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Title: Beam me up... to heaven.
Post by: Derrick on Jul 20, 2005, 10:59:40 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/20/o...n.ap/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/20/obit.doohan.ap/index.html)

He was the best part of those crappy movies.

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LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original "Star Trek" TV series and motion pictures who responded to the command "Beam me up, Scotty," died early Wednesday. He was 85.

 

Title: Beam me up... to heaven.
Post by: blanktoe on Jul 20, 2005, 12:02:35 PM

I though he died a few months ago...

Title: Beam me up... to heaven.
Post by: Rama on Jul 20, 2005, 12:05:59 PM

It's too bad Deforrest Kelly had already paved the way for Scotty, we could use a good "He's dead Jim."  

Title: Beam me up... to heaven.
Post by: Bernie on Jul 20, 2005, 12:10:42 PM

He'd been married to the last wife for 28 years?  With as big a perv as he was at conventions, I'm really surprised.  Maybe she didn't care.  :mellow:  

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Post by: buckbeak on Jul 20, 2005, 02:23:32 PM

He has a five year-old daughter!  sick!

Title: Beam me up... to heaven.
Post by: Fiero on Jul 20, 2005, 10:09:37 PM

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He'd been married to the last wife for 28 years?  With as big a perv as he was at conventions, I'm really surprised.  Maybe she didn't care.  :mellow:

Open Marriage much?

Title: Beam me up... to heaven.
Post by: TM2 Rampage on Jul 21, 2005, 01:04:19 AM

I would have preferred, "Beam me up, God."

Title: Beam me up... to heaven.
Post by: Derrick on Jul 21, 2005, 08:37:34 AM

That would be patronizing.

Title: Beam me up... to heaven.
Post by: The D on Jul 21, 2005, 04:52:22 PM

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At 19, James escaped the turmoil at home by joining the Canadian army, becoming a lieutenant in artillery. He was among the Canadian forces that landed on Juno Beach on D-Day. "The sea was rough," he recalled. "We were more afraid of drowning than the Germans."

The Canadians crossed a minefield laid for tanks; the soldiers weren't heavy enough to detonate the bombs. At 11:30 that night, he was machine-gunned, taking six hits: one that took off his middle right finger (he managed to hide the missing finger on screen), four in his leg and one in the chest. The chest bullet was stopped by his silver cigarette case.

Lucky man.

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also, when the fuck did the canadians storm normandy?

Title: Beam me up... to heaven.
Post by: Rama on Jul 21, 2005, 05:10:31 PM

Same day the Americans and Brits did. Problem was that they didn't make it very far inland as there was a local pub just up the street from where they landed.  

Title: Beam me up... to heaven.
Post by: Derrick on Jul 21, 2005, 10:08:06 PM

They also invaded before D Day, and failed miserably.

Title: Beam me up... to heaven.
Post by: Bernie AKA on Jul 22, 2005, 08:17:47 AM

Dieector Ed Wood had a bra and lacy panties on under his uniform at Normandy.  :)  

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Post by: Merla on Jul 22, 2005, 12:28:33 PM

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Dieector Ed Wood had a bra and lacy panties on under his uniform at Normandy.  :)

Serious?  What if he had been captured like that?!  :blink:  

Title: Beam me up... to heaven.
Post by: Derrick on Jul 22, 2005, 01:46:17 PM

Can someone say Nazi gang rape?

Title: Beam me up... to heaven.
Post by: Guest on Jul 24, 2005, 10:04:38 PM

Nazi gang rape.

hmmm...

Grape.