Be Still My Beating Heart

Now that I'm working part-time, yippee, my off days are busier than ever, but I did manage to sit down yesterday afternoon to watch The Oprah Show.  I wanted to see Robert Redford.  Oprah's guest was Barbra Streisand and Bob was the 'surprise guest'.  Barbra is a fine entertainer, but enough about her.

When Robert Redford walked out to the stage, my pulse quickened and my heart started beating just a little faster.  Yes he is older, but he seems comfortable in his appearance.  My questions are about his hair.  It looked blond with grey around his face.  Does he color it or was it a really good toupee?  Has he had plastic surgery?  Hmmmm.  Don't care.

According to my research, Bob is 74 years old now.  He was 37 when he played Hubble in The Way We Were in 1973.  That was 37 years ago.  He was a fine 37 then, he is a fine 74 now.  That was a good movie and I've seen it often, but it is not my favorite Redford movie. 

My favorite Redford movie is The Electric Horseman with Willie Nelson and Jane Fonda.  Bob plays Sonny Steele, a rodeo star who sold out to big business, gets fed up, steals a then-million dollar horse and takes off in the desert.  Jane Fonda plays a reporter who is trying to get the story. Willie Nelson plays Sonny's sidekick and that was his screen debut.  The horse is beautiful.  The scenery is beautiful.  Bob is, well, you know.  That movie was made in 1979 when he was 43.  

I do like other Robert Redford movies, but put him on a horse and I'm a goner.