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Old 05-23-2013, 05:57 PM   #1
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Default Dolph Sweet vs. Vic Tayback vs. Dick Butkus

These are three old overacting men appearing in their own shows:

Dolph Sweet--Gimme A Break!
Vic Tayback--Alice
Dick Butkus--Hang Time

The one that I preferred is Dick because he improves better as least minor character of his own show. He is still alive, unlike the other two men, and he retired from acting after his show ended.
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I think that both Dolph Sweet and Vic Tayback did good jobs in their respective shows. However, I have never heard of Dick Bukus or the show that he was in. I would be very interested in learning!
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I think that both Dolph Sweet and Vic Tayback did good jobs in their respective shows. However, I have never heard of Dick Bukus or the show that he was in. I would be very interested in learning!
You have not seen "Hang Time" at all? Dick Butkus did a good job acting in the second half of that show. He is like the Dolph Sweet and Vic Tayback types of actors, but here's the advantage:
Dick is still alive and he retired as a rich actor, unlike these two other guys. What made Dick alive and rich is that his name is always put on the last spot of the cast lineup of his show.
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I don't really see the comparison with the three.
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I don't really see the comparison with the three.
There is a comparison between these three. They are all old overacting men, but Dick is the only one left alive because he is more richer than the other two. What made Dick rich is when his name in the last spot of his own show's cast lineup. Dick is now a retired successful actor after his own show finished.
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You have not seen "Hang Time" at all? Dick Butkus did a good job acting in the second half of that show. He is like the Dolph Sweet and Vic Tayback types of actors, but here's the advantage:
Dick is still alive and he retired as a rich actor, unlike these two other guys. What made Dick alive and rich is that his name is always put on the last spot of the cast lineup of his show.
I never saw hang Time. I remember Dick most from My Two Dads, He was most famous as an NFL player with the Chicago Bears though. Anyway I liked all 3.
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what are we talkin - a cage match?
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but Dick is the only one left alive because he is more richer than the other two.

That doesn't make any sense. Being rich will increase one's health?
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That doesn't make any sense. Being rich will increase one's health?
Overacting turn any publicity off, which is correct.

Any name put second on the show's cast lineup will get more publicity. Good actors/actresses receiving more publicity will get rich. Bad actors/actresses receiving more publicity will get poor.

So any name put last on the show's cast lineup will get less publicity. God actors/actresses receiving less publicity will get poor. Bad actors/actresses receiving less publicity will get rich.

Both Dolph's and Vic's name was put second on their own shows' cast lineups. So they became poor and both are dead.

Although, Dick Butkus' name was put last on his own show's cast lineup, he became rich. Now he retired successfully from being an actor after Hang Time ended, Dick is still alive.

You need to get the point GARFIELDKOOL.
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Overacting turn any publicity off, which is correct.

Any name put second on the show's cast lineup will get more publicity. Good actors/actresses receiving more publicity will get rich. Bad actors/actresses receiving more publicity will get poor.

So any name put last on the show's cast lineup will get less publicity. God actors/actresses receiving less publicity will get poor. Bad actors/actresses receiving less publicity will get rich.

Both Dolph's and Vic's name was put second on their own shows' cast lineups. So they became poor and both are dead.

Although, Dick Butkus' name was put last on his own show's cast lineup, he became rich. Now he retired successfully from being an actor after Hang Time ended, Dick is still alive.

You need to get the point GARFIELDKOOL.

Well, they died because of health problems, not because of their finances. I don't know the state of the actor's finances when they died, but money had nothing to do with it, and neither did second billing or publicity.

You make silly points! lol
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You might think they both died of health problems, they did not earn lots of money on time to prolong their lives!

I am not making silly points at all, GARFIELDKOOL. You need to try and see what Hang Time is like, containing Dick Butkus in it!
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You might think they both died of health problems, they did not earn lots of money on time to prolong their lives!

I am not making silly points at all, GARFIELDKOOL. You need to try and see what Hang Time is like, containing Dick Butkus in it!
Why do I need to watch that show? Its not going to prove anything. Just for the record, I've seen it when it originally aired Saturday mornings in the 90s. Just an average show.
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Not for long, it is over average. You now have to prove something about Dick Butkus. I prefer him rather than both Dolph and Vic.
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I don't even understand this thread anymore. lol
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I don't even understand this thread anymore. lol
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