Talk:Slim Pickens

The Shining

The bit about Slim Pickens being offered the role of Dick Hallorann in The Shining isn't referenced. I find it highly unlikely, since both the book and the film screenplay specify that the character is black (the ghost of the previous caretaker also refers to Hallorann as a "nigger" in both the book and the film). (Sugar Bear 06:00, 10 May 2006 (UTC))

This was added sometime in 2005, and now in November 2011 I am removing it. It is total and absolute bovine manure, bunkum, ClaptRAP or "Completely Ridiculously Absurd Poppycock" (CRAP for short) garbage. Who the hell is monitoring this page on their watchlist? Obviously not enough people. (Someone recently tried to add it to The Shining article. I thought it was vandalism, but now I realize it may have been a good faith edit due to reading this article.)--WickerGuy (talk) 19:01, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

My God. It's all over the Internet due to having been posted here for six years!!! Holy mind virus, Batman.--WickerGuy (talk) 19:03, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

This article did not cause the bit to be widely known, a 1991 book did: Scatman: An Authorized Biography of Scatman Crothers, published by W. Morrow & Co., written by James Haskins and Helen Crothers. See page 178. Binksternet (talk) 18:26, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Final residence

I added the brief mention of where Pickens was last living when he died. I lived a mere block away from the facility and had read about his being there in the local paper. I refrained from visiting due to the serious nature of his malady. He died after a brief stay there. It was a rainy night when I heard the news on the local radio. I believe he had retired in or near the town of Waterloo around 20 or so miles east of Modesto (update: read somewhere on the Web recently that Slim was living near the town of Columbia, a bit further east of Modesto than Waterloo). Out of curiosity I have sought the location of his burial site or if his ashes were scattered or whatever. Just curiosity. No reference at Findagrave.com or anyplace else that I could find. Kinda' sad the guy just disappears from the "radar screen" that way. Oh, by the way, the Mighty Obbop wrote this. 68.13.191.153 14:49, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

1941

Didn't he also appear in the movie 1941 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078723/ as Hollis 'Holly' Wood, the lumberjack? Pretty funny character IMHO.

Yes he did, and it includes him doing a parody of his scene from Strangelove (quoted in the main article about Pickens) where he runs through the survival kit. - AG, Stockport, UK.

Cinnamon Bear

The article lists Pickens as playing a singing cowboy in The Cinnamon Bear radio shorts, but the Cinnamon Bear article lists someone else as playing "Slim Pickings." Also, given that the show was in 1938, this would put Pickens at 19 years old, which makes it more unlikely in my mind. Does anyone know for sure? --Rnb 17:32, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

whatever

Contradiction regarding Injury of Peter Sellers

The main article for Dr. Strangelove says that the reason Peter Sellers was unable to preform was due to a sprained ankle, not a broken leg. This ought to be resolved. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.79.143.141 (talk) 05:30, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

The Sellers biography & Kubrick's own notes have suggested another reason for the change to Pickens - namely that Sellers was neither confident nor happy with his mastery of the Southwestern American accent that the 'Major Kong' character was to have. Kubrick's own memoirs of the film claim Pickens was hired to play the part after Sellers had told Kubrick he wasn't comfortable with the accent. I'm unfamiliar with the injury explanation, but if Sellers was significantly mobility impaired by the injury, how was it he could complete the role of Grp. Capt. Mandrake? (which required significant motion, unlike the Major Kong character, who is mostly filmed seated in the cockpit of the B-52, excepting his final scene, of course). Posthocergopropterhoc (talk) 08:21, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

I have the 40th anniversary edition of this movie and it comes with a special essay by Roger Ebert. It states that Sellers was not comfortable with the southern accent.

"Major Kong was intended to be Sellers' fourth role, but he was uncertain about the cowboy accent. Pickens, a character actor from westerns, was brought in by Kubrick, who reportedly didn't tell him the film was a comedy. Pickens' patriotic speeches to his crew (and his promises of promotion and medals) are counterpoint to the desperate American efforts to recall the flight." http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041123/REVIEWS/41122002

Peter Sellers sprained ankle left him unable to perform four roles instead of three. Come on. If you believe this I have beachfront property in Arizona for sale and I want to talk to you. Global warming could make it real. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.89.234.131 (talk) 05:09, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

As for how Sellers could play Mandrake with an injury...movies are rarely shot in sequence (meaning the order of appearance on the screen). It's likely that the Mandrake scenes were shot first, then the War Room scenes, and the B-52 scenes later. Unless someone can find the actual shooting schedule, you'll never know, however. In a shoot with a life audience -- like the "Yes, Dear" episode I was in as a background guy a few years back -- might be shot in sequence as a way of building up the audience reaction to the end payoff. But in a feature film or TV show with no audience, it's far more economical to build one set, shoot ALL the scenes, then redress the set into a new scene, film THOSE scenes, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.118.253.107 (talk) 08:35, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Name

Moved comment from Talk:Slim Pickens/Comments - it is more likely to be seen here. Astronaut (talk) 16:00, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

I was looking to find out where Slim Pickens got his name from, is it just something that popped in his head or is there a story behind it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.0.154.20 (talk) 09:59, 28 March 2009

It always helps if you read the article first. The early life section says: "He was told that working in the rodeo would be "slim pickings" (very little money), giving him his name, ..." Astronaut (talk) 16:00, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Filmography

I added "Rancho Deluxe" to his filmography - one of his more important roles. (rgmcnabb@epbfi.com)

His WW2 service

He must have done something with the war effort for WW2. Was he a serviceman or a USO entertainer? --70.179.161.230 (talk) 04:43, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Rocky Mountain link

One of you cretins linked the 1950 movie Rocky Mountain to an article about the mountain range known as the Rocky Mountains instead of the movie... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:1:A5C0:62:AC5A:8DE2:9D44:67B5 (talk) 07:07, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

His nephew

This is getting removed a lot, but it is nonetheless true. We probably need a better source, I'll agree. There is however no doubt Jim Pickens is this actor's nephew. Having served in the Navy myself and met him, he's told people this several times and shown family pictures of when they were living together. But yes we need a better source.

In 2013 reports surfaced that Slim Picken's nephew (Jim "Slim" Pickens, who was a career Naval officer) had been relieved of duty for offensive remarks towards female members of the USS Gary.[1][2]

-O.R.^Comms 15:01, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

We need a WP:SECONDARY source connecting the Navy officer Pickens with the actor Pickens. I find the story unlikely since the Navy would be using the surname Lindley. Binksternet (talk) 23:42, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Connected contributors

To me it looks like we have two connected contributors, one declared and one undeclared.

Sagemtranch declared here that he is the son of Slim Pickens. Sagemtranch has added previously unpublished text to the article, which I removed per WP:No original research.

The other connected contributor, Flightlights, deleted the bit about Slim Pickens marrying a woman who already had a child from another relationship, and this contributor listed step-daughter Daryle Ann Wofford as Pickens' blood daughter.[3] This contributor has not explicitly declared a connection. Binksternet (talk) 00:04, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Assessment comment

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Slim Pickens/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

Moved comment to Slim Pickens#Name - it is more likely to be seen there. Astronaut (talk) 15:58, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

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Slim Pickins

I'm thinking that Slim won an Academy Award for Dr. StrangeLove? True or False? 156.146.148.108 (talk) 18:31, 19 December 2021 (UTC)