Ernest Borgnine
 Ermes Effron Borgnino aka Ernest Borgnine American actor January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012 |
While at this juncture, I am far less subject to such leanings toward fandom I had my glory days of television watching which now seem farther and fewer in between — I mean to the point of total absence if you catch my drift ...
One of those constants in my childhood was Ernest Borgnine.
As a Navy brat I felt it was unpatriotic to miss McHale's Navy and as such I watched what I believe to be all of the episodes and movies over those years comprising my childhood.
He was in a number of other productions I watched as well but my memories of "the skipper" are those which stick out in an otherwise unremarkable history of television viewing.
Besides it was one of the few things my father and I both enjoyed so I would take each opportunity that arose.
Once in a while we cross paths on syndicated television and I again experience a few flashbacks of various moments in time from my youth.