{"id":6139,"date":"2018-11-23T15:59:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T21:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=6139"},"modified":"2025-06-29T15:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T20:35:08","slug":"gary-busey-was-an-original-bully-back-in-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=6139","title":{"rendered":"Gary Busey was an “original” bully back in the day…."},"content":{"rendered":"

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As the legend goes, film actor Gary Busey lived in the McKinley Park area of Oklahoma City in his early teen years.\u00a0 I can confirm that the actor specifically said that during the time frame of 1959 or so.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He also said\u00a0that he\u00a0would spend his Saturday afternoons at the old Penn Theater (located on Penn Avenue between Northwest 12th and 13th, east side of the street.)\u00a0\u00a0To note, \u00a0future film star, Candy Clark, also lived in the neighborhood and Busey and Clark ran around with each other at this time.<\/em> <\/span><\/h3>\n

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I do not remember Miss Clark, but I sure as hell remember the future Oscar nominee. \u00a0On many Saturdays my parents would drop me off at the Penn for an afternoon double feature. \u00a0Added the fact that I was a good friend of the theater owners’ son, who was also my age, I had the run of the theater on those movie days. \u00a0I can remember a rather large boned, buck toothed,\u00a0somewhat mean bully teenager that liked to bother young children (my \u00a0friend and I), not that he hurt either of us in a serious way. He was an original terrorist, excuse the phrase.\u00a0\u00a0But that ugly face I will never forget and sometime in my twenties I put two and two together and figured out that the bully was the one and only Gary Busey. \u00a0He was crazy then and is crazy now. Not a bad crazy, just a wild and crazy guy.\u00a0 Fun loving man today.\u00a0 With that, one of my favorite films of all time is the\u00a0Buddy Holly Story\u00a0which is Gary’s (Teddy Jack Eddy) greatest film performance.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

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I am a Facebook friend of Gary Busey and he has not responded to my comments on this subject.\u00a0 Understandable.<\/span> <\/em><\/h3>\n

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