Thursday, September 17, 2009
Blaming Dirk Benedict

I've noticed in the threads lately a push to blame legendary 1970s/80s TV star Dirk Benedict as one of the originators of the grand Hollywood douche plague.
This is unfair. I must object.
Anyone who starred with Willie Ames in the lost classic of the screwball caper genre, Scavenger Hunt, earns massive props.
The actor who played the original Battlestar Gallactica Starbuck as an alcoholic, cigar chomping, girl chasing, scenery chewing douchebag is not, therefore, a douchebag.
And what of Benedict's brilliant avant-garde work using the Meisner Technique to bring out the subtleties of Faceman in The A-Team? It changed modern acting as we know it.
Dirk Benedict was not a douchebag. He just played one on TV, with great irony and self awareness. For that, he earns a lifetime nottadouche.
What has Dirk Benedict been up to lately? Here he is auditioning for Battlestar Funtopia, along with 80s douche Corbin Bernsen.
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Dirk Benedict once saved a litter of Persian kittens from drowning in a swimming pool, by using a musket ramrod to press enough Twinkies into his butthole, that he became completely buoyant, and thus, able to provide his body as a flotilla for the poor felines to bound their way towards the safe confines of the land surrounding the pool.
… although I can’t confirm anything I just said - except the part about Dirk Benedict and him owning a pool.
… although I can’t confirm anything I just said - except the part about Dirk Benedict and him owning a pool.
Everyone knows Dirk Benedict banged Jane Seymore so hard she gave birth to a dyslexic porpoise four months after filming Battlestar Gallactica.
thems are some long ass vids DB1- don't have the patience to settle in, at least, not without a Hott in it.
One of the best of "Dudes that play a Douchbag on TV but aren't actually a Douche": Peter Stormare, which I believe you've commended on this site before.
I'm trying to think of another. coming up blank
One of the best of "Dudes that play a Douchbag on TV but aren't actually a Douche": Peter Stormare, which I believe you've commended on this site before.
I'm trying to think of another. coming up blank
No discredit to Dirk, but some of history's other douche progenitors were Xerxes, Fernand Mondego, and Errol Flynn
The title of History's Original Bleeth probably belongs to Elizabeth Bathory,
or maybe Joe Biden's wife.
The title of History's Original Bleeth probably belongs to Elizabeth Bathory,
or maybe Joe Biden's wife.
"There is a divine moment in our lives when we all become one. It's called procreation, and it is reborn, continually and forever. "
Do you know where that quote came from?
"We are all vegetarians here, and except for a mountain lion that's been hanging around and killed our dog, we don't have a care in the world."
How about that one?
Well, I'll enlighten you. Dirk Benedict uttered them both. They are evidence that he is willing to take on any lifestyle in order to bang chicks, or that Faceman is just an extension of his true self.
No man is a vegetarian except ones that have a desire to bang those hispter or hippie chicks. Women take on the veg lifestyle; men only do it at their command or to hump 'em.
Quote one shows his extensive propensity to make sex his number one priority.
In essence, why does one become an actor? Much like a rockstar, it is evident that one pursues the career for the sole purpose of scoring; that's it.
By the way, you forgot Body Slam which also feature Billy Barty, Charles Nelson Riley, and Roddy Piper.
I still blame Dirk Benedict.
I'd like to give a shout out to Rhonda the Boob.
Do you know where that quote came from?
"We are all vegetarians here, and except for a mountain lion that's been hanging around and killed our dog, we don't have a care in the world."
How about that one?
Well, I'll enlighten you. Dirk Benedict uttered them both. They are evidence that he is willing to take on any lifestyle in order to bang chicks, or that Faceman is just an extension of his true self.
No man is a vegetarian except ones that have a desire to bang those hispter or hippie chicks. Women take on the veg lifestyle; men only do it at their command or to hump 'em.
Quote one shows his extensive propensity to make sex his number one priority.
In essence, why does one become an actor? Much like a rockstar, it is evident that one pursues the career for the sole purpose of scoring; that's it.
By the way, you forgot Body Slam which also feature Billy Barty, Charles Nelson Riley, and Roddy Piper.
I still blame Dirk Benedict.
I'd like to give a shout out to Rhonda the Boob.
Ahhh, the picture with Laurette Spang. I had MAJOR wood for her back in the 70s. Hell, if I'd been in the Army you could have called me Major Wood!
Ernie,
Benedict became a vegetarian after acquiring cancer back around 1985.
Yes, he banged a lot of chicks. Good for him!
Benedict became a vegetarian after acquiring cancer back around 1985.
Yes, he banged a lot of chicks. Good for him!
He is wrongly accused as the narrator states at the beginning of the A-Team. Let him be. His influence has passed. Hipster bags should be your focus. Everyone wanted to be like Dirk in his heyday. Could you hold a real job looking like Dirk, I say Yes. Can you hold a real job looking like todays Douche, NO.
@ LTET
Hey Dirk, your fuccen dog wasn't a vegitarian either, just a wussie for not kicking that puma's ass.
Hey Dirk, your fuccen dog wasn't a vegitarian either, just a wussie for not kicking that puma's ass.
Meh....I wasn't a big fan of action and/or sci-fi back then, I was a Bugs Bunny gal, myself. However, I'll give the guy a notta, from what little I recall of his body of work, and how little I know of his personal life, I really can't pass bad judgment.
It was even recommended that he undergo a castration for his cancer. Why in the world?
The doctors obviously foresaw the impending revolution that would result if they did not rid the world of his penis.
I'd also like an extreme closeup of Rhonda the Boob in honor of Dirk Benedict's ravaged dog, Scrumpy.
The doctors obviously foresaw the impending revolution that would result if they did not rid the world of his penis.
I'd also like an extreme closeup of Rhonda the Boob in honor of Dirk Benedict's ravaged dog, Scrumpy.
I like the new Starbuck; Katee can get my Sackhoff anyday.
Hell, so can Dirk.
But I'm staying out of Richard's Hatch.
We all know that in Apollo vs. Starbuck, Richard Hatch's butt-cut would be victorious.
Hell, so can Dirk.
But I'm staying out of Richard's Hatch.
We all know that in Apollo vs. Starbuck, Richard Hatch's butt-cut would be victorious.
And let us not forget Dirk Benedict's seminal work opposite Tom Hanks in Bosom Buddies.
That was Dirk, right?
Damn white guys all look alike to me.
That was Dirk, right?
Damn white guys all look alike to me.
I must say I prefer the
Boomer in the new series as well.
I would release my colonists into her lost colony of Kobol.
Boomer in the new series as well.
I would release my colonists into her lost colony of Kobol.
@ Medusa 2:43
Bugs Bunny rules, as does Daffy Duck and Popeye.(Alice the Goon was one bad-ass bitch as well.)
No wonder the youth of this country are sniveling, whiny, slackers.Unfortunately, I have even less hope for the upcoming generation.
Spongebob Squarepants?
Are you kidding me?
Our children are being turned into a bunch of mindless, souless, robotic sheep, and I believe it can be blamed directly on the new genre of children's programming.
Without depravity and violence, cartoons can do little in aiding the development of young minds, and shaping tomorrow's leaders.
Bugs Bunny rules, as does Daffy Duck and Popeye.(Alice the Goon was one bad-ass bitch as well.)
No wonder the youth of this country are sniveling, whiny, slackers.Unfortunately, I have even less hope for the upcoming generation.
Spongebob Squarepants?
Are you kidding me?
Our children are being turned into a bunch of mindless, souless, robotic sheep, and I believe it can be blamed directly on the new genre of children's programming.
Without depravity and violence, cartoons can do little in aiding the development of young minds, and shaping tomorrow's leaders.
Dirk Benedict was M. Harry Smilac (or M. Harry Smirrack) in the seminal 80's wrestling flick "Body Slam"! Anybody that shared screen time with The Samoans and Tonga Tom = a permanent nottadouche
okay this is definitely before my time so i can't pass judgment on him. but that doesn't mean he gets a nottadouche from me. i just don't know how to best make fun of him.
Cigar chomping, drinking, gambeling, womanizing and the best viper pilot in the colonies. NOT a douche. He was 70s cool
i'll pass on the dirk debate, but you can't badmouth Corbin Bernsen like that. bernsen is nottadouche. if youre going to call him a douche, at least give him his own post, with a douchey photo, instead of just slinging a slanderous line at the bottom of someone elses post. outrageous!
@ Anon at 2:37PM
Yes, that was Maren Jensen (Don Henley's old squeeze) in the cover shot, but clicking the "scenery chewing douchebag" link you'll see the smokin' Miss Spang!
Yes, that was Maren Jensen (Don Henley's old squeeze) in the cover shot, but clicking the "scenery chewing douchebag" link you'll see the smokin' Miss Spang!
Dirk Benedict bitches nonstop about how his part is now played by a woman:
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dbenedict/2009/01/19/lt-starbuck-lost-in-castration/
Is Dirk Benedict a douche? Consider that the article is periodically separated by extremely hot photos of Katee Sackhoff, whose name he won't even mention in this entire bitchfest. Absolutely a douche.
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dbenedict/2009/01/19/lt-starbuck-lost-in-castration/
Is Dirk Benedict a douche? Consider that the article is periodically separated by extremely hot photos of Katee Sackhoff, whose name he won't even mention in this entire bitchfest. Absolutely a douche.
Katee Sackhoff is a man, baby!
Seriously, there's nothing hot about her.
Grace Park? Now SHE gets me to say, "By your command!"
Sluggo, did you actually read the entire article? It had little to do with "Starbuck not Stardoe" but was rather a blast at Hollywood's demasculization of America.
Seriously, there's nothing hot about her.
Grace Park? Now SHE gets me to say, "By your command!"
Sluggo, did you actually read the entire article? It had little to do with "Starbuck not Stardoe" but was rather a blast at Hollywood's demasculization of America.
Thanks to Sluggo for that link, and I will now add that Dirk Benedict deserves a nottadouche pass for that wonderful article.
He is totally correct about the "formula" aspect of removing risk and ensuring profit margins.
He is totally correct about the "formula" aspect of removing risk and ensuring profit margins.
Bye your logic Scott Baio isn't a Douchebag. For he starred in a zany comedy with Willie Ames http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peI4XH3wahk
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