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My favorite book of the NT! It is basically an adventure story. Judas' death is very odd and interesting and it is a common motif (the whole bowels bursting thing) in ancient literature.

Over 22 degrees , Irish people melt. We have had only one sunny day. Last Wednesday. 19 degrees.

Hooray for more Nortons. Stay safe in the heatwave, Steve and Frieda.

My favorite line in Fort Apache is when Henry Fonda, in his perfect uniform and cap with the neckshield attached and the riding crop says the John Wayne "I'm not a martinet...but"

Oh, I saw Winchester '73 last year because I never had, and it was SO boring! And Shane, the movie, is slow and dreary. High Noon is another I think it is so overrated. People need to explain to me that's it's a metaphor for McCarthyism, (ok duh, but it seems like this factoid is the main reason they like it). None of these work for me like Ford, Hawks, Budd Boetticher.

High Noon, Steve? Sentimentality? Come on.... As for me, my top western is "True Grit," by the Coen Brothers. But now you've peeked my interest in John Ford. Thanks

Jimmy Stewart was a phenomenal leading man, my friend!

For someone who can't stand Gunsmoke, you seem to have an unusually high tolerance for Ken Curtis' lame comic relief in The Searchers. And where is Ride the High Country (on either list)?

I like both lists. Combined they would make a great top 20.

Grammaticus with the dudebro list, Steve with the Dukebro list!

james goldman, the man who wrote the lion in winter, also wrote a film that would be at or near the top of my version of this list. robin and marian, with sean connery as an old and tired robin hood and katherine hepburn as a marian gone away to be a nun. amazing movie.

“Grammaticant” classic Steve Donoghue! Great list Steve. I had a blast!

Sergio Leone movies are great! What are you on about?

John Wayne for the win! Thanks, Steve! Perfection! 😊

Glad to see a return to the readalong! Thanks, Steve!

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is my number 1 pick. Wonderful script with endlessly quotable lines, and great acting from every member of the cast.

Winchester 73!? Steve seemed like he had the vapors! Good thing he was already on the fainting couch!

In defense of Sergio Leone’s films: the soundtrack! Morricone’s The Ecstasy of Gold puts the viewers in a trance and makes them forget they’ve been bored for three hours.

It's hard to argue with your list. My favorite western isn't here and I'm not sure where I would place it, but still... That is "The Professionals" with Lee Marvin, etc. Every cliche you've ever heard with a marvelous cast, a good plot, and amazing pacing. It may not be in the top ten, but it's the one I re-watch most often.

The Gold Bug Variations is top ten 20th Century title for me. Lyrical prose, solid characters, and fascinating intertwined stories. What a treat! 😺✌️

My take on this chapter is that Duke Leto is a honorable man who believes in a "princely code" where royalty needs to act under certain level of behavior. So, the fact that Paul has been targeted, alerts him to dangers not only to himself but to his entire family. Leto is a little slow getting the memo, no one in his family should have been walking hallways without a guard, which he later learned himself.

“My videos don’t drop. They just go off-like a bomb!” 😂 I’m going to start keeping a list of these classic Stevisms!

I agree that Kasdan’s Wyatt Earp is better than Tombstone. Stagecoach is a favorite of mine, too. I love Fort Apache and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon! Steve, how on Earth do we like so many of the same Westerns? Rio Grande, as well! Not a big fan of The Searchers, though. I’ve never seen The Alamo or the original True Grit. God, I haven’t even thought of The Sons of Katie Elder or The Shootist since college. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a masterpiece. My favorite Westerns are McCabe & Mrs. Miller, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Stagecoach, Dead Man, Unforgiven, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Red River, some Western-adjacent films like Hud and Giant. And frontier epics like Mann’s Last of the Mohicans and Ford’s Drums Along the Mohawk.

Well done, pilgrim!

The only thing I can think of is that the Duke is wondering and second guessing not just fleeing and protecting his son. Or he senses what is coming and feels the burden coming to Paul.

Yes! I gave this video a standing ovation - in my apartment, alone, which was weird, but called for.

I had a film professor in college who loved John Ford, too.

Our Maltese grows bell bottoms too!

Wouldn't "finding his own character" be appropriate for actors?

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is the greatest western of all time

I was hoping the next movie videos would be Westerns! Leaving John Ford out of a top ten list is mind boggling. And I'm with you Steve in not understanding the man with no name trilogy or why "I'm your huckleberry" gets quoted endlessly. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is the one I would add personally.

Everyone knows that the greatest Western movie is in fact the novel Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.

Tombstone is a terrible movie. My brother used to watch that all the time and I wanted to smack him with a rolled up magazine for that. Especially the Powers Booth character, wtf is that guy doing with a Mexican accent ?

Brad Pitt getting smashed to smithereens by multiple vehicles in Meet Joe Black is one of the funniest moments in movie history

Steve check out 2013 Out Of The Furnace. Christian Bale does a great job. His supporting cast was Sam Sheppard William Defoe Forrest Whittaker Casey Aflac and another great performance by Woody Harrelson. I think you would enjoy it.

What happened in 1959 to make poetry difficult and inaccessible? That's a very specific year.

I'm reading more and more ebooks, I still love a physical book, but the ease of looking up footnotes, not coping with hour bookmark falling out, and being able to annotate without ruining the original, all have convinced me. Oh, and being able to think that I'd like to read that book, and seconds later even at one o'clock in the morning I can be reading it. Great video and lots of very interesting books. Thanks Steve. PS I'm really enjoying your Substack, it makes my morning when a notification a new post arrives.

Steve check out the show These Woods Are Haunted :)

I always love the poems you hate

Wow 691 books so far in 2024! You really read 3+ books a day!?!?

The Notebook sounds great!

At 1:09:18 I begin to feel something of what the ventriloquist’s dummy must feel… 😂🙉

History of Wolfpacks, U Boats, USN submarines 😮

“1933-That’s where it should have stayed.” I just laughed out loud! 😂 Thanks, Steve.

What is your least favorite genre?

What's your other favourite Plantagenet movie? I found The Lion in Winter after you talked about it in some video and absolutely loved it.

I loved the digression of forthcoming books! I'll try to get to this tag either tomorrow or early next week!

You have only read 20 times more books than me this year. Not bad!😄

You are not alone, I did not like I am Legend either. Too short, I finished the book and said “that’s it?”

Yes, I am a fan of Brian. 💙