Death of Larry Hagman (Murdoch)

[Jeremy D. Ledford]

For those who haven't heard Larry Hagman whom played the character Murdoch on Mother Jugs and Speed passed away Friday after a bout with cancer in Dallas Texas. Below is a story about his death.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/a...who-played-jr-ewing-on-dallas-dies-at-81.html

 

[Steve Lichtman]

Larry Hagman as Murdoch, ready to shoot up and burn down the F+B Ambulance Service.

 

[Bill Marcy]

But, don't forget J R in Dallas, he was the guy you loved to hate. He was a good actor, for sure. Now he has gone to that big Southfork in the sky.

 

[Darren Bedford]

You are all forgetting his real start with the fabulous Barbra Eden !!!
in I dream of Jeanie !

I still dream of Jeanie !!!

Darren

P.S. Remember how huge "Who shot JR" was !

 

[Mike Boyer]

Larry Hagman as Murdoch, ready to shoot up and burn down the F+B Ambulance Service.

I loved that movie !! but in the end...didn't we all want to work for "F&U" Ambulance Service ? LOL

RIP Larry

 

[John Royark JR]

You are all forgetting his real start with the fabulous Barbra Eden !!!
in I dream of Jeanie !

I still dream of Jeanie !!!

Darren

P.S. Remember how huge "Who shot JR" was !

I dream of Jeanie too, its amazing how much we think alike!! Never got in to the Dallas thing, I was very young. Even being very young there was something about Genie that I liked, when I got older I KNEW what it was!!

R.I.P. Larry

 

[Bill Marcy]

You are all forgetting his real start with the fabulous Barbra Eden !!!
in I dream of Jeanie !

I still dream of Jeanie !!!

Darren

P.S. Remember how huge "Who shot JR" was !

I was thinking about her too!

And yes, the Who shot J R seems like it just happened, eventhough it was like 1980.

 

[Steve Lichtman]

I loved that movie !! but in the end...didn't we all want to work for "F&U" Ambulance Service ? LOL

No, but I think, in the end, we all ended up working for one whether we wanted to or not.

I worked for F+B Ambulance. Oh, sure, it had a different name, and it was a few years later, and it was in a different state. But it was exactly the same - multi-color rigs with mag wheels, cockamamie partners, nasty burgers at odd times of the day or night, carrying people up or down the stairs in ratty city apartment buildings. Our "Mr. Fishbein" had a different name, but he was still worried about "$42.50 plus 50c a mile" (though it was $70 plus $3 a mile by the time I was there). We even had a "jugs", though her name was different, too (I can e-mail it to you if you really want to know). And I fully expected someone to come in and shoot up the office one day (never did).

The names changed, but the story was the same. And that's why MJ&S is so danged funny.

 

[Mike McDonald]

Thinking back ... I recall one of J.R. Ewings famous quotes was... "once you lose your integrity.... everything else comes easy". BTW, I toured the set (Ewing Home) of Southfork one time.... while going to the Peterbilt Factory in Denton, TX., it was VERY small, nothing like what you would imagine seeing it on TV. MM

 

[Rick Franklin]

In reading the various Articles in the paper or online about Mr Hagman, it seems as though the PCS is the only group aware of his "Mother Jugs & Speed" character. All you hear about is "Dallas" or "I dream of Jeanie".

 

[Mike Boyer]

I know ...no one has metioned any of his Movies ...... he is known for two things in his life you would think someone would do some research on the guy.

 

[Steve Lichtman]

In reading the various Articles in the paper or online about Mr Hagman, it seems as though the PCS is the only group aware of his "Mother Jugs & Speed" character. All you hear about is "Dallas" or "I dream of Jeanie".

Wellll, let's face it. MJ&S wasn't exactly a blockbuster in the day. It's interesting if you can identify with it - like many of us who work/worked in EMS and know or lived many of those same stories. To the general public, it was a half-decent, light-hearted comedy at the time - which is dated now, and the jokes are lost on most folks. Which is why it rarely runs on TV today.

When I was working with my ambulance on the TV show "Life on Mars", which starred Harvey Keitel ("Speed"), I talked with him and brought up the movie. He even laughed and said he hadn't thought of MJ&S in years.

So for the people who read "People" magazine, or watch "Entertainment Tonight", they identify with Larry Hagman being on "Dallas" or "I Dream of Jeannie", which were far more popular then and now.

 

[Denny Shira - Deceased - 1951 - 2020]

I still would like to work for F&U.Like others here,I miss the "old days".things would never be the same.Too much regulation now.Some of it good,some bad.

People who never had a chance to work in "real ambulances" just don't understand.

 

[Wayne Krakowski]

I started in 1968,those were the days,we sure as heck did not do it for the money,I really enjoyed the job,and along the way with regulations and training came professionalism and responsibility,and accountability,yet we got em there and did it promptly without the fanfare,we knew every bargain burger shop,we knew how to scrounge for supplies,and we and our cars were spotlessly clean..we are the pioneers.or as I am called a "dinosaur".

 

[Derrick Walden]

No, but I think, in the end, we all ended up working for one whether we wanted to or not.

I worked for F+B Ambulance. Oh, sure, it had a different name, and it was a few years later, and it was in a different state. But it was exactly the same - multi-color rigs with mag wheels, cockamamie partners, nasty burgers at odd times of the day or night, carrying people up or down the stairs in ratty city apartment buildings. Our "Mr. Fishbein" had a different name, but he was still worried about "$42.50 plus 50c a mile" (though it was $70 plus $3 a mile by the time I was there). We even had a "jugs", though her name was different, too (I can e-mail it to you if you really want to know). And I fully expected someone to come in and shoot up the office one day (never did).

The names changed, but the story was the same. And that's why MJ&S is so danged funny.

I liked the part where Mother ( Bill Cosby) and his partner would drive by the covenant of nuns and scare the heck out of them blasting the siren while they were crossing the street . Too bad it wasn't a B&M Super Cheif ! But being in EMS as a paramedic myself , my gig is doing the same thing to school kids crossing the street !

 

[Wayne Krakowski]

My last trick was to pull up beside someone who was talking on their cellphone,(illegal in Ontario),and letting rip with the air horn...

 

[Ron Devies]

I still would like to work for F&U.Like others here,I miss the "old days".things would never be the same.Too much regulation now.Some of it good,some bad.

People who never had a chance to work in "real ambulances" just don't understand.

Amen Brother! Those truly were much better times.

 

[Mike Boyer]

I liked the part where Mother ( Bill Cosby) and his partner would drive by the covenant of nuns and scare the heck out of them blasting the siren while they were crossing the street . Too bad it wasn't a B&M Super Cheif ! But being in EMS as a paramedic myself , my gig is doing the same thing to school kids crossing the street !

I was thinking about that part and also when they were trying to carry the Strecher down the stairs and one of the guys get biten by a rat !too last night while watching the GRAY CUP........Congrads Toronto Argos
GO ARGOOOOOOOOO"S

 

[Jeremy D. Ledford]

Here is a photo of Murdoch taking Peaches hostage at the F-B Ambulance office.

LAmorguefiles.com photo.

 

[Steve Lichtman]

Today's Washington Post ran Larry Hagman's obituary, which mentions his role in "Mother, Jugs, & Speed" (although it misspells "Jugs").