en-us http://www.intensedebate.com/users/325060 Comments by Miko http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/03/actor-ben-gazzara-dies-at-81/#IDComment283958395 Don't mean to say that he couldn't chew up the scenery when on screen. Roadhouse and Big Lewbowski were films and roles that lent themselves to that. And he played it to the hilt in each. Capone could also fit in that category I suppose. But he was more like the nice comfortable chair in a room that you'd never part with than the flashy artwork that is pretty but you change when you're bored with it. Ben Gazzara was comfortable and never boring. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 20:41:30 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/03/actor-ben-gazzara-dies-at-81/#IDComment283958395 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/03/actor-ben-gazzara-dies-at-81/#IDComment283358974 Hard for me to pick a favorite Gazzara role. Or a particularly memorable one. He always seemed like the actor who came to work, knew his work and did it very well. He was consistently very good without overshadowing everything that surrounded him. I guess that's the best kind of character actor. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 03:50:26 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/02/03/actor-ben-gazzara-dies-at-81/#IDComment283358974 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/01/02/video-ellen-barkin-to-nypd-get-your-mother-fing-hands-off-me/#IDComment253272735 I would add destructive to your description. Tue, 3 Jan 2012 00:13:39 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2012/01/02/video-ellen-barkin-to-nypd-get-your-mother-fing-hands-off-me/#IDComment253272735 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/23/volokh-conspiracy-james-garner-set-an-example-of-manliness/#IDComment247944950 I think that she and John Nolte have that covered. Since Mr. Nolte is the man that runs this site, I'll go by his say-so. If I disagree with Mr. Nolte regarding any guest(s) to his site, I'll politely inform him of my viewpoint if I feel it necessary. I won't go the ad hominem route. Not sure why you went there with her. I guess that the reason I feel the need to defend James Garner here is that I have always felt like he's the kind of man with whom you could and would have spirited discussions on a multitude of issues, yet it would remain friendly. I see a lot of old fashioned sensibility with him that navigated a town and industry that is anything but old fashioned. I haven't read his book yet. The quotes regarding Ronald Reagan made me cringe. But on a second read, of the excerpt, it seemed to me that he was speaking as much about actors becoming politicians as he was about President Reagan specifically. And there are people that I still respect very much that I would say that they just don't "get" Ronald Reagan. I can read his book of his speeches and know clearly that President Reagan had many great original thoughts. So Mr. Garner feels differently. President Reagan's legacy is secure regardless. I think anyone would reflexively defend their parent if they felt that they were attacked. Also, I don't think Ms. Garner attacked anyone's beliefs or principles. Anyways...That is enough rambling on my part. My apologies if I prolonged this unnecessarily. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:56:35 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/23/volokh-conspiracy-james-garner-set-an-example-of-manliness/#IDComment247944950 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/23/volokh-conspiracy-james-garner-set-an-example-of-manliness/#IDComment247308465 A person could make a lot of inferences from your comment. Not sure if you truly are hoping for an answer from Ms. Garner, but I'll give you my first thought when I saw her avatar photo. Some of the most distinct memories of my daughter are from her earliest days. She was my little miracle. I can forget a lot of things, but those early days of my children are indelible. I'm sure it is the same with Ms. Garner and her father. I wouldn't be surprised if that photo was one of his favorites. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 01:30:10 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/23/volokh-conspiracy-james-garner-set-an-example-of-manliness/#IDComment247308465 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/23/volokh-conspiracy-james-garner-set-an-example-of-manliness/#IDComment246977958 I didn't post that for the kudos, but thank you. The best to all here at Big Hollywood in the holiday season. Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:46:34 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/23/volokh-conspiracy-james-garner-set-an-example-of-manliness/#IDComment246977958 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/23/volokh-conspiracy-james-garner-set-an-example-of-manliness/#IDComment246628683 Ms. Garner, I am about as radical a right leaning libertarian as can be found. I hold my God given rights and liberties very dear. I probably differ with almost everything that your father holds dear politically. That being said, I have always admired your father for being his own man. He has stood up for what he felt was right (now that I think about it, I agree very much with what I know about much of your father's 1960's civil rights stance). I can just feel the character instilled in him from Mr. Garner's Oklahoma upbringing. An upbringing that I think was very similar to my folks early 20th century West Virginia upbringing (And we had a Bumgarner marry into the family). My dad was conservative in some ways and far left in others. I didn't always agree with him, but I always loved him. I also hold your father in great affection. He made me smile a lot over the years. This is not kissing up to you, but your defense of your dad struck a chord in me. I know that you will keep defending him and always love him. As you should. Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:51:32 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/23/volokh-conspiracy-james-garner-set-an-example-of-manliness/#IDComment246628683 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/23/volokh-conspiracy-james-garner-set-an-example-of-manliness/#IDComment246619396 I agree with you to a point. Sadly, after being pummeled for years by leftists, many folks of a more conservative bent have reflexively become just as insulting. That is sad. But I remember catching continual crap from the 1980's on without being allowed to simply offer a different viewpoint in the debate. Scorched earth offensive has now been met with scorched earth response. It probably won't tone down until one side wins. Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:30:45 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/23/volokh-conspiracy-james-garner-set-an-example-of-manliness/#IDComment246619396 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/07/harry-morgan-colonel-potter-on-mash-dies-at-96/#IDComment234504094 One of those guys you sort of felt like he'd be around forever. Or at least hoped that he would. RIP, Harry. You delivered it every time you were called. Left a lot of indelible memories on my childhood into adulthood. Thu, 8 Dec 2011 05:26:50 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/12/07/harry-morgan-colonel-potter-on-mash-dies-at-96/#IDComment234504094 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/11/21/jordans-revenge-back-to-plan-a-cut-cap-balance/#IDComment225459964 Jim Jordan is my Congressional Representative. He truly represents me. He is one of the few good ones. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:52:36 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/11/21/jordans-revenge-back-to-plan-a-cut-cap-balance/#IDComment225459964 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/09/10/oscar-winner-cliff-robertson-dead-at-88/#IDComment192101012 He always seemed a classy guy. One of my favorites is "The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid." Rest in Peace. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:18:23 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/09/10/oscar-winner-cliff-robertson-dead-at-88/#IDComment192101012 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/06/03/rip-james-arness-dead-at-88/#IDComment159909262 Gunsmoke, The Virginian and Bonanza were weekly staples in our house. Mon, 6 Jun 2011 08:19:27 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/06/03/rip-james-arness-dead-at-88/#IDComment159909262 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/06/03/rip-james-arness-dead-at-88/#IDComment159908667 Your description sounds almost exactly of my Monday nights watching Gunsmoke with my Grandfather. Except he was sitting in his overstuffed easy chair. And we'd watch the older reruns in the afternoons. Chester and Festus going at it with Doc were our favorite scenes. They felt so real. Mon, 6 Jun 2011 08:17:36 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/06/03/rip-james-arness-dead-at-88/#IDComment159908667 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hduesing/2011/06/01/homevideodrome-dvd-releases-for-may-31st-2011/#IDComment158792408 Yes he was a great villain. A thinking man's psychopath in his best villainous roles. His dying scene in "The Tall T" made overacting absolutely convincing. Fri, 3 Jun 2011 08:58:11 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hduesing/2011/06/01/homevideodrome-dvd-releases-for-may-31st-2011/#IDComment158792408 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2011/06/02/primetime-propaganda-why-hollywood-is-liberal/#IDComment158790121 You're missing the point, my friend! The lyrics conveyed Springstein's message AND they rhymed. That makes hims smarter and better than you. Doesn't matter that Springstein is so full of crap that he'll eventually drown in it. Fri, 3 Jun 2011 08:45:45 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/esayet/2011/06/02/primetime-propaganda-why-hollywood-is-liberal/#IDComment158790121 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2011/01/07/of-gays-and-straights-and-the-conservative-movement/#IDComment120135160 Imagine Barney Frank having sex with Helen Thomas. You will not want to have sex with anything for months! Sat, 8 Jan 2011 04:41:15 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2011/01/07/of-gays-and-straights-and-the-conservative-movement/#IDComment120135160 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/11/28/fox-news-comedy-legend-leslie-nielsen-dead-at-84/#IDComment112739168 I once sat in a bar for a few hours with Leslie Nielsen and traded lines with him from the Police Squad show (He told me that I was "That other guy who watched the show."). This was about a month before he started shooting on The Naked Gun. He was a riot to hang out with and very indulgent of fans who wanted to have a drink with him. I expressed my doubts as to how successful the film would be but he said, "Don't worry. It'll knock your socks off!" Well, the Naked Gun movies did knock my socks off. And I'll always remember the actor who hung out in a North Myrtle Beach bar with a few fans who got a treat that they never expected. Rest in Peace, Mr. Nielsen. Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:27:39 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2010/11/28/fox-news-comedy-legend-leslie-nielsen-dead-at-84/#IDComment112739168 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/gopelka/2010/11/15/would-you-buy-obamacare-from-sheriff-andy-taylor/#IDComment109959660 The Andy Griffith Show was a great sitcom. One of the best. Andy Griffith did grow up in rural, Appalachian America and he was -- at least at the time -- a keen observer of the humanity of the era. It did reflect the best of us and gently poked us when illustrating our weaknesses. Now Andy Griffith, the man, is quite different. He does not live -- and apparently never did live -- by the principals that he so perfectly portrayed on the sitcom. That seems to be very typical of those who inhabit Hollywood. But that does not detract from what The Andy Griffith Show was. I grew up in Appalachian America. My family has lived there since 1755. My Grandparents never missed the Andy Griffith Show because of its realistic portrayal of people like them and those they lived amongst. That is true no matter how much an idiot Andy Griffith the man has proved himself to be. Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:04:33 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/gopelka/2010/11/15/would-you-buy-obamacare-from-sheriff-andy-taylor/#IDComment109959660 http://tv.breitbart.com/hollywood-legend-ed-asner-stuck-on-911-truth/#IDComment109526435 The best on-screen moment for Ed Asner: When Robert Mitchum does a bar strike with the barrel of his Winchester across Asner's nose in El Dorado. Sat, 13 Nov 2010 06:41:39 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/hollywood-legend-ed-asner-stuck-on-911-truth/#IDComment109526435 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dzucker/2010/10/22/call-me-madam-let-this-video-be-my-apology-for-once-supporting-sen-boxer/#IDComment105618376 Mr. Zucker, You are a comedic genius. Of course your comedy works so well because it is grounded in the regular folk's reality. Do this day I still laugh at your jokes from "A Fistful of Yen." Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:12:13 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dzucker/2010/10/22/call-me-madam-let-this-video-be-my-apology-for-once-supporting-sen-boxer/#IDComment105618376