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Kevin Miller

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Jul 6, 2002, 11:20:31 PM7/6/02
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On Sun, 07 Jul 2002 03:16:30 GMT, "aok2" <ao...@comcast.net> wrote:

>With the passing of this baseball great and all the tales of his interesting
>life being told, would a movie of Ted Williams life be a great idea? What
>man has led a more exciting life than Williams, perhaps Indiana Jones? HOF
>baseball player, War hero, colorful character, cranktansous personality,
>"The Kid" was an American Original. Like Marlon Brando, Charlten Heston,
>like the Babe and Gehrig.
>
>If a movie was to be made of Teddy Ballgame's life what should it be like?
>What parts of #9's life should be represented? Specificly, afterall this is
>a 2 hour movie. Who would make a convincing Ted Williams?
>
>I would say Harrison Ford would be a good candidate. With John
>Frankenheimer or Martin Scorsese directing....
>

Bruce Dern could play Williams, with Sam Peckinpah directing, and Ted
could go around Boston, blowing away all those stupid engineers who
designed and built that awful tunnel they named after him.

Kevin Miller
"GO SKINS!!!"

JiZ

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Jul 7, 2002, 10:08:12 AM7/7/02
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I say Jack Black as Williams, the studios wanna attract the younger crowds..

Kevin Miller

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Jul 7, 2002, 10:21:11 AM7/7/02
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On Sun, 07 Jul 2002 10:08:12 -0400, JiZ <thehock...@dot.com>
wrote:

>I say Jack Black as Williams, the studios wanna attract the younger crowds..
>

Who cares about the younger demographic? I'm 46, and I wanna see Bruce
Dern running around wasting people...:)

Kevin Miller
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sam

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Jul 7, 2002, 1:09:23 PM7/7/02
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Unfortunately, given this disgraceful story in the Boston Globe...I'd say
Vanilla Ice could play Ted.
WTF is up with Ted's son ---John Henry?

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/188/metro/Feud_follows_Williams_death+.sht
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sam

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Jul 7, 2002, 1:11:25 PM7/7/02
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HOOVER

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Jul 7, 2002, 1:26:12 PM7/7/02
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And add Mikey Westbrook for a hint of scandal

HOOVER

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Jul 7, 2002, 1:27:33 PM7/7/02
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Kevin Miller wrote:


For a second, I thought you said "blowing all those stupid engineers" -
silly me

Kevin Miller

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Jul 7, 2002, 2:46:05 PM7/7/02
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On Sun, 07 Jul 2002 17:27:33 GMT, HOOVER <Hoo...@netscape.com> wrote:


>For a second, I thought you said "blowing all those stupid engineers" -
>silly me
>
>

Silly you. All this talk of tunnels and blowing must be inflicting you
with an enormous stiffy, huh?

Kevin Miller
"GO SKINS!!!"

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