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Morning Man Classic: John Travolta!
He had me at The Boy in the Plastic Bubble and today he turns 69!
Today we celebrate 1970s John Travolta, that impossibly gorgeous guy who was the breakout star of TV’s Welcome Back Kotter, the classic sitcom on which he played Sweathog Vinnie Barbarino.
He had started out the decade with guest spots on such shows as Medical Center, Emergency!, The Rookies and Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law.
Then, after three years on Kotter and small roles in the films Carrie and The Devil’s Rain, Travolta’s career reached the stratosphere with his starring roles in the classics Saturday Night Fever and Grease.
The red hot streak was briefly halted with the release of Travolta’s third starring role opposite Lily Tomlin in Moment By Moment.
But by 1980, he was back on top with Urban Cowboy.
It would set a pattern in the coming decades of dizzying heights (Pulp Fiction, Hairspray, Get Shorty) and box office bombs (Two of a Kind, Battlefield Earth, Lucky Numbers).
He’s still working steadily and in 2017 was nominated for an Emmy for his performance as defense attorney Robert Shapiro in the miniseries American Crime Story and as one of the show’s producers, shared the Outstanding Limited Series Emmy.
His recent features films include The Fanatic, Gotti, and The Poison Rose.
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Victor says:
What a career John has had—He has had some meaty roles—-He would not have survived his 15 minutes of fame if there was no substance—Good for him to push through and demand roles where he knew he could deliver—-
You know I have to bring up the gay and Scientology thing—I could care less what “religion”, or “cult” he is in. That is his business as long as he does not tell me what I need to follow—The gay thing—We don’t know what goes on in one’s home—But if we are to believe what is out there—I wager he is gay or may even be bisexual—We have come a long way in our acceptance of a person being gay, bisexual, transgendered…—I fully understand how Hollywood works back in the start of his career —-But would it have been nice that as American has evolved in their acceptance of LGBTQ he would evolve as well and state unequivocally that he was bi/gay….It just gets tiresome after a while just playing the game—
Happy Birthday, John!!!