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May 9, 2024 · The scene of an air force major (played by Slim Pickens) riding atop a falling nuclear bomb is one of the most enduring images in cinematic history. The film originally ended with an elaborate pie fight inside the War Room.
May 13, 2014 · In effect, we wind up satirizing ourselves. Slim Pickens, as the pilot, achieved immortality by riding an H-bomb as it fell, yahooing and whipping his cowboy hat back and forth like a...
At the end of Stanley Kubrick's Cold War dark comedy Dr. Strangelove, B-52 pilot Maj. "King" Kong — a straight-shootin' Texan played by cowboy character actor Slim Pickens — goes to the bomb bay to manually release the stuck bay doors on his damaged aircraft, thus enabling him to complete his nuclear attack run on a Soviet target. He ...
