I bet you can squeal like a pig

Bill McKinney

1931 - 2011

So it's been a long time since I've done a celebrity death, but this guy was such an iconic character in Deliverance that I felt it necessary to post.

What does that say about me, that I'll ignore the passing of a Steve Jobs but I'll include one about a backwards, backwoods pig-fucker? Don't answer that.

Anyway, McKinney made his television debut on The Monkees, believe it or not, but of course he's best remembered for his role as the "mountain man" in 1972's white water yukfest, Deliverance.

In his autobiograpy, Deliverance star, Burt Reynolds said of McKinney, "I thought he was a little bent. I used to get up at five in the morning and see him running nude through the golf course while the sprinklers watered the grass..." He went on to say that McKinney got so caught-up in the sodomy scene that he was ready to bugger Ned Beatty for real. "He always played sickos, but he played them well. With my dark sense of humor, I was kind of amused by him ... McKinney turned out to be a pretty good guy who just took the method way too far"

So there you go.

Comments

[Pambasilea]

On another note, good luck tomorrow, Joe!

[heyjoe]

Yeah, can you believe no comments about this guy? He's an icon!