This or That

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Ned Sparks - always thought Demarest overacted. (My same criticism of Shearer; whereas, Francis underplayed it really well most of the time).

Veronica Lake or Kim Basinger (played a Lake-like character in "LA Confidential")

 

[GHT]

Veronica Lake, but only because my mother wore her hair, peek-a-boo style.
Pay attention double 'Oh' seven. There's so many to choose from, so I've gone for first and last.
Sean Connery or Daniel Craig.

 

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Sean Connery (He owned the role in his first three outings, after that, it became more formula, but for the first three he was Bond. Craig, really close second, but where Connery occasionally had fun being Bond, Craig is almost always angry or angsty. That is what tipped it for me in favor of Connery, since you named the two best by far).

Lazenby or Dalton?

 

[GHT]

Timothy Dalton, a trained actor with The Royal Shakespeare Company, or,
George Lazenby, some time model, best known on UK TV for an advert:
What do you think?
[video=youtube;3DWt39zk00I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DWt39zk00I[/video]

 

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Hot Toddy

Eartha Kitt, Julie Newmar or Lee Meriwether?

Since there is a gap in or T or T, let's revisit this interesting but unanswered one. Again, I emphasize, three actors playing the same role against the same leads - a really neat test of what an actor brings to a role.

Eartha Kitt, Julie Newmar or Lee Meriwether?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Kitt, because she was such an audacious casting choice. And she didn't care who she mouthed off to.

Glenda Farrell or Joan Blondell?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Benny. Skelton laughed at his own jokes too much, which is bush for a comedian.

Robert Benchley or S. J. Perelman?

 

[Stearmen]

Benchley.

Emmett Kelly or Lou Jacobs ?

Emmett Kelly Jr. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------289 Cobra or 427 Cobra

 

[GHT]

That's tough because the two models are so similar. The 289, seen here, is a beauty to behold, but then so is the 427, as seen here. Both models are to die for, and both are well beyond my means. So it comes down to power, if, in Britspeak, you are a petrolhead, you will probably go for the latter, but of the two models that I have shown, I would go for the 289, to me it has a styling influence reminiscent of the Austin Healy 3000.
Let me turn the tables on you.
3.8 Jaguar E-Type, or V12 E-Type.

 

[vitanola]

3.8

A car needs 12 cylinders like a bull needs 12...

Unless, of course it is a Twin Six.

Jack Pearl or Joe Penner?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Pearl, but only because Cliff Hall was such an excellent straight man.

Fred Allen or Henry Morgan?

 

[Harp]

That's tough because the two models are so similar. The 289, seen here, [/url] is a beauty to behold, but then so is the 427, as seen here.[/url] Both models are to die for, and both are well beyond my means. So it comes down to power, if, in Britspeak, you are a petrolhead, you will probably go for the latter, but of the two models that I have shown, I would go for the 289, to me it has a styling influence reminiscent of the Austin Healy 3000.
Let me turn the tables on you.

I drove a '94XJS Jaguar convertible until I had a collision with the I.R.S. Great car. :car:

 

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Cavett, while I don't tend to watch those type of shows, when I have seen them, I thought Cavett made it less about him in his comfortable-and-uncomfortable-at-the-same-time style. Carson seemed a little too much about Carson for my taste, but I get that he was talented.

Sonja Henie or Esther Wiliams?

 

[Braz]

Let me turn the tables on you.
3.8 Jaguar E-Type, or V12 E-Type.

I'm taking the in-between, the 4.2 E Type. Six cyl, triple SUs and full syncro trans. (Owned one once, when I was married to the Rich Girl.)

 

[LizzieMaine]

Cavett, while I don't tend to watch those type of shows, when I have seen them, I thought Cavett made it less about him in his comfortable-and-uncomfortable-at-the-same-time style. Carson seemed a little too much about Carson for my taste, but I get that he was talented.

Sonja Henie or Esther Wiliams?

Williams, a World's Fair "Aquabelle" made good. As a Fred Allen character pointed out, "an ackabelle is just like a pixie, only yer wet."

The Ritz Brothers or The Yacht Club Boys?

 

[greatestescaper]

Records when I can, but the ipod is great in the car.

Tarzan or John Carter?

 

[vitanola]

Tarzan.

Albany Indestructible or U. S. Everlasting?

 

[GHT]

Albany, they were sold in Europe.
Whose into Disney thrill rides?
Mission Space or Tower of Terror.

 

[vitanola]

It appears that few who frequent the Observation Bar are familiar with "Disney Thrill Rides".

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Mission Space

Rock n' Roller Coaster or Space Mountain?