Carroll O'Connor (1924–2001)

Come with me now, gentle readers, as I transport you back to the late 80's, early 90's and the days of my youth. To remember one of the first men I've admire. One Carroll O'Connor. I first fell in lust with O'Connor for his role as crusty police chief William 'Bill' Gillespie on the crime drama "In the Heat of the Night." O'Connor captured my imagination so much that he still remains one of the key templates of what a daddy should be like to me. Chubby, grey hair, gentle features but with a hint 'I'll fuck you up if you cross me' added for good measure.

Beautiful blue eyes, thinning white hair, his legs were thick as a full-back, beefy forearms and thick, meaty hands. He had me every week watching "In the Heat of the Night" just to get a glimpse of him. But as hot as he looked on the show, he looked insanely gorgeous as Archie on reruns of "All in the Family." Yes a rarity for me. Liking a man when they were younger. I don't know if it was way he carried himself: the tousled hair, the bone-weary shamble, the plaintive Irish eyes rolling heavenward at the dingbats and pinkos who surrounded him in his own house. Or me wanting to bend him over that chair and pound the bigotry right out of that sweet ass of his. Even though O'Connor was nothing like his alter ego, Archie. Being shy, soft-spoken, introverted, intellectual and liberal. He had a charm that would have had me on my knees in minutes of speaking with him. Just sheer daddy perfection.

O'Connor is listed as #20 on TV Land's Top 50 TV Icons Countdown, but is #2 in my all time actors that I'd like to fuck senseless list. Well, he would probably say the latter was by far his least most memorable accomplishment. Still O'Connor was one of the five most important characters in my budding sexual fantasies.

He may not have been traditional-leading-man handsome, but I've always found Mr. O'Connor nice looking. 

 Look at those big blue eyes. Gorgeous!

 I wish I was him right now. 

Paul Sorvino

As I'm channel surfing, I came across one of my all time favorite actors to gun down in one Paul Sorvino. A familiar face in film, television and stage, Sorvino often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law, and is possibly best known for his roles as Paulie Cicero in the film "Goodfellas" and Sgt. Phil Cerreta on the TV series "Law & Order." But to be honest, I barely remember on "Law & Order" and as much as I like "Goodfellas," it's not the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Paulie. That belongs to "Romeo + Juliet" for obvious reasons.

For some reason when I first started seeing on TV and films, he seemed short to me, but he's a tall man standing around 6'2". And If you look at my track record,I usually go for shorter guys. Though I do enjoy the occasional tall, husky,commanding-looking guys and Mr. Sorvino's that. Handsome, an adorable smile, a lovely shape and he's deceptively hair. All that is nice, but what is important is the huge sack he has. Though some pics I've seen, Old Paulie packing a serious pair of nuts that I would love to have dragged all over my face. There's other filthy things I would do with this man. But I won't go into any more detail. He has a gun and I don't want him to come find me and use it. Or do I?

He hooked in "Romeo + Juliet" and has showed some skin in various films and TV shows such as "A Touch of Class," "Very Close Quarters," "Harlem Aria," and I'm still discovering more till this day. Now, in the TV movie "It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy" (of which I have snagged a clip) his character was sexually assaulted at gunpoint by a beautiful woman. The 1970s. Weren't they something. And Paul was hot in it. Still is.

 Paul and his wife Dee Dee.

 Paul's got a sac on him.

 I wouldn't mind a little father/daughter action.

 Nice to see someone of his age to be showing some skin.

Daddy Review: Tilt (1979)

While I was doing some YouTube channel surfing, I stumbled upon this full version of the 1979 movie "Tilt" starring a young Brooke Shields as a incorrigible 14-year-old pinball-wizard, the so called heartthrob Ken Marshall and the eternal puffy Charles Durning. Alongside the likes of Geoffrey Lewis, Fred Ward and even an unrecognizable Lorenzo Lamas for all you "Renegade" fans.

The story begins in a small country town in Texas, where a young country musician named Neil Gallagher (Ken Marshall) challenging the largest pinball world champion, Harold Remmens (Charles Durning), known as 'The Whale' due to his immense weight. When he learns that Neil tried to beat him by cheating, he has him beaten and kicked out. After getting his ass kicked, Neil tries to raise cash so he can go to LA and make a demo tape. When he sees runaway Brenda 'Tilt' Davenport's amazing pinball skills, he convinced her to join him on a cross-country trip hustling people in pool-halls and arcades. Eventually, the action leads to the big showdown with The Whale.

First off, pinball hustling?! WTF! Who the hell ever heard of that? The plot is stupid, the music is bad, the acting, generally tolerable to poorly at times. The only reason to watch this is for Durning. His performance was WAY too good for this movie and gives the part a nice hammy turn. He’s supposed to be the villain, but he’s the only character with likability. Even if I wasn't a Durning fan, I'd still like his character better than any other character in this movie.

The film’s final sequence in which Tilt and The Whale get together late at night in an empty bar and challenge each other to a pinball contest is the best scene in the whole movie. The surprise twist that occurs at the very end is cute and endearing which helps give this otherwise flat film more points than it deserves.

It's kind of a sweet little movie despite its fairly predictable plot. It is easy to see why this movie bombed at the box office and basically sat on the studio shelf for years. So if you're a Durning-fan (and c'mon, who isn't?) you can see him finesse the tables in ways that only he could...

The way he was dancing around and bumping against the pinball machine took on a somewhat erotic quality. It got me wondering. How good was he in bed back in the day? 

Damn good, I imagine.

So what is Tilt? It’s a bad movie. Really bad. But it's something to watch on an afternoon when you don't have to work.