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Sorry if this is an obvious question, but what does Grand Poo-bah mean? I've seen Castwell use it numerous times, as well as other users, is it just a nickname?
Thanks - David
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You'll have to speak up I'm wearing a towel
- HOmer J. Simpson
[This message has been edited by Flytyer317 (edited 16 May 2005).]
Although I question whether anyone should actually know information like this, here it is anyway - I think its from a Gilbert & Sullivan musical about an egotistical guy who named himself "Lord High Everything Else." I apologize for even knowing that.
Not to answer in place of JC, ... But wasn't that the name of the head of the "lodge" in the Flintstones (Where fred and Barney worn the big "buffalo" hats with horns sticking out each side).
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Christopher Chin
Jonquiere Quebec
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JC,
I had that feeling.
(ps, ... check your e-mail)
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Christopher Chin
Jonquiere Quebec
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yabba dabba doooooooo
Rusty <><
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if you wanna catch something ya gotta get a hook in the water
For those who seem to have the impression the name Grand Poo-bah is a title of power and entitlement which Castwell uses; the truth is it is a JOKE. He is poking fun at himself.
That's all - no other hidden anything. http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/biggrin.gif
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LadyFisher, Publisher of
FAOL
My pharmacist buddy had the best line ever.
"Theres your order Mr. Doe"
" Thats Dr. Doe"
"What are you a doctor of?"
"I have phd in Philosophy"
"Oh.So youre not a real doctor."
Absolutely precious.
Grand Poo-bah is a fan of Lonesome Dove. My favorite western of all time.
Pharmacists probably are the funniest people in the world, also smartest.
(notice the grammatical error there).
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A bum-legged old man and a drunk. That's all you got?
That's WHAT I got.
Lonesome Dove is very good, but its not better than Rio Bravo. And sorry JC if this turns into a best western string.
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A bum-legged old man and a drunk. That's all you got?
That's WHAT I got.
As long as it includes John Wayne JC will be very happy.
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LadyFisher, Publisher of
FAOL
Dr...Doe? I like it. I gotta say this. It reminds me of a recent quip I posted somewhere......"There are 3 kinds of people in this world, those who can count, and those who can't...........??????"
Someone replied...yeah....and those that can count, do.......and those that can't....become teachers!"
Sorry but this thread just turned into a pleasurable fun read and I couldn't help it.
Jim
Hmmmm ..... Grand poo bah of the loyal order of water buffalos .
Does that mean that JC is the grande leader of all persons buffaloed by the fishes that live in the water ?
Rio Bravo?...It's good but my 2 favorites are "Big Jake", full of "John Wayne-isms", & "The Quiet Man".....ya gotta love watching Ward Bond flyfishin' until his attention went to the fight!
Mike
To get down from a duck you have to get up first. Forward mighty steed!
Shane...the only thing missing from that movie is the Duke. Filmed over 50 years ago the cinamatography was way before its time. How did they get that dog to slowly walk across the saloon floor just before the gunfight?
You guys should get out more often - go fishing - or hiking - or swimming or -----?
Tim Anderson
Sancho, my lance! ON ROCINANTE!!
Yo, Castwell...it'sa good thing ya explained yerself hea to yer flock, cause we all KNOW who's the REAL Grand PoohBah around that castle of yours.
I know, I know...just like in most households. Mine included. I'm the boss. (right??) Ya, right. Ain' nobody gonna tell ME how to do the dishes!
*he,hee*...
All the best.
Jeremy.
Best Wester (not the motel...)
High Noon!
I don't know about you, but I can't get down from an Elephant, cause I won't get up on one either.
jed
while lonesome dove may be the best western novel ever, the best western film is the man who shot liberty valance.
mgj
If your talking westerns then I'd have to say Tombstone ,American Outlaws and Open Range are the 3 best westerns IMHO! later Matt
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To each there own !
1. The Searchers
2. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
3. Rio Grande
By the way JC, what's the Water Buffalo password???
You instead could have become the Grand High Exalted Mystic Ruler of the Raccoons and been entitled to be interred at the Raccoon National Cemetery in Bismarck, ND.
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Best western?
Unforgiven
How did we get from Grand Poobah to Gilbert and Sullivan to Lonesome Dove to Rio Bravo to John Wayne to Don Quixote to rating westerns?
Anyway, I like Maestro over Grand Poobah and Rio Bravo, Ride the High Country and Joe Kidd in that order.
It was my fault, I already apologized, I didn't want it to turn to this, and if we are doing our top 3 its Rio Bravo, Sons of Katie Elder, and Silverado. The Quiet Man is a great movie, but I don't consider it a western, Maureen O'Hara is a beautiful woman. But I also like any movie with Dean Martin (my hero),and John Wayne movies are great, I would put the Three Godfathers (I never know if I get the title right) as one of my all time favorites. Ok again I am sorry, and I will refrain from any movie discussion again.
Drew
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A bum-legged old man and a drunk. That's all you got?
That's WHAT I got.
OK...How about TV series....GUNSMOKE
HMMMM, tv shows, now thats different than movies.
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A bum-legged old man and a drunk. That's all you got?
That's WHAT I got.
1. The Outlaw Josey Wales
2. The Searchers
3.Centennial (the series)
my .03 RC
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"Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught!" author unknown
I love old movies, love westerns, when good guys wore white hats (except Hoppalong Cassidy), and bad guys wore black hats.
Shane was a classic movie, that created a new style of western,just as "Star Wars created a new style of Science Fiction movies.
As for "Rio Grande", and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", they were the two movies (of a three movie deal) that John Ford did so he could finally make "The Quiet Man".
Most of the cast of "Rio Grande" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbion" were the same cast as "The Quiet Man". John Ford, had bought the movie rights to "The Quiet Man" back in 1936 when it was run as a serial, in the "Saturday Evening Post", and it took him 14 years for find a movie studio, willing to let him film the movie.
There are many interesting cast members in "The Quiet Man". The Protestian Minister was Berry Fitzgerald's brother, as the elderly dying man (who got up off his death bed for the the fight) who was John Ford's older brother. The children on the wagon, during the horse race with Maureen O'Hara, were John Waynes children, as was the dark hair depot clerk (John Wayne Agent), who was getting into a fight with the train engineer, over "...not knowing your Irish history!"
I loved "Lonesome Dove" and "Free Range", Robert Duval is one of my favorite actors. Both owe their story line to "Shane" for the style.
~Parnelli
"Momma, don't you let your babies, grow-up to be Cowboys...."
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Favorite western movies of all time:
High Noon
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Wild Bunch
Now for a new sub-sub-thread:
Worst western movie of all time - The Quick and the Dead
Jim
The worst movie of westerns is Little Moon and Jud Mcgraw or something like that, it had Sammy Davis Jr. and James Caan, it was horrible, no story it was filmed like an amature family vacation, uggh
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A bum-legged old man and a drunk. That's all you got?
That's WHAT I got.
Paint Your Wagon.
Loved that flic.............
Kerry,
You're right...Paint Your Wagon is great...another one I liked was Cat Ballou & also Shenandoah with Jimmy Stewart.
What was the serial with James Arness as the mountain man..was it How the West Was Won? Also like Selleck & Sam Elliott in those "Sackett" movies..for tv, I think.
Can't beat a good western, can ya??
Mike
How about this. Lonesome Dove was a made for t.v. movie. So i guess it fits both criteria for t.v. and movie. Also I think Paint Your Wagon falls under musical... Just a thought.
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That being said.... Lets fish.
I've kept my peace too long. You have all missed the best western ever!!
Blazing Saddles
There is something in there to offend everyone. Mel Brooks once commented that the kind of regretted Blazing Saddles. He wished his best movie would have been later in his career. But he wasn't actually complaining.