1973: The Year of the Joe Don
The Chinese Zodiac chart says that 1973 was the Year of the Buffalo. But the Americana Genre Fan Zodiac chart has 1973 possibly as the year of Joe Don Baker . Per my usual, I was informed of quite a few films this week that I of course had not seen. I had asked Will of The Gentlemen's Guide podcast what Joe Don Baker films I should check out. Samurai and Will as well as a few callers over the months have mentioned him, and I just wasn't sure who he was. Sure, I could have just looked him up, but I'm a lazy bastard, remember? If you don't recognize his name by now, you will probably recognize his face. See what I mean? Anyway, to beef up on Mr. Baker before he started cashing some turd-soaked paychecks by the mid-1980s ( Leonard Part 6 ... Dukes of Hazzard remake... Joe Dirt ...), I was recommended a handful of films he was in, all of which happened to fall in 1973. So it was triple feature time! I call it the year of Joe Don because this was certainly his time to shin...