darkblue
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Had to get up and dance around my living room.
One of the best lines in all of songdom: "Yeah, you know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself." Love Lonesome George!
I've listened to that one with a shot glass in my hand more often than I care to admit.
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'Wrestling Ernest Hemingway' (1993) this evening is the best movie of the day - probably the best of the entire month.
Naturally, Canadians won't get it. We get 'The Women' instead. Ugh.
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HoldenIsHere--"Klute" (1971) is a good Sutherland film to see (if you haven't already seen it).
'Eye of the Needle' (1981) is another interesting Sutherland movie.
And, of course, we shouldn't forget "The Day of the Locust' (1975).
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You are right, the best stuff is often on in the middle of the night and most people would have to record it.
You should look into buying a used vhs machine on craig's list, or something. They are as cheap as $10. dvd recorders aren't much more. Most people are just tossing them out in the garbage. You might be able to pick up two or three for free by asking around.
But, if Fred is anything like the other septuagenarians I know, he'll never be able to figure out how to set the clock on the vcr in a million years, let alone set the timer-record.
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There was a time in the mid 1990s when we had 2 old Classic movie channels. Both AMC and TCM. Those were the great old days in classic movies.
Now we've got .......militant feminist propaganda films on TCM
Militant, huh?
Not women-empowering stuff like those Kate Hepburn/Joan Crawford movies of the past, no sir.
''Look Who's Talking' is a call to arms - death to America!
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I'm personally recording Heavy Metal. I don't know why I'm recording it, but my husband said that I had to. Lol.
It has a nice score by Elmer Bernstein.
I certainly have it marked for recording, but the horror of blocking signals has put some serious doubt into that plan.
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Doesn't "eclectic" mean that someone derives their tastes, style, etc. from a wide variety of sources? Or in case of film, someone who has eclectic movie tastes would like a little bit of everything. They don't pigeonhole themselves into liking only horror or only war movies, or whatever.
With this definition in mind, I think that TCM definitely appeals to the "eclectic" viewer. A wide array of film genres are shown often: romance, war movies, film noir, silent, foreign, musicals, documentaries, silly shorts, B-Movie sci fi, B Movie horror, films from the 80s, films from the 1910s, films from the 00s, everything.
Just because one viewer is upset with a day of silent movies (or what not), it doesn't mean that ALL TCM viewers are upset.
You didn't think OP actually knew what the word meant, did you?
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a colorized image from my man godfrey. I think it looks awesome!
Yeah. You're a kid.
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I wonder how illeana feels about the colorized print of Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House since her granfather stars in it as well as providing the opening narration.
I'm sure she thinks it's as pointless as most of us do.
Colorization is for kids.
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Who is this "mainstream viewer" you mention?
He thinks it's people who watch 'Lost in Space' reruns.
There ya go.
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Wasn't Patty Smyth married to the tennis player, McEnroe?
Still is, I believe.
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speaking of unexpurgated Kubrick I would like to see the real version of his Eyes Wide Shut that lays beneath the digitally created people in some of the scenes at the mansion party.
It's available in Europe (the unrated version).
You can view what's been covered up here if you wish:
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Anytime any movie gets made that shows me something I haven't seen before, I'm glad of it.
No matter how other people felt about it; no matter what critics had to say, 'A Clockwork Orange' was different from what I had seen before.
That used to happen quite a bit after 1965.
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Sorry, fi, never heard of that other Patti SmYth, nor "Scandal", nor "Goodbye to You". So much music, so little time.
I only know her because the 'Goodbye to You' video played in an episode of Beavis and Butthead. They made fun of the group and of her (no surprise there).
All I know is that, looking at pictures of her from then and from now, it's a cruel crime what time can do to a cute chick.
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If you are going to open the SOTM door to actors whose prime careers were in the '70s or later, you've got to start with Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, and Al Pacino. None of them have been SOTM, correct?
I've got to, do I.
You make your requests, I'll make mine.
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'Cooley High' (1975) is a nice little collectable.
Kind of an African-American 'American Graffiti'.
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Straight Time (1978) with Dustin Hoffman and a hot Teresa Russell. On Jan 8/9
One of Dustin's best! Dark and real, with Gary Busey before he became a joke. Theresa's first movie (oops, sorry - 2nd movie - didn't realize she was in 'The Last Tycoon' before this). Thankyou IMDb.
And thank you, TCM. You're getting better all the time with these wonderful 70's (and 80's) movies. Sandy Dennis is terrific in 'Come Back to the 5 & Dime' - one of her best.
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I assume this error is the result of a computer program. For an intern to make such a mistake it would take a lot of effort; i.e. if the intern doesn't know who the lead players are how did they find out who the supporting players are?
If the mistake only occurred 1\100 times, I might suspect interns but since this is very common, I say we make the programmer watch June Alyson movies for 30 days as punishment.
Capital punishment? You know he'd kill himself.
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Why are there no dudes in this spinning class at all, instructor, or "students"? Actually, a lot of guys do think it's for women, but, as someone who has done virtually all forms of cardio exercise, I think you can work harder in here, and experience more pain, than just about anywhere else. Then again, you can easily fake your way through.
There's an African-American one right there in the front row. And a whole bunch of dudes in the back row. Maybe the guys in back like looking at the chicks and the one at the front doesn't like looking at chicks (although he is smiling luminously at the instructor).
Come to think of it, there's a whole bunch of teeth showing in this group. Do the instructors tell a lot of jokes at these things?
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It seems unlikely that, as TCM is consciously trying to update its programming by showing more post-1960s films, ,that it would be resistant to having someone as SOTM who was identified mostly with post-1950 films.
I'd like to see Donald Sutherland be SOTM sometime. Prolific actor. Caught him in 'A Dry White Season' the other night - just excellent, as usual.
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Back in my crazy teens I tried a couple of times to hang my leg on people the way Harpo did. They never appreciated it and would always pull back - so I could never achieve it and got a couple of angry looks from people who didn't understand the humour I was referencing.
Gave up on that. But did the Groucho walk quite often. Fun times.
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People on 'ludes should not drive.
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Fanta, huh?
See - something good did come out of the Third Reich after all.
Always liked that orange drink.
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LOOK WHO'S TALKING has no business airing on TCM
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All that ancient chamber stuff sounds crappy to me. I can listen to it for about 5 minutes, but not with any enjoyment on my part.
Monotonous is the best word I can think of for it.