Anthony Boy
bcnmason
part one. God love George Loros! This guy's a hoot, and was he ever tailor
made for the role of Anthony Boy. Nothing like taking a Brooklyn hood
(mafioso) and planting him in the heart of L.A. He was griping about the
freeways, the boonies, and the pizza,....which he referred to it as a
grilled cheese sandwich by the way. Call my crazy though, but when he and
Syl were searching for Jim and Patty at the ranch, he comes across a
squawking chicken. He looks down, as if to face it head on,...eye to eye,
and says in that Brooklyn accent "Shuddup"! I crack up every time at that
scene. Great actor,...can't wait for part two next week. (Not that I
haven't seen this episode many times, but it has been a while).
Brian
Bill Anderson
(Shuddup) I agree!! I love that line.
Bill
Righter
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Yeah, he's one of my favorites. An ongoing theme in TRF is that the mafioso
are constantly complaining about California pizza. I especially love
Anthony Boys' speech at the end of The Man Who Saw The Alligators. You
know, the "milk drinkers, football players, funny boys!" speech.
Incidentally, George Loros has some spots in The Sopranos, and he's not bad,
although he doesn't have the hot temper we've come to expect.
Russ
bcnmason
Just as a footnote. Jim refers to Anthony Boy and Syl as a couple of cloves
of garlic when talking with Micheal Kelly. Lately there's been quite the
talk about garlic, so I thought I'd mention that. Do you think perhaps that
Vince Whitehead may have been lurking on the sidelines? Nah.
Brian
jcollins25
>of garlic when talking with Micheal Kelly. Lately there's been quite the
>talk about garlic, so I thought I'd mention that. Do you think perhaps that
>Vince Whitehead may have been lurking on the sidelines? Nah.
>
>Brian
Maybe. I thought I saw some old guy in the background eating dog food out of
the can.
Bill Ferguson
> Yeah, he's one of my favorites. An ongoing theme in TRF is that the
mafioso
> are constantly complaining about California pizza. I especially love
> Anthony Boys' speech at the end of The Man Who Saw The Alligators. You
> know, the "milk drinkers, football players, funny boys!" speech.
> Incidentally, George Loros has some spots in The Sopranos, and he's not
bad,
> although he doesn't have the hot temper we've come to expect.
>
> Russ
Yeah, I'm pretty disappointed that George Loros doesn't have a bigger part
in the "Sopranos." I really think that if you died his hair black and
strapped a toupe on his head, George Loros would make a great nemesis for
Tony Soprano. Can you imagine "Anthony Boy" going up against Tony? That
would be too intense. I think my TV would explode.
Bill
j.r._johnson
I watched this about a week ago on TV Land and I noticed something
that I've been wondering about. Near the end, after the cops
arrive, and they had the big shoot out, Dennis was giving his big
speech to Lianne Sweeney about how she fouled up this situation. In
the speech he makes mention of how one person was dead and another
had his leg shot. The man with his leg shot was obviously Wes (on
the boat). Syl surrendered and didn't get shot at all. So, that
means that the person who was killed was Anthony Boy. Yet, Anthony
Boy obviously returns from the dead for The Man Who Saw The
Alligators. Is this REALLY what happened, or am I mistaking the
person whom Dennis mentions as being dead?
BTW, George Lorros WAS great in his role as Anthony Boy. In fact,
he was so good at it, that it was hard for me to see him playing
Eddie in "ONLY ROCK 'N' ROLL WILL NEVER DIE". While he was still
very good in that episode, I'd rather have seen him back as Anthony
Boy in another episode. He just makes a great bad guy. <g>
Johnny
Charles
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I was wondering the same thing - in fact you asked the question just before
I was going to. Is it possible that TVLand cut a part out where someone got
killed?
Charles
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bcnmason
<J.R. Johnson> wrote in message
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> I watched this about a week ago on TV Land and I noticed something
> that I've been wondering about. Near the end, after the cops
> arrive, and they had the big shoot out, Dennis was giving his big
> speech to Lianne Sweeney about how she fouled up this situation. In
> the speech he makes mention of how one person was dead and another
> had his leg shot. The man with his leg shot was obviously Wes (on
> the boat). Syl surrendered and didn't get shot at all. So, that
> means that the person who was killed was Anthony Boy. Yet, Anthony
> Boy obviously returns from the dead for The Man Who Saw The
> Alligators. Is this REALLY what happened, or am I mistaking the
> person whom Dennis mentions as being dead?
That's how I remember that bit of dialogue as well. I guess there are a few
ways to explain the oversight, but instead of harping on the list of
variable explanations for Anthony Boy's re-incarnation,....I have a
question. Why did those buffoons chop a 90 minute episode, "The Man Who Saw
The Alligators" down to a 60 minute segment in syndication? I mean, look at
it. Here we have one of the most formidable of all past foes coming back to
even the score with Jim. I don't think that 90 minutes serves it justice,
let alone chopping it all to hell in syndication. Yet they extended "This
Case Is Closed", (another 90 minute show), so where is the logical
explanation behind their decision?
> BTW, George Lorros WAS great in his role as Anthony Boy. In fact,
> he was so good at it, that it was hard for me to see him playing
> Eddie in "ONLY ROCK 'N' ROLL WILL NEVER DIE". While he was still
> very good in that episode, I'd rather have seen him back as Anthony
> Boy in another episode. He just makes a great bad guy. <g>
I agree, he makes an excellent bad guy! I too was a little taken back when
I saw him playing the role of Eddie in "Rock And Roll....", but after a
little while, he just seems to fit right in.
Brian
Someone
> BTW, George Lorros WAS great in his role as Anthony Boy. In fact,
> he was so good at it, that it was hard for me to see him playing
> Eddie in "ONLY ROCK 'N' ROLL WILL NEVER DIE". While he was still
> very good in that episode, I'd rather have seen him back as Anthony
> Boy in another episode. He just makes a great bad guy.
Yeah, but he played his role as the star-struck gofer with perfect
abplomb. I remember guys like that in my own life -- handsome
and sufficiently self-confident while within their own circle, but
thrown completely off their game when in another group of people,
and ALWAYS seemingly infatuated with a girl. In fact, it's that
infatuation that condemns them to both failure and being
taken advantage of ... willingly! Yeah, Loros did a good job
nailing that character!
j.r._johnson
Oh, I definitely agree with you. He did a great job playing that
role. And, now that I think about it, he could have played a
continuing role as Jim's buddy throughout the series. Not the con
artist that Angel was, but someone Jim could count on a *little bit*
more, yet still with his shortcomings. I was just saying that he
played Anthony Boy so well, that it was kind of hard for me to
adjust seeing him play the good guy. Once again, it shows the type
of great actors that were on TRF.
Speaking of great actors, here's something I wanted to mention
earlier, but never got around to posting it. I can now tie it in
with this thread. I think the reason that TRF had so many great
actors as guest stars on the show was because they had one of the
greatest actors of all time as the head of the series! I was
watching in "The Bees, The Trees & T.T. Flowers" the scene where
they had put the nitrous oxide canister in the back of Jim's car.
What impressed me the most about this little scene was Jim's facial
expressions when he got out of the car. I can only imagine how
difficult as an actor that had to be to try to show in the length of
time he had to do it how he was "coming down" from the effects of
the laughing gas. He was still laughing but showed that he still
trying to come back around. If anyone has this episode on tape, I
really suggest you go back and rewatch this little part again. It
seems like it's a "nothing" kind of acting event, but it HAD TO BE a
very difficult thing to pull off. Jim was absolutely brilliant at
it. Watch it again and see what I'm talking about.
Johnny
Charles
You are right about Jim Garner's ability to express his emotions on film. My
earliest recollection of where Jim did this was in The Americanization of
Emily (James Garner's favorite film btw). He was the soldier sent to be the
first to die in the D Day invasion by a crazy General. He did not die, but
instead went overboard. I can still see his expression of disgust after he
has been rescued, sitting in the lifeboat, at night, cold, and wet, being
brought in to shore.
Sometimes I think that James Garner's strongest acting skill is his ability
to express the emotions of the character and give the audience the real
experience of what is going on.
Also, James Garner has mentioned several times in interviews that he has
never been to acting school and has had no formal training.
Charles