Please note that the movie depicts Kong as a highly competent officer. Everything by the book except for taking off his helmet. He hel;d his crew together after the SAM strike. He chose a third target from an approved list after they were unable to make their main targets. He gave his life repairing the bomb release systems and knew his crew would kill him once they were over target. That's a good commander.

Slim Pickens always seems to get short shrift when people talk about the movie, but to me his performance is integral to the film's overall power.

"Well boys, I reckon this is it: Nuclear combat, toe to toe, with the Russkies"!

Legend has it that Stanley Kubrick didn't tell Slim Pickens that Dr. Strangelove was a comedy until they filmed the bomb scene in order to get him to deliver his lines like this.

Please note that Major Kong is the only character in the entire movie that actually does his job right.

Slim Pickens actually was a pilot (multi-engine rated) and used to fly in his green flight suit and cowboy hat around California, where he lived.

don't insult the man's intelligence. when he read the script i'm pretty sure he figured it out inside of ten minutes r.i.p. slim

one of the greatest movie lines in all cinema.

Pickens prounounced the word 'nuclear' correctly, unlike most government leaders.

I don't think Slim Pickens was the first or even the second choice to play Major Kong but he was perfect. After you get over the shock of seeing him not playing a cowboy then comes the cowboy hat and the scene is complete. Just brilliant. Dr. Strangelove was absolutely brimming with crazy ideas that all somehow worked beautifully together.

The greatest movie of all time...

LOL when he pulls out his cowboy hat.

"Let's get this thing on the hump . . . we got some flyin' to do!"

I LOVE that he brought a cowboy hat on the plane just for when shit got real!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Nuclear combat, toe-to-toe with the Rooskies. Love it. :D

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home."

Legend also has it that when Pickens appeared on the set in cowboy boots and with a cowboy hat they said "Hey, great, youre already in role!" And he said "Im what?!"

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i like the title "noo-ku-lar" combat.

"You can't fight in here, this is the war room!"