January 30, 2010
— Dave in Texas Slow Saturday night. Man I miss making dumb football picks.
Actor Elmore "Rip" Torn was arrested Friday night for allegedly breaking into a Main Street bank intoxicated, armed with a loaded revolver.
Highly intoxicated, according to the story.
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Police have declined to specify how Torn allegedly entered the bank. The small bank appeared untouched in the front and on its left and right sides, however one window near the back porch of the bank had a board sitting in front of it. A screen resting adjacent to the window was also torn.
That's pretty much all a ninja needs, a bottle of Jim Beam and a board.
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Posted by: RushBabe at January 30, 2010 03:21 PM (LKkE8)
Perhaps he can challenge Barry to a dance-off, knowing full well Barry won't accept because he'll lose.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 30, 2010 03:22 PM (OkT2m)
It's the only explanation that doesn't involve Rip Torn having a lemon party with Gary Busey.
Posted by: BumperStickerist at January 30, 2010 03:25 PM (ruzrP)
Is that the guy who was a flamer and used to make his game show entrance to tons of confetti?
That was Rip Taylor. I think he's dead.
Posted by: huerfano at January 30, 2010 03:26 PM (sf1Eo)
Posted by: elmore torn at January 30, 2010 03:28 PM (PD1tk)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=965xgorJ0Fc
There's no drunk like an old drunk.
Posted by: Eye-rish at January 30, 2010 03:30 PM (cVJwC)
Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2010 03:35 PM (bFzta)
Rip Torn made Gary Shandling look like a piker.
Posted by: BumperStickerist at January 30, 2010 03:36 PM (ruzrP)
This HAS to be some kind of Hollywood game. Randy Quiad checking into hotels with stolen credit cards, Mel calling cops "sugartits". This has to be some pool to see who can take the craziest mugshot- 'Get fucked up and get arrested, best photo wins'!
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 30, 2010 03:38 PM (Qapc7)
Posted by: Ceroth at January 30, 2010 03:38 PM (I3AB0)
He was also the voice of Zeus in Disney's Hercules.
Posted by: wherestherum at January 30, 2010 03:41 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: stickety at January 30, 2010 03:45 PM (8Ev54)
Very nice, gus.
See, Tweets. I think we've gone through an entire generation of commenters that don't remember Plover.
Posted by: Pres. Obama at January 30, 2010 03:51 PM (/o58C)
Disney attacked over lack of disabled princesses
Posted by: K~Bob at January 30, 2010 03:53 PM (9b6FB)
You think gus' shift-key is worn out?
Well of coURSE it IS. He was being accused of being spurwing earlier, figured he ran with it.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 30, 2010 03:53 PM (zu1KX)
( Gregory Peck was far too old to play a LT )
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at January 30, 2010 03:55 PM (JrRME)
Posted by: dagny at January 30, 2010 03:55 PM (RFAFJ)
>> Repember Rip Taylor was in SIGMUND & SEA MONSTERS with JODY from FAMILY AFFAIR?
Oh yeah. and SLADE and PORK CHIP LT RUSSLLE
Posted by: Dave in Texas at January 30, 2010 03:56 PM (Wh0W+)
I don't think gus knows about the plover. I think gus really does scream what he types. Or as he types.
A lotta anger out there...just ask Obama and the Democrats.
Posted by: This is lolboner in the well with Timmy at January 30, 2010 03:56 PM (JY1gZ)
Still working on the Alien Affirmative Action Program. I'll keep you posted.
Wait a minute! That's not what you promised me!
You're breaking up, can't hear you.
Posted by: AE at January 30, 2010 03:56 PM (kSfPT)
Oh yeah. and SLADE and PORK CHIP LT RUSSLLE
Are those the names of your little Army guys you used to play with when you were a tike, Dave?
Posted by: This is lolboner in the well with Timmy at January 30, 2010 03:58 PM (JY1gZ)
Rip should have BROKEN INTO the bank with a WRENCH and a wheel CHAir. That would have been pretty sweet.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 30, 2010 03:58 PM (zu1KX)
Posted by: dagny at January 30, 2010 03:59 PM (RFAFJ)
Sigh.
Loved that film.
That was George C. Scott, pre-Patton. Same acting method: Gruff blustery bulldog general.
Patton was tall and slender, with a voice like a choirboy. ( He cussed a lot to distract people )
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at January 30, 2010 03:59 PM (JrRME)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 30, 2010 04:00 PM (Gk/wA)
It's time to bring the Worst Tyrants In HistoryTM to justice!
Posted by: K~Bob at January 30, 2010 04:00 PM (9b6FB)
Posted by: dagny at January 30, 2010 04:01 PM (RFAFJ)
I'm telling you, he's in the running for "Most Fucked Up Mugshot" this year, it's some kind of contest in Hollywood. Has to be.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 30, 2010 04:01 PM (zu1KX)
Rip Torn - AoSHQ Moron Emeritus?
You just KNOW he field dressed a hobo or 6 while drinking the first three bottles of scotch before boosting the bank.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 30, 2010 04:02 PM (zu1KX)
Posted by: dagny at January 30, 2010 04:03 PM (RFAFJ)
Impressive.
Posted by: JavaJoe at January 30, 2010 04:04 PM (e9JZd)
Posted by: Dave J. at January 30, 2010 04:05 PM (DCQ0q)
I doubt it. He'd never live down such a move. Not even the State Dept. hacks are willing to open up that can of worms.
Posted by: Pres. Obama at January 30, 2010 04:05 PM (/o58C)
Where's coolczech? Torn's mother is Czech and his niece is Sissy Spacek.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 30, 2010 04:06 PM (dcKUM)
Posted by: JavaJoe at January 30, 2010 04:06 PM (e9JZd)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 30, 2010 04:08 PM (9Lm5R)
59 At a special "review conference" in Kampala, Uganda, the nations which have signed up to the court, including Britain, will consider a proposal to let the court try the "crime of aggression" - the offence allegedly committed by Tony Blair.
Yeah. Uganda. Because those african countries are never aggressive.
Posted by: dagny at January 30, 2010 04:08 PM (RFAFJ)
Posted by: Dave J.
I heard he was once hired to be the spokesperson for Val U Rite vodka but was fired when he showed up sober.
Posted by: Iskandar at January 30, 2010 04:08 PM (/o58C)
even the most outlandish crap that we could dream up wouldn't come close to the depraved reality that is Rip Torn
We can only hope.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 30, 2010 04:09 PM (zu1KX)
Posted by: Gnubreed at January 30, 2010 04:12 PM (PvbOJ)
Posted by: chicocano at January 30, 2010 04:14 PM (2n5cq)
Rip Torn once shaved his entire body using only a blowtorch fueled by Sri Lankan arrack while on an ouzo bender.
Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at January 30, 2010 04:14 PM (U0UsW)
No awls were harmed in the filming of this break-in.
Posted by: memes that baffle the new guys at January 30, 2010 04:14 PM (PD1tk)
Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at January 30, 2010 04:17 PM (U0UsW)
Posted by: Hoss Fuentes at January 30, 2010 04:20 PM (U0UsW)
So how are the nightlife and beaches in Kampala? Poor bastards. The "climate awareness" bureaucrats get an all-expenses-paid fortnight in Bali, Copenhagen, Aspen, etc.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 30, 2010 04:21 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at January 30, 2010 04:22 PM (TEIZr)
Posted by: dagny at January 30, 2010 04:23 PM (Qt/Vc)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at January 30, 2010 04:25 PM (TEIZr)
Posted by: Iskandar at January 30, 2010 04:25 PM (/o58C)
WTF, you have to have a permit to carry a pistol, doesn't sound like it was concealed? You can't have a pistol while drunk?
Yankees will spoil the fun every time.
Bad Valu-rite! Sounds like a little too much, too.
Posted by: Kemp at January 30, 2010 04:26 PM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: Alec Leamas at January 30, 2010 04:27 PM (XASus)
Posted by: curious at January 30, 2010 04:28 PM (p302b)
It wasn't quite up to spurwing plover's standards. The comment was actually coherent.
Posted by: Steve L. at January 30, 2010 04:29 PM (mIIVr)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 30, 2010 04:29 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 30, 2010 04:30 PM (8PFPH)
carrying a firearm while intoxicated
Yeah, good luck with that one. 90% of the morons would be in the hooscow if that was a crime.
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 30, 2010 04:30 PM (zu1KX)
Posted by: Sassypants at January 30, 2010 04:31 PM (NEnyW)
OMG my friend just made the top fifteen in the Miss America pageant!!!!
Soooo.... you gonna bring her to Vegas?
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 30, 2010 04:31 PM (zu1KX)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at January 30, 2010 04:31 PM (TEIZr)
Rip brought the drinks and Amin brought the eats. A good time was had by all.
Posted by: Dave J. at January 30, 2010 04:32 PM (DCQ0q)
Sounds more like he's always been at the bottom of the hill; only fame seems to have gotten him off the hook in the past.
Given the seriousness of this latest stunt, I suspect his fame account just went into overdraft and there will be penalties. I'm thinking he needs to spend the rest of his ambulatory life in prison. Let him out when he needs a wheelchair and a nursing home.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 30, 2010 04:32 PM (VS4cj)
blazer: are you snowed in? we were supposed to get 18" here in Kenbridge; my husband cancelled court for Monday; only got 7" but my husband is relieved that we got that so he wouldn't look like an idjit on Monday.
Posted by: kelley in virginia at January 30, 2010 08:25 PM (TEIZr)
At 2p.m. we had 11.5" on the ground at Richmond International Airport via Scanner report and I only live about 2 miles from there. I'm guessing at least 18"-20" on the ground here now and its still snowing, albeit lightly now.
I'm not snowed in, just got back from a store run and I had no problems whatsoever. I've got a Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4x4. Went right through it like a jack-rabbit. However, the same cannot be said for the dipshits I see out in little compacts sliding into ditches and getting hung up on snowbanks. The roads are full of 'em.
Posted by: Blazer at January 30, 2010 04:32 PM (t72+4)
If she wins, I'll tell you guys. Just you would know a lot of personal stuff if I told you who she is....lol
Posted by: curious at January 30, 2010 04:33 PM (p302b)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 30, 2010 04:34 PM (9Lm5R)
I'm betting there's security video from the bank that is sure to make The Smoking Gun's World's Dumbest...
Posted by: Spiny Norman at January 30, 2010 04:35 PM (U9bUM)
.
I think the fucker just died. The Saudi's gave him Asylum.
Posted by: Kemp at January 30, 2010 04:37 PM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at January 30, 2010 04:38 PM (TEIZr)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 30, 2010 04:38 PM (VS4cj)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 30, 2010 04:38 PM (w43jw)
Yes, and he was funny. He was also funny in Defending Your Life.
Posted by: arhooley at January 30, 2010 04:38 PM (NIF3r)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 30, 2010 04:40 PM (VS4cj)
Posted by: Patches o'houlihan at January 30, 2010 04:41 PM (DPM1U)
Posted by: arhooley at January 30, 2010 04:41 PM (NIF3r)
Blazer, don't give yourself a concussion this time, mmmkay?
Bullshit. Last time he had a concussion he was hilarious! Shussshhh!
Posted by: Dang Straights at January 30, 2010 04:41 PM (zu1KX)
Posted by: The Great Attractor at January 30, 2010 04:42 PM (2X8VA)
purple avenger: the dumb as shit weather people predicted that southern parts of Virginia would get 12-18" of snow & Richmond would get around 6". naturally, they had their forecasts completely backwards.
other than being a politician, being a weatherperson is the only other job where you are paid to lie to vast amounts of the general public.
Posted by: kelley in virginia at January 30, 2010 04:42 PM (TEIZr)
What ever happened to Idi Amin? I missed it.
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I think the fucker just died. The Saudi's gave him Asylum.
Posted by: Kemp at January 30, 2010 08:37 PM (2+9Yx)
If I remember correctly, Amin died of complications brought on by advanced cirrhosis of the liver. Also he had hepatitis I believe. He was a notorious drinker
Posted by: Blazer at January 30, 2010 04:42 PM (t72+4)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 30, 2010 04:44 PM (DPM1U)
What's wrong with that mugshot? That shit is chock full of win, WIN I tell you!
It's like he's saying "What the fuck do you think you're gonna do to me?"
There should be a caption contest.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 30, 2010 04:46 PM (U37Ux)
Blazer, don't give yourself a concussion this time, mmmkay?
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 30, 2010 08:38 PM (w43jw)
Don't worry, the Christmas lights have been down for over 3 weeks now. Right now I'm enjoying my 2nd bottle of bourbon and cleaning my firearms.
I keed, I keed.
Posted by: Blazer at January 30, 2010 04:46 PM (t72+4)
What's wrong with that mugshot? That shit is chock full of win, WIN I tell you!
More like he's saying, see, I could play Nick Nolte.
Posted by: huerfano at January 30, 2010 04:48 PM (sf1Eo)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at January 30, 2010 04:50 PM (TEIZr)
Did she ever star in a Skinemax flick?
*crosses fingers*
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 30, 2010 04:50 PM (otlXg)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at January 30, 2010 04:51 PM (TEIZr)
I keed, I keed.
Not about the bourbon I'm sure!
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 30, 2010 04:52 PM (w43jw)
Anyone seen Pandorum yet? Not a bad plot actually, pretty intriguing and creepy. I was pleasantly surprised. I put it in thinking "Here goes two hours of my life I'll never get back".
Posted by: Blazer at January 30, 2010 04:54 PM (t72+4)
Not about the bourbon I'm sure!
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 30, 2010 08:52 PM (w43jw)
Nope, just drinking Diet Dr. Pepper tonight. Letting the 'ol liver take a power nap.
Posted by: Blazer at January 30, 2010 04:56 PM (t72+4)
I haven't seen it, but I heard that it was basically a rip-off of The Descent. Thoughts?
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 30, 2010 04:57 PM (otlXg)
Whatever happened to Spurwing, anyway? I remember he was a heavy commenter for a long time, then poof.
And Rip is not going into my dead pool yet. I sense he is pickled well enough to last a little longer. I have Dennis Hopper, Jeff Conaway, Pete Doherty, Tila Tequila & Lindsay Lohan in mine. Linds gets moved in and out, depending on the amount of falling down drunk pics I see of her on TMZ.
Posted by: di butler/murderous bitch at January 30, 2010 04:58 PM (S3xX1)
Damn, just looked at IMDB and it says Rip Torn played in "Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster". He should have totally played Capt. Hazelwood in it. What a waste of raw talent.
Posted by: Blazer at January 30, 2010 05:00 PM (t72+4)
haha, I just found it in the thread about Katie (Señor Wences face) Couric dirty dancing at a wedding. hmmm, I guess I didn't like it that much.
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speaking of movies...
Pandorum, starring Dennis Quaid and someone named Ben Foster. Um, not as bad as Battlefield Earth, but not as good as District 9, which wasn't that good.
Pandorum is Planet of the Apes meets I Am Legend meets Alien.
5/10 stars
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Posted by: This is lolboner in the well with Timmy at January 30, 2010 05:01 PM (JY1gZ)
I haven't seen it, but I heard that it was basically a rip-off of The Descent. Thoughts?
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 30, 2010 08:57 PM (otlXg)
Its a rip off of a whole bunch of sci-fi movies, but these days most every movie is a rip-off of something. However, from the middle on, its pretty original.
Posted by: Blazer at January 30, 2010 05:02 PM (t72+4)
Newsbreak: Edwards was practicing safe sex...uh, oops, I was wrong.
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at January 30, 2010 05:02 PM (Vu6sl)
And Rip is not going into my dead pool yet.
How can you pass up low hanging fruit like Amy Winehouse?
Posted by: huerfano at January 30, 2010 05:05 PM (sf1Eo)
Nope, just drinking Diet Dr. Pepper tonight. Letting the 'ol liver take a power nap.
Oh so we'll see PG rated Blazer! That's a new one--looking forward to it!
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 30, 2010 05:14 PM (w43jw)
Posted by: di butler/murderous bitch at January 30, 2010 05:16 PM (S3xX1)
Nope, just drinking Diet Dr. Pepper tonight. Letting the 'ol liver take a power nap.
Oh so we'll see PG rated Blazer! That's a new one--looking forward to it!
Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 30, 2010 09:14 PM (w43jw)
Who knows, maybe I'll take it to PG-13 before i go catch up with my movie watching.
Posted by: Blazer at January 30, 2010 05:19 PM (t72+4)
That's like being in college, without attending classes.
Posted by: K~Bob at January 30, 2010 05:21 PM (9b6FB)
I have discovered that the older I get, the more shit I can get away with. I can flirt outrageously and the soft ones think I'm 'cute'. I can tell people exactly what I think of them and just get blank 'he's having a senior moment' stares. I can get out of physical labor just by being there.
It works on everyone but my wife.
Posted by: trainer at January 30, 2010 05:21 PM (yCWYQ)
Posted by: K~Bob at January 30, 2010 09:21 PM (9b6FB)
If you get on the right committees, you don't have to attend classes.
Posted by: Law Review Barry at January 30, 2010 05:25 PM (9b6FB)
screw this guy, put him in prison, let him rot just like a common criminal
i hope he puts on a good performance for bubba
Posted by: AoShq's token democrat at January 30, 2010 05:32 PM (Hi3iZ)
He got hungry in the middle of the night...and there was nothing in the house but him.
Posted by: DngrMse at January 30, 2010 05:32 PM (KG/xW)
Posted by: AoShq's token democrat at January 30, 2010 05:33 PM (Hi3iZ)
Posted by: AoShq's token democrat at January 30, 2010 09:32 PM (Hi3iZ)
AoSHQ only has one token democrat? This is an award-winning, smart military blog! We deserve way more than merely one token democrat.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 30, 2010 05:55 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Elizabeth Edwards at January 30, 2010 05:55 PM (qO6T2)
Posted by: railwriter at January 30, 2010 06:28 PM (daRzV)
Local Sports Talk Radio: "...and now's he headed to a place where his name will be unfortunately appropriate." (KRLD, 105.3 FM, Dallas.)
Posted by: Arsonist at January 30, 2010 07:20 PM (u37xD)
When I said that you earth people only use five percent of your brain, in retrospect it was a gross overestimate.
Posted by: Rip Torn at January 30, 2010 07:57 PM (gxVc6)
Posted by: MrMaryk at January 30, 2010 08:40 PM (1Mn8Z)
A man's gotta cut lose now and again, don't he?
Posted by: DelD at January 30, 2010 09:23 PM (eWtdM)
What was he going to do, shoot his way into the vault?
Oh, how the mighty washed-up third-string Hollywood B-listers have falled.
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Also: Pandorum.
Gorier than expected, kind of let the monster out of the bag too soon. Cliche-ridden, a few glaring plot holes, but given the sad state of Sci-Fi at the moment, worth a shot. Someone wake me when a real sci-fi movie comes out.
Some good acting performances hampered by the script. The main plot element (after which the movie is named) is poorly-explained psuedo-science on the level of 50's popcorn sci-fi. The ecology doesn't work either.
Posted by: Merovign, Strong on His Mountain at January 31, 2010 10:36 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at January 31, 2010 01:56 PM (mHQ7T)
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