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1. #236165
   On February 5th, 2008 at 1:11 pm, cpodug said:

   A smile on my face and a tear in my eye – nobody could have said it better.

2. #236170
   On February 5th, 2008 at 1:15 pm, letget said:

   Thanks Michelle, my goodness The Duke was a special American. Too bad the hollywood bunch now doesn’t believe in America and our military as John did.
   Time has changed.
   L.

3. #236171
   On February 5th, 2008 at 1:16 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

   GAWD, I miss The Duke.

   Clapping for learning prayer and the Psalms! What happened to this great country? The Duke wants to know.

4. #236175
   On February 5th, 2008 at 1:21 pm, Old Tanker said:

   The Duke……an American classic!

5. #236177
   On February 5th, 2008 at 1:21 pm, zorro said:

   Thanks Larry, thanks Michelle.

   John Wayne, American. No doubt about.

   May God Rest his Soul.

6. #236179
   On February 5th, 2008 at 1:22 pm, twiggman said:

   It just doesn’t get any better than that…Thanks Michelle!..

7. #236180
   On February 5th, 2008 at 1:23 pm, whysoangry said:

   Thank you.

8. #236183
   On February 5th, 2008 at 1:26 pm, MrVIBEMAN said:

   I can’t even place that video in context with the Hollywood of today.

   I’d like to see Marion Michael Morrison and Michael Moore face to face. There wouldn’t be enough left of sicko to put in a ziplock baggie.

   Can you imagine if ‘the Duke’ walked into Hollywood today with those principles and morals? He wouldn’t even get in the front door.
   Makes me want to sit down with my kids and watch some old movies.

9. #236192
   On February 5th, 2008 at 1:33 pm, Barry F. said:

   I miss John Wayne; a traditionalist that loved America.

   Ditto, zorro. “May God rest his soul.”

   Thank you, Michelle. It did make my day better and put a smile on my face.

   Where are the John Waynes of the world today? I don’t see them running for elected office nowadays.

10. #236197
    On February 5th, 2008 at 1:38 pm, Larraby said:

    Check out the Duke in Rooster Cogsburn. Classic.

11. #236200
    On February 5th, 2008 at 1:41 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    He was Rooster in True Grit. True Grit – go figure.

12. #236205
    On February 5th, 2008 at 1:47 pm, jrlingreenbay said:

    One of my favorite lines is from “Big Jake” – as his son in the movie ( and real life, Patrick ) keeps calling his long-out-of-his-life father “Daddy”… The Duke gets a bit perturbed and states, “Well, since you haven’t learned to respect your elders, it’s time you learned to respect your betters” – and promptly knocks him on his behind….

    Tough love from Daddy Duke…

13. #236207
    On February 5th, 2008 at 1:47 pm, Barry F. said:

    Check out the Duke in Rooster Cogsburn. Classic.

    I think my favorite John Wayne movie was McClintock from 1963. It was sort of a modern day Taming of the Shrew.

    One of my favorite lines was from John Wayne’s character, George Washington “G.W.” McClintock:

    “I know I’m gonna use good judgement. I haven’t lost my temper in 40 years, but pilgrim you caused a lot of trouble this monring, might have got somebody killed… and somebody oughta belt you in the mouth. But I won’t, I won’t. The hell I won’t!” [Belts man in the mouth]

    My next favorite quote from it:
    “I’ve got a touch of hangover, bureaucrat. Don’t push me.“

14. #236208
    On February 5th, 2008 at 1:50 pm, One_American said:

    I think it’s high time Republicans saddle-up and round up these stray RINO’s like McCain – and put ‘em in a tight corral…

15. #236211
    On February 5th, 2008 at 1:53 pm, malkin_fan said:

    Uh-OH…

    ….Looks like there will be a “Lets censure the Duke” motion at next months Berkeley council meeting.

16. #236213
    On February 5th, 2008 at 1:58 pm, Lindsay said:

    The class of the 50’s and 60’s is what we miss. My parent’s generation were the last of manners, and good taste,it seems.

    I wonder what John Wayne would have thought of hip hop,gangs, their language, and their dress code?

    Things started downhill in the 70’s and continue to spiral down instead of up with the masses. What I thought was a trend (promiscuity, drugs, obscenity in films and language,etc.) became a way of life for many exclaiming their civil liberties and the right to do whatever they could for shock value.

    Eventually, I hope, civility and class will cycle back on the pendulum.

17. #236214
    On February 5th, 2008 at 1:59 pm, right_on said:

    One of my favorite John Wayne lines, “Now listen, and listen tight, Pilgrim…!”

    People all over the world are still willing to risk their lives, and break our laws, in order to complete their “pilgrimage” to this great country. Ask your favorite Democrat why this is happening if this is such an evil country? God Bless Marion Morrison!!!

18. #236219
    On February 5th, 2008 at 2:02 pm, NavyTim said:

    You once said Michelle you were looking for Mr. Right? Duke would tell everyone to Suck It Up. However, if they didn’t, he could make the,,,,

    He, was Mr. Right.

19. #236247
    On February 5th, 2008 at 2:18 pm, graysonret said:

    I think we all miss the Duke and his movies plus inspiration. It seems, in Hollywood these days, that there isn’t anyone there who can fill his shoes.

20. #236252
    On February 5th, 2008 at 2:20 pm, CarpiJugulum said:

    On the eve of live night fire at Camp Pendelton for the new recruits entering the Marine Corps. They sit down several hundred young men. The speach on safety is about to begin as the sun sits over the Pacific Ocean. All is quiet then over the speakers comes one voice loud and clear. SGT. Stryker from the Sands of Iwo Jima. A CLASSIC!

    Only one man can motivate these fine young men and thats the DUKE. He promises to teach us 1000 things and none of them are in a book.

    Lessons learned on that night, with only one clear voice. I can not even remember any thing my drill instructors said. But I will never forget the motivation from John Wayne.

    SEMPER FI!

21. #236257
    On February 5th, 2008 at 2:24 pm, ajmontana said:

    I miss both those guy’s. The molds were definetly broken.

22. #236260
    On February 5th, 2008 at 2:27 pm, tre said:

    I couldn’t have said it better myself, Duke! That’s what I want for my two children, too. When I get to Heaven, I’d sure like to shake your hand!

    The Duke was one-of-a-kind. I have several of his movies, and I never get tired of watching them.

    To #20, CarpiJugulum. Did you know that his square of cement at Mann’s Chinese Theater is made with sand from Iwo Jima? I read that in a biography of John Wayne.

23. #236273
    On February 5th, 2008 at 2:32 pm, formerwm said:

    I grew up watching John Wayne movies with my dad and loved every one of them. But, my all time favorite will always be In Harms Way. I liked it when Kirk Douglas’ character says “We got ourselves an ever lovin gut bustin Navy war” to the Wayne character who was an Admiral right after the Pearl Harbor attack. I watch it when ever I see it is on. All that beside…He was good man and true American. If only Hollywood could have just an ounce of his True Grit. RIP Duke.

24. #236276
    On February 5th, 2008 at 2:32 pm, tre said:

    I’d like to see Marion Michael Morrison and Michael Moore face to face. There wouldn’t be enough left of sicko to put in a ziplock baggie.

    #8 MrVibeman. I can tell you what The Duke would say to him, “Fill Your Hand You Son Of A B**ch!”

25. #236297
    On February 5th, 2008 at 2:48 pm, navywife91 said:

    I was very young, but I remember watching some John Wayne movies. I think he’s a wonderful example of how many of the people in Hollyweird should behave.

26. #236309
    On February 5th, 2008 at 2:55 pm, katieanne said:

    Thanks Michelle. It brought a smile to my face too. John Wayne was always my favorite for a variety of reasons. I was a fan of Dean Martin too.

    The Quiet Man was my favorite movie of his. I love O’Hara and Wayne together. I enjoy it every time I watch it.

    No one made a western like he did. I have most of them on DVD. There has never been anyone to replace him. Hollywood is rather pathetic today.

27. #236313
    On February 5th, 2008 at 2:57 pm, KCK said:

    And I’m teaching my son and baby daughter how to watch, enjoy and love JW movies. We just saw one w Deano, BTW.

    Wayne took things head on. By God, that’s what it took in the west, and I can’t tell you how proud I am to share his legacy as An American Rifleman!

    I can’t see a moderate or a liberal walking that lonely street required by our forefathers’ memory…

28. #236323
    On February 5th, 2008 at 3:01 pm, st_james said:

    Makes me depressed about how far we have sunken.

29. #236341
    On February 5th, 2008 at 3:05 pm, TexasPride said:

    God Bless The Duke! In one of the related clips of this posted video, he talks about Columbia U and how he can’t believe some of the groups that organize there – and how in his day they would’ve beaten the “g.d. hell out of ‘em.”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf7R2_GWJ2Y

30. #236394
    On February 5th, 2008 at 3:35 pm, wrcnossen said:

    I used the Duke’s movies in my “how to be a man” lessons for my boys. Couldn’t ask for a better teacher…

31. #236399
    On February 5th, 2008 at 3:39 pm, DanGrantTx said:

    I remember when Maureen O’Hara, along with several other actors, in front of Congress in support of the special John Wayne medal back in the 1980s. What she said, “…to many people, John Wayne was America…” rings as true now as it did in those less cynical times. Duke will always be my favorite movie star, because he was always at his best just being himself. What an elegant testimony to his honesty and self-deprecating sense of humor. There aren’t any more like him.

32. #236409
    On February 5th, 2008 at 3:46 pm, rightisright said:

    Thanks Michelle…2 good Americans…sure could use more like them.

33. #236425
    On February 5th, 2008 at 4:04 pm, wrcnossen said:

    When I was in the Navy, we wanted a carrier to be named the John Wayne. Talk about a name to strike fear in the hearts of bad guys everywhere!

34. #236428
    On February 5th, 2008 at 4:06 pm, The Ugly American said:

    From the YouTube comments…

    My parents had The Duke. I get Sean Penn. Life ain’t fair.

    LOL…..perfect.

35. #236435
    On February 5th, 2008 at 4:10 pm, Barry F. said:

    On February 5th, 2008 at 4:06 pm, The Ugly American said:

    “From the YouTube comments…

    My parents had The Duke. I get Sean Penn. Life ain’t fair.”

    LOL…..perfect.

    I have never thought about articulating it that way. But, dang, if it doesn’t speak volumes. ROFL

36. #236450
    On February 5th, 2008 at 4:25 pm, RobM1981 said:

    I miss Duke. Jimmy Stewart, too.

37. #236452
    On February 5th, 2008 at 4:25 pm, Alphonse said:

    It may sound a little corny.

38. #236460
    On February 5th, 2008 at 4:31 pm, ammo john said:

    Hollywood will never have great actors like that again.

39. #236470
    On February 5th, 2008 at 4:36 pm, GlenW said:

    Thank you so much for posting this. John Wayne has always been my all time favorite actor…. and person.

40. #236499
    On February 5th, 2008 at 4:59 pm, ackrite55 said:

    The interview in Playboy should be reprinted.

41. #236509
    On February 5th, 2008 at 5:06 pm, TMoney said:

    There’s a reason that The Duke even has “The” capitalized. He is an icon of America.

    His portrayal of the self-sufficient and ‘go get ‘em’ men and women of our America tell the generations a great story of how things should be.

    The Duke is on Dad’s TV most every day. And the grandkids never tire of it. Go figure.

    Duke was good enough for Daddy; he’s good enough for me.

    Clint Eastwood isn’t far behind.

42. #236515
    On February 5th, 2008 at 5:11 pm, Miss Ladybug said:

    katieanne~

    The Quiet Man is also my favorite John Wayne movie. Not one of his westerns, but many of the same actors we see over and over again in his movies. A lesson about a man who has sworn off fighting learning that sometimes, there is a place for it…

43. #236613
    On February 5th, 2008 at 6:33 pm, hadsil said:

    Before Hollywood went Hollywood.

44. #236629
    On February 5th, 2008 at 6:53 pm, Joshua P. Allem said:

    Wow!

45. #236701
    On February 5th, 2008 at 8:19 pm, garyt said:

    I have to agree with every one who made a comment on John Wayne. This did give me a tear in the eye and rememberance of how great the movies back then were. How far we have fallen when todays entertainers root for the enemy. It breaks my heart for this nation.

46. #236723
    On February 5th, 2008 at 8:48 pm, rotarymunkey said:

    Harrison Ford is the only modern actor I can think of off the top of my head who comes close to John Wayne… Aside from perhaps Clint Eastwood. Unfortunately we don’t have any westerns from Harrison but at least he’s taken on the Nazis and kicked butt. Next up, those pesky Soviets!

    Dang, I might just have to hop on Amazon.com and buy me a few John Wanye DVDs tonight!

47. #236766
    On February 5th, 2008 at 9:53 pm, Tennessee Dave said:

    A friend of mine once said, “A bad John Wayne movie is better than most others.” The Duke didn’t make to many of those.
    He is without a doubt my favorite actor. He made so many good movies that it’s hard to pick just one. It all depends on my mood.
    I do have a favorite line:

    Life is tough, it’s tougher if you’re stupid.

    I think alot of politicians have had really really tough lives!!

    Nuff said.

48. #236818
    On February 5th, 2008 at 10:59 pm, xplodeit said:

    Thank You Larry. Thank You Michelle.
    And Thank You John Wayne.

49. #236841
    On February 5th, 2008 at 11:14 pm, Kevin K. said:

    Not only did John Wayne voice great sentiments, but it was something planned and staged on a popular national TV show–not some gimmicky staged event as some things are nowadays.

    And I agree with Soap’s wonderment at an audience applauding learning prayers and psalms–I’m not sure that I’ve ever seen such a thing outside of a church show.

50. #236855
    On February 5th, 2008 at 11:30 pm, wild thing2 said:

    This is wonderful Michelle, thank you so much. Duke was the best, I miss him.

51. #237110
    On February 6th, 2008 at 8:48 am, spidgy said:

    Nostalgia: Loving your country, sharing your faith with your children, respecting those who protect our freedom.

    We can sit around and wax nostalgic for heroes like John Wayne; or, we can set an example. This made me look at myself and how we’ve raised *our* 2-yo daughter and I am pretty pleased. We are committed to making sure she understands what freedom, democracy, decency and God mean to all of us.

52. #237238
    On February 6th, 2008 at 11:05 am, Jimmie said:

    From Jrlingreenbay “Well, since you haven’t learned to respect your elders, it’s time you learned to respect your betters” – and promptly knocks him on his behind….

    Where are the “betters” not so long ago it was a person who by living a “good” life of honesty, loyalty and high moral values was considered “better” than a liar, murderer or a betrayer. Their word was worth more..ie better. Now it has reversed, a liar a betrayer is better and the honest person is some sort of Christian Whacko….this just can’t be a “normal” trend in a healthy socity.

53. #238120
    On February 7th, 2008 at 1:40 am, Ombre Rose said:

    Watch “McLintock”, knowing that when John Wayne made it, the character of the territorial governor who flirted with John Wayne’s wife in high society for two years, was based by Wayne on Hubert H. Humphrey. And the movie was released just in time to sink Humphrey’s real life Presidential aspirations!
    hehehehe

    So says the guy that hosts Turner’s Movie Classics, the older gentleman.

    I thought Wayne was fabulously generous, especially when he picked an actor with Really GREAT HAIR to play the territorial governor.

    And BTW, “Rio Bravo” was one of my very many favorite John Waynes… co-starring Ward Bond, Dean Martin, Rick Nelson, Walter Brennan, and Angie Dickenson, bad guys, John Russell and Clyde Atkins and a really cute little Mexican couple who’s names I have looked up before and cannot remember, but Carlos has had small parts in a number of John Waynes and Roy Rogers movies besides this one.
    The whole thing was done for fun and had a little singing in it, and you can tell the whole cast had a lot of fun.

    I love it when John Wayne does something to “Stumpy”, Walter Brennan, and Walter then swats JOHN WAYNE on the fanny with a BROOM!

    SO LOL!

54. #238126
    On February 7th, 2008 at 1:51 am, Ombre Rose said:

    On February 5th, 2008 at 1:47 pm, Barry F. said:
    ["McLintock" 1963]

    GOOD PARTY! BUT NO WHISKEY!
    WE GO HOME! [exit all Indians]

    The look on John Wayne’s face! PRICELESS!

55. #238129
    On February 7th, 2008 at 2:06 am, Ombre Rose said:

    John Wayne also did a great piece on TV on Red Skelton’s show, a big surprise Red had managed to hide from nearly everyone, but we saw it live, and I saw it a few years ago on tape.

    About 5 years ago, we were talking about The Duke, and I knew every single instance he had been on TV and had been blessed to see it myself, each one.
    There were not but 3-5 such events, and I am pretty sure that he was on one Gunsmoke, James Arness was a good friend he had recommended to the producers for that role, and also for Wagon Train, ditto, Ward Bond.
    I know – I think! – one appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show – am I right or is that one a really wild guess???

    Anyone know?

    On the Red Skelton show, he recited the poem, “America! Why I love her!”

56. #238131
    On February 7th, 2008 at 2:38 am, Ombre Rose said:

    On February 5th, 2008 at 2:20 pm, CarpiJugulum said:
    On the eve of live night fire at Camp Pendelton for the new recruits entering the Marine Corps.
    ["Sands..."]

    Amen!
    I used to think I would get “tougher” as I got older, but now, I start blubbering when “Sands…” opening credits roll.
    Some of the men in that movie were real WW2 heroes – John tried many many times to get in, but an old football injury kept him out. He finally was about to get a waiver, but someone high up told him that was a lousy use of him as a resource – they needed more from him than he could do as “one soldier” – they wanted him “out front” so all the guys could see him, and in those years, he worked relentlessly, and he churned out some superlative product – no doubt about it.
    But it remained one thing that really really gnawed at him, that he had NOT been able to serve – at least, not “more traditionally”.
    *****
    BOB HOPE! THAT is one of the mere handful of appearances he made and was proud to do it with Bob for a USO show.
    **********

    Personally, being a Texan, myself, and having had the opportunity to see a lot of documentation and material first hand at The Alamo, myself, I am thrilled that he made “The Alamo” and from what I saw, not through glitter and glaze, but from real shock at the journals and letters of Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett and others who were really there – I believe with all my heart that HIS is the most accurate – in spite of what some “modern historians” will say to the contrary.
    Especially when you hear the sotry of how Stephen F. Austin finally lived over having been a stupid pacifist, etc.

    I grew up playing on a statue of the real Davy Crockett, I have lived my entire life in the shadow of the ground that Santa Anna covered to get to the Alamo.

    The movie was made less than two hours from where I live, and it was made during the time of the grandchildren and great grandchildren of the people who lived in Texas at the time of the Alamo. For instance, my grandfather was alive when “The Alamo” was made (so was I) and my grandfather’s own grandfather was alive and living in Texas during the fight of The Alamo – so you are talking about people having lifetimes of memories of their own grandfathers telling them about the real battle, and how things were – when those are the very folks that John Wayne comes down in the midst of to film his movie – and in the 40-50 years since then, I have never heard of the older folks around here finding fault with ANY of John Wayne’s details on that movie.

    And my older generations were the kind to notice if a pistol or rifle in a movie for all of 3 SECONDS was the correct make and model for the setting it was in, the styling of a jacket, etc…..

    You look at the cast, and you think John Wayne assembled a bunch of crazy cowboy types from Hollywood, and “brought ‘em on down” to Texas with him.
    But if you go to the Alamo in San Antonio, you will find that he did as fine a job as could be done of matching all physical and personality characteristics of each person to the actual living legend they portrayed, in every way.

    Well, if you think I love that man, well, I guess you would be right!

57. #238133
    On February 7th, 2008 at 2:48 am, Ombre Rose said:

    On February 5th, 2008 at 3:35 pm, wrcnossen said:
    I used the Duke’s movies in my “how to be a man” lessons for my boys. Couldn’t ask for a better teacher…

    Me, too!