I'll have you know that the following took much time and effort. Certainly more than deserved for the mission I have so foolishly undertaken.
I am somewhat surprised by the amount of traffic this blog has generated in its short life. I say "somewhat" because I am certainly not surprised that such a group of gullible, misguided johnny-come-latelys could be so easily duped into coming here and showing how truly delusional they are by their very presence. Why, they're even foolhardy enough to leave traces of their visit with comments!
Enough of this.
On with my tribute to STEVE REEVES: My inspiration and spiritual guide through this lacklustre existence some people call a life.
From my private collection.
The poster reads, "Steve Reeves: Hercules of Yesterday -- A Legend"
(Is there a famous Hercules in modern times I may not know about?)
"Let me open that jar of fruit jam for you, ma'am."
or
"Yes, ladies, it's true what they say about me."
(Tell me how I'm doing with the funny captions. New at this.)
"I will kill 10000 barbarians with this yo-yo and they will call me GOLIATH!"
Steve tried to convince the ladies in France to shave their armpits but failed miserably.
George Lucas was not the first Hollywood mogul to market action figures.
Move over James Cameron! Truly on top of the world!
No relation.
Diana Reeves, however, is his illegitimate daughter from his housemaid, Mammy.
Unfortunately, two COLOSSAL flops.
Steve in an early Mack Sennett short "Superman Joins the Navy".
A light moment with Adolf Hitler, Leni Riefenstahl and George Gobel, propaganda minister, during the filming of "Triumph auf der Uber Schwein"
Lou Ferrigno playing Steve in the hit TV biopic:
"Steve Reeves, Man of Many Veins".
One of my most cherished photographs.
Lou with Steve shortly before his death.
Little known fact: Wood decided to go on with the production by putting Steve in a mummy getup after the star's near-fatal accident involving body oil and roman candles which almost cost him his face.
Sorry, couldn't resist posting this. My kids having fun with some photos of aspiring screenwriters they found on the Web.
And finally, this is me in the workout room still trying very hard to emulate my hero. I CAN pick up 200 kilos with my pinkies.
Blogging is an exhausting passtime I must say.
4 comments:
I am totally confused, Olaf. I believe you're mistaking Steve Reeves for Nolan Reeves who played Batman on TV in the late 50s. And it wasn't a horse it was an emu.
Of course, Rod Hull! How silly of me not to remember. But you forgot to include the best part of the set-up, Olaf, when Hull ran about in fast-motion chased by half-clad nurses. THAT was comedy, my friend. Unfortunately, I was in a prolonged coma during that period and seemed to have missed the best shows! The fact that we didn't get British TV in Newfoundland didn't help either... What am I thinking! CBC used to broadcast something called "At Last the 1948 Show" with Marty Feldman. He played one heck of a Superman on that show!
Silly, man. Benny never chased those nurses, he was too busy working on Rochester's plumbing to even notice them! But he did make a great Superman on his radio show.
WHAT do you have against screenwriters, Enzio?! I can't understand how what we do could affect you in any negative way. And you're not even in the business!
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