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The Friday Question - Patrick Swayze

Started by Mike Olbinski · 10 months ago

We all heard the news about Patrick Swayze this week, that he has pancreatic cancer and is being treated for it right now. The survival rate for this horrible disease is just not very good so our thoughts and prayers go out to him.
There is no real word on whether or not he has the [...] ... Continue reading »

28 comments

  • daddyjason

    1 year ago

    Red Dawn all the way baby!

    Oh, and I saw a newscast that quoted Swayze as saying the whole "imminent death" thing is just a rumor. He's responding to treatment and doing well. He's not dying any day now.
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  • Bill

    1 year ago

    Grandview U.S.A. and not because of Patrick :)
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  • Mike

    1 year ago

    Never even heard of Grandview USA really...just looked it up...John and Joan Cusak are in it, why have I not seen it? :)

    Is it good?
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  • Steven

    1 year ago

    Point Break by far. Just a fun movie with one of the best chase scenes ever.

    Roadhouse would be second. Come on, I know I am not the only one who likes it.

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  • Adam

    1 year ago

    I may be strange, but To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar was my favorite Swayze movie. I think perhaps it's because it's the first movie I saw as a kid with him in it, and it was so funny.

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  • Mike

    1 year ago

    I need to see Roadhouse still...and like a lot of his movies apparently :)
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  • Kory

    1 year ago

    I am going with Red Dawn with Roadhouse coming in second. Just watched part of Red Dawn a couple of weeks ago on cable. Been ages since I had seen it.
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  • Steven

    1 year ago

    Red Dawn is a pretty good movie too. I also like The Outsiders as well. Can't forget about Youngblood either. Wow, there are a lot of good Swayze movies.

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  • Steven

    1 year ago

    Oh yeah, and by all accounts, Patrick Swayze is a great guy. He has been married to the same woman since 1975 and is a good family man. This is very sad news. My thoughts and prayers are with him as well.

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  • Frank C

    1 year ago

    Roadhouse, because it has his recently deceased co-star, Jeff Healey in it. A fantastic, if unorthodox guitarist.

    Red Dawn is also great commie killing fun. I originally saw this one in a theater full of rednecks in Albany, GA. Yeeehaw!

    I also like the SNL skit he did with Chris Farley where they were auditioning to be Chippendale dancers.

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  • Mike

    1 year ago

    Nice one Frank, that was a hilarious skit!
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  • R.A. Porter

    1 year ago

    I was going to go with Red Dawn which isn't a *good* movie, but will always hold a cheesy place in my heart. And Dirty Dancing is solid entertainment. But I'm going to have to agree with Adam. For me, Wong Foo is tops, partly because it has the advantage of Julie Newmar's short appearance (I'll always love you, Catwoman!)

    As for SNL skits, the Chippendale's routine was good, but I preferred the Hans und Franz skit where one of the muscleheads (forget which one) had a crush on Swayze.

    A couple of months ago, I saw scans of a Swayze comic. Awesome stuff. Here's a link.

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  • The Trousered Ape

    1 year ago

    Yeah, not a Swayze fan even though I have seen a few of his movies.

    Hopefully he is doing better and that his cancer is responding to treatments.

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  • Mike

    1 year ago

    Hey Porter...I swear, I always have to approve your comments cause you always include a link :)
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  • R.A. Porter

    1 year ago

    Oh crap! I'm sorry Mike. I didn't realize (probably because I'm too lazy to read a commenting guideline that's clearly linked somewhere) that you had to approve comments with links. I'll try to cut down on that. The link above of course, was gold, but I'll be more judicious in future.

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  • daddyjason

    1 year ago

    I still think Red Dawn, but I would also like to submit the mini-series North and South which helped make him a star. And most of you probably don't remember, but Next Of Kin was a pretty big hit when it came out. I can't remember now if it was actually good or not.
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  • Mike

    1 year ago

    Nah, you can always post links, I'm just letting you know...if they don't appear right away, that's why :)

    I figured that approving you a few times would allow you to get past the spam filter, but I guess not...
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  • Robert

    1 year ago

    Steel Dawn. No doubt.

    Sure, the other ones are good...but they ain't Steel Dawn.

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  • Cap'n Schwartz

    1 year ago

    Although Red Dawn was good, I actually liked another Dawn movie he made, Steel Dawn....one of those apocalyptic movies where people fight over water as a resource...
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  • Steven

    1 year ago

    Next of Kin was pretty good. Liam Neeson with a southern accent was interesting :-) I have never seen Steel Dawn. I may have to check it out.

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  • jina

    1 year ago

    Dirty Dancing! All the way!

    What a bunch of guys you are picking Red Dawn and Roadhouse.
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  • Bill

    1 year ago

    Grandview USA was OK,typical 80's movie it's the 80's Jamie Lee Curtis.;)
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  • daddyjason

    1 year ago

    Finally, Mike! We did something like MEN!

    -- From Red Dawn --
    Erica: You American?
    Col. Andy Tanner: Red-blooded.
    Erica: What's the capital of Texas?
    Col. Andy Tanner: Austin.
    Erica: Wrong, commie! It's Houston.
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  • Scotty Dub

    1 year ago

    Is there a 'none of the above' option. He's made some 'good' movies, but most of them look really cheesy now.

    All that aside, I think he's a good guy and I wish him well.

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  • Kory

    1 year ago

    totally forgot about The Outsiders...that one may bump red dawn off of the #1 slot.
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  • daddyjason

    1 year ago

    Bump Red Dawn! Never! WOLVERINES!!
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  • Mike

    1 year ago

    Red Dawn was on last night!
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  • Rob O.

    1 year ago

    I've always thought Patrick Swayze was a little underappreciated as an actor. "Roadhouse" is definitely a guilty pleasure. "Ghost" was an awesome movie too - even if Whoopi was a bit over the top. (A little Whoopi goes a long way for me.)

    And you're right, Frank, that SNL skit with Chris Farley where they were auditioning to be Chippendale dancers was freakin' hilarious!
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