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In reply to the discussion: Hollywood star Shirley Temple dies [View all]Scruffy Rumbler
(961 posts)61. Naw....
They say "Forest Gump" was loosely based on Goofy's life story. He had quite a life apart from his work with Mickey!
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as that generation leaves us, the 30's do tend to fade more into the distant past.
dixiegrrrrl
Feb 2014
#20
Somehow this got missed, while her movie star fame prevailed. Weird on a political blog.
Scuba
Feb 2014
#19
She ran for congress as a conservative challenger to anti-war Republican Pete McCloskey.
alp227
Feb 2014
#41
I remember being devastated when I was 6, and my dad told me she was a grown up.
ScreamingMeemie
Feb 2014
#12
Haven't heard much about him in years, hows he doing? Still alive do you think?
marble falls
Feb 2014
#24
Oh jeez, another icon demolished. Next you'll tell me Goofy shat himself to avoid the draft.
marble falls
Feb 2014
#58
Her smile was a bulwark against the Great Depression. She almost always played an orphan
KurtNYC
Feb 2014
#35
Ahhhh so the Simpsons' "Little Vicky" character was closer to the truth than I had realized:
Hassin Bin Sober
Feb 2014
#49
And let's not forget the first interracial couple to dance in the movies.
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2014
#43