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Tell me about earl long and blaze starr
Posted on 1/18/15 at 11:11 pm
Posted on 1/18/15 at 11:11 pm
Ran into some short movie about them on one of those old movie stations. The wiki didn't really tell me much about either to be honest. But the end of the movie piqued my interest.
Anyone have the summary?
Anyone have the summary?
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Posted on 1/18/15 at 11:12 pm to tiger1014
Earl was a Governor. Starr was a burlesque dancer. The Governor banged her on the reg.
Posted on 1/18/15 at 11:14 pm to tiger1014
He was an old dude with some pull who liked to get his.
She liked that kind of thing.
She liked that kind of thing.
Posted on 1/18/15 at 11:31 pm to Charlie Arglist
movie with paul newman was good, but don't know how historical it is ...
Posted on 1/19/15 at 12:01 am to tiderider
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movie with paul newman was good, but don't know how historical it is ...
I never saw it, but someone told me that it never once mentioned that Earl also had a wife.
Posted on 1/19/15 at 12:11 am to tiger1014
Sex was had. Lies was told.
Posted on 1/19/15 at 12:25 am to tiger1014
He used to bang her at a no-tell motel on Airline Hwy. I think it was the Sugar Bowl near Central Av. When they did the movie, they actually renovated the motel to film there. There also may have been another sleezy motel on Airline nearer the parish line, but I might be confusing Earl Long with Jimmy Swaggart.
Finally, they ran all the hookers and druggies out, and built a CVS drugstore on the lot. There goes the neighborhood.
Finally, they ran all the hookers and druggies out, and built a CVS drugstore on the lot. There goes the neighborhood.
Posted on 1/19/15 at 12:55 am to tiger1014
They were the Louisiana version of JFK and Marilyn Monroe.
Posted on 1/19/15 at 1:19 am to Karnac
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Finally, they ran all the hookers and druggies out, and built a CVS drugstore on the lot. There goes the neighborhood.
And that was pretty recent, too.
Posted on 1/19/15 at 2:50 am to tiderider
quote:The late Jimmy Morrison (6 district congressman) from Hammond - said Earl use to brag about wearing his cowboy boots when banging blaze.
movie with paul newman was good, but don't know how historical it is ...
Posted on 1/19/15 at 4:00 am to Jet12
Dat Mexican grocery opening up where walgreens moved from deaux...
Posted on 1/19/15 at 6:07 am to tiger1014
I am old enough to remember him as governor. I remember the day he died and my dad and grandad were saying that was the end. Meaning the end of the Long dynasty. I also remember a strange story about Uncle Earl but I do not know if it is true and will not put it on here. I don't remember anything about Blaze Starr from back then. I was a kid.
Posted on 1/19/15 at 6:14 am to iliveinabox
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Dat Mexican grocery opening up w
they been working on that forever.
I wonder if they know they can use mexican labor for the cheap?
and only thing I know about blaze is from the movie.
Posted on 1/19/15 at 6:56 am to AthensTiger
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also remember a strange story about Uncle Earl but I do not know if it is true and will not put it on here.
Oh come on, man. Why even write this if you aren't going to tell the story?
Posted on 1/19/15 at 7:51 am to tiger1014
Posted on 1/19/15 at 7:52 am to BR Tiger
from the movie
Posted on 1/19/15 at 8:20 am to AthensTiger
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I also remember a strange story about Uncle Earl but I do not know if it is true and will not put it on here. I don't remember anything about Blaze Starr from back then.
I recall a story that Earl left the state with Blaze and while he was gone his wife had him declared insane. But when he came back he fired the Health Dept head and appointed a new one who declared him to be sane. After that he would assert he was the only politician in the state who could prove he wasn't crazy.
Posted on 1/19/15 at 9:33 am to ChineseBandit58
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I recall a story that Earl left the state with Blaze and while he was gone his wife had him declared insane. But when he came back he fired the Health Dept head and appointed a new one who declared him to be sane. After that he would assert he was the only politician in the state who could prove he wasn't crazy.
That is from the movie Blaze. And it is not historically accurate.
Earl was committed by his wife but he did not fire the head of the Health Dept to get out. His lawyer got him released.
Earl was very eccentric (believed by many to be Bi-polar) but was great at campaigning. With his brother's popularity and his campaigning skills he was a political force, but not that great of a governor.
They were both dirty but Huey did much more for the state.
This post was edited on 1/19/15 at 9:35 am
Posted on 1/19/15 at 9:35 am to theenemy
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but not that great of a governor
Louisiana has not had a "Great" Governor since I was born
ETA: In fact they have all been crappy
This post was edited on 1/19/15 at 9:36 am
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