I'm am 22 and have been i nawe of this icon since I was a kid. I didn't start exploring his work until a few years back and am proud to be one of his biggest fans.
You have excellent tastes. 
Posts from Stumpy in thread „General age of the fans who love Duke“
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Originally posted by Tbone@Sep 26 2006, 08:35 AM
Welcome okiedokie!It's good to have another member from the Sooner State in our midst!
I was born and currently live in enemy territory (Tejas) but spent the best years of my life in southern Oklahoma (Carter County). And I'm probably the most rabid Sooner fan you'll ever encounter. In fact, my email moniker begins with Sooner.
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Originally posted by ethanedwards@May 24 2005, 07:46 PM
Now that SXViper and myself, seem to be Stumpys sons,
we'll keep, the Duke flame burning[snapback]16952[/snapback]
Gosh, Ethan, I have all the sons (two) and daughters (one) I can handle. Sorry, my friend, but three (plus seven grandkids) is enough.
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Originally posted by chester7777@Feb 11 2004, 01:03 AM
Stumpy,I'd like to join Kevin in welcoming you to the John Wayne Message Board!
Wow, a fan of 50 years!! I bet you have plenty to share around here, and I for one would encourage to hang out and get to know us, and let us have the pleasure of getting to know you.
Chester
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says "Hi! too)
Thanks for the welcoming messages, folks.Actually, I've been a fan of the Duke's even longer than fifty years. I'm 66 (born January 1938) and have been avidly watching Big John's movies since the Forties. In fact, some of my favorite Wayne films date from the Forties; "Shepherd of the Hills", "Reap the Wild Wind", "Flying Tigers", "Fighting Seabees", "Pittsburgh", "They Were Expendable", "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", "Three Godfathers", "Fort Apache", etc.
I think I probably absorbed my devotion to the Duke from my Mom, who was also a big Wayne fan. I remember a humorous incident concerning my Mom and step-dad that occurred sometime in the late Forties or early Fifties. We had been to a drive-in to see one of the Duke's movies (might have been "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"). On the way home, my Mom kept gushing about John and my step-dad, perhaps jealous, said, "Oh, I wish you had John Wayne stuck up your rear". My Mom, giving a little giggle and mischievously bouncing on the car seat, said, "Oh, me too". :lol:
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Originally posted by dukefan1@May 26 2003, 11:44 PM
You know, I am surprised to find some younger people on this and other boards who are great fans of Dukes. Some who were born after he died and still became fans. So this poll is just to see how wide a variety of ages (without having to give up the details) we have on this board. Might be interesting to see how many youngin's or senior fans are out there. (if I did this poll right, it's my first.) Let's see! dukefan1
Hi.
I'm a new registrant on the board, though a Wayne fan of some fifty years standing. I revered the Duke - though he wasn't aware of it, I "adopted" him as the father I never had (my parents were divorced when I was four or five years old) because his screen persona represented everything a boy wants a father to be, i.e., strength, dignity, courage and integrity.As everyone knows, Big John was also very patriotic and that too is a trait to be admired.
I remember standing in a box office line to see the film "True Grit" (one of my favorite films of all time). I was amazed and rather amused to see that standing in that line with me were not only gray-headed oldsters (John's "base" fans), but also long-haired hippies, kids of all ages and everthing in between. The Duke's appeal was timeless; he appealed to everybody.
