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I meant Dusty Springfield. I was thinking of the Bachrach box set of CD hits. Look Of Love, This Guys In Love With You, Close To You, Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head. All by Bachrach in Alperts A & M studio. That sounds like Herbs horn with Dusty and Carpenters and ****. Point is Connie Francis is an Essential of these woman singers. Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 5:46 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 5:56 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 5:59 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 6:02 PM

Anything of mine longer than a few words gets locked up in save forever. Tech Problems. I can post, log of computer, edit=add, post, log off computer, edit=add....If you look at others in Tech Problem section, I'm not The Lone Ranger. Until some Tech problems solved, I guess I'll be MR 1000 Edits. Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 5:24 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 5:27 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 5:30 PM

Scorses was suppose to do DINO with Tom Hanks, and luckily didn' t . This is another one he should forget. The Rat Pack movie was OK, but not really them, not really. Scorses is good at biography such as Dylan, Last Waltz. Maybe he should stick to old footage of the man himself. Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 5:01 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 5:05 PM

Many of us are still going through year long Tech problems. I may still do this, but it would take a thousand edits.

I would appreciate TCM Web Adm to answer why Tech Support never got back with me. When I enter POST, it goes to SAVE and locks up computer. This has been going on for over a year now. It appears others get no answers or response to their Tech Support E Mails . TCM Web Administator response would be apprecited to this year long problem and others problems. I can go on many other websites with no computer problems. TCM.com always locks up my computer. Why ??? Since I got no reponse in many EMails, is there a phone number for TCM.com Tech Support ???? I am typing in quick messages and posting fast and logging off my computer fast today. This is not a fun way to use TCM.com. Can we improve on this ? It goes without saying that such problems with TCM.com eliminate any chance to buy products. Since alot of us are getting locked up and locked out this much, certainly we can't purchase products then either. These quick mesgs only post if I hit PREVIEW, if thats any TECH help to you. Perhaps you could put an answer to this in the letter section of my control panel on this site Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 3:30 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 3:33 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 3:36 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 3:39 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 3:43 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 3:46 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 3:51 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 3:58 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 4:01 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 4:04 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 4:14 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 4:19 PM

Well, the music changed. Brit invasion but Vietnam and folk songs and heavy metal. Petula Clark, Cher, Supremes, Karen Carpenter were all very good. Girls Just Want To Have Fun and Love Shack are throwbacks to this era. I like the woman who sang The Look Of Love and had other hits. It sure sounds like Herb Alpert on that and Close To You. Scorsese used Walking In The Sand in Goodfellas. The Connie Francis era is something music keeps going back to. Disco had woman singers. Nothing against the all male rock bands, but like Walter Matthau, Sometimes I like to hear a voice higher than mine. ( It could well be Mr Alpert on these songs I mentioned, just as it is Chet Atkins on Everley Brothers alot ) Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 2:06 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 2:10 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 2:15 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 2:20 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 2:27 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 25, 2010 2:42 PM

TCM has shown the Woddy Allen movie about this. They have shown The Majestic about this. They have shown documentaries about High Noon and studio bosses in this era. Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 24, 2010 6:09 PM

The Marvelettes, The Chiffons, ....It was the era of womans groups, and Miss Francis was very good.

Actually, TCM has shown alot about this era and the black list.

The Little Rascals showed kids cutting back on sugar and collecting old tires and such to support the troops. Through the eyes of kids.

Burt Reynolds said he was surprised by how funny he is when they made a movie together. As a director he's known for building the characters

I have DJ'd my share of 50s and 60s music, and alot of women like the womens songs of this era, and for that she is an Essential. Some of her songs have pretty good guitar and rock as much as Brenda Lee or Leslie Gore. ' Lipstick On Your Collar ', has good guitar. ' Where The Boys Are ', is a very good full orchestra movie ballad. Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 24, 2010 3:02 PM Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 24, 2010 3:08 PM

This is a great movie. In the book, the Indian doesn't know what is real or not real, or if any of this ever happens. Kirk Douglas wanted to be RP McMurphy, but son Michael Douglas went with Jack Nicholson and you can't say it was a bad choice. Jack nails this one. I'm looking forward to it, with my main focus on the Indian and McMurphy as in the book.

African Queen has her and Bogey as very plain looking old maid and hermit, and thats what gets us, just like Marty. We root for them to be together against the troubles of the river. State of the Union is Kate and Spencer and one man selling out his soul and family for political gain, and it's still a strong movie.

I like the insight the actors and directors give to the movies, since I am neither.

It's been awhile since my computer has been able to post. Just want to say I'm very glad this man got his Oscar. Alot of us on this site were for it a few years before it happened. Edited by: WhyaDuck on May 18, 2010 7:47 PM

My favorites are African Queen and State Of The Union .

Edward G Robinson MAKES the movie.......Babs is good but McMurray is good also...except for the play by play by Mc Murray and all the corney lines....Thats what cements it in old time good bye.....BUT.....Edward G.....Thats another story, just like Edward G with Steve McQueen years later. Edward G.....and without him this movie stinks, just alot of Babs and McMurray Edward G Riobinson, a classic...you bet

First......John Wayne was never in the service in World War II. He could have been, but he wasn't. This caused him to be in fights with servicemen wondering why he wasn't in uniform. He did become big box office with stars like Gable, Fonda and Jimmy Stewart in the service. His widow says he felt guilty about it the rest of his life and thats why he may have became an ultra conservative patriot to make up for it because of his guilt. Well, thats what his widow claimed. Look it up in Google. My dad who was in the service liked Mr Roberts and said it was the best. I remember he enjoyed The Caine Mutiny. ....My cousin who was in the service liked No Time For Seargents......My brother who was in the service liked The Last Detail and MASH.....and a Vietnam vet I know likes Good Morning Vietnam........and they all liked the films showing some of the nonsense of leadership they had to put up with.......Which brings me to KELLYS HEROS and my dad and brother laughed at this one. My dad liked Archie Bunker and Don Rickles and my brother thought Donald Sutherland was funny. ...and they get Clint Eastwood walking down that street as in his westerns only this time into a german tank with Tellly Savalas and Sutherland. I think Savalas and Eastwood are pretty funny in this also and the guy that was on McHales Navy, Mary Tyler Moore and Love Boat. On the heels of Patton, Carroll O'Conners Archie Bunker type general was perfect for this.

I clicked on your website Kyle and I fail to see how it proves this was shown on TCM 7 or 8 years ago. I doubt it. Anyway, if so, it's time to show it again.

This Oscar winning film with Voight and Hoffman doesn't get any TV air time and I always assumed it was the subject matter and movie rating at the time....but times change. TCM already shows nudity and alot of curse words on Friday Nights Examples are " Willie Dynamite ", " Oh Jesus, Preacher Man" , and " Alices Restaurant ". Tonights ' Russia House " contains many words I can't print on here. Midnight Cowboy mostly just suggests the nudity without showing it, where as these movies already shown on TCM have shown nudity. Therefore it's time TV lets us see the great acting by Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman. Message was edited by: WhyaDuck Message was edited by: WhyaDuck Message was edited by: WhyaDuck

I have to give the late Don Rickles credit for the paint drying line...He isn't dead, he's just late taking credit for his line.

Easily the best performance that never won an OSCAR and perhaps the best performance in movie history is Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in " Gone With The Wind ". ....Frankly, lets look at the 60 years people havve enjoyed this performance. It stays fresh and quality after all these years. ......THis 1939 movie was first shown on TV in 1976 after 37 years making money at the movie theatres. I was working as a 21 year old bus boy at a restaurant that had about 30 waitresses ranging in age from 20s to 30s, 40s and 50s. Most of the waitresses looked pretty good. I heard most of them talking about this movie when it was first shown on TV. They said, " Thats a real man. They don't make men like him anymore ". Yes, the waitresses still like Gable as Rhett 37 years after the movie came out. My guess is women still like Gable as Rhett 60 years after the movie came out and women will still like Gable as Rhett 160 years after the movie came out. .......Vivian Leigh and the lady that played Mammy won Oscars but it's hard to imagine this movie without Gable. The writer of the book said she had Gable in mind as she wrote the book. Now how big is that. The writer sad she had Gable in mind as she wrote the book and Rhett Butler. .....Myself, I don't think I could sit through this movie if it was just Scarlett and Ashley Wilkes. I think we all wait for Gable to show up back in the movie at different parts without him. ......Gable had other good performances, but this was his best. The best performance to never win an Oscar...easily Gable as Rhett.....Time has proved that. I went with best performance to never win an Oscar because how do you say best performance ever. Even at that, I may still come back to this one. It's hard to top Gable as Rhett Butler........Let me add that for those who sometimes suggest a Gone With The Wind - Part 2, and think Rhett comes back. No Way. Watch the movie. Rhett grows to hate this marriage and stays in it for the child. " I never saw a man love a child so much ", says Mammy. Once the child dies and Rhett sees his wife in the arms of Ashley one more time, Thats It, He's done. As he says, with the child there was something to stay for, now he just doesn't give a damn. No, Rhett wouldn't come back to the hell hole of Tara. That was her dream and his nightmare. ....Anyway, who would play Gables part in a sequal, it just couldn't be done. Having Rhett come back means he is just a fool, and we know he isn't. He goes on with his life and never comes back, indeed leaving Ashley to Scarlet. Message was edited by: WhyaDuck Message was edited by: WhyaDuck

Sometimes I like the late Friday Night movies because they are so bad that they are funny. That wasn't the case tonight. They were just bad. " The Trip " starring Peter Fonda walking around for 2 hours high on L.S.D. was really boring, dull, much to do about nothing. If you like movies where not much happens for 2 hours, this is your movie. ........Then " Alices Restaurant " which seems pretty slow and not much happening. I saw this years ago and thought it was me not getting it. The ending picks up speed and is kind of funny, and it was a big hit along time ago. But that was then and now most of it just seems like filler until they can work the song in at the end of the movie. ........Mostly, these two movies are boring and dull. They might have been inspiration for The Tubes song " White Punks On Dope ". ......Again, sometimes the Friday Night movies are so bad they are funny. Except for the end of the Arlo movie, most of these two movies were just bad and not funny. " Willie Dynamite " and " High School Confidential " were at least funny. The saying " They don't make movies like that anymore ". ....Well, some movies you don't want made anymore. Such is the case with " The Trip ". It's as exciting as watching paint dry. Message was edited by: WhyaDuck

Considering all that he invented....I think he was trying to see if filming a sneeze if he could find a cure for the common cold. ....Maybe it didn't work, but it was worth a try....Anyway, I think thats what that short piece of film was aiming at. ....Just as Mary Had A Little Lamb gave us recording.