie stone drunk. Pint of bourbon with his cornflakes, and all that. Hell, even the original Jeannie bottle was a Jim Beam decanter. Can't even imagine how hot Barbara Eden looked with beer goggles!
Just incredible comic timing. RIP, Major Nelson.
Just incredible comic timing. RIP, Major Nelson.
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Major Healy was the one with the better comic timing. I was always bothered by the set-up of I Dream of Jeannie: here was the absolutely gorgeous woman with what seemed to be a huge crush on Major Nelson, willing to do anything for him, obligated to fulfill his every order, and he's spending all his time and energy pushing her away.
Obviously, gay.
Obviously, gay.
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@ 2, Dan knows that just saying "dead" is insensitive, but he doesn't care.
I saw "I Dream of Jeannie" reruns before there was a "Dallas," but I had a hard time recognizing actors from role to role when I was young (unless they had a distinctive appearance, like Ernest Borgnine), and didn't realize that both shows had the same star. As a result, I came to know Larry Hagman as J.R. first. Not because we ever watched it at our house, but because "Dallas" was such a huge show that nobody could ignore it. Remember the "Who Shot J.R.?" bumper stickers? Nobody ever put a "Jeannie"-related bumper sticker on their car.
Anyway, unlike a lot of other actors, Hagman never really affected me one way or the other. I'm sorry he's dead, but he had a long life and successful career, so I hope he died content.
I saw "I Dream of Jeannie" reruns before there was a "Dallas," but I had a hard time recognizing actors from role to role when I was young (unless they had a distinctive appearance, like Ernest Borgnine), and didn't realize that both shows had the same star. As a result, I came to know Larry Hagman as J.R. first. Not because we ever watched it at our house, but because "Dallas" was such a huge show that nobody could ignore it. Remember the "Who Shot J.R.?" bumper stickers? Nobody ever put a "Jeannie"-related bumper sticker on their car.
Anyway, unlike a lot of other actors, Hagman never really affected me one way or the other. I'm sorry he's dead, but he had a long life and successful career, so I hope he died content.
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mmmmmmmmm.....
if Jeannie didn't make you glad to be hetero there wasn't any hope for you.
BTW Hagman was working on a book.
Looks like it will be on hiatus.
if Jeannie didn't make you glad to be hetero there wasn't any hope for you.
BTW Hagman was working on a book.
Looks like it will be on hiatus.
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Lord he was a handsome man when he was young.
My main feeling on watching that, though, was amazement that I used to love watching sitcoms - I could have sat through that episode, and the "Bewitched" that followed, and the "Green Acres" after that with perfect contentment, when I was ten. Now, watching the whole episode was literally painful.
My main feeling on watching that, though, was amazement that I used to love watching sitcoms - I could have sat through that episode, and the "Bewitched" that followed, and the "Green Acres" after that with perfect contentment, when I was ten. Now, watching the whole episode was literally painful.
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@18 - Thanks for the link, what a fun story. II heard him interviewed on the radio maybe 8 years ago (I think it was Coast to Coast, it was a long interview which is typical for C2C) and he was so charming and funny.
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for ever he will be Major Anthony Nelson in I dream of Jeannie, because that series I used to watch it as a kid in Beirut (Lebanon) at 19.00 which at the end of it my brother and me would get to bed.....Just a chapter of my childhood just closed for ever.
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