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The BEST!
Topic Started: Jan 25 2009, 02:11 PM (577 Views)
andarius	Jan 25 2009, 02:11 PM Post #1
Charter Member Posts: 3,383 Group: Members Member #55 Joined: September 19, 2005	The BEST Tarzan was Gordon Scott! The BEST Tarzan hairstyle was Gordon Scott's! The BEST Tarzan picture was Tarzan's Greatest Adventure with Gordon Scott! What say you, my little mangel-worzels? Yes, you're right, that IS Denny Miller as Tarzan the Ape Man (1959) on my avatar!



Don Diego	Jan 25 2009, 05:54 PM Post #2
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 11,987 Group: Members Member #18 Joined: September 4, 2005	I believe it may be a matter of who the first Tarzan you saw on the screen. I'm a Scott fan as well but there are many who would select Weissmuller and Bruce Bennett did an admirable job. (I think all would agree that Miller was the worst Tarzan) As for Scott's movies - I preferred Tarzan the Magnificent.



Black Tiger	Jan 25 2009, 11:17 PM Post #3
Charter Member Posts: 1,812 Group: Members Member #50 Joined: September 15, 2005	You could argue about "Best" until the cows come home. But my favorite is Johnny Weissmuller (and yes, he was the first I saw).



andarius	Jan 26 2009, 03:23 AM Post #4
Charter Member Posts: 3,383 Group: Members Member #55 Joined: September 19, 2005	Don Diego Jan 25 2009, 05:54 PM I believe it may be a matter of who the first Tarzan you saw on the screen. I'm a Scott fan as well but there are many who would select Weissmuller and Bruce Bennett did an admirable job. (I think all would agree that Miller was the worst Tarzan) As for Scott's movies - I preferred Tarzan the Magnificent. Yes, the first one tends to stick. Tarzan the Magnificent could also be the best - certainly Jock Mahoney's best performance, IMHO - I wish he hadn't gone to India - in fact Jock, Ron Ely and Mike Henry didn't go to Africa, worst luck! I was about 10 when I saw Denny Miller and I thought he was very good - I revised my opinion later! But was Denny worse than the short guy from Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar? Bruce Bennett was good, but the serial was a little disappointing.



andarius	Jan 26 2009, 03:26 AM Post #5
Charter Member Posts: 3,383 Group: Members Member #55 Joined: September 19, 2005	Black Tiger Jan 25 2009, 11:17 PM You could argue about "Best" until the cows come home. But my favorite is Johnny Weissmuller (and yes, he was the first I saw). First saw Johnny Weissmuller in Tarzan and the Mermaids which was a supporting feature in the 60s. Some of the Weissmuller ones they showed on TV were excellent like Tarzan's New York Adventure. BEST version of Shout is by Lulu and the Luvvers - everybody agree?



panzer the great & terrible	Feb 7 2009, 08:52 AM Post #6
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,302 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	Not a chance -- best is Otis Redding, hands down. We rarely hear English covers this side of the pond. If Lulu hadn't made an album in Memphis, we'd think of her as a one-hit wonder. Provincial, ain't we? Lex Barker was the first Tarzan I saw and he isn't my favorite anything, except possibly pedophile. Edited by panzer the great & terrible, Feb 7 2009, 08:56 AM.
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Chandu	Feb 7 2009, 10:54 AM Post #7
Knowledge Seeker and rascal at large Posts: 10,248 Group: Members Member #297 Joined: October 19, 2007	panzer the great & terrible Feb 7 2009, 08:52 AM Not a chance -- best is Otis Redding, hands down. We rarely hear English covers this side of the pond. If Lulu hadn't made an album in Memphis, we'd think of her as a one-hit wonder. Provincial, ain't we? Lex Barker was the first Tarzan I saw and he isn't my favorite anything, except possibly pedophile. I still like the Isley's Shout, but I don't recall Otis's, so maybe I never heard it. Lex Barker was also my first (and only) Tarzan. I remember thinking, as a kid, that it was a travesty when he was replaced in the Tarzan role and subsequently, never saw another one. I didn't know he was a pedophile until I read it here, but I never gave Tarzan, or who played him, a great deal of thought over the intervening years.
	Not plane, nor bird, nor even frog. It's just little ol' me...


andarius	Feb 7 2009, 04:05 PM Post #8
Charter Member Posts: 3,383 Group: Members Member #55 Joined: September 19, 2005	But did Otis and the Isleys sing... 'Well el el el el-el-el?'? BEST dressed Batman was Adam West and Gordon Scott had a better hairstyle than Lex Barker!



andarius	Feb 14 2009, 03:28 AM Post #9
Charter Member Posts: 3,383 Group: Members Member #55 Joined: September 19, 2005	panzer the great & terrible Feb 7 2009, 08:52 AM Not a chance -- best is Otis Redding, hands down. We rarely hear English covers this side of the pond. If Lulu hadn't made an album in Memphis, we'd think of her as a one-hit wonder. Provincial, ain't we? Provincial? - never! Why, next you'll be saying you're parochial! Best Catwoman was Julie Newmar - what say you my little parishioners?



Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer	Feb 14 2009, 05:30 AM Post #10
Balconeer Creeper Posts: 14,166 Group: Members Member #244 Joined: July 6, 2007	andarius Feb 14 2009, 03:28 AM Best Catwoman was Julie Newmar - what say you my little parishioners? By a kilometer, mate.
	"She's got style, she's got grace She's got long, long legs, she's got... Savoir Faire"


andarius	Feb 14 2009, 05:43 PM Post #11
Charter Member Posts: 3,383 Group: Members Member #55 Joined: September 19, 2005	Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer Feb 14 2009, 05:30 AM andarius Feb 14 2009, 03:28 AM Best Catwoman was Julie Newmar - what say you my little parishioners? By a kilometer, mate. By a mile - you haven't gone metric over there, I hope - ghastly foreign system!



Black Tiger	Feb 15 2009, 11:16 AM Post #12
Charter Member Posts: 1,812 Group: Members Member #50 Joined: September 15, 2005	andarius Feb 14 2009, 05:43 PM Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer Feb 14 2009, 05:30 AM andarius Feb 14 2009, 03:28 AM Best Catwoman was Julie Newmar - what say you my little parishioners? By a kilometer, mate. By a mile - you haven't gone metric over there, I hope - ghastly foreign system! Not even a contest. There's Julie Newmar. Then there's everybody else.



panzer the great & terrible	Feb 15 2009, 11:34 AM Post #13
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,302 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	I'd have to agree even though she doesn't resemble the Selena Kyle of the comics. Then again, the TV character isn't Selena Kyle and has no backstory. A pity the show biz types always get everything wrong.
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andarius	Mar 17 2009, 07:00 AM Post #14
Charter Member Posts: 3,383 Group: Members Member #55 Joined: September 19, 2005	The best Hannibal is this fella, IMHO - I recently saw a Scottish one on TV, but he was nowhere near as masterful! The best TV cop is Steve McGarrett - second-best is Dexter!



Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer	Mar 17 2009, 08:51 AM Post #15
Balconeer Creeper Posts: 14,166 Group: Members Member #244 Joined: July 6, 2007	andarius Mar 17 2009, 07:00 AM The best TV cop is Steve McGarrett - second-best is Dexter! The funniest is Hal Linden .... 2nd funniest - Jack Webb (only when he's serious!).
	"She's got style, she's got grace She's got long, long legs, she's got... Savoir Faire"


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