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stux weekender satwrpay july 5 1997 p 5 i remember the time when jimmy stewart dropped his angelic halo we all have our favorite jimmy stew art movies only the most hardened cynical curmudgeon could have man aged to remain untouched and unaffect ed by this hollywood icons portrayal of characters both wise and naive fiercely determined but marshmallow soft at the centre watching the endless tv tributes to this former world war two bomber pilot on the day of his death at the age of 89 earlier this week i was overtaken by my own personal jimmy stewart memories and while its a wonderful life and harvey are displayed promi nently on the shelf with the winnie the pooh classics as part of the stapley fam ily video collection my favorite memo ry of this truly exemplary man involves not a movie but an appearance on the old johnny carson show several decades back now it must be noted that ive never been one to celebrate gratuitous profan ity for the sake of gratuitous profanity and this stewart story is hardly that but when youre wearing the angelic halo toted by this morally upright fami ly man throughout his life even the slightest deviation from milk and cook ies is bound to cause people to take note and perhaps giggle a little if deliv ered adeptly anyway stewart was talking about an expedition to the african interior that he had been a part of his party had been forced to hike through treacherous jun gle enduring endless natural obstacles and insects before finally arriving at their destiny a glorious lake of untold beauty after painting a verbal picture of the entire experience stewart told carson he had written a poem about it and he would be only too happy to read it but while any other mortal could have read it without garnering anything but a polite smile stewart proceeded to turn it into an epic using that folksy voice to full advantage he proceeded to deliv er his little ode to this newly discovered paradise while i cant recall the exact words i remember the basic gist of it the final two lines went like this lake baringa is a lovely place its just like a sheet glass but getting to lake baringa is a genuine pain in the ass the last line was fully drawn out with wellspaced pauses leading to the final crescendo the unexpected moment when jimmy stewart he of the impec cable movie screen vocabulary would finally commit a breach of his age old verbal circumspection you can imagine my surprise when a toronto radio sta tion in noting stewarts passing men tioned his poems as delivered periodi cally on carsons tonight show they featuring maynard morrison howie macdonald rankins fiddler lisa maclsaac ashleys sister gonse sampson aliiebennei richard burke julie marten davemckeough maura lea morykot tom roach with special guestsl directors bette macdonald maynard morrison musical director gortie sampson cape bref qi summertime revue monday july 14 markham theatre for the performing arts reserved seat tickets 2500 at the markham theatre box office or call 905 3057469 fun for the entire family from where i live bruce stapley then proceeded to play the closing two lines of the above mentioned effort i sat spellbound at my desk and here i thought this uproarious jimmy stewart treasure was lost forever to be kept alive in my mind only it put the final cap on my own personal grieving for this man whom although i never met him held a place in my heart reserved for the most venerable of old friends sometime this weekend ill pull shenandoah down from the video shelf and once again watch as jimmy stew arts virginia farmer character works his way through the american civil war when it gets to the part where he goes to the grave site of martha his wife in the movie and talks to her about the tri als and tribulations of the day ill offer my own silent prayer to the memory of a man for whom the qualities of decency dignity and respect were intertwined with a delightful sense of humor july 1 1997 advantages of preowned car leasing our lease program 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