Biggest Shoes To Fill?

Subject: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: richlmo
Date: 17 Aug 01 - 12:38 AM

Wanted to respond to Celtic Soul's thread on, " Worst Miscast Ever? ", but I kept thinking of people who were replacing someone else. Lex Barker as Tarzan? After Jonny Weismueller! George Lazenby as Bond? After Sean Connery ! How about Jay Leno? After Johnny Carson !

What do you think?

Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: Thomas the Rhymer
Date: 17 Aug 01 - 12:44 AM

My dad's.

... a miscast would have been too easy.ttr

Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: CarolC
Date: 17 Aug 01 - 01:54 AM

Nobody can ever replace Jimmy Stewart as Elwood Dowd (sp?).

Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: Sorcha
Date: 17 Aug 01 - 02:35 AM

My daddy's. And after his, John Wayne's. JoAnn was perhaps not a great actor but what he did, he did well. Just like Jimmy Stewart.

Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: Grab
Date: 17 Aug 01 - 07:08 AM

Nic Cage after Christopher Reeve. All the Batman directors trying to follow Tim Burton. Planet of the Apes, the whole damn thing. Dire Straits drummers following Pick Withers.

Graham.

Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: RangerSteve
Date: 17 Aug 01 - 07:27 AM

There was supposed to be a remake of Harvey - made for television - with Harry Anderson in the Stewart role. It never made it to TV. And don't forget the actress who played Elwood's sister (Josephine Hull?) That was her role alone.

There was a short-lived TV series based on Casablanca. I forget who was in it. Aside from the lead actors, who could replace Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet? They were two of the best back-up actors ever.

Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: running.hare
Date: 17 Aug 01 - 01:53 PM

The was a descusion on here resently about the Sharp Series with Shawn Bean. but the most reasent books are set Before Sharp joined the riffles, so he'd have to be played by a younger Actor. & I can't realy see any 1 filling those shoes.

Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 17 Aug 01 - 03:30 PM

That whole Nic Cage as Superman thing has been mercifully killed in it's sleep!!!

Anybody that came after Tom baker as Dr. Who... It's no wonder the series died slowly after Tom left...

Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: Armen Tanzerian
Date: 17 Aug 01 - 03:50 PM

Anyone attempting Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson after Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.

Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: radriano
Date: 17 Aug 01 - 04:08 PM

Johnny Weismuller, except for maybe the first film, was the absolute worst Tarzan. And Basil Rathbone was not the best Sherlock Holmes nor was Nigel Bruce ever a decent Watson.

Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: John Hardly
Date: 17 Aug 01 - 10:35 PM

Dick Sargent for Dick York......or was it York for Sargent....?

Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 17 Aug 01 - 10:44 PM

Just found this and can't resist it:

"WORLD'S LARGEST SNEAKERS If cases of elephantitis are excluded, the biggest feet currently known are those of Matthew McGrory (born May 17, 1973) of Pennsylvania, USA, who wears US size 29.5 sneakers!"

Jon (who want's to know what US size 29.5 is in UK or metric sizes)

Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: sophocleese
Date: 17 Aug 01 - 10:58 PM

Here

Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: sophocleese
Date: 17 Aug 01 - 11:02 PM

Geez that was brief, I meant to write "Here you go Jon!" with the link but pressed submit a mite hastily. OOps. But I hope the link gives you the info you wanted, it would seem that it equals 28.5 in UK sizing.

Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: Kaleea
Date: 17 Aug 01 - 11:16 PM

Chet Atkins-his shoes shall remain unworn.

Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: SINSULL
Date: 17 Aug 01 - 11:42 PM

Marlon Brando as Captain Bligh after Charles Laughton. Not even close!