To everyone who is a father, or has a father, or watched “Father Murphy,” a Happy Father’s Day to you all.
We had a fairly low key celebration of the day. Kathleen covered for me so I could sleep late (which, by me, is a pretty big deal), and then she, Ariel and Caroline gave me neat presents they’d gotten for me (although I suspect Caroline had a great deal of help in making her selection.) We went out to brunch, then went miniature golfing. Then we came back, Ariel studied, Kathleen took a nap (which is what happens when she gets up early, see above), I went bowling (worked purely on my strike ball, shot a 212, 204 and a 179 which ain’t bad for practice), came home, and this evening we’re going to watch “La Femme Musketeer” on the Hallmark Channel which focuses on the daughter of D’Artagnan with Michael York back in gear as the swashbuckling Frenchman. Now if only Richard Chamberlain could have been gotten for Aramis.
PAD
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Glad to hear you had a good day Peter.Fatherhood while not a job without benefits can be thankless and frustrating at times.I dont have children of my own but have plyed a role in raising other peoples children and have deep appreciation and respect for men who are fathers to their children.Not the guy who just makes the babies and gives money but a real live parent. Happy Fathers day everybody!!:)
**Now if only Richard Chamberlain could have been gotten for Aramis.**
Absolutely… I own both the Three Musketeers and Four Musketeers on DVD. Much better than the Disney version.
Happy Father’s day.
I spent mine talking with my dad, siblings and a preacher. Which was not as bad as I thought. He thought I was hilarious… so there must be some intelligence there 🙂
Travis
Happy Father’s Day, PAD. 🙂
Happy Father’s Day to all the other dads around here!
I had a pretty good Father’s Day – kinda laid back. One of my presents I already received (a four-day pass to Comic-Con), the other one won’t arrive until about mid-February, and details are still sketchy on that one. 🙂
Happy Father’s Day PAD!
Does anyone remember the MGM version of The Three Musketeers with Gene Kelly? It was pretty good.
There was also a French produced animated version that did the original tale justice, but for whatever reason, it has never gotten a decent break in the syndication/video market over here.
Happy Father’s Day, Peter!
How did we spend it? I spent a good part of the afternoon at the office. However, Barb and I had prepare din advance for our family party this evening. We had spent the last few days assembling the ingredients for one of our famous steak barbeques, and for the first time we were able to coordinate everything with my sister-in-law Rhonda and her husband Harry, so that the get-together could be a tribute to all the fathers present, namely Barb’s dad, Harry, and li’l ole me.
A great meal ensued (as you may recall, Barb is tremendous when it comes to all the party preparations), gifts were received by all the fathers, and a great time was had by all.
After everyone left, we capped things off by going out for a late night drive just the two of us, and some great ice cappucinos.
All in all a great day.
I hope all fathers reading this had as good a day too!
And a Happy Father’s Day to all here as well.
Me, I apparently scared my dad out of a few years’ growth. When he picked up the phone, I said “hey, grandpa.” He thought I was announcing News, and thus that the baby came about two months early. (No such message was intended.) I believe his exact response afterwards was “I’m over 60. Don’t do that again.” 🙂
TWL
I’d recommend “The Complete Musketeers”, both the 3 and 4 Musketeers in a single package, along with some extras. Unlike the Fox Loerber releases, they got the WS aspect ratio right (this always cheezed me about the FL DVD releases. Why do some weird half-assed widescreen? Plus the Three Musketeers (on the Complete Musketeers version) contains a scene that had been cut out of the FL DVD.
Richard Lester’s Three and Four Musketeers are two (or one, take your pick) of my all-time favorite movies, so I get kind of fanboy about them.
I also have a copy of Return of the Musketeers, which is pretty sad, actually. They tried to capture lightning in a bottle twice, and failed. Roy Kinnear died during the filming of this, which is painfully obvious at points during the film where Planchet is filmed from behind doing exaggerated pantomime.
I also enjoyed the Gene Kelly Three Musketeers, but the Disney version really left me cold.
I watched the first half of La Femme Musketeer…giving it a C grade so far. It was cool to see Michael York as D’Artagnan again, but I’m not pleased with the Cardinal’s Guards uniforms, or with the glowering performance of the guy playing the captain of the guards. Plus a big chunk of the plot appears to be swiped from “At Sword’s Point”, starring Maureen O’Hara as the daughter of D’Artagnan.
First post here, BTW…you just hit a passion of mine.
One of my best friends is being silly and for some reason is slightly scared, and refuses to write this comment, so I am doing so for her. She denies that you are, in fact, the Peter David that wrote The “Sir Apropos Nothing” books, though I’ve taken care to point out it would be a remarkable coincidence if there was another author named Peter David whose daughters have the same names.
That’s not my point. My point is, however, that both my friend and I sincerely enjoy the “Apropos of Nothing” books, and though those are the only works you have done that we have read, we both truly appreciate your writing and love to read your books.
Though I do not know whether or not the entries written and signed “PAD” are truly by you, or if you’re just the duplicate of another Peter David as my friend swears, or even if you care about my comments, but my friend Megan and I both just wanted to thank you for writing your brilliant books and helping to fill at least one boring month of our rather monotonous lives with the antics of your wonderful “hero”.
If you care to, you can respond by email.
One of my best friends is being silly and for some reason is slightly scared, and refuses to write this comment, so I am doing so for her. She denies that you are, in fact, the Peter David that wrote The “Sir Apropos Nothing” books, though I’ve taken care to point out it would be a remarkable coincidence if there was another author named Peter David whose daughters have the same names.
That’s not my point. My point is, however, that both my friend and I sincerely enjoy the “Apropos of Nothing” books, and though those are the only works you have done that we have read, we both truly appreciate your writing and love to read your books.
Though I do not know whether or not the entries written and signed “PAD” are truly by you, or if you’re just the duplicate of another Peter David as my friend swears, or even if you care about my comments, but my friend Megan and I both just wanted to thank you for writing your brilliant books and helping to fill at least one boring month of our rather monotonous lives with the antics of your wonderful “hero”.
If you care to, you can respond by email.
PAD and Everyone,
Happy Belated Father’s Day. While not a father yet myself, my own father is a hero to me, and I can only wish I I can be half the man he is. So treasure the precious moments with your children. I’m sure many, if not all of them, feel the same way about you.
Mary A:
It was actually revealed years ago that Peter David had died and was replaced by the PADBot 500, thereby proving how he could write so much, quickly.
Of course thesedays, the 500 series has been replaced by the 750 Bendis/Millar models, but while the speed is up, the depth is down.
Anything with PAD signature is PAD talking. Yes, he is the author of stuff including our poor dear Apropo. He started up this blog so he would have a forum for fans to converse with him that was not limited by what type of internet service one uses. He’s pretty good about keeping up with the activity on this blog unless he is under one of his deadlines for a novel/comic plot/article/script/fill in the writing blank.
Kath
Anything with PAD signature is PAD talking. Yes, he is the author of stuff including our poor dear Apropo. He started up this blog so he would have a forum for fans to converse with him that was not limited by what type of internet service one uses. He’s pretty good about keeping up with the activity on this blog unless he is under one of his deadlines for a novel/comic plot/article/script/fill in the writing blank.
Kath