tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post3574504516068159484..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: Why do we put up with celebrity creeps on television and radio?Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-74948052049973840122013-01-07T12:06:56.670+00:002013-01-07T12:06:56.670+00:00I hop you never saw the remake of Walking Tall sta...I hop you never saw the remake of Walking Tall starring The Rock - sheesh!<br /><br />Possibly my favourite Joe Don Baker role was as the pipe-smoking hit-man, Molly, in Don Siegel's "Charley Varrick". When some prostitutes try to engage him in badinage, he replies: "I didn't travel six hundred miles for the amusement of morons. Is that clear, ladies?" He also utters the memorable line (which I can't complete for hate-crime reasons): "I allow very few men to speak to me in that tone. Few caucasians. And no..." (I'll leave you to fill in the dots.)<br /><br />As for the three figures you propose adding to the list (presuming you mean Sue Perkins) - yes, yes and yes again!Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-13784743038888692412013-01-04T19:24:08.450+00:002013-01-04T19:24:08.450+00:00Now that you have bravely come out of the terpsich...Now that you have bravely come out of the terpsichorean closet [who would have thought?]let me emphasize that there is no shame attached. The great American character actor Joe Don Baker played a CIA operative in a very good BBC series called "Edge of Darkness" in the 70s and never missed an episode of "Come Dancing". If someone who can portray Buford Pusser says it is OK then you are on safe ground.<br /><br />Your list is excellent. Did you consider Davina McColl or Tony Robinson or Sue [Redacted.Ed.]? SDGnoreply@blogger.com