May 26 2007 was John Wayne's 100th Birthday

[trekgeezer]

The Duke would've hit the big centennial yesterday if he was still with us. I celebrated Friday night by watching Big Jake and The Cowboys on TCM.

Evidently his birthplace has been having a big a celebration all weekend.

Check out the pictures of Ethan Wayne on this site. Hard to believe he's the kid from Big Jake.


http://www.johnwaynebirthplace.org/centennial/

[Yaddo 42]

Even without the cancer, he never would have made it, not with the way he lived.

Seems so weird that there's a whole generation for whom he's just a name from old movies their parents or grandparents watched. If they've even heard of him at all.

[Torgo]

Talk about some hard living right there.

He was the man in his day and still is today as well.

I love the scene in the video version of Gremlins 2 (which is an easter egg on the DVD) in which the Gremlins interrupt the tape and some in western get up get shot by John Wayne.  Hilarious!