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Old Oct 10, 2012, 09:34 AM   #1
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Football great and funny guy on MNF and Mongo from Blazing Saddles, Alex Karras died. Aged 77.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/alex-ka...3176--nfl.html
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Old Oct 10, 2012, 04:09 PM   #2
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RIP Alex Karras. prayers for his family including his grand nephew on our team.
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Old Oct 10, 2012, 05:09 PM   #3
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Mongo only pawn in game of life.

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Alex Karras was one of the NFL's most feared defensive tackles throughout the 1960s, a player who hounded quarterbacks and bulled past opposing linemen.

And yet, to many people he will always be the lovable dad from the 1980s sitcom ''Webster'' or the big cowboy who famously punched out a horse in ''Blazing Saddles.''

The rugged player, who anchored the Detroit Lions' defense and then made a successful transition to an acting career, with a stint along the way as a commentator on ''Monday Night Football,'' died Wednesday. He was 77.

Karras had recently suffered kidney failure and been diagnosed with dementia. The Lions also said he had suffered from heart disease and, for the last two years, stomach cancer. He died at home in Los Angeles surrounded by family members, said Craig Mitnick, Karras' attorney.

''Perhaps no player in Lions history attained as much success and notoriety for what he did after his playing days as did Alex,'' Lions president Tom Lewand said.
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Old Oct 10, 2012, 05:18 PM   #4
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Old Oct 11, 2012, 11:55 AM   #5
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Okay, guys, I get that Blazing Saddles is one of his most popular works. But come on now, he got to kiss James Garner in Victor/Victoria. And he married the chick from The Apple Dumpling Gang. And he got to party with Emmanuel Lewis for like six years.

Honestly, sometimes I think this board has just totally lost its priorities.

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Old Oct 11, 2012, 11:59 AM   #6
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Okay, guys, I get that Blazing Saddles is one of his most popular works. But come on now, he got to kiss James Garner in Victor/Victoria. And he married the chick from The Apple Dumpling Gang. And he got to party with Emmanuel Lewis for like six years.

Honestly, sometimes I think this board has just totally lost its priorities.
+10! we need a GOOD woman to keep us in line.

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Old Oct 11, 2012, 12:00 PM   #7
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and a lot of people probably forget this...he was the corrupt sherrif in Porky's (Porky's brother).

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Old Oct 11, 2012, 12:19 PM   #8
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Okay, guys, I get that Blazing Saddles is one of his most popular works. But come on now, he got to kiss James Garner in Victor/Victoria. And he married the chick from The Apple Dumpling Gang. And he got to party with Emmanuel Lewis for like six years.

Honestly, sometimes I think this board has just totally lost its priorities.
Tough guys put a horse on the ground with one punch. Any handsome guy without bad breath can kiss another guy, get married and party. You want to be tough or a pretty boy?

uiba, you're disqualified from picking either.
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Old Oct 12, 2012, 04:23 PM   #9
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Okay, guys, I get that Blazing Saddles is one of his most popular works. But come on now, he got to kiss James Garner in Victor/Victoria. And he married the chick from The Apple Dumpling Gang. And he got to party with Emmanuel Lewis for like six years.

Honestly, sometimes I think this board has just totally lost its priorities.
Susan Clark was no great shakes IMO. She started to look awfully mannish during the 80's.
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Old Oct 12, 2012, 08:12 PM   #10
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Susan Clark was no great shakes IMO. She started to look awfully mannish during the 80's.
There was a lot of bad styling back then. Believe me, I lived it as an awkward elementary school student.

Stupid Mary Lou Retton haircut.


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