My screen-test for @starwars w/ Harrison on the 1st day I ever met him. Neither 1 of us had read the script at this point, only this 1 scene. I asked George what kind of movie it was-"Let's just do it, we'll talk about that later" We never did talk about it later-we just did it. https://t.co/e7cHWoLmJk
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) July 28, 2019
I am not surprised how dynamic Harrison Ford is in this – what I am surprised is about is how long it took a casting director and director to see it. And I adore following Mark Hamill on twitter, more than once he’s taken a lightsaber to Trump and his minions.
Bella Q sent me these adorable visitors:
They’re called the Temple Twins because they’re often seen at the site what was a Temple and is now a grassy lot (congregations merged) a couple of miles away. The size difference distinguishes them from the 2 other sets of twins in this part of the neighborhood.
My house is almost back together and the third load of laundry is started. I need a nap.
Respite open thread
TaMara (HFG)
Also, this may or may not be one of the reasons I’m divorced. LOL
oatler.
My first impression of B&W Harrison Ford was “Herb Tarlek”.
MagdaInBlack
I did not do it often, but when I did, my husband just said ” I see we have a new cat/dog ” and life went on. He did, however, draw the line at goats. ”
“No, save the sad face, we are not getting a goat. ”
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He was very accepting of the Cochin Bantam chickens that appeared one day ?
Cheryl Rofer
Harry was a star in college too. But, as you say, sometimes it takes time to be recognized in the big bad world.
HAL
Reposting from yesterday because I’m honestly amazed at how this Mad TV skit from 1997! fits today’s Trumpian world so perfectly.
https://youtu.be/oqZaQKskP-A
Also, an evangelical, Trump supporting Facebook friend of mine is currently commenting on a CNN story about black people fighting white mobs a hundred years ago in his ongoing constitutional republic vs democracy rant and commenting on how the founding fathers understood mob rules and true equality yada yada yada.
Um, didn’t the founding fathers own slaves? This is a Trump supporter ignoring Trump’s loss of the popular vote. But go off, I guess. Why are conservatives so bad at compare/contrast?
debbie
You gotta love a four-week-old kitten who can jump up through a car window!
Omnes Omnibus
@Cheryl Rofer: You guys were contemporaries at Ripon?
Mary G
@TaMara (HFG): Anita and Tom, I love them. You could tell that doggie had her forever home right off.
Timurid
The last adult is leaving the room…
Cheryl Rofer
@Omnes Omnibus: yep.
Mike in NC
Sitting on our new cruise ship anchored in the middle of the River Thames at Greenwich. We had drinks and dinner with old friends from NoVA who couldn’t resist signing up for it, too. For dinner I noticed a raw bar menu that featured prawns, shrimp, crab legs, a mussel and calamari salad, and much more. Possibly the most decadent cruise we’ll ever partake of. Loving it!
zhena gogolia
@Timurid:
Yes, this is terrifying — not for the respite thread.
Hildebrand
@Cheryl Rofer: Prof. Tyree, who helped get Ford tossed from Ripon, taught my first philosophy class at Ripon.
laura
The big “end of summer / virgo party is coming up, and I’m going to test drive this dessert recipe, and if it tastes as good as it looks, scale it up for a crowd:
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020208-watermelon-rose-trifle
I’ve got dehydrated strawberries that I’m considering blitzing to a powder to sift on top of the whole mess…
Anyone else seen or tried it?
Mnemosyne
FWIW, Ford had already made an attention-grabbing cameo in Lucas’s film American Graffiti, so it was more a matter of Lucas figuring out if he was right for the role. Obviously, he was.
It’s kind of funny if you watch American Graffiti and Star Wars back-to-back, because it becomes obvious that Hamill is doing a version of Richard Dreyfuss’s voice. It was probably unconscious/subconscious at Lucas’s direction, but it’s still interesting to see the possible roots of Hamill’s later success as a voice actor. His voice was always pretty flexible.
JPL
@Cheryl Rofer: Harry… I’m jealous.
Cheryl Rofer
@Hildebrand: Ford dropped out because of clinical depression. Tyree had nothing to do with it. And Ford liked him.
JPL
@Mike in NC: Enjoy! Cheryl calls Harrison Ford, Harry and you are on a cruise ship having a decadent meal. Now I’m beyond jealous.
mrmoshpotato
respite[ res-pit ]
noun
a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief:
Can we please?
Simmering a Bolognese sauce here and rewatching Jurassic Park for the nth time.
Dr. Alan Grant: [seeing the dinosaurs for the first time] How fast are they?
John Hammond: Well, we clocked the T-Rex at 32 miles an hour.
Dr. Ellie Sattler: T-T-Rex?
John Hammond: [nodding] Mm-hm.
Dr. Ellie Sattler: You said you’ve got a T-Rex?
John Hammond: [nodding] Uh-huh.
Dr. Alan Grant: [grabbing Hammond’s shoulder] Say again?
John Hammond: [smiling] We have a T-Rex.
[Grant almost faints]
Hildebrand
@Cheryl Rofer: The stories at Ripon during the 80s were legion – so I’m not surprised the story was less than accurate. I sat on the Academic Standards committee and every faculty member, whether they were actually on the faculty or not when Ford was there, could spin a tale. I will say this, a psychology professor, who was the chair of our committee, was absolutely devoted to making sure that Ford was never even offered an honorary doctorate.
Ohio Mom
@HAL: That MAD video was cute. The map of Marlene McBride’s upcoming tour shops was especially prescient.
If you stay on Youtube, there are other McBride videos (I also saw Christmas and Valentine’s Day ones) —I guess Darlene was a regular skit on the show.
It’s proof the MAGAites have always been with is. They just never has a presidency before. Hopefully, never again.