View Full Version : Clark Gable or Spencer Tracy?
redwitch
04-04-2008, 01:04 AM
Watching a movie on TMC with Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy and Claudette Colbert. She came for Spencer, ended up with Clark and I started thinking ... which would I choose of those two men (not the roles they play).
Finally decided my man would be Spencer. There is something just so real about him and I've always thought Katherine Hepburn had great taste in everything, so her man would have to be pretty amazing, too.
Who would you choose?
Muncle
04-04-2008, 01:45 AM
I know I'm not supposed to be here, but FYI, supposedly Gable had really bad breath. Yet he did attract Carole Lombard, one of the most beautiful women ever.
Boomer
04-04-2008, 02:23 AM
I know I'm not supposed to be here, but FYI, supposedly Gable had really bad breath...
MUNCLE!!!!
I was going to just do a good deed with that post on ID theft and then move on tonight.
HOW COULD YOU?
HOW DARE YOU?
BAD BREATH!!!!!
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO?
ERASE THAT CARRYING SCARLETT UP THE STAIRCASE SCENE FROM MY MIND FOREVER?
B3 :verymad:
redwitch
04-04-2008, 03:01 AM
Supposedly Carole counteracted the breath by chewing garlic. Gotta love a woman who can take care of a problem and keep vampires away at the same time. ;)
But that still doesn't answer the question ... Gable or Tracy? The tall, suave, debonair man's man? Or the smaller, rough-and-tumble, down-to-earth good guy?
(And, no, you can't pick Cary Grant -- that's just too easy.)
Boomer
04-04-2008, 03:29 AM
I can't believe I just logged back on. I am really sleepy tonight and I actually have a life tomorrow. It is spring in Ohio.
You see, Red, I cannot be in this conversation really.
The reason is that I spent a lot of years in love with Charles Kuralt. And I have no idea why.
Then I had a brief fling with Judd Hirsch. But only when he was playing Alex on Taxi.
I could never choose between those two either.
OK. It's out there. Now you all know.
B3
chelsea24
04-04-2008, 04:46 AM
Why can't we choose Cary Grant! I really believe he is the most perfect man in every way. If I have to choose between the two, I'd have to choose Clark Gable because a Past Life Reader once told me I was Carole Lombard in a past life! LOLOLOL :a20:
However, my real choice in this life would be Spencer Tracy. Just makes you feel safe in some way. I do like older men. (WINK, WINK, MUNCLE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE? GET YOUR SNARLY REAR OUT OF HERE!) :joke: Just kidding. :-*
Sailor17
04-04-2008, 04:51 AM
:o :o
OMG! Charles Kuralt? I will shamelessly admit to Edward Asner......loved, loved loved him on the Mary Tyler Moore show and then Lou Grant!!!
Oh, definitely Clark Gable!
Phyllis..............
redwitch
04-04-2008, 10:57 AM
Charles Kuralt? Ed Asner? Judd Hirsch? Sheesh ladies -- this is between two oldies but goodies! Oddly, I love those choices, well, maybe not Kuralt. His voice was too good at putting me to sleep. Asner, though, is just such a teddy bear! Absolutely loved him in Lou Grant. Messr. Hirsch always comes across as so kind and caring and steady. Yup, I could have him in my life.
From this/that generation, my choices probably would have been Sidney Portier or Roscoe Lee Browne. Just something about those two men that always made me feel safe and feel that if they are involved with a woman, she gets 100% of the attention when they're together.
Cary is out because how could you not pick suave, debonair, sexy, kind, caring, sexy, funny, hard-working, sexy ......?
Donna
04-04-2008, 11:42 AM
http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/ferghart1.gif (http://www.millan.net)...http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/flirtysmile3.gif (http://www.millan.net)>>>>Frankly my dear, my vote goes to Clark Gable, with out a doubt..http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/flirtyeyess3.gif (http://www.millan.net)
nONIE
04-04-2008, 01:38 PM
I hate to date myself,
but after seeing Alan Ladd in "Shayne" there was no one else for me! I was ruined for life!
and I was just a little girl!!
Boomer
04-05-2008, 12:24 AM
:o :o
OMG! Charles Kuralt? I will shamelessly admit to Edward Asner......loved, loved loved him on the Mary Tyler Moore show and then Lou Grant!!!
Oh, definitely Clark Gable!
Phyllis..............
Hi Sailor,
Will you be my new best friend?
First of all, of course it is Clark Gable. Why would anyone not know that?
But, I am so pleased that my declaration here of my love for Charles Kuralt (and Judd Hisch, but only as Alex) helped to free you from your confines so that you could shout your love for Ed Asner to the world. Finally.
And I must say I agree that he is rather intriguing. But I will keep my hands off of him. You are my new best friend, after all.
This is all so freeing that now I must make another confession here on TOTV.
Sometimes I stay up late, maybe even a little after midnight.
And when I do that, I watch old sitcoms on Lifetime. Sometimes it can be scary because I think that now I am the same age as The Golden Girls. (I once had a guy follow me all around a party telling me that he thought I looked like Blanche. :dontknow:)
But I try to block that out of my mind. (Both of the topics in the above paragraph.)
Here's what else is happening.
You know Frazier. Well, I really like that show. Those two pompous brothers are a hoot. My favorite is the one where they had convinced themselves that Anastasia (that was the implication) may have been their grandmother. But I am digressing.
Back to the confession.
Frazier's dad, the cop with the cane, is starting to look kind of cute to me.
barb1191
09-26-2008, 10:03 AM
I had such a huge crush on William Holden... Saw one of his movies EIGHT times (Dear Ruth was the movie). Also loooooooved him in Picnic with Kim Novak where they danced to "Moonglow." Real smooooooth.
My fickle heart also fluttered for.... William Lundigan, James Craig, Van Johnson, Sam Eliot (mmmm), to name a few. In my youth, I had all these actors' pics on the walls of my room; was a real movie buff. Nothing can surpass the "oldies."
It seems many of the movies today are so dramatic and far from entertaining with all the crashes and blood & guts; the ugly part of life rears its head in realism; not entertaining to me at all. So enjoyed the MGM musicals and romantic light-hearted films.
The Great Fumar
09-26-2008, 10:47 AM
Nonie
surprised you didn't say jack wilson............
Fume
Shirleevee
09-26-2008, 11:45 AM
"Back to the confession.
Frazier's dad, the cop with the cane, is starting to look kind of cute to me"
Boomer,
This is the first time I am reading this reply. Sometimes I visit," the twilight zone". Frasier's dad was played by John Mahoney (6/20/1940). I kinda had a thing for him in Moonstruck...he played the interest of Olympia Dukakis. Oh yes, he is cute and did grow on me in this show.
:angel:
Boomer
09-26-2008, 12:14 PM
Boomer,
This is the first time I am reading this reply. Sometimes I visit," the twilight zone". Frasier's dad was played by John Mahoney (6/20/1940). I kinda had a thing for him in Moonstruck...he played the interest of Olympia Dukakis. Oh yes, he is cute and did grow on me in this show.
:angel:
It is funny to see this old thread. I just looked at what time it was when I posted here back in April. I have since made a rule for myself that I am not allowed to type after midnight. That is when I make those confessions.
(He is a cutie though, isn't he.)
Boomer
Peachie
09-26-2008, 01:29 PM
As long as you revived the issue, Boomer, I always like Jimmy Stewart and he wrote poetry too. But I think Tom Selleck is Clark Gable reincarnated, :1rotfl:
sigh, manly men.... :a040:
Boomer
09-26-2008, 06:44 PM
As long as you revived the issue, Boomer, I always like Jimmy Stewart and he wrote poetry too. But I think Tom Selleck is Clark Gable reincarnated, :1rotfl:
sigh, manly men.... :a040:
Well, yeah, Peachie,
I know. I get all that. And one night on here somewhere we got into a discussion of Sam Elliot and that one worked for everybody as I recall.
But for the life of me, for all these years, I cannot figure out Charles Kuralt. Charles Kuralt! (Yes, I know he is not around anymore.) But this went on for years. At a party one night, I was doing shameless confessions and a friend I have known forever looked at me and screamed, "CHARLES KURALT!! ME, TOO!!" And neither of us could figure out why.
Now Judd Hirsch though. I do get. I think. But still. Not exactly a hunk either. But certainly way ahead of Charles Kuralt in that department. But he has to be Alex on Taxi. Although I did learn on here that he is in a new show that I would probably like, but I keep forgetting to watch it. Taxi was a long time ago. But I am still not over it.
So Peachie, don't you have any shameless confessions to make about somebody who makes everybody who hears your confession say, "Huh?"
If you look back in this thread, you will see a confession last April from someone who shamelessly loved Ed Asner. But I do not know what happened to her. I have not seen her around here. I hope she was not too embarrassed to return after that long ago confession. Because I totally understood what she was saying.
And isn't this a lot more fun to talk about than the news. I have been doing way too much of that all week.
Boomer
Taltarzac
09-27-2008, 07:30 AM
Looked at Snopes.com about an explanation for Clark Gable's bad breath which turned out to be from false teeth. He lost these from a June 1933 bout with a bad infection that stuck with him that month.
I will have to watch Gone with the Wind again to see how good false teeth were in 1939.
Just Susan
09-27-2008, 05:43 PM
Clark Gable! Hands down!!! Was in love with him as early as grade school. Doesn't matter if he had bad breath or not...I never got that close.
Tom Selleck...gorgeous, when he was the Marlboro Man I hung his pic in my office, never have done that with any other celeb.
Sam Elliot...absolutely yes! Hmmmmm, my guy is in the same "type" category as these men. Think I'll go see what he is doing.
Peachie
09-27-2008, 06:41 PM
Ok, Boomer, you called me out and here he is :
http://www.billymasters.com/break/PhillipsStone3a.jpg
I was absolutely mesmerized by Stone on Dateline in the early 90's and I read recently that Jane Pauly would be so distracted by his good looks sometimes that she had difficulty concentrating. I could go on and on but his picture tells the story.
islandgal
09-28-2008, 02:25 AM
Peachie -
I agree with you - Stone is gorgeous!
I never really had a big crush until I saw Michael Douglas in the Streets of San Francisco in the early 70's and I have been, and still am, mesmerized by him.
How interesting that my all time favorite movie of his, Wall Street, is now so timely with its "Greed is Good" theme!
http://www.mahalo.com/Michael_douglas
Shirleevee
09-28-2008, 08:14 AM
"If you look back in this thread, you will see a confession last April from someone who shamelessly loved Ed Asner. But I do not know what happened to her. I have not seen her around here. I hope she was not too embarrassed to return after that long ago confession. Because I totally understood what she was saying"
Boomer,
That was me Shirleevee. Sailor 17 was my husband. I took over the computer and changed the name. Did you see Ed Asner at the Emmy's? Still a teddy bear !!!:a20:
Boomer
09-28-2008, 08:38 AM
"If you look back in this thread, you will see a confession last April from someone who shamelessly loved Ed Asner. But I do not know what happened to her. I have not seen her around here. I hope she was not too embarrassed to return after that long ago confession. Because I totally understood what she was saying"
Boomer,
That was me Shirleevee. Sailor 17 was my husband. I took over the computer and changed the name. Did you see Ed Asner at the Emmy's? Still a teddy bear !!!:a20:
Shirleevee,
That was you! You know that now you really have to be my new best friend! All those hunka hunka burnin' loves appear on everybody's list and here we are with these other types.
Boomer
Peachie
09-28-2008, 08:59 AM
I agree Ed Asner is a sweet teddy bear but, Boomer, Stone is as you say a "hunk a hunka, AND he also has a great name AND the biggest attraction for me is that he is very cerebral. Love that in a man!!
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