#Jack Soo

[joleneghoul]

Team Gold-Star INC from my still unfinished Time Masters/BG cartoon lineup. But this whole group is finished and has been for awhile so felt like just sharing.

Maybe one day I'll finish and post the actual Time Masters from this concept lol!

[hotvintagepoll]

Russ Tamblyn (West Side Story, Tom Thumb, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers)—when they were making 7 brides for 7 brothers they didn’t even hire him to dance, they were like, this is russ, he’s a redhead, we need redheads, he’s shrimpy and will do. But then. But THEN. Choreographer Michael kidd meets him and is like ‘can you do anything?’ and my boy russ is like well! I can do gymnast stuff i guess :) And he gym stuffs so well he’s like in 80% of all the dancing sequences so you think my boy, russ, my goodness, russ is a DANCER! (he can’t dance. he is just very good at doing FLIPS and GYM STUFFS.) and then he’s so so good at flipping and making it look like dancing they put him in Dance Movie of All Time, west side story. Truly scrungling your way to the top. He’s good in that tom thumb movie too I guess. Go russ go.

Jack Soo (Flower Drum Song)—IN FLOWER DRUM SONG HE IS SOOOOO. scrungly. he just wants to be a Cool Guy™™™™ (unfortunately james shigeta is there holding down that entire front singlehanded) so he is left with being Trodden On by nancy shigeta (who is also a Cool Guy™™™™). this man can never win! good for him!

This is round 1 of the contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you're confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here.

[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]

Russ Tamblyn:

here he is once again fooling us into thinking he is a dancer when really he just has no issue being weird in a dance like fashion

Jack Soo:

Looks like he should be soaking wet. Does his own singing! King of deadpan. One time the power went out at a performance of Flower Drum Song and he entertained the crowd with his old stand-up set. Truly a shame none of his "Barney Miller" work qualifies, such scrungle there.

[editor's note: Flower Drum Song is a movie incredible for the talent of its largely Asian-American cast and deeply disappointing in how its white writers, directors, and designers chose to frame that talent in limiting Orientalist stereotypes. With both of these clips, enjoy the performances, but content warnings for some Orientalist tropes and stereotypes, as well as a bizarre Native American stereotype in the second clip.]

[citizenscreen]

Remembering Jack Soo on his birthday #botd

[nostalgia-eh52]

Season's Viewings from Barney Miller 🎄 📺

L to R: Ron Glass, Max Gail, Abe Vigoda, Hal Lindon, Jack Soo & James Gregory

[motionpicturelover]

"Thoroughly Modern Millie" (1967) - George Roy Hill

Films I've watched in 2024 (57/?)

[oldshowbiz]

1962.

Jack Soo saved the day by doing his old stand-up act when the power went out on Flower Drum Song.

[eclecticpjf]

Now watching:

[theoldbrewery]

[arcanejude]

at least he looked good

[wild--antinous]

more niche opinions on underrated Asian MT actors: Jack Soo was a brilliant performer and should have been Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls (and Sinatra should have been Skye). We were fucking robbed of what would have been the most iconic performance on film of all time

[springtz]

strive girls😁😁😁😁

[lauraisakilljoy]

“we need more complex characters!!” if Lost were released today all of the characters would be cancelled immediately

[hotvintagepoll]

i am beyond infuriated jack soo is not crushing the competition. he was an amazing and talented performer with a crazy life. born on the voyage from japan to america, he grew up in california and was interned during WWII by the us government. he was a born entertainer, working in nightclubs and cabaret acts. gene kelly saw his talent and hired him for "flower drum song," then a broadway show, utilizing his suave cabaret skills. he recorded for motown records. iconic funny performer! vote 4 jack!

Jack Soo vs Russ Tamblyn

[citizenscreen]

Jack Soo (October 28, 1917 – January 11, 1979)

[chaotic-multi-fandom]

People just aren't ready for her and her power. Sure, Jack is a surgeon, Sayid was a literal torturer. Yet, no one is ever ready for the motherquake measuring 9.9 on the cunter scale that occurs every time she speaks her mind:

[lostfan23]