No more "cold dead hands" jokes, please...

[Bicoastal]

...isn't there a better Charlton Heston joke out there today?

Like maybe him going up to Heaven and realizing that it was Earth all along?



"Damn yooooooou!"

[Swamp Rat]

1. "Soylent Green is people!"

:D

[stellanoir]

3. I was gonna say

awwwwwww don't you have a graphic for that ?

That was at the very moment you were editing one in.

Too funny.

[spoony]

2. No shit, those posters are probably still

answering the phone going, "waaaaasssssuuuuuuuuuppp!"

[graywarrior]

4. There has to be some Omega Man jokes.

[jgraz]

5. You'll get my "cold dead hands" jokes when you... oh nevermind.

[havocmom]

6. The man did support Civil Rights Movement

We on the left seem to forget the whole man and the entire lifetime in favor of one statement he made. Not very progressive of us.

[Bicoastal]

7. If making fun of famous dead people is wrong...

...I don't wanna be right.

[spoony]

8. Don't worry, you aren't.

:)

[hlthe2b]

9. I take Heston as a whole.... A respected actor, a history of

progressive values in terms of his civil rights activities and a misguided sense of conservatism in step with Reagan. I remember, though, how I cringed at Bowling for Columbine and Moore's over-the-top sad "outing" of Heston, who was the consummate gentleman-- at the same time I cringed at how Heston had turned so "right-ward." (Yet, I still admire Michael Moore, as I admire the entirety of his and others' contributions, as I still can for Heston).

My sadness for his family.... What a difficult several years they have had. Be at peace, "movie Moses."

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. It's more than one statement

He became a Republican in the 70s and was no longer a friend to the Civil Rights movement. For the last 35 - 40 years of his life he was an ass. He opposed abortion rights and affirmative action. But his words and actions following Columbine were the most repulsive thing he did, IMO.

[hlthe2b]

12. Yes... I'd really like to know what it was that caused him to take

such a 180 degree turn. With Reagan, one can assume opportunism. But, why previously "progressive" thinking people, like Heston? He, after all would have lived through McArthyism and all the other terrible periods of "conservative extremism..." I would really like to understand....:shrug:

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. $$$$

;)

[hisownpetard]

13. So did Archie Bunker, when he invited Sammy Davis Jr. over to pick up his briefcase...

and said, "Would you like cream or sugar in your eye?"

[havocmom]

21. um, Archie Bunker was a character

Heston was a real person who really supported Dr King's efforts.

:eyes:

[polticalpout]

10. lol

That always seem to happen on the old twilight zones too...did PotA and TZ have the same writers?

[Toasterlad]

14. Agreed. They're Way, WAY Too Obvious.

[L. Coyote]

15. And GOD said, "I'm sorry young man, if you can't pry that from your hand, I can't let you in."

[Toasterlad]

16. Meanwhile, Here's a Trailer for Chuck's Greatest Role Ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1kqqMXWEFs

[L. Coyote]

17. And GOD said, "I give you the two tablets, and you show up here with a shotgun?"

"You can't take that gun into heaven, my friend! Just leave the damn hand already."

[stevenleser]

18. Sorry, he deserves the Cold Dead Hands Jokes for showing up in Columbine

for the NRA rally shortly after that tragedy happened.

[Rex]

19. Well maybe Charlie should have picked something else to be remembered

by than that little blurb. I will always remember him in Planet of the Apes and Soylent Green. RIP Charles.