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06-06-2006, 10:02 PM
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This might be the smartest thing...
...I have ever seen on a message board.
Jerry Brown, from Thorograph's message board... "Here's one for you-- I don't play horses, I play races. That often means playing AGAINST horses-- I would recommend that anyone who has not already take a look at the "betting guidelines" on this site. I know it is a pain in the ass, but if you actually ask yourself what you like about each race as an exercise, I think you can learn a lot, and avoid a lot of grief. Try it-- out loud." 
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06-06-2006, 10:10 PM
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Jerry is the smartest guy in ANY room, ANY time. Anybody would be hard-pressed to meet 3 people like him in their lives... And if you think about it, it's amazing how many people that are this bright are involved, and drawn, to racing... Brown.. Beyer.. Crist.. Weisbord.. Etc.. I guess it gets back to the "wager as puzzle" thread issues..
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06-06-2006, 10:19 PM
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I hope he doesn't mind me quoting him, I think I did it properly. It IMMEDIATELY stuck with me and even more so that he says he doesn't play pick threes/pick fours, which I find amazing.
The second best thing that I have come across in horse racing boards is when I was talking about doing this as a job and I was in a conversation about what I would tell the ladies....Someone told me "Just tell them you are into investing, primarily in the horse industry"....I TELL every chick that now just to get a reaction, vary results...
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06-06-2006, 10:24 PM
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you forgot byk in that list...hmmmmm humble you are...
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06-06-2006, 10:43 PM
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Scav you might get a better reaction if you told them you were hung like one than investing in them!!
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06-06-2006, 10:53 PM
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06-07-2006, 02:39 AM
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This might the smartest thing
Hail Hail I have played and this is what I do
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06-07-2006, 05:14 AM
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Carmen (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) in "Color of Money"
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06-07-2006, 05:23 AM
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As good as Color of Money is, it isn't nearly as good "The Hustler" and Newman's Oscar for it was a make up call for his NOT getting one for "The Verdict" where his performance is beyond comprehension. I also think it's well down the list of Scorsese's best...
1. The King of Comedy 2. Goodfellas 3. Raging Bull 4. Taxi Driver 5. New York, New York Did You Know tidbit...? Scorsese and Mastrantonio have the same birthdate.. 11/17..
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06-07-2006, 05:31 AM
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What a coincidence that you mentioned "The King of Comedy". That is where I got the name Rupert Pupkin from.
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06-07-2006, 05:38 AM
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06-07-2006, 05:43 AM
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I remember that line. That was a great line. It's funny that my two favorite DiNiro movies are both comedies. My two favorites are Midnight Run and King of Comedy.
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06-07-2006, 06:31 AM
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Kasept isn't it amazing how the Academy does a make-up call for all the missed oppurtunities to get it right. Cool Hand Luke certainly comes to mind as countless others to which he never won the big one for best actor.
The Academy is an embarassment. Newman could have won for about 8 different roles over the years.. Hud.. Hustler.. Cat/Tin Roof.. Luke.. Verdict.. Absence of Malice.. Butch Cassidy.. Sting.. even Slap Shot.. And they give it to him for one of his most ordinary performances. They pulled the same stunt with Henry Fonda, making him wait until he was nearly dead before giving him a statue. If there's a better performance in American Cinema than Fonda's Tom Joad in 'Grapes of Wrath', I haven't seen it. The award went to Jimmy Stewart that year for one of my absolute favorite films, The Philadelphia Story.. But in that, Cary Grant STOLE the picture from him with about half as much screen time. And the picture belongs to Kate Hepburn anyway.. AND SHE LOST TOO! (To Ginger Rogers! for the forgettable 'Kitty Foyle') And Fonda made another dozen award quality turns between that (1940) and Golden Pond (1981).. How does he not win for Mister Roberts?.. or Fail Safe? or The Tin Star? or 12 Angry Men? They are dicking Scorsese around as well. Let's see.. He made arguably one of the best films of the 70's: Mean Streets.. 2 of the best films of the 80's: Raging Bull and King/Comedy.. the best film of the 90's: Goodfellas.. possibly one of the best of the 00's: Aviator.. And STILL no Oscar.. The Oscars are a joke..
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06-07-2006, 08:38 AM
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Sorry, I don't know what happened to this thread, but someone mentioned Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath. That movie is a treasure and his performance was mesmorising. Also the woman that played his mother was fantastic. A very accurate and moving portrayal of the events of the time.
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06-07-2006, 10:05 AM
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I think it is simply about guys making $$ off those who like to solve puzzles. Just common parasites.
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06-07-2006, 10:29 AM
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That would have been me who mentioned Fonda in "Wrath".. Ma Joad was played by the incomparable Jane Darwell, whose career in cinema pre-dated sound.. She made more than 100 films and was a treasure. Her career was largely over and she had been generally forgotten in Hollywood when Robert Stevenson thoughtfully cast her in "Mary Poppins" in 1964. Even there, she managed to make a short appearance memorable during the most touching sequence in that wonderful confection: She played the "Birdwoman" in Trafalgar Square during Andrews' rendition of "Feed the Birds"... It was the last role of her six decades as an actress. She is haunting in Grapes of Wrath.. "Rich fellas come up an' they die, an' their kids ain't no good an' they die out. But we keep a'comin'. We're the people that live. They can't wipe us out; they can't lick us. We'll go on forever, Pa, 'cause we're the people."
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06-07-2006, 10:32 AM
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Fonda
Quite frankly he was great in On Golden Pond. I always loved the scene where the kid Billy uses the word bullshit. Fonda's character says to the Kid "you like that word don't you?" pauses and says "It's a good word" and walks away.
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