Fifty Plus (50+) - Oldsters I admire

I've lately become impressed with William Shattner. Not because I'm all that thrilled with what he's doing. When I first saw those priceline.com commercials I thought, look at that old fool. But the commercials have grown on me, and it's good to see an "elder person" try new material, not rest on his laurels. My boy {25yrs ** really likes him. It gives me hope that maybe, if I keep trying to grow, I won't become one of those bitter, irrelevant old farts complaining from the side lines.

Shatner cracks me up. :)

With each encarnation of his career, going back to the Twilight Zone and Kraft Theater stuff, he just keeps after it. I can't imagine what this guy's like in real life, but his work always seems fresh...at least to me.

Boston Legal is one of the few shows I watch anymore. Those folks really get me laughing. It makes you realize Shatner is a pretty darn good actor.......or maybe he is just being himself!!

It makes you realize Shatner is a pretty darn good actor.
How many times on the old Star Trek did they put Shatner in front of a white wall with some colored lights shining on it and tell him to convience the audience that everyone was about to die?

And speaking of admiration, let's not forget Shatner was old enough to be on this forum when he did 85 episoids of T. J. Hooker opposite Heather Locklear (http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/sony_pictures_home/t_j__hooker__the_complete_first_and_second_seasons/_group_photos/adrian_zmed5.jpg)! :D

TCS

"Shatner had a long dry spell in the decade between the original Star Trek series and the first Trek film, which he believes was due to his being typecast as Captain Kirk, making it difficult to find other work. Moreover, his wife Gloria Rand left him. With very little money and acting prospects, he lived in a truck bed camper in the San Fernando Valley until acting bit-parts turned into higher paying roles." Wikipedia

The top of my list for "Oldsters" I admire is Ned Overend. I keep expecting him to win another Ironman! And the guy is still a great cyclist (mtn.biking). Truly one of the greatest!!

The top of my list for "Oldsters" I admire is Ned Overend. And the guy is still a great cyclist (mtn.biking). Truly one of the greatest!!
Who care about his cycling? Ned's clothing line is da bomb!

http://boure.com

Who care about his cycling? Ned's clothing line is da bomb!

http://boure.com
That's a great link. Thanks!

Dan Henry, 93. Inventor of the "Dan Henry", a pavement marking method for group cycling rides. Developed a sling saddle, full suspension bicycle and recumbent in the late 1950s. IBTS-era American cycle tourist and writer for Bicycling! magazine in the 1960s. Still rides!

TCS

I kinda view DG as a father figure.

Denny Crane

BB King, Still playin Lucille and doing an occasional tour.

How can you not love Jack LaLanne, who's 912 years old -- well, actually, he's well inot his nineties -- and continues to work out and get after it. Go, Jack, go!

LaLanne born September 1914.

Chuck Berry (http://www.chuckberry.com/). Still giving concerts every week and doing the slide move with his guitar at 80.

Clint Eastwood. What a man.

Clint Eastwood. What a man.

following the actor theme, you gotta include Paul Neuman.

and on the female side - Goldie Hawn is over 60.

I admire my father who at 84, is still driving, still romancing my mother (82), still ballroom dancing two or three times a week, playing the drums in a band, singing in the church choir, and so on. :) They will celebrate their 64th anniversary on July 5th.

Who care about his cycling? Ned's clothing line is da bomb!

http://boure.com
Thanks for the link BP. I ordered 2 jerseys earlier this evening. Uh...I mean last evening.

at 50 somethin. incredible.

2007 Teva Mountain Games Trek Hill Climb
Open Men
1. Ned Overend, 9.8 miles in 27:29 (21.8mph)
2. Michael Carter, 28:35
3. Josiah Middaugh, 28:54
4. Mike Janell, 29:10
5. Greg Krause, 29:17
6. Jay Henry, 29:18
7. Ross Schnell, 30:24
8. Floyd Landis, 30:27
9. Lars Finanger, 30:28
10. Jimmy Mortensen, 30:51

DIdn't someone mention Ned Overend earlier??

How old is Chuck Norris?

How can you not love Jack LaLanne, who's 912 years old -- well, actually, he's well inot his nineties -- and continues to work out and get after it. Go, Jack, go!
Uh, ease up there, HFB!

A couple of summers ago, we were having dinner at a table next to Jack LaLanne and his wife and daughter. I went to the men's room, and when I came back, he had his arm around my wife and was hitting on her. :eek:

Thanks for the link BP. I ordered 2 jerseys earlier this evening. Uh...I mean last evening.
Try their pro bib shorts...best I've ever had.

Well OK, Chuck Norris doesn't fear Death because Death gives him professional courtesy.

Louis L'amour.

I love Jack Lalanne. How about Lena Horne, Tony Bennet, and, dare I say it kiddees, Mick Jagger?

dare I say it kiddees, Mick Jagger?

I admire Keith Richards for putting up with Mick Jagger.

I admire Keith Richards for putting up with Mick Jagger.

I admire Keith Richards for surviving. Hey and how about B.B. King?

I admire Keith Richards for surviving. Hey and how about B.B. King?

Have you seen Pirates 3 yet? Keef has a small role in it.

B.B. King is amazing. One of several times I saw him in concert was in Atlanta on his 70th birthday. I was really impressed by how he was still able to work an audience at that age. That was almost 12 years ago and he's still at it.

If you can beleive the old rumors, it seems Shatner had a problem with his co-workers on Star Trek. Nimoy and Kelly had to keep reminding him he was not, in fact "The Captain", but only playing a role.

BB King is still around and performing??? Amazing.

Tony Bennett

1926

A singer of class, who is so smooth you don't even know it. He recently appeared as a guest on American Idol, and would have won hands down if he had been a contestant!

BB King is still around and performing??? Amazing.

On tour right now. http://www.bbking.com/events/

But then, Riley B. King has been on tour pretty much ever since he quit driving a tractor in Mississippi.

>>After he was released from the selective service, Riley tried to convince the St. John's Gospel Singers to leave Indianola in search of fame and fortune. It soon became apparent to Riley that if he was going to make his career in music, he would have to make the break alone. The final decision came one night in May of 1946 when Riley had returned from the fields with the tractor. He shut off the tractor, but the engine turned over a couple of extra times and the machine lunged forward, breaking off the exhaust stack. Riley, not wanting to face an angry Johnson Barrett, left town with his guitar and $2.50 in his pocket. He was heading to Memphis on highway 49 in search of his cousin Bukka White ...<<
http://www.worldblues.com/bbking/prairie/begin.html

I admire the Stones for still being a "working" band.