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Pencil Thin Mustache by Jimmy Buffet has been earworming me today. Specifically "an autographed picture of Andy Devine". Andy Devine was my favorite TV actor when I was a kid, and I did have an autographed picture of him.** I remember him as the comic relief deputy in countless western TV shows, and several guest shots on Flipper. From time to time he would pop up in a movie, like Around The World in 80 Days and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

Also on my list back then was Burl Ives, who had a similar personality but tempered by being able to sing and play banjo and guitar. He was a much more elegant actor than Devine, but he had the same spark.

Peter Ustinov and Orson Welles were a notch higher on the Hollywood totem pole, and I liked them too. And Theodore Bikel.

And this is all pure narcissism, because in one way or another, they all reminded me of me. :-)


**It was the only autographed picture I ever wrote away for.

Date: 2012-10-04 11:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lemmozine.livejournal.com
I could see you in the role of Big Daddy.

Date: 2012-10-04 11:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lemmozine.livejournal.com
No cheap autographed photos of Mr. Devine here, though an autograph on paper is available for a mere $25. I think the photos are a little high. I got my signed photo of Homer and Jethro for #12.50.

Date: 2012-10-05 03:54 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] vasilatos
in 1975 i spent time in a hospital celebrity wing and Burl Ives was across the hall. in an earlier year i for my brother's birthday got him a signed photo of Joe Namath. later i got in person a signed photo of Bev Francis, a bodybuilder who was in Pumping Iron II.

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