“LIFE IS TOUGH BUT IT'S TOUGHER IF YOU'RE STUPID" – John Wayne

I like some John Wayne films especially those directed by the great John Ford. The Searchers is my favourite.

There were a lot of other ones, directed by lesser directors that I didn't like. I particularly didn't like the real stupid macho ones like The Green Berets and those made when he was clearly too old for the character he played like Lt. Colonel Vandevoort in The Longest Day. Vandevoort was 27 at the time and Wayne, playing him in 1962 was 54.

Wayne died in 1979 but now 40 years later he's news again as his son is battling to stop the removal of his name from Orange County airport in California.

CNN report on a resurfaced John Wayne controversy:

Outrage after John Wayne's old interview resurfaces

‘Ya don’t get lard less’n you boil a hog!’