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@barliman2001 said in Phony players:

@Dale-Proctor said in Phony players:

@BigDub said in Phony players:

On the show, Hogan’s Heroes, Colonel Klink Would occasionally play the violin, much to the discomfort of those who happened to be in the same room.
He looked rather convincing, but if you looked closely, there weren’t even any strings on the instrument!

Interesting factoid - Werner Klemperer’s father was Otto Klemperer, the famous orchestral conductor.

Even more interesting - quite a number of the actors in that show were either of Jewish descent or had lost family and friends due to Nazi terror.

Yes, I was aware of that as well. John ( Johann ) Banner, Sgt. Schultz, a Jew, was born in Prussia, now Austria, I believe, saw what was happening and came to the US. Joined the US army and served in World War II. Became a prolific actor even while in a Austria and later in the States. Early in his American acting experiences he had to learn his lines phonetically because he did not yet speak English.
I think he has to be my favorite of all of them.

On the show, Hogan’s Heroes, Colonel Klink Would occasionally play the violin, much to the discomfort of those who happened to be in the same room.
He looked rather convincing, but if you looked closely, there weren’t even any strings on the instrument!

@Dr-GO said in Phony players:

Just to be clear BigDub, I am giving you approval to play me in the next full length feature about me.

But that would be the exceptional situation where the actor would be able to surpass the playing skill of the person he was portraying........that would be like Wayne Bergeron playing me. just kidding. Calm yourself

@Kehaulani said in Phony players:

I would think that, according to screen Guild policies, she is in an acting role in which she sings. I'm sure that she was being represented as an actress.

Douglas was, obviously, being represented by the Screen Actors Guild which, as has been shown, couldn't care less that a musician was being accurately portrayed.

I get it, sure, but do I like it, no. No one asked me, that is for sure.
One interesting thing about how far Hollywood will go to use their chosen actor no matter how qualified or not was for the movie about Lou Gehrig, The Pride Of The Yankees, where they had Gary Cooper picked for the role of Lou Gehrig. He could convincingly swing the bat, but the only problem was his swing was from the right side of the plate, and not left handed. I understand they went to all the trouble to film him swinging right handed and reversing everything in the entire stadium, bases were backwards, signs and advertisements were backwards- everything. Mirror image. Just so they could have their star Gary Cooper play Lou Gehrig!
Here’s another interesting part: Babe Ruth played himself.
They were smart enough to know no one would believe it if someone else played him?

How can you tell the conductor is looking at you?
I haven’t the slightest idea. I would have to glance in that direction to know the answer to that!

@Newell-Post said in Phony players:

Well, there's always....

Well, that’s Kirk Douglas. Everybody knows he could play....heh, heh.
But yet, they used a real singer, Doris Day? Whazzup with that?

I spotted an albino Dalmation on my walk this morning.

It was the least I could do.

@J-Jericho said in Phony players:

@BigDub said in Phony players:

I have a question that someone Might have some insight on.
There are plenty of instances and occasions when a tv show or motion picture portrays a trumpet player, or any other instrument, for that matter.
Anyway, why is it that almost 100% of the time, the person doing the playing has no clue how to play.
Any idea how this came to be?

Hollywood hubris.

And fear of reality. Why be truthful when you can Hollywood it up?

I have a question that someone Might have some insight on.
There are plenty of instances and occasions when a tv show or motion picture portrays a trumpet player, or any other instrument, for that matter.
Anyway, why is it that almost 100% of the time, the person doing the playing has no clue how to play.
Any idea how this came to be?
After all, there are plenty of true players out there, and a goodly number of them don’t have other work keeping them from being available.
Is it a union thing, maybe?
It’s hard to watch someone ineptly trying to fake playing an instrument, isn't it?

@Dr-GO said in Artist on BOARD:

Interesting stream on consciousness

Speaking of stream....my original plan did not include any stream at all. It sort of developed after the initial lay in of color. Then I thought it needed a bit more, so off I went.

I'd like to show you what I just finished. So here goes.

@BigDub
The second photo is a depiction of the driving of the “Golden Spike” connecting the transcontinental railroad's eastern and western work

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@Tobylou8 said in Railroad Photography:

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@Tobylou8 said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO

Saying: thank you "veery" much, to Veery.

OK... Thanks for keeping me on track. Thank God I have only a one track mind... much easier to accomplish.

At least you can N gauge!

OH! (on a smaller scale and with dyslexia)

HO man, sorry to hear that.

More like an O man. My dad had an O gauge set up in our basement when I was a kid. I mean it was our entire basement. He had mountains, lakes, bridges, houses, churches, businesses, roadways with cars, farms with animals... Had a blast running them with Dad. We had electronic controlled switches so could move trains between rail patterns. Really cool way to bring Father and Son together!

I think you would really enjoy this place in nearby FLemington, NJ. It is called Northlandz. It has thousands of ( to scale ) miles of track and hundreds of trains all synchronized and in lifelike settings. We took our grandson there a couple of years ago for his 4th? Birthday. Here are some of the settings.

@Tobylou8 said in Artist on BOARD:

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@Dr-GO said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

Well, here's something I just completed. You might like this one, DrGO?

It's missing a ship on the horizon, right? Maybe you want to post THAT one for comparison, or maybe not if you don't give a ship.

Here you go.

Hmm, sorry, the ship wrecked it!

It’s ok. I can erase it. Or wait a half hour and it will be gone. On its way to Davey Jones's locker.

This was beside the track as my wife and I travelled from New York City to Montreal, Canada. Nice looking engine.

@Dr-GO said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

Well, here's something I just completed. You might like this one, DrGO?

It's missing a ship on the horizon, right? Maybe you want to post THAT one for comparison, or maybe not if you don't give a ship.

Here you go.

@Dr-GO said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

Well, here's something I just completed. You might like this one, DrGO?

It's missing a ship on the horizon, right? Maybe you want to post THAT one for comparison, or maybe not if you don't give a ship.

Are you trying to say I missed the boat?

Well, here's something I just completed. You might like this one, DrGO?

As for proof, is there pudding involved? If not, then, sorry.

Enough politics.