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Ubiquitous
Mar 21, 2012, 4:26:17 AM3/21/12
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Brain Keith, the late actor and star of the stupid 60s sitcom “Family
Affair” also played the dad in the original version of The Parent Trap
starring Hayley Mills — not the newer one with that drug addict drunk
Lindsay Lohan.
Anyway, while The Parent Trap was being filmed back in the early 1960s,
Brain keith wore what was probably the worst toupee in the history of
cinema. At one point during filming he was so disturbed by the way
the wig looked in the daily rushes (prints) of the movie, that he
insisted that a scene be added where he falls into the lake and climbs
out — his hair still intact. He figured that by doing this, people who
watched the movie and otherwise wondered if indeed he was was wearing a
toupee would be swayed to assume he wasn’t were he to fall into the
water and emerge with his hair still intact.
“We had to film that scene months after the movie was finished,” said a
source close to the production. “It cost us almost as much to film that
one segment that it did to film the entire movie. We had to fly people
in and re-rent the location — a house near Lake Tahoe — it was a
nightmare, but there was no saying “no” to Brian Keith because he was an
ego maniac who thought that he was the pillar of masculine virility.
“The producers insisted that he stop trying to film shirtless scenes
because he had that in-shape but really outta shape old man body. One
scene was filmed where he takes off his shirt to take a shower but when
the movie came out that scene was cut in such a way that you only see
him unbutton his shirt but you don’t see him walk across the bathroom
shirtless. Brian was so infuriated that the director did this that he
walked out of the premier of the movie at the Chinese Theater.”
TheDamienZone notes that Brian Keith had the worst toupee of his time
and he refused to listen to stylists who told him that you can’t have a
thick wavy mop of strawberry blond hair on the top of your head when the
sides of your head are thinning and grayish black. If you watch the
movie the toupee will drive you out of your mind. It may have driven
Brian Keith out of his mind too because he eventually committed suicide.
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Affair” also played the dad in the original version of The Parent Trap
starring Hayley Mills — not the newer one with that drug addict drunk
Lindsay Lohan.
Anyway, while The Parent Trap was being filmed back in the early 1960s,
Brain keith wore what was probably the worst toupee in the history of
cinema. At one point during filming he was so disturbed by the way
the wig looked in the daily rushes (prints) of the movie, that he
insisted that a scene be added where he falls into the lake and climbs
out — his hair still intact. He figured that by doing this, people who
watched the movie and otherwise wondered if indeed he was was wearing a
toupee would be swayed to assume he wasn’t were he to fall into the
water and emerge with his hair still intact.
“We had to film that scene months after the movie was finished,” said a
source close to the production. “It cost us almost as much to film that
one segment that it did to film the entire movie. We had to fly people
in and re-rent the location — a house near Lake Tahoe — it was a
nightmare, but there was no saying “no” to Brian Keith because he was an
ego maniac who thought that he was the pillar of masculine virility.
“The producers insisted that he stop trying to film shirtless scenes
because he had that in-shape but really outta shape old man body. One
scene was filmed where he takes off his shirt to take a shower but when
the movie came out that scene was cut in such a way that you only see
him unbutton his shirt but you don’t see him walk across the bathroom
shirtless. Brian was so infuriated that the director did this that he
walked out of the premier of the movie at the Chinese Theater.”
TheDamienZone notes that Brian Keith had the worst toupee of his time
and he refused to listen to stylists who told him that you can’t have a
thick wavy mop of strawberry blond hair on the top of your head when the
sides of your head are thinning and grayish black. If you watch the
movie the toupee will drive you out of your mind. It may have driven
Brian Keith out of his mind too because he eventually committed suicide.
--
"If Barack Obama isn't careful, he will become the Jimmy Carter of the
21st century."
Hass
Mar 21, 2012, 7:08:31 AM3/21/12
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On Mar 21, 3:26 am, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> Brain Keith, the late actor and star of the stupid 60s sitcom “Family
TROLL-O-METER
> Brain Keith, the late actor and star of the stupid 60s sitcom “Family
5* 6* *7
4* *8
3* *9
2* *10
1* | *stuporous
0* -*- *catatonic
* |\ *comatose
* \ *clinical death
* \ *biological death
* _\/ *demonic apparition
* * *damned for all eternity
RichA
Mar 21, 2012, 8:42:01 AM3/21/12
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On Mar 21, 4:26 am, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> Brain Keith, the late actor and star of the stupid 60s sitcom “Family
> Affair” also played the dad in the original version of The Parent Trap
> starring Hayley Mills — not the newer one with that drug addict drunk
> Lindsay Lohan.
>
> Anyway, while The Parent Trap was being filmed back in the early 1960s,
> Brain keith wore what was probably the worst toupee in the history of
> cinema. At one point during filming he was so disturbed by the way
> the wig looked in the daily rushes (prints) of the movie, that he
> insisted that a scene be added where he falls into the lake and climbs
> out — his hair still intact. He figured that by doing this, people who
> watched the movie and otherwise wondered if indeed he was was wearing a
> toupee would be swayed to assume he wasn’t were he to fall into the
> water and emerge with his hair still intact.
Much like Connery's awful carved-from-stone toupe in "Never Say Never
> Brain Keith, the late actor and star of the stupid 60s sitcom “Family
> Affair” also played the dad in the original version of The Parent Trap
> starring Hayley Mills — not the newer one with that drug addict drunk
> Lindsay Lohan.
>
> Anyway, while The Parent Trap was being filmed back in the early 1960s,
> Brain keith wore what was probably the worst toupee in the history of
> cinema. At one point during filming he was so disturbed by the way
> the wig looked in the daily rushes (prints) of the movie, that he
> insisted that a scene be added where he falls into the lake and climbs
> out — his hair still intact. He figured that by doing this, people who
> watched the movie and otherwise wondered if indeed he was was wearing a
> toupee would be swayed to assume he wasn’t were he to fall into the
> water and emerge with his hair still intact.
Again."
anim8rFSK
Mar 21, 2012, 9:28:13 AM3/21/12
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In article <jkc3cf$lgu$1...@dont-email.me>,
had any star power, and the movie was wrapped months before. Just say
'no'
Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> Brain Keith, the late actor and star of the stupid 60s sitcom “Family
> Affair” also played the dad in the original version of The Parent Trap
> starring Hayley Mills — not the newer one with that drug addict drunk
> Lindsay Lohan.
>
> Anyway, while The Parent Trap was being filmed back in the early 1960s,
> Brain keith wore what was probably the worst toupee in the history of
> cinema. At one point during filming he was so disturbed by the way
> the wig looked in the daily rushes (prints) of the movie, that he
> insisted that a scene be added where he falls into the lake and climbs
> out — his hair still intact. He figured that by doing this, people who
> watched the movie and otherwise wondered if indeed he was was wearing a
> toupee would be swayed to assume he wasn’t were he to fall into the
> water and emerge with his hair still intact.
>
> “We had to film that scene months after the movie was finished,” said a
> source close to the production. “It cost us almost as much to film that
> one segment that it did to film the entire movie. We had to fly people
> in and re-rent the location — a house near Lake Tahoe — it was a
> nightmare, but there was no saying “no” to Brian Keith because he was an
> ego maniac who thought that he was the pillar of masculine virility.
Uh ... how can there be 'no saying no' to Brian Keith? It's not like he
> Brain Keith, the late actor and star of the stupid 60s sitcom “Family
> Affair” also played the dad in the original version of The Parent Trap
> starring Hayley Mills — not the newer one with that drug addict drunk
> Lindsay Lohan.
>
> Anyway, while The Parent Trap was being filmed back in the early 1960s,
> Brain keith wore what was probably the worst toupee in the history of
> cinema. At one point during filming he was so disturbed by the way
> the wig looked in the daily rushes (prints) of the movie, that he
> insisted that a scene be added where he falls into the lake and climbs
> out — his hair still intact. He figured that by doing this, people who
> watched the movie and otherwise wondered if indeed he was was wearing a
> toupee would be swayed to assume he wasn’t were he to fall into the
> water and emerge with his hair still intact.
>
> “We had to film that scene months after the movie was finished,” said a
> source close to the production. “It cost us almost as much to film that
> one segment that it did to film the entire movie. We had to fly people
> in and re-rent the location — a house near Lake Tahoe — it was a
> nightmare, but there was no saying “no” to Brian Keith because he was an
> ego maniac who thought that he was the pillar of masculine virility.
had any star power, and the movie was wrapped months before. Just say
'no'
Professor Bubba
Mar 21, 2012, 10:45:02 AM3/21/12
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In article <anim8rfsk-5B1A2...@news.easynews.com>,
The story sounds bogus. Walt wouldn't have spent the extra money,
period.
The needless introductory swipe at Lohan (who was, what, 11 when they
shot The Parent Trap?) also goes to the veracity of the piece.
period.
The needless introductory swipe at Lohan (who was, what, 11 when they
shot The Parent Trap?) also goes to the veracity of the piece.
Madara0806
Mar 21, 2012, 11:05:50 AM3/21/12
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On Mar 21, 10:45 am, Professor Bubba <bu...@nowhere.edu.invalid>
wrote:
> In article <anim8rfsk-5B1A2E.06281321032...@news.easynews.com>,
>
>
>
>
>
> anim8rFSK <anim8r...@cox.net> wrote:
> > In article <jkc3cf$lg...@dont-email.me>,
Agreed. Keith was never that big a star that he could make such
demands. I don't know what he was like off-camera, but it's doubtful
he would have had the long career he had if he was this obnoxious. And
if he was this difficult on PARENT TRAP, Disney never would have hired
him again. Yet Keith worked on several more Disney films.
Don't believe everything you read on the internet, especially THIS
forum.
wrote:
> In article <anim8rfsk-5B1A2E.06281321032...@news.easynews.com>,
>
>
>
>
>
> anim8rFSK <anim8r...@cox.net> wrote:
> > In article <jkc3cf$lg...@dont-email.me>,
demands. I don't know what he was like off-camera, but it's doubtful
he would have had the long career he had if he was this obnoxious. And
if he was this difficult on PARENT TRAP, Disney never would have hired
him again. Yet Keith worked on several more Disney films.
Don't believe everything you read on the internet, especially THIS
forum.
notbob
Mar 21, 2012, 11:15:06 AM3/21/12
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On 2012-03-21, Professor Bubba <bu...@nowhere.edu.invalid> wrote:
> The needless introductory swipe at Lohan (who was, what, 11 when they
> shot The Parent Trap?).....
> The needless introductory swipe at Lohan (who was, what, 11 when they
While I don't give the story any credence, what? There's no such
thing as an eleven yr old alky? Get a clue.
nb
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gtr
Mar 21, 2012, 12:05:55 PM3/21/12
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anim8rFSK
Mar 21, 2012, 2:14:41 PM3/21/12
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In article <210320121045020049%bu...@nowhere.edu.invalid>,
Walt's famous for ponying up big bucks to fix the giant skwid attack in
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, but that was the set piece of the film.
It had to be done. This story? As reported? Nonsense. And how could
it have almost doubled the budget? It sounds like one afternoon's work.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, but that was the set piece of the film.
It had to be done. This story? As reported? Nonsense. And how could
it have almost doubled the budget? It sounds like one afternoon's work.
>
> The needless introductory swipe at Lohan (who was, what, 11 when they
> shot The Parent Trap?) also goes to the veracity of the piece.
Yep.
> The needless introductory swipe at Lohan (who was, what, 11 when they
> shot The Parent Trap?) also goes to the veracity of the piece.
Howard Brazee
Mar 21, 2012, 3:26:40 PM3/21/12
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On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:05:50 -0700 (PDT), Madara0806
<madar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Agreed. Keith was never that big a star that he could make such
>demands. I don't know what he was like off-camera, but it's doubtful
>he would have had the long career he had if he was this obnoxious. And
>if he was this difficult on PARENT TRAP, Disney never would have hired
>him again. Yet Keith worked on several more Disney films.
And he certainly wasn't the biggest star of that movie.
<madar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Agreed. Keith was never that big a star that he could make such
>demands. I don't know what he was like off-camera, but it's doubtful
>he would have had the long career he had if he was this obnoxious. And
>if he was this difficult on PARENT TRAP, Disney never would have hired
>him again. Yet Keith worked on several more Disney films.
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than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."
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Tom
Mar 21, 2012, 4:17:51 PM3/21/12
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<plagiarized article snipped>
A) From whom did you steal this article?
B) Who fucking cares about his toupe from a 51 year old movie? Do you
expect the writer from whom you stole the article to do something
about the toupe now?
Tom
A) From whom did you steal this article?
B) Who fucking cares about his toupe from a 51 year old movie? Do you
expect the writer from whom you stole the article to do something
about the toupe now?
Tom
tomcervo
Mar 21, 2012, 4:28:36 PM3/21/12
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Stolen from this asshole:
http://thedamienzone.com/about-damien-zone/
Don't go there unless you've got a taste for bullshit.
http://thedamienzone.com/about-damien-zone/
Don't go there unless you've got a taste for bullshit.
gtr
Mar 21, 2012, 6:16:28 PM3/21/12
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On 2012-03-21 20:17:51 +0000, Tom said:
> B) Who fucking cares about his toupe from a 51 year old movie? Do you
> expect the writer from whom you stole the article to do something
> about the toupe now?
Terrible to admit, but I care. I found it damned funny/stupid/amazing.
> B) Who fucking cares about his toupe from a 51 year old movie? Do you
> expect the writer from whom you stole the article to do something
> about the toupe now?
Yes, and certainly dubious. One vanity shot trumping the entire budget?
That's a stretch.
Anyway, it may not have been true, but seemingly no one was hurt.
Perhaps Brian Keith's "legacy" was bruised.
Frankly, it makes me want to see the thing again just to check it out.
When I first saw it, I was entranced with Hayley Mills. At age 12, I
wasn't quite sure what, but I knew she had something I wanted.
Tom
Mar 21, 2012, 7:55:17 PM3/21/12
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On Mar 21, 5:16 pm, gtr <x...@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> On 2012-03-21 20:17:51 +0000, Tom said:
>
> > B) Who fucking cares about his toupe from a 51 year old movie? Do you
> > expect the writer from whom you stole the article to do something
> > about the toupe now?
>
> Terrible to admit, but I care. I found it damned funny/stupid/amazing.
> Yes, and certainly dubious. One vanity shot trumping the entire budget?
> That's a stretch.
Agreed, it's a stretch.
> On 2012-03-21 20:17:51 +0000, Tom said:
>
> > B) Who fucking cares about his toupe from a 51 year old movie? Do you
> > expect the writer from whom you stole the article to do something
> > about the toupe now?
>
> Terrible to admit, but I care. I found it damned funny/stupid/amazing.
> Yes, and certainly dubious. One vanity shot trumping the entire budget?
> That's a stretch.
>
> Anyway, it may not have been true, but seemingly no one was hurt.
> Perhaps Brian Keith's "legacy" was bruised.
>
> Frankly, it makes me want to see the thing again just to check it out.
> When I first saw it, I was entranced with Hayley Mills. At age 12, I
> wasn't quite sure what, but I knew she had something I wanted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htdk3UpFiDc&feature=related
WOW!
Tom
Mack A. Damia
Mar 21, 2012, 8:15:52 PM3/21/12
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On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:55:17 -0700 (PDT), Tom <drs...@aol.com> wrote:
>On Mar 21, 5:16 pm, gtr <x...@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>> On 2012-03-21 20:17:51 +0000, Tom said:
>>
>> > B) Who fucking cares about his toupe from a 51 year old movie? Do you
>> > expect the writer from whom you stole the article to do something
>> > about the toupe now?
>>
>> Terrible to admit, but I care. I found it damned funny/stupid/amazing.
>> Yes, and certainly dubious. One vanity shot trumping the entire budget?
>> That's a stretch.
>
>Agreed, it's a stretch.
>
>>
>> Anyway, it may not have been true, but seemingly no one was hurt.
>> Perhaps Brian Keith's "legacy" was bruised.
>>
>> Frankly, it makes me want to see the thing again just to check it out.
>> When I first saw it, I was entranced with Hayley Mills. At age 12, I
>> wasn't quite sure what, but I knew she had something I wanted.
>
>Me, too!
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htdk3UpFiDc&feature=related
>
>WOW!
(Music by Paul McCartney)
>On Mar 21, 5:16 pm, gtr <x...@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>> On 2012-03-21 20:17:51 +0000, Tom said:
>>
>> > B) Who fucking cares about his toupe from a 51 year old movie? Do you
>> > expect the writer from whom you stole the article to do something
>> > about the toupe now?
>>
>> Terrible to admit, but I care. I found it damned funny/stupid/amazing.
>> Yes, and certainly dubious. One vanity shot trumping the entire budget?
>> That's a stretch.
>
>Agreed, it's a stretch.
>
>>
>> Anyway, it may not have been true, but seemingly no one was hurt.
>> Perhaps Brian Keith's "legacy" was bruised.
>>
>> Frankly, it makes me want to see the thing again just to check it out.
>> When I first saw it, I was entranced with Hayley Mills. At age 12, I
>> wasn't quite sure what, but I knew she had something I wanted.
>
>Me, too!
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htdk3UpFiDc&feature=related
>
>WOW!
Go to 46:50 for a minute or two if you like WOW!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoupaOy9LvM
Walt Disney turned over in his grave.
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Tom
Mar 21, 2012, 8:43:04 PM3/21/12
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trotsky
Mar 21, 2012, 9:39:06 PM3/21/12
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trotsky
Mar 21, 2012, 9:49:46 PM3/21/12
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toupees. I can't think of a better way for him to spend his time.
trotsky
Mar 21, 2012, 9:57:23 PM3/21/12
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Mack A. Damia
Mar 21, 2012, 10:13:35 PM3/21/12
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--
Tom
Mar 21, 2012, 10:27:12 PM3/21/12
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On Mar 21, 3:28 pm, tomcervo <tomce...@aol.com> wrote:
> Stolen from this asshole:http://thedamienzone.com/about-damien-zone/
>
> Don't go there unless you've got a taste for bullshit.
Apparently, Ubi's taste for it is insatiable.
> Stolen from this asshole:http://thedamienzone.com/about-damien-zone/
>
> Don't go there unless you've got a taste for bullshit.
Tom
Tom
Mar 21, 2012, 10:28:31 PM3/21/12
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Tom
Not Sure
Mar 21, 2012, 10:44:11 PM3/21/12
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>
> Tom
Professor Bubba
Mar 21, 2012, 10:58:46 PM3/21/12
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In article <4vednWze-6ynGPfS...@mchsi.com>, trotsky
TOUPEE-O-METER
5* 6* *7
4* *8
3* *9
2* *10
1* | *Carl Reiner
0* -*- *William Shatner
* |\ *Dabney Coleman
* \ *Brian Keith
* \ *Steve Allen
* _\/ *Ted Koppel
* * *Charlton Heston
5* 6* *7
4* *8
3* *9
2* *10
0* -*- *William Shatner
* |\ *Dabney Coleman
* \ *Brian Keith
* \ *Steve Allen
* _\/ *Ted Koppel
* * *Charlton Heston
notbob
Mar 21, 2012, 11:43:08 PM3/21/12
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On 2012-03-22, Mack A Damia <mybaco...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Go to 46:50 for a minute or two if you like WOW!
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoupaOy9LvM
>
> Walt Disney turned over in his grave.
Nonsense. If the geezer was still alive heda strommed his thurmond like
> Go to 46:50 for a minute or two if you like WOW!
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoupaOy9LvM
>
> Walt Disney turned over in his grave.
the rest of us. ;)
gtr
Mar 22, 2012, 2:13:02 AM3/22/12
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comedy crew. Pretty well bald at an early age, just the fring around
the sides. So he had a pretty good toupe done for whenever a role might
demand.
He always got a kick out of going into bars and bending over and
dropping it on the floor. Or "throwing back" a shot and letting the
hairpiece fly. Taking off his hat and leaving the toupe inside. And
then of coure the scramble to put it back on--backwards.
Great fun.
trotsky
Mar 22, 2012, 7:28:52 AM3/22/12
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Tom
Mar 22, 2012, 11:14:27 PM3/22/12
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On Mar 21, 9:58 pm, Professor Bubba <bu...@nowhere.edu.invalid> wrote:
> In article <4vednWze-6ynGPfSnZ2dnUVZ_rGdn...@mchsi.com>, trotsky
Nicely done!
Tom
> In article <4vednWze-6ynGPfSnZ2dnUVZ_rGdn...@mchsi.com>, trotsky
Tom
Pithy and Original ?
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