Kirk Douglas and his wife have dedicated their 400th school playground

[Kadie]

Kirk Douglas, wife, dedicate LA school playground
Wed May 28, 9:22 PM ET


LOS ANGELES - Kirk Douglas and his wife have dedicated their 400th school playground — completing a decade-long effort to give Los Angeles kids a place to frolic.

The 91-year-old actor took a ride down a slide during the unveiling Wednesday at a Los Angeles elementary school.

Douglas and his wife, Anne, created a foundation that has provided more than $8 million to build or refurbish play areas in the Los Angeles school district.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_en_mo/people_kirk_douglas_2




Actor Kirk Douglas tries-out a playground slide at Lillian Elementary School in Los Angeles Wednesday, May 28, 2008, after he and his wife donated their 400th playground renovation to schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The 91-year-old Douglas and his wife Anne have donated a renovation a week over an 11-year period beginning in 1997. The couple provides a grant of $25,000 per playground, with the school's parents or supporters matching the amount in money or services.
(AP Photo/Nick Ut)




:applause:

[driver8]

1. That is an awesome story!

Thanks for posting that.

[Not Me]

2. Yes, thank you; I was not aware of it.

What a cool picture.... I hope I am having that kind of fun at 91.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. Picture the scene. After the dedication ceremony, Mr. Douglas goes socialize with the kids and...

KD: Hello, boy! What's your name?
Kid: I am Spartacus!
Another kid: No, I am Spartacus!
Another kid: No, I am Spartacus!

OK, I'll go away now.

[Mabus]

19. I'm chuckling

That was pretty funny.

[Warpy]

4. He always sort of annoyed me as an actor

His characters were always so ridiculously larger than life--oh, I know that was the fault of screenwriter and director, but still, they were comic book characters. And that chin! Jeez, you could hide a pickle in that thing!

Then I started to find out about who he really is.

He and his wife are true American treasures. Fortunate in life and well rewarded, they've spent their time paying back in many different ways. As heroic as his film characters were always meant to be, they never came close to the heroism of his everyday life.

May he have many more slides to play on.

[Lerkfish]

10. do yourself a favor, and watch Kubrick's "Paths of Glory"

one of the best performances Kirk ever delivered.

[Warpy]

12. I did myself that favor last week

when TCM played it.

IMO, it's the most amazing antiwar movie ever made.

[Lerkfish]

16. yep, its a monumental piece of filmaking

[Doctor_J]

15. I watched that last weekend on TCM for the first. What a flick.

Also featured HUAC/McCarthy canary Adolphe Menjou.

[Lerkfish]

18. If you aren't viscerally affected by the german girl's song, you aren't human

one of the best films ever directed, and mostly overlooked when lists are made.

[cascadiance]

11. Perhaps playing Colonel Casey in "Seven Days in May" represents more the kind of hero he is!...

Doing what is right by his own personal judgement and not just following orders...

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Kirk is a good man

And Anne is a good woman. They also funded a lovely theater in Culver City that bears his name. Renovated and rescued an old and grand house for future generations, in the old Studio neighborhood. And Kirk has always been cool. 90 and cool. May we all get there!

[Irishonly]

6. K&R

He's a wonderful man.

[CanisCrocinus]

7. He. Is. Spartacus! (eom)

[GardeningGal]

8. Good for them!

I got a kick out of his socks matching his shirt.

[hlthe2b]

9. Oh, this makes me smile! Bless you Kirk....

You and Anne are the "real deal."

[grace0418]

13. What a great photo! The red socks made me smile.

Good for them!

[ljm2002]

14. I did not realize that he is a philanthropist...

...good on him and his wife!

And trying out the slide at 91 years of age, priceless!

[bobbolink]

17. I hope all those children have a place to live.

The numbers of homeless children in L.A. are HUGE.

[Scout]

20. thanks for this, it's so good to see him!

i've had a crush on him, and then Michael too, since I was about 12 or so... I've seen most of his movies, and the ones I haven't seen yet are in my netflix queue!


Good on ya' Kirk! Long live Spartacus!

:applause:

[uppityperson]

21. Very cool, thank you for the nice story. k&r