Chris109 wrote: ↑Mon May 29, 2023 10:20 pm
Aloha Friday wrote: ↑Sun May 28, 2023 5:52 pm
Just saw George Maharis passed away at 94 earlier this week. He played Buz Murdock on Route 66 along side of Martin Milner.
I saw that also. Didn't know he was a prevert.
Hi Chris,
I usually enjoy your posts, they are fun, and when you seemed to be gone from these boards for awhile I hoped it wasn't permament.
But Maharis a "pervert"?
He was highly esteemed by many acting greats such as James Dean with whom he knocked around in the 1950's NYC acting scene.
Maharis and Martin Milner co-starred in what Ed Asner maintained till his dying day was the finest written TV series of all time, "Route 66".
The two leads traveled across the USA of JFK's New Frontier in a corvette, capturing the last gasp of a pre Beatles/Vietnam War/Flower Power America.
Filmed entirely on location, it preserves forever on film that now lost world.
Lead by writers Stirling Silliphant and Howard Rodman, the series was aimed unapologetically at the savvy viewer.
If one watches the Kardashians or Scooby-Doo it ain't for you.
I would note what a genuinely nice guy Maharis was, never failing to take a moment to chat with a fan or sign an autograph.
When an online Route 66 group I am part of decided to send George birthday cards a few years ago, he responded to the dozens of cards by sending each well wisher a
hand written letter of thanks and an autographed photo.
As well, those who had enclosed their phone numbers each received over the next few weeks a phone call from George!
What star today displays that kind of grace and appreciation for the public?
So he was gay, so who cares?
He was a life long Republican who counted President and Mrs. Reagan as friends. A proud Marine, where he learned boxing, he was so adept at it that when former
pro welterweight boxer Jack Warden(14 bouts) sparred with him during a break on a Route 66 episode, he asked Maharis if he had ever considered turning
pro when he was younger. This was no mincing cliche, but a tough 6 foot tall NYC street kid that one wouldn't lightly challenge.
Oh and by the way, he left his entire estate to the Marine Corp.
I'd call him a patriotic American who honorably served when called, unlike many politicians.
I met Marilyn Chambers in person, I'm not about to label her because of her sex life. Okay, so I admit she was sitting naked on a 3 legged stool,
maybe that is a little offbeat, but she seemed like plain folks and we had a nice chat.
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