#50: John Locke, Lost
Born: May 30, 1956
Died: Unknown- strangled to death by Benjamin Linus
John Locke was a survivor of Oceanic Flight 815, a
previously disabled man who found himself able to walk once he arrived on the
Island. He, Rose, and Walt Lloyd were the only people among the survivors that
wanted to stay on the Island, believing his special destiny was to protect the
miraculous place. In service to this cause, he pushed his friends away,
committed murder, and eventually lost his life.
Born: 1930
Died: 2005
The best way to pay homage to this spy-based show, besides
pointing out that it was a semi-spoof of the James Bond movies long before
Austin Powers shagged his way to the big screen, is to recognize what Don
Adams’ Maxwell Smart brought to the table. He used the same old jokes in every
episode, but viewers still waited with anticipation for the predictable line
from Agent 99: “What did he (the dying man) say, Max?” followed, of course, by,
“He asked me to get my knee off of his chest.”
Born: December 7, 1927
Where he is now: More
than likely passed away… He would be 86 today, and let’s be honest here- his
health was not a priority.
Red is the perpetually disgruntled, ill-tempered father of
Eric and Laurie Foreman and Kitty Foreman's husband. He is incredibly
insensitive and shows little empathy or understanding for other people's
feelings, and verbally abuses many of the people who he comes in contact with.
He shows very little respect for his son Eric and views him as weak and
inferior, and shows very little regard for many of the people in his life,
including his neighbors, Bob and Midge Pinciotti, mainly Bob, whom he regularly
threatens with physical abuse. He shows very strict discipline to those with
lesser authority than himself (especially the teenagers), from which he seems
to take joy.
Born: 1929
Died: July 24, 2012
Like his neighbor Archie Bunker, George Jefferson was
frequently opinionated, rude, bigoted, prone to scheming and not particularly
intelligent in a scholastic sense. Unlike Archie, however, George was more
quick-thinking, and usually more clever. Frequently, plots in The Jeffersons
revolved around George's usually dishonest schemes, which always ended in
comedic failure. In one 3rd season farcical episode {A Case of Black and
White}, George schemes to obtain a new client (a mixed-race couple) by inviting
them and the Willises (also a mixed-race couple) to dinner. When the Willises
realize that George is using them, they leave before the new client shows up.
This makes George bribe Florence the maid and Ralph the doorman into pretending
to be the Willises. Eventually the Willises return, and by pretending to be
Florence and Ralph, they help George land the client, while trapping George
into throwing them an extravagant anniversary party.
Like Archie Bunker, George Jefferson's personality softened
somewhat as years passed.
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