Dr. Strangelove fans: that guy who's riding the bomb at the end...

[Plaid Adder]

Is Slim Pickens the name of the character or the actor?

Thanks,

The Plaid Adder

[CO Liberal]

1. Yes

:-)

[Kire]

5. good answer

;-)

[ewagner]

2. Slim Pickens is the actor n/t

[starroute]

29. I actually looked this up the other day

My son asked if it was the same actor who was in "Blazing Saddles," and my husband said, "Yes, Slim Pickins," and my son said, "You're kidding."

It turned out that he was a rodeo rider for 20 years before he got into the movies. When he started out, he was just a kid and didn't want his family to know what he was doing, so he figured he'd better use a false name. When he told the rodeo manager, "I want to be in the rodeo," the answer he got was, "All you'll find here is slim pickings." So that was what he took as his name.

Just to make it more confusing, in some of his earliest films he played a character named Slim Pickins as well.

[ewagner]

37. Cool

I knew about his rodeo career but didn't know about how he took his stage name.

He was/is a great character actor....

[samwisefoxburr]

3. It's the actors name...

[wryter2000]

4. The actor eom

eom

[Plaid Adder]

6. OK, so what's the character's name? n/t

[theshadow]

7. Major Kong

[patrice]

11. Kong . . . . for Pickens' rather simian physiognomy, maybe? n/t

[MrScorpio]

12. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?

Huh, Huh Who?

[MrScorpio]

8. Major Kong

nt

[htuttle]

9. Major T.J. 'King' Kong

[orpupilofnature57]

33. HE WAS HOLLIS WOOD IN 1941, GREAT MOVIE.

[amber dog democrat]

10. Major Kong ( AKA " King" Kong )

going toe to toe with the Ruskies.....


I love that movie. !

Merkin Muffley, ( President )
General Jack D Ripper, ( launched the air strike )
General Buck Turgeson, ( I think he was General's supperior )
and don't forget Burpleson AFB. ( Peace is our profession ).

[MrScorpio]

14. Turgeson was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Hey, what was his secretary's name?

[Flaxbee]

26. I thought it was "Turgidson"

...as in "turgid" = Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated

But perhaps it was just supposed to sound like it... :shrug:

[oneighty]

30. Merkin Muffley?

Boy that is a strange name. Leaves one wondering about things.

180

[theblasmo]

13. Subject Goes Here

Peter Sellers was supposed to play Major Kong, too, but hurt himself before shooting and couldn't do it. Slim's performance is one of the all-time greats.

[indigobusiness]

15. Full Cast and Crew

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Directed by
Stanley Kubrick

Writing credits
Peter George (novel Red Alert, aka Two Hours to Doom)


Stanley Kubrick (screenplay) &
Terry Southern (screenplay) &
Peter George (screenplay)


Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Peter Sellers .... Group Captain (G/C) Lionel Mandrake/President Merkin Muffley/Dr. Strangelove
George C. Scott .... Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson
Sterling Hayden .... Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper
Keenan Wynn .... Col. 'Bat' Guano
Slim Pickens .... Maj. T.J. 'King' Kong
Peter Bull .... Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky
James Earl Jones .... Lt. Lothar Zogg
Tracy Reed .... Miss Foreign Affairs
Jack Creley .... Mr. Staines
Frank Berry .... Lt. H.R. Dietrich
Robert O'Neil .... Adm. Randolph
Glenn Beck .... Lt. W.D. Kivel (as Glen Beck)
Roy Stephens .... Frank
Shane Rimmer .... Capt. G.A. 'Ace' Owens
Hal Galili .... Burpelson AFB Defense Team member
Paul Tamarin .... Lt. B. Goldberg
Laurence Herder .... Burpelson AFB Defense Team member
Gordon Tanner .... Gen. Faceman
John McCarthy ....

[louis-t]

18. I didn't know James Earl Jones

was in that movie!

[indigobusiness]

24. Oh yeah, he's a flyer. In the plane with Kong...I think

What a crew!

[bloodyjack]

16. Just for you: a screen capture!

[louis-t]

17. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

haaaaaaaaaw!

[bloodyjack]

19. someone should superimpose Bush's ugly mug over that of Pickens'

If it hasn't been done already.

I'm guessing it's been done.

[elvisbear]

23. How's this?

or this

[GiovanniC]

20. Wait a Minute... a Guy Named "Slim Pickens"?

I bet he's voting for John Kerry!

Just like Mary Poppins and Dick Tracy!

Whatever the fuck that means.

[hyphenate]

22. Slim died a couple of years ago

Date of birth
29 June 1919
Kingsburg, California, USA

Date of death
8 December 1983
Modesto, California, USA. (brain tumor)

[GiovanniC]

25. My Subtle and Poorly Constructed Joke Crashed on the Runway

Which I'm entirely used to.

[CanuckAmok]

28. Slim was a great character actor. Who could forget:

[hyphenate]

35. One of my top favorite movies

I love Blazing Saddles. :)

[miss_kitty]

31. hyphenate, are you having the same trouble with the passage of time

as I am?

"Slim died a couple of years ago"-1983! that would be a couple of decades ago :7

[hyphenate]

34. I lost track of time about the same time

that I went to live in California, 17 years ago. I came back to Mass. Feb. 2003, and I think I'm still behind a bit. :)

[EstimatedProphet]

21. So can we expect a Dr. Strangelove reference in your next column? n/t

[indigobusiness]

27. Seperated at Birth?

http://deepbluereview.blogspot.com/

[miss_kitty]

32. And a true fact

brother used the name 'Easy Pickens'

[HEyHEY]

36. Wait for the remake with RUmsfeld