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Nov 11, 2005
who is billy dee williams? In response to one of my recent posts, Mel asks the question: Who is Billy Dee Williams??? How could anyone not know the answer to that. So, if she doesn't know, maybe some of the rest of you don't know either. So, I will now answer: Who is Billy Dee Williams?? A cultural ICON, that's who. Prior to the Bevis and Butthead infomercial, Mr. Williams made 3 major contributions to popular culture. His first was in the TV movie, Brian's Song. In it, he played Chicago Bears running back Gayle Sayers. Brian's song is one of the most important American movies made? Why, you may ask. Well, because it is widely accepted as the only movie ever that grown men are permitted to cry. And it is Billy Dee Williams that makes the speech, depicted in the picutre below, that made it okay for men to shed a few tears.  Years after Brian's Song, Williams auditioned for the part of Han Solo in a movie known as Star Wars. He did not get the part, however, a few years later in the sequel he was cast in his most famous role, Lando Calrissian:  However, Mr. Williams' definative work has to be his stint as the spokesman for Colt .45 malt liquor. I remember these ads being on TV, but I can barely remember them. With a little internet reseach, I have been able to recall that the premise of the ads was that drinking some Colt helps you get the ladies. It was in that seventies "Theme from Shaft" kind of style to it. And, though I can't verify it, and perhaps I made it up, but I'm pretty certain that I remember one commercial that ended with him saying, "Colt .45, cause I love all the women of the world."  So, as you can clearly see, few men have shaped popular culture like Mr. Billy Dee Williams. Take all I have told you and try to imagine him interveiwing Beavis and Butthead, and you can see how the other night was one of the great moments in my life. posted
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