tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post3456122758895088728..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: A Modern McNamara?blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-43364799026509328212008-07-15T12:11:00.000-07:002008-07-15T12:11:00.000-07:00Heh.Frank Stallone?Fun fact: In 1980, David Caruso...Heh.<BR/><BR/>Frank Stallone?<BR/><BR/>Fun fact: In 1980, David Caruso had a role in the low-budget horror flick "Without Warning", as one of the alien predator's first victims.<BR/><BR/>That film also starred Jack Palance, Cameron Mitchell and Martin Landau. Landau and Palance would later go on to win Oscars.<BR/><BR/>Caruso would go on to leave a hit TV show for a failing movie career. But he would master the art of taking of his sunglasses dramatically.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-84934035991776283742008-07-15T07:27:00.000-07:002008-07-15T07:27:00.000-07:00Yeah Mclean used to play poker every Sunday night ...Yeah Mclean used to play poker every Sunday night with David Caruso, Pernal Roberts and Frank Stallone. It was big in the late seventies.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-68623621922670090502008-07-14T22:48:00.000-07:002008-07-14T22:48:00.000-07:00I couldn't possibly list all the man's accomplishm...I couldn't possibly list all the man's accomplishments--well, okay, I could, but I'm lazy.<BR/><BR/>That's a good one. That's better than the Edsel, which Wiki sez isn't true. (He was against it, apparently.)<BR/><BR/>The thing about McLean Stevenson, on the other hand, is that he learned his lesson. The hard way, but nonetheless. I remember seeing one of those M*A*S*H retros where they had an interview of him saying something to the effect that he thought at the time that <I>he</I> was responsible for the show's success, but his later career demonstrated that he had misjudged.<BR/><BR/>It was charmingly sheepish. "Yeah, I threw away my career...."blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-4980086672886312922008-07-14T21:42:00.000-07:002008-07-14T21:42:00.000-07:00You forgot Mac's TV appearances as a foreign polic...You forgot Mac's TV appearances as a foreign policy and defense expert.<BR/><BR/>He constantly argued that Reagan's policies were dangerous, simplistic, and would never work. He was the McLean Stevenson of Public life.rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com