Talk:Patrick Duffy
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I don't see what's wrong with this page. Everything on it seems to be confirmed by the IMDB biography. 128.12.53.90 09:17, 16 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- I actually didn't mean it like that. It's just the article covered almost nothing of his acting career or why he was important. RadicalBender 02:01, 20 Mar 2004 (UTC)
...what about (date - )? Dysprosia 01:38, 20 Mar 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Curious religious info
When claiming that someone is an active Buddhist, it is advisable to mention the school. That is especially true of artists. I checked a number of web sources in an attempt to find out about Patrick Duffy's affiliation, and I am puzzled.
The most common quote claims that he is a Buddhist of the "Nichiren Pure Land school" or somesuch, and that he repeats some "Om Mani" mantra at least once per day. That sounds highly unlikely, since there is not a Nichiren Pure Land school. In fact, Nichiren Buddhism is very different from (and incompatible with) Pure Land Buddhism - and the "Om Mani" mantras are not compatible with either, being from Tibetan Buddhism. Either Patrick Duffy meant that statement as a joke, or he is REALLY into syncretism, or someone goofed while getting the info about his religious practice. My best bet is that he is actually a Soka Gakkai member (like Tina Turner, which I tend not to consider a Buddhist school (unlike its grandparent organization, Nichiren Shu). Luis Dantas 06:32, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] laser-beam-shooting Patrick Duffy head meme...
I've seen these animated gifs on enough image boards that I think this meme may be worth at least a brief mention, although I don't know their original origin or maker(s) enough to contribute anything worthy to the article. Anyone perhaps a bit more knowledgable can add it in? --69.234.208.76 23:46, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
Aye, similar internet memes are mentioned on the wiki entries of the respective celebrities, and ther are enough of those "Patric Duffy floating head of doom" gifs to make it relevant. I think the fad was originated on the SomethingAwful forums.
- It's definitely SA. Round 2 of the gifs is on its way as I type this and enough "non-Internet" people I know have seen them that I think we ought to upload one of the more famous ones. Triped 06:41, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
- Triped is right. I've added a more detailed description as well as an example. EASports 16:21, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
Not to sound dumb, but what's the deal with this? 67.149.28.67 19:40, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
