tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post2951893663735174203..comments2024-03-28T11:30:13.457-04:00Comments on Poseidon's Underworld: Fond Farewell: Reynolds' Wrap Poseidon3http://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-53229979440793538932018-10-16T10:19:21.704-04:002018-10-16T10:19:21.704-04:00Never too late, Forever1267! I know exactly what y...Never too late, Forever1267! I know exactly what you mean about Burt. I'm currently reading his last book, "But Enough About Me." He really knew a lot of interesting people.Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-8952645941322779442018-10-14T22:20:56.845-04:002018-10-14T22:20:56.845-04:00A bit late, but thank you for this.
I also grew u...A bit late, but thank you for this.<br /><br />I also grew up in the 70's, and he just was The American Male. Been chasing "him" ever since!<br /><br />Thank you! (And you also look adorable in that photo then, too!)Forever1267https://www.blogger.com/profile/17823856461319486720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-18709334744407757832018-09-24T09:34:09.552-04:002018-09-24T09:34:09.552-04:00angelman66, I always loved it when Burt and Dom wo...angelman66, I always loved it when Burt and Dom would crack each other up and Burt would let loose with that laugh. They were REALLY tight and seemed to be having so much fun working together. (And yet such an odd duo on the surface!) Very neat that you knew the dryly acerbic CNR, who was so clever and also underrated as a theatre director. <br /><br />Ken, thank you for stopping in and commenting! I agree... Sometimes a big star from our youth just sticks in our minds as THE example of a box office icon. I need to see "The Last Movie Star" though it will be a bit painful for me to see him so decrepit. It seems as if it was a great movie for him to go out on (versus something like his earlier vehicles like "Malone," "Stick" "Cop and Half" and so on...!)Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-65755796317553977322018-09-21T12:24:13.363-04:002018-09-21T12:24:13.363-04:00Such a nice tribute to Burt Reynolds! He was SUCH ...Such a nice tribute to Burt Reynolds! He was SUCH a fixture of the 70s for me while growing up, as omnipresent as Karen Black but someone I enjoyed but never took very seriously. I came to appreciate him more as I got older, but when I was young and he was everywhere from the big screen to Hollywood Squares, talk shows, and that paperbabck book of semi-nudes you highlight, I thought of him as the male Jayne Mansfield.<br />Just a month before his death I saw THE LAST MOVIE STAR and he was so good in that (the movie itself I felt was sincere but flawed). And indeed, he was one of the last of the movie stars. Thanks for the very enjoyable post !Ken Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-82506972377223229692018-09-20T12:18:32.846-04:002018-09-20T12:18:32.846-04:00Gosh he was handsome—-great tribute and pics, Pose...Gosh he was handsome—-great tribute and pics, Poseidon.<br />Had the pleasure of meeting him twice as he was close friends with Charles Nelson Reilly who I got to know very well near the end of his life. Mr. Reynolds, was sweet, charming and gracious to all in his orbit and was much beloved here in South Florida for his Burt Reynolds Theater Institute...<br />Smokey and the Bandit is my personal favorite of all his films..that laugh and that smile!<br />- Cangelman66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16471674180789592940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-15520412211514419522018-09-19T10:30:59.328-04:002018-09-19T10:30:59.328-04:00After his death one of the many explicit images fr...After his death one of the many explicit images from the famous Cosmo shoot appeared online in a comments section. Unfortunately Burt was very hirsute and in those times men rarely if ever trimmed pubic hair so seeing his flaccid peen for the first time was underwhelming. Maybe more and better ones will come out. The photographer was interviewed at the time and said they had taken upwards of 1000 images in the shoot. Burt full frontal in varying states of arousal and then the posed camouflaged genitals shots seen in Cosmo. Helen Gurley Brown said years later “women don’t want to look at mens penises” was her rational for not using explicit photos of Burt. BTW the full frontal image of Burt that I did see had been autographed by Burt.Kevin Keanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346305724651685474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-5013400883664419412018-09-13T07:52:37.978-04:002018-09-13T07:52:37.978-04:00Norma, you dated Paul Barresi?!? (Using the safe w...Norma, you dated Paul Barresi?!? (Using the safe word "Tom" apparently?) :-PPoseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-21397396969599994472018-09-13T00:15:55.873-04:002018-09-13T00:15:55.873-04:00Had the extreme pleasure of having had a fellow co...Had the extreme pleasure of having had a fellow come in & out & in & out (get it?) of my life that was a decent doppelgänger to Burt. Actually, something tells me that Burt's dopple didn't gang nearly as grandly as Tom's did.normadesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325110017442011627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-55847351894824126042018-09-12T13:35:59.292-04:002018-09-12T13:35:59.292-04:00Alan, he was a very compelling personality indeed....Alan, he was a very compelling personality indeed. And, as I say, for those of a certain age, he was just IT for a time! Thanks!<br /><br />Gingerguy, thanks for acknowledging the subtitle of my post. It may not always seem like it, but I lie awake at night trying to come up with just the right ones...! Sometimes I'll hit a perfect pun, but realize it's only a regional reference and it's back to square one. I love that you know Dolly's go-to perfume in the 1980s! The info about Burt's evening shade costar was answered by a fellow visitor. ;-)<br /><br />Unknown, there was so much I had to leave out, from Burt's infectious high-pitched laugh to his feud with Raquel Welch (later mended) to all his glamorous leading ladies from Lauren Hutton to Catherine Deneuve and beyond. I've read both Burt's and Judy's books and they just should never have wed. She was a total pill, not to justify any alleged abuse, and I couldn't have dealt with either of them in that period. And poor Inger was a hot mess (no matter what serene and together an image she projected) from early life on that I couldn't hang her troubles or suicide on Burt, whether he helped to accelerate it or not. Another really bad combination there. <br /><br />F. Nomen, thanks for the info on Durning and Jeter. I should have at least identified them, but time was ticking...! Burt kept so many of his prior costars and friends with him on "Shade," another key one being Ossie Davis.<br /><br />Shawn, I'm not familiar with that one. I'll have to look into it! Thanks.Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-49600124302822108732018-09-12T01:45:49.101-04:002018-09-12T01:45:49.101-04:00I loved him in Citizen Ruth, one of Alexander Payn...I loved him in Citizen Ruth, one of Alexander Payne’s forgotten gems. Shawnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00349063352632344096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-71350291372639646722018-09-11T21:18:46.958-04:002018-09-11T21:18:46.958-04:00The naked men in that photo are Charles Durning (l...The naked men in that photo are Charles Durning (l) who played the Governor of Texas in Whorehouse and Michsel Jeter. He was one of a very few actors who were open about having AIDS during his career.F. Nomenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940368899231119483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-24969046934198160162018-09-11T17:54:30.899-04:002018-09-11T17:54:30.899-04:00You didn't mention his connection to Inger Ste...You didn't mention his connection to Inger Stevens. I had read that he was abusive to his then wife Judy Carnes and his girlfriend Inger around the time of her death. You always do great, incisive work when you cover a story or an event. Your work is terrific and a joy to read, no matter how debauched or unseemly. Thanks for the info in Burt.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11571429063960803639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-3350120176261806242018-09-11T11:25:57.223-04:002018-09-11T11:25:57.223-04:00Thanks for the laugh on "Reynold's Wrap&q...Thanks for the laugh on "Reynold's Wrap" I think Burt would have approved. This is a big chunk of my childhood gone, as I think I saw almost all of his 1970's films with my family. Both parents liked him very much and as a child of divorce I got to see a lot of movies.<br />I remember the centerfold because my neighbor Lady got it as a joke for her 40th and brought it over to show my Mom. That was a cultural milestone for women to objectify/appreciate a man that way in print, too bad he disavowed it later. That book looks total camp, never even heard of it! <br />I love that you put your "Whorehouse" role in this, perfectly fitting. I recently met a choreographer at a party who was a hunky dancer in that movie, but he only had Dolly stories naturally (her perfume was Tova from Tova Borgnine's cosmetic line).<br />I don't know his name but I think the actor in the buff with Burt from "Evening Shade" was a broadway performer who stopped the show in "Grand Hotel" with a drunken dance number. He died of Aids, but that performance on the Tony's is unbelievable.<br />Thanks for a touching and funny tribute. It helps alleviate my guilt that I watched "Rent A Cop" only a week before he died (I found a VHS copy in my trash receptacle room in my building-and a week later found another copy). That was not the send off Burt deserved. He had an amazing career and brought a lot of joy to people.Gingerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989371210392669145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-45315547273065067312018-09-11T11:16:18.902-04:002018-09-11T11:16:18.902-04:00We all wanted to be Burt Reynolds in the 70s! He ...We all wanted to be Burt Reynolds in the 70s! He will be missed.Alan Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01489099502884256516noreply@blogger.com