A galaxy far, far way
So much for the fleeting magic of the movies. Movie sets built in Tunisia in 1976 for George Lucas' first installment of "Star Wars" are not only still standing, they're being lived in by poor desert people. Lucas used Tunisia as the backdrop for the desert planet of Alderaan in the series' "Episode IV." The epic "Star Wars Bar" on location in that African country was also immortalized by a funny bit on "Saturday Night Live" with Bill Murray.---
Star of stage and screen Peter Boyle died yesterday at the age of 71 in New York. Boyle was a standout on a damn good television show called "Everybody Loves Raymond," and also made memorable appearances in "Taxi Driver" and "NYPD Blue," but I'll remember him as the best monster in movie history, better than even the great Karloff. I'm making this the blog's first ever YouTube link.
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Geek Test! Yes I know, Poindexters, the desert planet on "Star Wars" was actually Tatooine. You people are dorks.
posted by CM @ 8:35 PM
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Who can forget Peter Boyle's classic performance as Jocko Dundee, the mobster who leads Michael Keaton's character into a life of crime in "Johnny Dangerously"?: "You bald-headed beauty, I thought I'd lost ya!"
Or even more memorably as the musical-singing Hawaiian sage Chief Orman in {"Honeymoon in Vegas"?: "Chief Orman's favorite musical is, of course, South Pacific."
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Correction: The first ever youtube link on this blog was when I guest-blogged last summer and linked to the National Anthem performance by Destiny's Child at last year's NBA All Star game - the greatest anthem performance of all time (except for the time present-day 76er coach Maurice Cheeks helped out the little girl who forgot the lyrics before a playoff game
One more Peter Boyle fun fact:
His wife whom he married in the 70s was a Rolling Stone reporter and good friends with Yoko Ono. John Lennon was Boyle's best man.
I forgot about that link. I'm sorry.
If only Cheeks were as helpful towards his superstar players on the 76ers as he was to that little girl. Allen Iverson's departure this month will add to Philly's sorry sports legacy.
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