From what I recall McCarthy was always in Clift's corner, along with Elizabeth Taylor and McCarthy's wife (Augusta).  It's quite likely that these three knew Clift was gay but stood with him regardless - no small feat in the '50's.

From what I recall McCarthy was always in Clift's corner, along with Elizabeth Taylor and McCarthy's wife (Augusta).  It's quite likely that these three knew Clift was gay but stood with him regardless - no small feat in the '50's.

McCarthy and his wife were close friends of Montgomery Clift. Clift and many others considered McCarthy one of the better actors in Hollywood at the time.
Clift was partying with McCarthy, McCarthy's wife and Elizabeth Taylor the night Clift ruined his face in a car accident.

McCarthy and his wife were close friends of Montgomery Clift. Clift and many others considered McCarthy one of the better actors in Hollywood at the time.
Clift was partying with McCarthy, McCarthy's wife and Elizabeth Taylor the night Clift ruined his face in a car accident.

That has been established . . . right?

That has been established . . . right?

A telephonectomy is more painful than any punch.

A telephonectomy is more painful than any punch.

It's down there somewhere.
Let me take another look.

It's down there somewhere.
Let me take another look.

Um, uh, yeah.

Um, uh, yeah.

To explain your Father's love of the Gong Show:
It was a a hard to get dose of intentional surealism during the Reagan years.

To explain your Father's love of the Gong Show:
It was a a hard to get dose of intentional surealism during the Reagan years.

In the hinterlands/flyover country where I live Direct is the only thing that really works.  The local watering hole has incredibly snowy cable provided by the Mom & Pop phone company that services our area.

In the hinterlands/flyover country where I live Direct is the only thing that really works.  The local watering hole has incredibly snowy cable provided by the Mom & Pop phone company that services our area.

I got some nerd sympathy out of "Napoleon Dynamite".  It forced me to consider people I'd never even thought about before I saw it.

I got some nerd sympathy out of "Napoleon Dynamite".  It forced me to consider people I'd never even thought about before I saw it.

Wait a minute, people are seriously discussing Steven King as an author.
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Oh . . . that Johnson.