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Pick your three favorite John Karlen characterizations

Willie Loomis ('67, '68-'69, '70)
25 (34.2%)
Carl Collins (1897)
15 (20.5%)
William H. Loomis (1970PT)
12 (16.4%)
Willie Loomis (hoDS)
2 (2.7%)
Desmond Collins (1840/41)
8 (11%)
Kendrick Young (1841PT)
10 (13.7%)
Alex Jenkins (NoDS)
1 (1.4%)

Total Members Voted: 26

Voting closed: January 18, 2005, 08:47:48 PM

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Three Most Favorite John Karlen Characterizations
« on: January 01, 2005, 08:47:54 PM »
Thanks for supporting the first four polls, and here's another batch.  [santa_smiley]

After voting, please feel free to explain why you voted the way you did, or wait until after the poll expires on 01/18/05 to do so.  [santa_wink]

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Re: Three Most Favorite John Karlen Characterizations
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2005, 09:27:41 PM »
I wanted to vote for William H. Loomis from 1970PT (in addition to the hilarious Carl and the sympathetic Willie) but I didn't see him listed. ???

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Re: Three Most Favorite John Karlen Characterizations
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2005, 09:43:01 PM »
Quote from: ProfStokes on January 01, 2005, 09:27:41 PM
I wanted to vote for William H. Loomis from 1970PT ... but I didn't see him listed. ???

OHMYGOD! How could I forget our dear friend Hollingshead?! He's one of my favorite JK characterizations too. But he's been added in now and I've zero'd out all the previous votes so that people can vote again and include him if they'd like.

John - please, Please, PLEASE forgive me!!
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Re: Three Most Favorite John Karlen Characterizations
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2005, 01:25:29 AM »
Oh, good, thanx for zeroing out the previous votes, I wanted to vote for him as well.

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Re: Three Most Favorite John Karlen Characterizations
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2005, 04:10:39 AM »
I also love the polls and voting for my favorites  [santa_grin] I liked all of JK's roles... although I did like Carl, Willie and Kendrick, in that order as favorites.   Carl Collins was such a fun loving soul, and when he laughed I laughed right along with him... I loved Carl's funny bone.  [santa_cheesy]  [santa_cheesy]  and his 'FIB' pistol. 

   
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Re: Three Most Favorite John Karlen Characterizations
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2005, 05:10:20 AM »
John Karlen as Willie was one the greatest memorable soap characters of all time IMO. JK as Willie just had a special quality. I thought Carl was hilarious. [santa_cool]
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Re: Three Most Favorite John Karlen Characterizations
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2005, 08:39:52 AM »
Quote from: dom on January 02, 2005, 01:25:29 AM
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Re: Three Most Favorite John Karlen Characterizations
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2005, 04:18:26 PM »
I managed to narrow it down to three.  But, let's face it; I'd adore him in any role - then or now!    [santa_thumb]
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Re: Three Most Favorite John Karlen Characterizations
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2005, 06:32:31 PM »
     I found this the hardest one to pick.  I would probably change my vote and then want to change it again.  [santa_cheesy]
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Re: Three Most Favorite John Karlen Characterizations
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2005, 08:11:03 PM »
I voted for Willie, Carl, and Desmond. They were different from each other in so many ways - Willie was so sympathetic and on edge at all times, Carl was a great practical joker, and Desmond was much stronger than both of them. I also liked Willie H. Loomis and Kendrick Young quite a bit.
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Re: Three Most Favorite John Karlen Characterizations
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2005, 03:48:18 AM »
John Karlen was great in all his roles - it's no surprise he won an Emmy award for "Cagney And Lacey."  And when Tyne (Lacey) Daly won a recent Emmy award (her 100th?!), she pointed out JK as her date during her acceptance speech - the cameras flashed to him sitting in the audience.
JK never phoned it in - he was always exciting to watch on DS.
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Re: Three Most Favorite John Karlen Characterizations
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2005, 04:45:19 AM »
i too loved him in all his roles but Willie getting "the willies" was the best [santa_grin]

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Re: Three Most Favorite John Karlen Characterizations
« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2005, 06:01:57 AM »
I only voted for Willie Loomis. It was hard for me to watch JK as Kendrick (something) in the Bramwell story because he was so contained and borrring as Willie Loomis was so brilliantly played. What a seedy, conflicted, neurotic, pathetic, lethal character he was and Mr. Karlen's tremendous vitality, humour and talent made him unique.
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Re: Three Most Favorite John Karlen Characterizations
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2005, 08:56:44 PM »
   John Karlen truly was superb in all the roles he took on within DS. But I've gotta say, Willie Loomis has to be my favorite. I think Carl would be a close second, though, but Willie I'll always hold close to my heart. I always felt so sorry for him. He felt irrevocable sorrow for having let loose on Collinsport and its people a plague they could never have imagined in their worst nightmares. No wonder he goes crazy for a while... No, wait. I take that back. He might have gotten out of Wyndcliffe, but I don't think his mind ever fully recovered. Poor guy. ~DJ
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Re: Three Most Favorite John Karlen Characterizations
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2005, 10:58:06 PM »
JK is Willie Loomis.  I feel so sorry for him.  [help]

Carl, well Carl was the "funster" of the Collin's. [wavey]

Desmond was the stronger of them.  I liked Desmond. [hello]
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