As the title to this post makes clear, my impressions of Peter Graves were more shaped by Airplane! than they were by Mission: Impossible. Airplane! is, in fact, a not-so-guilty pleasure in my family, and Peter Graves helped make it a tremendous success. His deadpan approach to comedy was brilliant, and the decision to include him in the movie was utterly inspired. He helped make Airplane! a success, and in doing so, helped give me and my loved ones a lot of laughs, and a lot of happy memories.
He lived a long and full life, but it ought to go without saying that we would have liked to have had him around for much longer.
R.I.P.
September 19, 2009 – 10:41 pm
My latest for the New Ledger:
September 14, 2009 – 8:28 am
An April, 2000 interview with Ronald Bailey; well worth reading. The following passage deserves to be singled out:
September 13, 2009 – 12:41 pm
The great man passed away last night. The remembrances have started to pour in. It is a pity that so many people will only just now learn about Borlaug and his massive contributions to the fight to lessen and end human misery, but better late than never on that score.
August 30, 2009 – 1:05 pm
I notice that the New York Times has decided to collect remembrances of Ted Kennedy–including a piece by yours truly–in order to point out that in life, the late Senator was known for a number of controversial and demagogic statements, including, most infamously, his statement on the nomination of Robert Bork.
August 27, 2009 – 1:01 am
I have no intention, of course, of speaking ill of the dead; far from it. I am perfectly happy to assume that Ted Kennedy loved his country–as I am sure that he must have–and that he did everything within his power to better it, as his conscience dictated. But now that his legislative legacy is being cited as a reason to pass health care reform, it is well and proper to state that much of that legacy is open to dispute.
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
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Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board
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Also tagged Democrats, Earned Income Tax Credit, Edward Kennedy, George W. Bush, Minimum Wage, Nick Gillespie, No Child Left Behind, Politics, Republicans, Robert Bork, SCHIP, Ted Kennedy
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August 19, 2009 – 4:50 pm
A very nice obituary by the New York Times.
August 18, 2009 – 7:39 pm
A terrible loss. Rose and Milton Friedman did so much to better the human condition. Would that there were more like them, but it may well be that the mold was broken once they were given life.
August 18, 2009 – 7:15 pm
Democracy in America says much of what I want to say.
Courtesy of Roger Kimball:
A marvelous tribute, courtesy of Michael Weiss.
