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orangecrush

(23,550 posts) Fri Dec 20, 2024, 08:35 PM Dec 20

Jim Rockford kills Bruce Lee with homophobia

"You're awful light on your feet. Are you just a little gay?"

"If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him.". - Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"

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Jim Rockford kills Bruce Lee with homophobia (Original Post) orangecrush Dec 20 OP

😳 dweller Dec 20 #1

Kicking out the ceiling light orangecrush Dec 20 #2

I was unaware of this movie dweller Dec 20 #3

Two of my very favorite actors in one scene! orangecrush Dec 20 #4

Plus dweller Dec 20 #5

Indeed orangecrush Dec 20 #6

A $500 bribe True Dough Dec 20 #7

Speaking for myself dweller Dec 20 #8

Same orangecrush Dec 20 #10

BTW orangecrush Dec 20 #11

True orangecrush Dec 20 #9

About four or five thousand in 2024 dollars. hunter Dec 21 #12

Rented a 3 bedroom Victorian house orangecrush Dec 21 #14

$500 in 1969 is equivalent to about $4,320.37 today JoseBalow Dec 21 #13

That was serious cash orangecrush Dec 21 #15

dweller

(25,953 posts)

1. 😳

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 08:47 PM

Dec 20

😆

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orangecrush

(23,550 posts)

2. Kicking out the ceiling light

Reply to dweller (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 08:49 PM

Dec 20

I'd be like "I'm on vacation for the rest of the year, dude!"

* Footnote - "Light on your feet" - Bruce Lee was a competitive dancer in Hong Kong!

dweller

(25,953 posts)

3. I was unaware of this movie

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 08:58 PM

Dec 20

Will have to look it up , seems just cheesy enough for entertainment

Thanks for the clip

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orangecrush

(23,550 posts)

4. Two of my very favorite actors in one scene!

Reply to dweller (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 09:12 PM

Dec 20

Most welcome!

dweller

(25,953 posts)

5. Plus

Reply to orangecrush (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 09:19 PM

Dec 20

Rita Moreno

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orangecrush

(23,550 posts)

6. Indeed

Reply to dweller (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 09:30 PM

Dec 20

True Dough

(22,157 posts)

7. A $500 bribe

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 09:32 PM

Dec 20

might have seemed substantial back in the day, but inflation has taken much of the enticement out of that.

dweller

(25,953 posts)

8. Speaking for myself

Reply to True Dough (Reply #7)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 09:38 PM

Dec 20

I’m not that proud

$500 is a bfd

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orangecrush

(23,550 posts)

10. Same

Reply to dweller (Reply #8)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 09:40 PM

Dec 20

orangecrush

(23,550 posts)

11. BTW

Reply to dweller (Reply #8)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 09:41 PM

Dec 20

"He was a great actor, with a career that spanned over half a century and included two iconic TV series (Maverick in the fifties and and Rockford in the seventies) and roles in films like The Great Escape, Victor Victoria, and Space Cowboys. He was also, by all accounts, a real mensch who received two Purple Hearts for his service in the Korean War, marched with Martin Luther King, and supported a number of humanitarian causes.

Garner was also, somewhat less famously, a Jeet Kune Do practitioner. He took private lessons from some guy named Bruce Lee."

https://www.jkdlondon.com/rip-james-garner-jeet-kune-do-fighter/

orangecrush

(23,550 posts)

9. True

Reply to True Dough (Reply #7)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 09:40 PM

Dec 20

$500 in 69 was a lot of bread!

hunter

(39,375 posts)

12. About four or five thousand in 2024 dollars.

Reply to orangecrush (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 12:39 AM

Dec 21

I found a $20 bill in a parking lot in 1969 and it was a very big deal!

Hell, ten years later, in 1979, my share of the rent for an apartment I shared with two other guys was $85 a month.