Title: That time David Prowse came to my 8th Grade class in 1987. Post by: Darth Rage on June 22, 2020, 07:57:06 PM I grew up a huge Star Wars fan, as I assume most of us did. In 1987 David Prowse came to my little catholic school in Mobile Alabama as the Green Cross Code Man, a British safety character he played.
He spent most of the time talking Star Wars, how heavy and awkward the Suit was, how he had to take more rest breaks than Alec Guinness during the Death Star fight scene. It was the highlight of my 8th grade Star Wars nerd life at the time. My brother and I had a scrapbook we made and showed him. He took the time to look through the whole thing. Then signed it “May The Force Be With You”. I still have the autographed scrapbook in my attic and will find it and snap a pic. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200622/344f3ded685dfada2d3ad89fe4154da5.jpg) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Title: Re: That time David Prowse came to my 8th Grade class in 1987. Post by: Saso Is-kor on June 22, 2020, 09:42:09 PM That is pretty awesome, he even looks imposing in that outfit too.
Title: Re: That time David Prowse came to my 8th Grade class in 1987. Post by: Darth Rage on June 22, 2020, 10:58:11 PM He took two sixth grad girls and lifted them up by the back of their shirts and held them both out to his sides. He was a strong dude.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Title: Re: That time David Prowse came to my 8th Grade class in 1987. Post by: Cyclops942 on June 23, 2020, 01:41:29 AM Very cool story! Have a Dark Side point on me!
Title: Re: That time David Prowse came to my 8th Grade class in 1987. Post by: TheDutchman on June 23, 2020, 11:49:02 AM I grew up a huge Star Wars fan, as I assume most of us did. In 1987 David Prowse came to my little catholic school in Mobile Alabama as the Green Cross Code Man, a British safety character he played. This is awesome, DR! ESPECIALLY since you got his autograph :)He spent most of the time talking Star Wars, how heavy and awkward the Suit was, how he had to take more rest breaks than Alec Guinness during the Death Star fight scene. It was the highlight of my 8th grade Star Wars nerd life at the time. My brother and I had a scrapbook we made and showed him. He took the time to look through the whole thing. Then signed it “May The Force Be With You”. I still have the autographed scrapbook in my attic and will find it and snap a pic. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200622/344f3ded685dfada2d3ad89fe4154da5.jpg) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk He took two sixth grad girls and lifted them up by the back of their shirts and held them both out to his sides. He was a strong dude. I remember reading a story concerning Prowse and how he did a 600 lbs (that's over 272 kg) deadlift...with one hand ;)Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Title: Re: That time David Prowse came to my 8th Grade class in 1987. Post by: Infinit01 on June 23, 2020, 12:02:19 PM That's wicked, Darth Rage! David Prowse's a cool guy
Title: Re: That time David Prowse came to my 8th Grade class in 1987. Post by: Jedi_Phoenix on June 23, 2020, 05:41:46 PM I grew up a huge Star Wars fan, as I assume most of us did. In 1987 David Prowse came to my little catholic school in Mobile Alabama as the Green Cross Code Man, a British safety character he played. He spent most of the time talking Star Wars, how heavy and awkward the Suit was, how he had to take more rest breaks than Alec Guinness during the Death Star fight scene. It was the highlight of my 8th grade Star Wars nerd life at the time. My brother and I had a scrapbook we made and showed him. He took the time to look through the whole thing. Then signed it “May The Force Be With You”. I still have the autographed scrapbook in my attic and will find it and snap a pic. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200622/344f3ded685dfada2d3ad89fe4154da5.jpg) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk You. Lucky. Duck. Very, very cool. 👍👍👍👍👍 Title: Re: That time David Prowse came to my 8th Grade class in 1987. Post by: MVHI JEDI on September 27, 2020, 08:19:19 PM Lucky. I only got Howard Stern at my school.
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