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| Nov-05-14 | | ljfyffe: <"In January 1974 Whitaker traveled to Augusta,
Georgia, and managed to find a way to attend the opening banquet of thr Korchnoi - Mecking Quarter Final Candidates match for the right to play then-world championship Bobby Fischer.
Whitaker had known Fischer in the 1950's, even traveling with Fischer to Cuba, where at Havana and other stops Whitaker played board one to Fischer's board two for the Log Cabin chess club team. Bill Parrish, a friend who attended the Korchnoi-Mecking match with Whitaker, was surprised that Whitaker had finagled front row seats for the contest."> JohnHilbert, Writings In Chess History, 2012. |
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Jan-13-15
 | | offramp: Try to track down an episode of Dragnet called The Big Grifter. I am certain that the lead character, the con man Wallace, is based on Whitaker. |
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Apr-05-15
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: <offramp>, Dragnet was originally a radio show. I might have found the episode as part of a quartet at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89E... |
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Apr-05-15
 | | MissScarlett: Granted mug shots aren't meant to be flattering, and accuse me of confirmation bias, but one look at this shifty and dissolute visage and I'd immediately be on my guard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:... |
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Apr-06-15
| | offramp: <An Englishman: Good Evening: <offramp>, Dragnet was originally a radio show. I might have found the episode as part of a quartet at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89E... I've heard the episode a few times and grown in my certainty that the villain in that episode is Whitaker. But, as a chess player I've probably lost my objectivity! |
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Apr-17-15
| | MissScarlett: <He was scheduled to play a match for the U.S. Chess Championship with Frank James Marshall, but failed to appear.> When and why? |
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| May-25-15 | | wrap99: I recall from the tremendous bio Shady Side that NTW once played a game vs a young Jon Frankel in which he was busted but refused to move and just left the board for the clock to run down. Am I remembering rightly (I gave away a first edition of Shady Side) and can we get the game here? |
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| Jun-21-17 | | zanzibar: John Henry Smythe (kibitz #12) |
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Apr-14-20
| | MissScarlett: < Am I remembering rightly (I gave away a first edition of Shady Side) and can we get the game here?> Not exactly (he left the board to eat lunch (and, no doubt, aggravate his opponent) but did come back though he ultimately lost on time) and yes: N Whitaker vs J Frankle, 1974 |
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| Sep-15-20 | | Nosnibor: Was this man responsible for the death of Hartleb? |
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Sep-15-20
| | MissScarlett: Why do you ask? |
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Sep-15-20
 | | perfidious: Have never seen evidence that Whitaker was charged with negligence by Arkansas authorities in the accident. Arkansas state roads and even Interstates are not wonderful now--I have had the dubious pleasure of driving them--and my belief is that they were even worse in 1961, well before my first experience in that state. |
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| Sep-15-20 | | Nosnibor: Well Whitaker was the driver of the car that carried Glenn Hartleb. Apparently he lost control of the vehicle whilst driving close to a bridge. He was not charged with negligent driving and did not suffer any serious injuries. He must have been well known to the police following events from 30 years previously. |
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Sep-15-20
| | MissScarlett: So it was a rhetorical question? |
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Sep-15-20
| | MissScarlett: <Well Whitaker was the driver of the car that carried Glenn Hartleb [...] and did not suffer any serious injuries.> Having finally tracked down my copy of <Shady Side> - it was under the bed - neither statement is correct. There was a third occupant of the car, of whom more later.. |
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| Sep-16-20 | | Nosnibor: You appear to be the super sleuth in cases like this .So I await with baited breath from your findings! |
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Sep-16-20
| | perfidious: Most interesting--I have not read <Shady Side> and had never heard of a third person in the vehicle. |
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Sep-17-20
 | | HeMateMe: I'm just glad that none of this guy's contacts with Bobby seem to involve any Boy Scout Troop Leader sex, if you know what I mean... |
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| Sep-17-20 | | Everett: Re: molestation of little boys, the whole boy scout pedo thing evaporated quicker than lizard pee in the desert, yet #metoo persists. Why? |
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| Jun-06-23 | | Nosnibor: Whitaker was the man in the radio serial " Journey into space." His main comment was that "Orders must be obeyed". He was under control by the only Martian being through some sort of hypnosis. This was broadcasted in the mid 1950s. |
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Jul-12-23
 | | FSR: "The Big Grifter" episode of "Dragnet" is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twF.... I have no idea whether the con man described in the episode is based on Whitaker. |
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Jul-12-23
| | FSR: Whitaker lived in Shady Side, Maryland. That has to be the most appropriate place of residence ever. |
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Jul-12-23
| | FSR: <HeMateMe> According to the Wikipedia article, Whitaker in 1950 was convicted of sexual molestation of a minor. No indication of the minor's gender. As for investments in chess-related literature, I wish I'd bought many copies of Fischer's pamphlet <I Was Tortured in the Pasadena Jailhouse>. I bought one for a dollar when it came out. Now people are selling them for around $300 each. |
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Jul-12-23
| | HeMateMe: <I Was Tortured in the Pasadena Jailhouse>. Didn't Harry Reams and Marilyn Chambers star in the original? |
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Jul-15-23
| | HeMateMe: hmmm...<Jeffrey Epstein--The Movie> could be made. Kevin Costner in the lead, Pee Wee Herman as Prince Andrew. Jim Carey plays Bill Clinton. Madonna in a small role as one of the moms who sells their pre pubescent daughters. |
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