Talk:Fess Parker

August 2005

what is the correct birthday for Fess Parker? imdb.com http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662240/ shows Fess Parker born 16 August, 1924 (not 18 Aug 1925)

--lloyd —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.190.171.222 (talk • contribs) 2005-08-10T17:13:48

Incoherent passage

There's sense buried in all this somewhere:

There is an interesting story from Parker himself. When Walt Disney Company was looking for their "Davy Crockett," they originally considered James Arness for the title role. Parker had recently graduated to a contract weekly actor, but listened to his agent, so he appeared instead in a B movie called Them!, that required only one day's work. He had a small scene in the movie, that of a pilot put into an insane asylum after claiming his plane had been downed by giant flying insects. Arness appeared in a larger role in the same film. It was during a screening of this film that Walt Disney discovered Fess Parker. Disney was impressed when Parker, a pilot who had seen flying giant ants was imprisoned in an insane asylum by the authorities so as not to panic the population. Unswerving in his belief in what he saw despite the forces of authority against him impressed Disney over many other major stars considered for the role such as Arness, George Montgomery, and Buddy Ebsen who eventually played Crockett's friend, George Russell. Parker was asked to drop by the Disney Studio. When he did, he brought his guitar, met Walt, sang a song, and then said his goodbye. A couple of weeks later he was told that he had been selected to play Davy Crockett.

--72.229.61.134 (talk) 21:47, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Cause of death is unsupported

Look people, you have no idea what he died of. All you know is what a "spokesperson" told the media, so I will alter the article a bit to reflect that. "Natural causes" and "old age" are NOT causes of death. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.85.14.106 (talk) 00:48, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

That qualification seems reasonable, and I've also added it to the Dick Francis article. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:54, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Well sooner or later someone will fess up... HalfShadow 01:25, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Republican

Should the article mention he was a major Republican? (92.1.67.163 (talk) 13:30, 19 March 2010 (UTC))

Is he notable as a Republican? If then perhaps, or if he ran as a political candidate, or was involved in a notable political scandal and reliable sources are available. Otherwise I think his politics are irrelevant. --220.101.28.25 (talk) 19:56, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

He's listed as a Republican on many sites. (92.1.67.163 (talk) 20:57, 19 March 2010 (UTC))

VANDALISM

Could all editors please be on the look out even more than usual for vandalism, including from 'registered' editors. esp those with red-linked user pages. This unsourced statement was on the page for ≈2½ hours. It came from a 'registered' editor!

"It is a little-known irony that Fess Parker was terribly allergic to his buckskin costumes, and had to be slathered in salve just to wear them."

--220.101.28.25 (talk) 20:06, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Copy Right Violation

I have removed a recently added passage DIFF. that was a word for word copy of the source article. Source(huffingtonpost)
This may be usable after a re-write --220.101.28.25 (talk) 22:36, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

This deletion was reverted, but it is the still the same text, so I have again removed it. I also don't think it belongs in the Personal Life section, It should perhaps be in a seperate section ie."Politics", "Other activities". The bit about being asked to be ambassador to Autralia is is interesting, but is it really notable. Parker was notable as an actor, and apparently later as a resort developer and owner. Is the Huffington post a wp:RS reliable source? If I am wrong about it possibly being a wp:COPYVIO copyright violation, please explain why.--220.101.28.25 (talk) 21:21, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Call for Contributors: Cultural Significance for Baby Boom Generation

This article, and the one on the Davy Crockett miniseries, totally fails to convey the impact. It's like calling Harry Potter a "very popular book" or saying Michael Jackson was a hit on the new MTV. Fess Parker's Crockett series was one of those events which define a generation. There was a convergence of things: TV's new dominance, the advent of the Disneyland theme park, the cheap new 45 rpm records spreading the catchy song. And it was the first tragedy we kids had ever seen. At the end of the show, the hero.... died! There's a lot of material in print on the boomers and the Crockett phenomenon. I'm stuck doing bureaucratic stuff before Spring Break or I'd take a shot at it myself. Profhum (talk) 08:23, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Fess up

Fess is an odd name. Is it perhaps of French origin? Tsinfandel (talk) 10:46, 24 March 2010 (UTC)