How tall was Max Baer Jr?
KuramaYou
episode before) and I noticed how tall Jethro (played by Baer) looked in
relation to the rest of the cast. Does anyone know how tall he is? Based on
his father, I'd say like 6'2" or 6'3" but maybe he is even taller. If I
recall, Buddy Baer was 6'5", so there was genetics for height in that family.
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>I was watching a show on the Beverly Hillbillies (I had never really watched an
>episode before) and I noticed how tall Jethro (played by Baer) looked in
>relation to the rest of the cast. Does anyone know how tall he is? Based on
>his father, I'd say like 6'2" or 6'3" but maybe he is even taller. If I
>recall, Buddy Baer was 6'5", so there was genetics for height in that family.
I thought they said on the show last night that he is 6'5. But I could
be mistaken.
Loki
KuramaYou
be mistaken.>>
You could be right, I caught it in the middle. Did they make any mention to
Max Baer Sr. being a HW champ?
Sk00T
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><<I thought they said on the show last night that he is 6'5. But I could
>be mistaken.>>
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>You could be right, I caught it in the middle. Did they make any
>mention to Max Baer Sr. being a HW champ?
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He was 6-5. Here's a small story on him:
Max, Baer, Jr. was born on December 4, 1937 and grew up in Sacramento,
California. His father, Max Baer, Sr., was a world heavyweight boxing
champion. Baer received his bachelor's degree from the University of Santa
Clara in business administration with a minor in philosophy. Shortly
afterwards, he was signed by Warner Brothers as a Contract Player. He
landed the plum role of Jethro and from 1962 until 1971, he starred in The
Beverly Hillbillies.
In his book The Beverly Hillbillies, Stephen Cox included an interview with
Max Baer in which he shared some of his feelings regarding his experiences
working with the writers and cast of the Beverly Hillbillies. Baer admitted
that he made little money from the series; even when the show was the
number one rated series, he was only making $800 per show (unlike Filmways
and Paul Henning , the writer and creator of the show). Apparently, things
were not always easy going on and off the set.
After the show ended, Baer wrote and produced the motion picture MACON
COUNTY LINE, which was the largest grossing movie per dollar invested of
all time. Made for $110,000 cash, it grossed almost $25 million at the box
office. Ever innovative, Baer also initiated the idea of using a popular
song title as a way to produce a low-cost, high-profit motion picture. His
movie, ODE TO BILLY JOE was produced at a cost of $1.1 million. Box
office earnings were $27 million, plus earnings in excess of $2.65 million
(foreign), $4.75 million (televison) and $2.5 million (video cassette).
Since ODE TO BILLY JOE, the motion picture industry has capitalized on the
trend, with over 100 song title movies.
Baer retired to his home at Lake Tahoe, Nevada in 1980. Since 1985 he has
been using his business background by studying the gaming business from a
new marketing approach: i.e. how to deliver people into the hotel/casino
and keep them for longer periods of time with the lowest cost in
advertising and marketing. At Lake Tahoe, Baer witnessed tourists paying
$5 to $6 to enter the "Ponderosa Ranch", a location used for just a couple
of episodes of the TV series BONANZA. Once inside the grounds, there was
not much to see, but the tourists nevertheless enjoyed it. Baer had the
beginnings of an idea. If people would pay to see next to nothing merely
because of a well known television series, then surely those same tourists
would be happy to pay "nothing" to see something: namely THE BEVERLY
HILLBILLIES, whose TV audience was much larger.
For the last three decades, Max Baer has been known to the world as "Jethro
Bodine" from THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES. It is an unshakable identity,
regardless of his other successes and projects. Through the years, Baer has
become more objective about his identity, and is now seeing it as a
marvelous marketing opportunity with clear application to the resort and
gaming industry.
With this in mind he started — and after two years acquired — all the
contracts necessary in obtaining the rights for marketing JETHRO’S BEVERLY
HILLBILLIES MANSION AND CASINO. Click on the link here to get a sneak
preview of this fascinating work in progress. Thanks once again to Terry
Behrens for the new information and fabulous pictures.
Marty
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><<I thought they said on the show last night that he is 6'5. But I could
>be mistaken.>>
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>You could be right, I caught it in the middle. Did they make any mention to
>Max Baer Sr. being a HW champ?
Only in passing.
Loki
Ruddell
> kura...@aol.com (KuramaYou) wrote in
> He was 6-5. Here's a small story on him:
Good post Marty...
Dennis
Sk00T
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>> kura...@aol.com (KuramaYou) wrote in
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>> He was 6-5. Here's a small story on him:
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>Good post Marty...
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>Dennis
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Thanks! :)
Marty
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>I was watching a show on the Beverly Hillbillies (I had never really watched an
>episode before) and I noticed how tall Jethro (played by Baer) looked in
>relation to the rest of the cast. Does anyone know how tall he is? Based on
>his father, I'd say like 6'2" or 6'3" but maybe he is even taller. If I
>recall, Buddy Baer was 6'5", so there was genetics for height in that family.
>
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Max, Jr., is 6'4".
DCI
VenMarPlut
jbfrey
KuramaYou
I'm sure he had the genes of a fighter. His father was a world champion and
all. Max Baer senior was a strong fighter with a hard punch. Max Jr. probably
inherited some of that strength. I don't know the kind of relationship he had
with his father but I'm sure he taught his boy to box, a lot of fighters do
even if they don't want their kids to fight professionally. So he could
probably beat the shit out of your average guy, but i doubt he had the drive to
become a sucessful pro. Obviously, acting was the profession meant for him.
Sk00T
Maybe a good street fighter, but not in the ring.
Marty