Re: Re[3]: Fw: Risk of accidental nuclear attack said rising

[Eric Cowdrey <ericc@mctrf.mb.ca>]

Actually, in "Dr. Strangelove", Sterling Hayden played General Jack Ripper,
who was concerned about the "precious bodily fluids" and sent his B-52
bomber group off on a pre-emptive strike.


At 07:51 AM 5/4/98 -0500, you wrote:
>     
>     As long as we are on this subject, how about "Matinee?"
>        The short film in the middle titled 'MANT' is a real gem.
>
>        Jack McCarthy
>
>        Bye-the-bye, I think it was Burt Lancaster who played
>        the general worried about "precious body fluids" in
>        Dr. Strangelove.
>
>        My own opinion.
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>Subject: Re[2]: Fw: Risk of accidental nuclear attack said rising
>Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at Internet
>Date:    5/2/98 11:10 AM
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>
>     I would like to add another film to the "must see" trivia list - 
>     "Atomic Cafe" is a collection of 1940's and 50's atomic weapons 
>     program propaganda and newsreal footage.
>     
>     joe guido
>     joseph_guido@radian.com
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>Subject: Re: Fw: Risk of accidental nuclear attack said rising
>Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at INTERNET
>Date:    5/2/98 9:07 AM
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>
>In a message dated 98-05-01 10:12:28 EDT, a comment was made:
>     
><< Have
> >>you seen this very old and very good film with Peter Sellers - the title 
> >was
> >>approximately "Mr. Strangelove or How I learned to love the bomb".
> >>Even in this film the launching of nuclear weapons had to undergo
military 
> >>rules including transmission of  codes.
> >> >>
>The full name of the film was "Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to stop 
>worrying and love the bomb" issued in 1963. It is one of the all time
classic 
>black comedy films that should be rented and viewed by all. It featured
Keenan 
>Wynn, James Earl Jones, and a SAC base commander character named Gen. Jack
D. 
>Ripper [whose name I can't remember] who launches his B-52 bomber wing
against 
>the FSU because the communists are poisoning our PBFs [precious bodily
fluids] 
>with by introducing fluoridation into our water supply.
>     
>Stewart Farber
>Public Health Sciences
>radproject@aol.com
>(401) 727-4947
>
>

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