Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

labworm · Nov 12, 2018

Last night while channel surfing I came across this one on TCM.

"The DI" staring Jack Webb, remember him?

He played a Marine Drill Instructor and rather well.
Really enjoyed the old 1957 movie.

Had one song in it which I liked, the Marines seemed motivated and joined in:

See if you can still whistle, I wasn't good at it.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZATAYwr3BcM[/ame]

Try to control yourself shouldazagged

Rustyt1953 · Nov 12, 2018

Hold on a minute. I've gotta see if I can still whistle.

Nope!

Add that to the list of things that no longer work.

labworm · Nov 12, 2018

Rustyt1953 said:
Hold on a minute. I've gotta see if I can still whistle.

Nope!

Add that to the list of things that no longer work.

Your out as one of the Dwarfs.

cougar14 · Nov 12, 2018

There was another DI film long time ago, name ? but starred Darrin McGavin as DI and Jan Michael Vincent as recruit.

Old_Cop · Nov 12, 2018

My favorite part was the dead sand flea.

Alpo · Nov 12, 2018

Tribe. Jan Michael was a hippie. He corrupted all the other boots. About half way through, when the DI busts in at 0300 to wake up everybody, the entire barracks is sitting in lotus on their racks. "Ohhmmmmmm"

walkinghorse · Nov 12, 2018

Watched it also. First time seeing it, Jack Webb was his iconic self/ style!
Just the facts!

STCM(SW) · Nov 12, 2018

I have it on DVD. Watch it from time to time......

rwsmith · Nov 12, 2018

I showed Missus Smiff.....

...and she said, "Oh, you mean 'DI'. We've got it on one of our tv channels."

ldausmc1369 · Nov 12, 2018

Full Metal Jacket was the most realistic. Timed to time of year with the Christmas scene. How do I know? Fictional platoon was 3092, 1969. I was in platoon 3093, 1969!

sheepdawg · Nov 12, 2018

His main squeeze in the movie, a former Miss USA Jackie Loughery, wound up being his third wife.

Watchdog · Nov 12, 2018

TCM is still good, but I believe it's gone downhill since Robert Osborne passed away.

Osborne lent a touch of elegance to the channel. He had the ability to make a studio set look like a place where someone actually lived, made it look like part of a house. And his love and knowledge of film was genuine.

The current host, Ben Mankiewicz looks like a cardboard cutout compared to Osborne. His delivery is wooden, stilted. Looks like he's reading everything he says. Probably is.

I still check the schedule every day to see if there might be something good coming on in the evening that I might watch with dinner.

But it just isn't the same.

sophie · Nov 12, 2018

I tuned into that movie last night and I don't remember ever seeing it. I got tired of all the shouting and changed the channel.

chief38 · Nov 13, 2018

Watched it - Still can't figure out how anyone can talk that fast for so long

sheepdawg · Nov 13, 2018

The movie bombed when originally released.

chief38 · Nov 13, 2018

sheepdawg said:
The movie bombed when originally released.

I watched it more for the nostalgia than for any other reason. It was OK, not great! Quite predictable. That said, I like watching Webb at his "role". I don't think he could have had a better Series custom made for him than Dragnet!

Watchdog · Nov 13, 2018

sophie said:
I tuned into that movie last night and I don't remember ever seeing it. I got tired of all the shouting and changed the channel.

Then you definitely don't want to watch Full Metal Jacket!

vytoland · Nov 13, 2018

labworm said:
See if you can still whistle, I wasn't good at it.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30DSfAA0brs[/ame]

OLDSTER · Nov 13, 2018

Big fan of TCM; watch it every night.

sheepdawg · Nov 13, 2018

Watchdog said:
Then you definitely don't want to watch Full Metal Jacket!

R. Lee Ermy was much better than Jack Webb. I miss him.

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