Comments on: RIP, Ed McMahon http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/7894.html Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:24:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Shannon Love http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/7894.html/comment-page-1#comment-324461 Shannon Love Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:09:23 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=7894#comment-324461 I can't help but think that the military experiences of that generation in WWII and Korea gave them a broader and more practical view of the world than their successors. Up until the the 1970's, most of the major talents in entertainment industry had at least served in the military and a lot of them had seen combat. Today, no one in the entertainment industry has ever served much less seen the elephant. There isn't any major stars like Jimmy Stewart left in Hollywood. I think this explains why Hollywood and other related fields fall so readily for anti-military, anti-democracy political mythologies. All they actually know of such affairs comes from, well, movies. I can’t help but think that the military experiences of that generation in WWII and Korea gave them a broader and more practical view of the world than their successors. Up until the the 1970′s, most of the major talents in entertainment industry had at least served in the military and a lot of them had seen combat. Today, no one in the entertainment industry has ever served much less seen the elephant. There isn’t any major stars like Jimmy Stewart left in Hollywood.

I think this explains why Hollywood and other related fields fall so readily for anti-military, anti-democracy political mythologies. All they actually know of such affairs comes from, well, movies.

]]> By: Dan from Madison http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/7894.html/comment-page-1#comment-324459 Dan from Madison Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:31:13 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=7894#comment-324459 Very nice Lex, thanks for doing this. Quite refreshing in contrast to today's love fest for the broken person formerly known as MJ. Very nice Lex, thanks for doing this. Quite refreshing in contrast to today’s love fest for the broken person formerly known as MJ.

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