"Young George Bailey" passes away:

 

Robert J. Anderson, 75; child actor was young George Bailey in 'It's a Wonderful Life'

 

 

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June 8, 2008

By Claire Noland, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

 

Robert J. Anderson, a former child actor best known for playing the young George Bailey in the 1946 Christmas film classic "It's a Wonderful Life," has died. He was 75.

 

Anderson was 12 when director Frank Capra cast him as Jimmy Stewart's youthful counterpart in the heartwarming tale set in Bedford Falls. As the adult George Bailey contemplates suicide, his life is told in flashback so his guardian angel Clarence can get to know him. Young George rescues his brother from drowning, dreams about being an explorer and saves the town pharmacist, Mr. Gower, from accidentally poisoning a customer.

 

The film, which initially flopped, became a holiday favorite in recent decades after it started airing repeatedly on TV when the copyright lapsed in the 1970s.

 

Services are pending. Instead of flowers, donations in Anderson's memory may be made to the American Cancer Society.

 

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And Adrienne Barbeau turned 63 today. Sigh...

You know you"re getting old when . . .the kids refer to your college yearbook as the 'yellowpages'.

You know you're getting old when...next to the water in your Platypus, your medication bag is the heaviest item in your Philmont backpack .

... when your favorite songs such as "Suzie Q.," "Who'll Stop the Rain," "Eve of Destruction," "Elenore," and the likes reached 40+ years old and your sons refer to them as "ancient musics!"

I went to a concert this weekend (Black Lips & Raconteurs) and the only song I really knew from the Black Lips was the Bo Diddley classic - Mona. It was also about the only song my 17 year old Eagle scout son didn't know.

 

God did I feel old. (This message has been edited by acco40)

You know you're getting old when your son asks with complete astonishment..."you were born in the 50s?"

when.... you new piece of equipment in your backpack are your READING GLASSES!

 

 

When you don't have to have the Troop Bugler because every one wakes up when they hear your knees cracking as you get up...(This message has been edited by Gunny2862)

You know you're getting old when you remember that Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings.

 

...your teens tell you that your new sneakers are really cool. Just not on you!

When you change health plans and when you meet your doctor for the first time you have a desparate desire to chide him for dressing up in the "real" doctors clothes

When, while reviewing adult med forms for camp check in, you notice that the parents along to help were not yet born when you graduated high school. Or, when a student in a class in which you are subbing says you are older than his "grandparents".

...when you ask the current Cubmaster whatever happened to the Lion rank, and he stares at you like you're pulling his leg...

For me it was walking in to a pub and hearing "Mr. Bell, Mr. Bell, over hear" coming from a former scout with mug in his hand.

 

We had a quick talk about what to call me in that pub.