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RIP Peter Graves

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  1. oomp

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    'Mission: Impossible' star Peter Graves dies in LAMar 14, 8:35 PM (ET)


    LOS ANGELES (AP) - Peter Graves, star of the television series "Mission Impossible" and the "Airplane" films, has died.

    Graves' publicist, Sandy Brokaw, says the actor died Sunday shortly after returning to his Los Angeles home from brunch with his family. He was 83.

    Graves was best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running television series "Mission: Impossible."

    Normally cast as a hero, he turned in an unforgettable performance early in his career as the treacherous Nazi spy in Billy Wilder's 1953 prisoner-of-war drama "Stalag 17."

    He also masterfully lampooned his straight-arrow image when he portrayed bumbling airline pilot Clarence Oveur in the 1980 disaster movie spoof "Airplane!"
     
    #1 oomp, Mar 14, 2010
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    Surely you can't be serious.

    RIP
     
    #2 codell, Mar 14, 2010
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    Have You Ever Seen A Grown Man Naked?
     
    #3 KingCheetah, Mar 14, 2010
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    Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?
     
    #4 DFWRocket, Mar 14, 2010
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    Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?
     
    #5 Rashmon, Mar 14, 2010
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    <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FmHOteBVqKI&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FmHOteBVqKI&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
     
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    RIP Peter.

    Although I enjoyed the MI movies, I will not forgive them for betraying the Jim Phelps character. :mad: :mad: :mad:

    They need to "revive" the character and pretend that it was some villian in a mask pretending to be Jim. Jim was a good guy, damn it!
     
    #8 MoonBus, Mar 15, 2010
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    nooooooooo. damn, I was just watching Airplane again a few days ago. I loved Graves in that movie, lol.

    sad to see him go. ++ Graves ++
     
    #9 Bojangles, Mar 15, 2010
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    Alright, gimme Ham on five, hold the Mayo.

    RIP
     
    #10 droxford, Mar 15, 2010
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    [Captain Oveur is reading "Modern Sperm"]
    [P.A.] "Captain Oveur... white courtesy phone... Captain Clarence Oveur... white courtesy phone... "
    [Captain Oveur puts down the magazine, walks to the courtesy telephone section, picks up the red telephone]
    [a lady on the phone] "No, the white phone"
    "Oh."
    [Captain Oveur hangs up the red phone and picks up the white courtesy phone]
    "This is Captain Oveur."
    "One moment for your call from the Mayo Clinic..."
    "Mmm."
    [P.A.] "Captain Oveur... white courtesy phone... Captain Clarence Oveur"
    "I've got it!"
    [P.A.] "Thank you."
    ---------------------

    [Control tower guy] "Flight 2-0-niner you are cleared for take off."
    Oveur: "Roger!"
    Roger: "Uh?"
    [Control tower guy] "L.A. Departure frequency, 1-2-3-point-niner"
    Oveur: "Roger!"
    Roger: "Uh?"
    Victor [into radio]: "Request vector, over."
    Oveur: "Wha--?"
    [Control tower guy] "Flight 2-0-niner cleared for vector at 324."
    Roger: "We have clearance, Clarence."
    Oveur: "Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?"
    [now scene has audio only, airplane is on runway departing]
    Victor: "Tower has radio'd clearance, Oveur."
    Oveur: "That's Clarence Oveur. Over."
    Victor: "Roger."
    Roger: "Uh?"
    [Control tower guy] "Roger. Over."
    Oveur: "What?"
    Roger: "Uh?"
    Victor: "WHO?"

    ---------------------
    Dr. Rumack: "Captain, how soon can you land?"
    Captain Oveur: "I can't tell."
    Dr. Rumack: "You can tell me, I'm a doctor."
    Captain Oveur: "No, I mean I'm just not sure."
    Dr. Rumack: "Well, can't you take a guess?"
    Captain Oveur: "Well, not for another too hours."
    Dr. Rumack: "You can't take a guess for another two hours?"
    Captain Oveur: "No no no, I mean we can't land for another two hours... "

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    One of the best movies ever made in all the history of the life of the cosmos. :( Q.E.P.D. el Capitán "Cambio" de "¿En Dónde Está El Piloto?"...
     
    #11 SwoLy-D, Mar 15, 2010
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    Over Captain Oveur.. RIP
     
    #12 rocketsjudoka, Mar 15, 2010
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    If you didn't like the Airplane movies, then you have no soul.

    RIP, Captain.
     
    #13 leroy, Mar 15, 2010
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