Talk:Slim Pickens
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I added the brief mention of where Pickens was last living when he died. I lived a mere block away from the facility and had read about his being there in the local paper. I refrained from visiting due to the serious nature of his malady. He died after a brief stay there. It was a rainy night when I heard the news on the local radio. I believe he had retired in or near the town of Waterloo around 20 or so miles east of Modesto (update: read somewhere on the Web recently that Slim was living near the town of Columbia, a bit further east of Modesto than Waterloo). Out of curiosity I have sought the location of his burial site or if his ashes were scattered or whatever. Just curiosity. No reference at Findagrave.com or anyplace else that I could find. Kinda' sad the guy just disappears from the "radar screen" that way. Oh, by the way, the Mighty Obbop wrote this. 68.13.191.153 14:49, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] The Shining
The bit about Slim Pickens being offered the role of Dick Hallorann in The Shining isn't referenced. I find it highly unlikely, since both the book and the film screenplay specify that the character is black (the ghost of the previous caretaker also refers to Hallorann as a "nigger" in both the book and the film). (Ibaranoff24 06:00, 10 May 2006 (UTC))
[edit] 1941
Didn't he also appear in the movie 1941 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078723/ as Hollis 'Holly' Wood, the lumberjack? Pretty funny character IMHO.
Yes he did, and it includes him doing a parody of his scene from Strangelove (quoted in the main article about Pickens) where he runs through the survival kit. - AG, Stockport, UK.
[edit] Cinnamon Bear
The article lists Pickens as playing a singing cowboy in The Cinnamon Bear radio shorts, but the Cinnamon Bear article lists someone else as playing "Slim Pickings." Also, given that the show was in 1938, this would put Pickens at 19 years old, which makes it more unlikely in my mind. Does anyone know for sure? --Rnb 17:32, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Contradiction regarding Injury of Peter Sellers
The main article for Dr. Strangelove says that the reason Peter Sellers was unable to preform was due to a sprained ankle, not a broken leg. This ought to be resolved. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.79.143.141 (talk) 05:30, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
