RIP - Alex Karras

Brian48

Just passed away at age 77. RIP and thanks for many great moments, on the field, in film, and on TV. Rest easy.

YogiBerraFan

LINK

itzagoner

reminded me of something curious and interesting found in a kid's old vintage card collection.......




RIP Alex.

mcolney1

Itzagoner - I love finding old cards with kids updating the information on their own. Adds a great historical touch.

Dboneesq

RIP ALEX. As an actor you made many people laugh.

BigRed7

Here is a picture of Alex in his dorm room, the gentleman playing the guitar is the 1955 Outland Trophy Winner Calvin Jones.
Along with the picture is a note signed by Alex commenting on his teammate.

JMDVM

How he is not in the HOF is incomprehensible.

jay0791

Mongo Like candy

RIP Alex

nearmint

<< <i>Here is a picture of Alex in his dorm room, the gentleman playing the guitar is the 1955 Outland Trophy Winner Calvin Jones. Along with the picture is a note signed by Alex commenting on his teammate. >>



That's a very cool item. I didn't know Jones had died in a plane crash. His Wikipedia page is worth a read.

jrboles

When I was in grade school there was an NBC Sunday Night Movie-type TV movie called "Jimmy B and Andre" with Karras as the neighborhood patron who takes a liking to the kid from the rough side of town. I got to the point where the kid had no choice but to sell drugs and got beat up by the dealer. Then my Pop sent me to bed. It was that long ago.

I really liked the movie and, while I can guess what happened now, it really bothered me that I never knew the details of the ending. Still dunno what happened. It's probably been 30 years since I thought of that movie.

RIP Mongo

fiveniner

Being a lifetime Lions fan seen you play many times.Shouda been a HOFer. RIP.

Sethro

<< <i>When I was in grade school there was an NBC Sunday Night Movie-type TV movie called "Jimmy B and Andre" with Karras as the neighborhood patron who takes a liking to the kid from the rough side of town. I got to the point where the kid had no choice but to sell drugs and got beat up by the dealer. Then my Pop sent me to bed. It was that long ago.

I really liked the movie and, while I can guess what happened now, it really bothered me that I never knew the details of the ending. Still dunno what happened. It's probably been 30 years since I thought of that movie.

RIP Mongo >>



Jimmy B. & André (1980)

Boopotts

Thinking back on 'Webster' makes me appreciate how radically our entertainment landscape has changed. Can you imagine someone making the following pitch to a network exec. in 2012?

"Yeah, so here's the send-up. We're going to get a beefy ex-football player with some passable acting skills, have his real-life wife play the same role in the show, and then give them a ridiculously cute African-American kid with a growth hormone deficiency as an adopted son. Hilarity and hijinks will invariably ensue!"

And the funny thing is, the show worked. I don't think it's aged terribly well, but the time it seemed like a perfectly credible piece of prime-time entertainment.

ndleo

I don't know how Webster will be able to be a pall bearer.