In Honor of Father's Day, Working With Dad-- Part 1

From the June 21, 2020, Parade Magazine.

In honor of Father's Day, they saluted celebrity dads and their famous offspring who have worked together on memorable films and TV shows

I'll give you their names and the year the film was made.  You guess the name of the movie.  These answers will appear in the next post:

1.  Martin and Charlie Sheen (1987)

2.  Ben and Jerry Stiller  (2001)

3.  Ryan and Tatum O'Neal  (1973)

4.  Henry and Jane Fonda  (1981)

5.  Eugene and Dan Levy  (2015-20, TV show)

6.  Bruce and Rumer Willis

7.  Will and Jaden Smith  (2006)

8.  Lloyd and Jeff Bridges   (1994)

Double the Fun.  --DaCoot

Ten Things You Might Not Know About Fictional Faathers-- Part 3

8. Before he was HOWARD CUNNIGHAM, Tom Bosley of "Happy Days" acted with Paul Newman at the Woodstock Opera House in Woodstock, Illinois. Bosley was born in Glencoe, Il., and served in the Navy in World War II. At the end of the movie "Groundhog Day" Bill Murray said that he wanted a family. Earlier, he had tried to commit suicide from the belfry of the Woodstock Opera House, a place near us and that I've been to many times.


9. In John Irving's novel "The World According to Garp," the protagonist is conceived when his mother, a nurse, has sex with a dying patient named TECHNICAL SGT. GARP. In real life, Irving didn't know who his biological father was. he told his mother he would make something up if she didn't tell him. "Go ahead, dear," she said...and, he did.


10. "Father Knows Best" started out as a radio sitcom in 1949 as "Father Knows Best?" When it moved to TV in 1954, the producers were more confident in DAD's wisdom and dropped the question mark.

Again, Another Fine Job, Mark and Stephan. --DaCoot

Ten Things You Might No Know About Fictional Fathers-- Part 2

4. Pat Conroy's abusive character Lt. Col. "BULL" MEECHAM in his novel "The Great Santini" was based on his own fighter-pilot father, but the author said his real father was even worse. His father so hated his depiction that he changed his ways after the novel came out.


5. Dr. HEATHCLIFFE HUXTABLE, better known as Cliff, was one of the most popular TV dads ever and played by the hilarious Bill Cosby. One tip he gave was, "Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell, the name will carry." And remember this fatherly threat, "I brought you into this world and I can take you out...And make another one just like you."


6. Some oft-quoted movie lines were never spoken. "Luke, I am your father," supposedly said by DARTH VADER in "The Empire Strikes Back," was actually, "No, I am your father."


7.. Laurence Fishburne and Cuba Gooding, Jr. played father and son in 1991's "Boyz N the Hood" even though they were just six and a half years apart.


Father Knows Best. --Cooter

Ten Things You Might Not Know About Fictional Fathers-- Part 1

Once again, Mark Jacob and Stephan Benzkofer do a great job finding some interesting stuff on a particular topic, this time, in honor of Father's Day back in June.

From the June 19th Chicago Tribune.

1. Among the most admired fictional fathers is ATTICUS FINCH, the lawyer from "To Kill a Mockingbird" played by Gregory Peck. He was based on author Harper Lee's father. One day on the set, Peck saw the author crying as she watched a scene and stopped to talk to her: "Oh, Gregory, you've got a little potbelly, just like my daddy."


2. Chevy Chase plays CLARK GRISWALD in the four "Vacation" movies, but his two kids are played by different actors in each film. In the fourth movie, "Vegas Vacation," Griswald declares: "You guys are growing up so fast, I hardly recognize you anymore." No wonder.


3. Gene Hackman might have been the father on "The Brady Bunch" but lacked the celebrity and Robert Reed got it.

More to Come. --Cooter