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Biggest Shoes To Fill?

17 Aug 01 - 12:38 AM (#529894)
Subject: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: richlmo

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?


17 Aug 01 - 12:44 AM (#529897)
Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: Thomas the Rhymer

My dad's.

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


17 Aug 01 - 01:54 AM (#529931)
Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: CarolC

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


17 Aug 01 - 02:35 AM (#529944)
Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: Sorcha

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.


17 Aug 01 - 07:08 AM (#530012)
Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: Grab

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.


17 Aug 01 - 07:27 AM (#530016)
Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: RangerSteve

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.


17 Aug 01 - 01:53 PM (#530271)
Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: running.hare

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.


17 Aug 01 - 03:30 PM (#530341)
Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: Clinton Hammond

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...


17 Aug 01 - 03:50 PM (#530357)
Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: Armen Tanzerian

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


17 Aug 01 - 04:08 PM (#530370)
Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: radriano

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.


17 Aug 01 - 10:35 PM (#530582)
Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: John Hardly

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


17 Aug 01 - 10:44 PM (#530586)
Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: Jon Freeman

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)


17 Aug 01 - 10:58 PM (#530587)
Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: sophocleese

Here


17 Aug 01 - 11:02 PM (#530590)
Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: sophocleese

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.


17 Aug 01 - 11:16 PM (#530599)
Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: Kaleea

Chet Atkins-his shoes shall remain unworn.


17 Aug 01 - 11:42 PM (#530612)
Subject: RE: Biggest Shoes To Fill?
From: SINSULL

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