Give It Up For Buddy Ebsen

[Trauma-san]

Well, many have probably heard Buddy Ebsen died over the weekend.  This was a man we should all shed a tear over, and a smile.  

First off, this dude was 95 friekin' years old.  He lived NINETY FIVE FRIEKIN YEARS.  That deserves applause.  What kind of spirit is in somebody when they just keep on going, years, decades after time starts playing tricks on them?  



Buddy accomplished a ton of things in his life, and his most noted was of course playing Jed Clampett on the Beverly Hillbillies.  

When Buddy was 20, his father lost a lot of money in real estate, and Buddy went to New York, to try his hand in show business.  His father had been a dancer, and had taught buddy and his 3 brothers and sisters how to dance.

He starred in several broadway shows in the 30's, and was famous for his dancing ability.  He wrote 8 plays over his liftetime, and appeared in tons of movies.  He was originally cast as the Tin Man in the greatest movie of all time, the Wizard of Oz; but was allergic to the silver paint and had to drop out of production.  When they're all singing "We're off to see the wizard", it's actually Buddy singing, they left his version on the film.  There's also a dance number with him in it on the extended DVD release.  He was televisions "Barnaby Jones" a big time detective show back in the day.  He was in the television series "Davy Crockett" as Crockett's side kick... He co-starred with Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" another one of the greatest films of all time... He appeared alongside Shirley Temple and Judy Garland; he was big time.  



Buddy was a sailor, he had a 35 foot yacht, that he would race, and even won the Honolulu Trans Pacific Yacht race in 1968, which is a big deal.

He was a writer.  He wrote several books over his lifetime, and wrote an autobigoraphy called "The Other Side Of Oz".

He was a painter.  He took painting lessons as a child, and has produced a number of lithographs.

He even put a cd out, with songs he had written, and performed.

He was a family man; he was married for several years (until his death), and had six children.  



He closed his autobigraphy with these lines:

"Life's a brand-new ball game every day!
Remember that of all the elements that comprise a human being,
The most important, the most essential,
The one that will sustain, transcend,
Overcome and vanquish all obstacles is - Spirit!"

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[Trauma-san]

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