Originally Posted By DlandJB <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=2813521" target="_blank">http://abcnews.go.com/Entertai nment/wireStory?id=2813521</a> From the article... BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Jan 22, 2007 (AP)— At a recent reunion of the cast of the 1960s TV comedy "McHale's Navy," the actors were appalled at the arrival of their former commandant. A driver helped Ernest Borgnine from the car. The once-exuberant Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale was stooped over and walked haltingly, muttering gibberish. His former ensign, comedian Tim Conway, rushed forward and exclaimed, "Ernie, what has happened to you?" Suddenly Borgnine straightened up, threw out his massive chest and bellowed, "What's going on here?" followed by his signature high-decible laugh. _______________ Cool.
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Sounds like Ol' Ernie is still going strong. It wasfun to watch him as Quinton McHale in McHales Navy. To see him in The Poseidon Adventure made my hands sweat every second of his journey. But by far I think for me it's hearing Ernest and Tim Conway doing the voices of Mermaid Man and Barnicle Boy for the Sponge Bob Squarepants cartoons that I like the most. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERNIE!
Originally Posted By DAR Want to see two great but opposite performances watch Marty and the Wild Bunch.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs He was funny on The Simpsons... he also played the Lion (to Jeff Bridges' Unicorn) in Irwin Allen's 1985 Alice in Wonderland. His wife Tova has her own makeup line for Home Shopping Network. Great performance in Poseidon though as the rough-edged Mike Rogo.
Originally Posted By DlandJB How can you not like the man who got the survivors of the Poseidon through to the propeller shaft?
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Apaprently, "Beyond the Poseideon Adventure" (shudder) has two different versions: the novel and the (shudder) film. The 1979 film sequel had Michael Caine, Sally Field and Karl Malden hopping aboard the capsized Poseidon to loot it, but come across survivors. Evil Telly Savalas and his band o'henchmen pose as doctors who are really in search of, sigh, plutonium. The novel, also written by Paul Gallico, actually involves the cast of the FIRST film, and involves the survivors. The filmmakers decided that it wouldn't be as exciting and so went with their own idea. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidon_adventure" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P oseidon_adventure</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Poseidon_Adventure" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B eyond_the_Poseidon_Adventure</a>
