KENNEDY CENTER HONOR–WHY FEW T V STARS RECEIVE THEM,
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — James Garner
rogerlynn-1 — 11 years ago(July 20, 2014 07:47 PM)
I was so hoping Jim Garner would receive a KENNEDY CENTER HONOR,,he was also a movie star,and just an all around great actor,.,.he was so great in Murphy's Romance,should of won the Oscar.,,.,.,..,he is gone now but he will never be forgotten and hordes of new fans will find Jim Garner,,,GOD BLESS YOU RIP*
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brackenhe — 11 years ago(July 21, 2014 09:46 AM)
This may be a simple reply to I'm sure is a complex process, but it seems to me that the KCH picked are unusually talented, innovative or mostly beloved by a majority of Americans. Or at least unobjectionable to tv audiences. There's usually a woman and a minority. People like Garner, or Andy Griffith or Mickey Rooney, while very talented and beloved, were just some more white guys in show business without an extraordinary something that prevented them from receiving lifetime achievement awards.
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kattlee — 11 years ago(July 21, 2014 11:13 AM)
yes..and people such as Oprah Winfrey are MUCH more deserving than people like Garner, Griffith and Rooneyjust some ordinary 'white' guys~like Led Zeppelin and The Who
Capricious, arbitrary and down right biased!
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neighturboy — 11 years ago(October 11, 2014 06:30 AM)
The Kennedy Center Honors requires that the honoree actually show up to receive the award. In the case of Doris Day she would've received the award but she no longer wants to travel that far, and has a fear of flying. Several years ago she received the Presidential Award of Freedom from George Bush, but didn't have to go to Washington to receive it.