LonesomePolecat

ALthough I like Breakfast at Tiffany's, my sister hates it, so I can see why the characters would become irritating. I confess I probably wouldn't enjoy it so much if it weren't for Mancini's great score.

Oscar the Grouch - Carroll Spinney in FOLLOW THAT BIRD

No, not PATTERNS. Adding more detail to each: Common actor: 1. Houseguests dying in a strange order -- *1940s version of a classic murder mystery* 2. An old man forced into retirement by a young man -- *both are men of the cloth* 3. A gardener takes a drink then sees something unusual -- *a wild animal in Connecticut?* 4. A local gets a new resident to court his girl their way -- *the girl's red hair is no lie!*

Hint: recent TV

Well, who else but Dorothy Parker would have the guts to say that about Kate? next quote: "We can't kill the Turkish Ambassador... I suppose..."

Hammerstein, Oscar II - Paul Langton in TIL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY

WHAT A WAY TO GO

Lansbury, Angela

Pretty sure the actress was Katharine Hepburn and I think the wit was Dorothy Parker....

Common actor: 1. Houseguests dying in a strange order 2. An old man forced into retirement by a young man 3. A gardener takes a drink then sees something unusual 4. A local gets a new resident to court his girl their way

Foucher, Guy - Nino Castelnuovo in THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG

Wow, apparently this is really hard. Well I can't give away more of that song, but here's the title song from the same movie: "The law was made a distant moon ago here July and August cannot be too hot And there's a legal limit to the snow here In...."

Sepiatone-- Definitely with you on the TRUMAN SHOW - the only Jim Carrey movie I could EVER stand, and I actually like it. Here again, maybe it was having low expectations for Jim's performance that made me enjoy the film. I think expectations can either make or break a film for a lot of people. Rather like GONE WITH THE WIND-- I love it, but I know lots of people dislike it, and I think for many people the reason is that been praised to the skies for so many years, so by the time they see it, they think "Really? That's what all the fuss was about?" This is why I think in the next few decades CITIZEN KANE will fall off as "greatest American film ever" because all those film students who have been/will be forced to study it have said/will say to themselves, "This is the best we could do? Really?" I've noticed myself and many of my friends really hating a film because we expected it to be amazing and it wasn't, then seeing it later with our "I hate this movie" expectations, and enjoying it. I know my friend hated GLADIATOR the first time he saw it because he had such high expectations, but the second time he saw it he really enjoyed it. Psychology, my dear Watson.

(Dr) *Armstrong* - Dennis Price in TEN LITTLE INDIANS (1965)

Well I can't give too many more lyrics of that song without giving away the title, but here's a few more: "Tra la, it's here That shocking time of year When tons of wicked little thoughts Merrily appear!"

Of course you all raise an interesting question-- why was it the worst movie? Because it was supposed to be amazing and wasn't? Because the story was irritating? Because the acting was bad? Because it was B-level (or lower) filmmaking? Because you just couldn't sit through it? Or perhaps because you hate a particular actor, style, or subject and therefore wanted the movie to shut up? All good reasons to hate a film, I'd say, but what is it for you all? I for one think that a bad B-movie (or lower) is not nearly as bad as a bad A-list movie. Perhaps because you're thinking, "All that money and/or talent and THAT'S the movie we get?" See in many ways, for me, the whole TWILIGHT series is as bad or worse than some of the worst MST3K movies I've seen because, really, all that money and that's what you throw at us? Almost like they're up in a production meeting saying, "Hey guys, the fans will see this no matter how good or bad it is, so let's make it as fast and cheap as possible and keep the money!" And on that note I think the worst, shall we say, non-MST3K movie I've ever seen (because those don't count as "real movies" to me) is probably that evil LORD OF THE RINGS cartoon from the '70s. One of the only movies in my entire life I couldn't even look at let alone finish. Evil! But back to you all. What do you think?

Aw, good old Ethel. I was hoping you'd mention The Great Race when you got to her.

What's the worst movie you've ever seen? (seriously)

Are you sure this is the correct way to do CPR?

6. It was turned into a stage musical called PROMISES, PROMISES starring Jerry Orbach with a book by Neil Simon and songs by Bacharach & David. The hit song from the show was "I'll Never Fall In Love Again"

10. Most of Broadway's great song writing teams tried to make Pygmalion into a musical, including Rogers and Hammerstein, but they couldn't make it work. One of the reasons Lerner and Loewe were successful in their adaptation was their decision not to have Henry Higgins "sing" -- the sing-speaking Rex Harrison does (Rex was the original Higgins from London and Broadway) is not because Rex can't sing (just watch NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH--he can sing), but because that's what the character demanded. He went to a vocal coach to figure out how to make this "sing-speaking" work. Next film, my all-time favorite: THE APARTMENT

green eyed brunette = gene tierney

> {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:}{quote} > *Oscar Homolka* > > In I REMEMBER MAMA: > > Always I watch operation. I'm the head of the family. This is of course famous role (his Oscar winning role), but I also love him in BALL OF FIRE. "She gave you the ring she didn't want -- his ring!"

Now THAT I know-- "Wonderful Day" from my namesake SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (excellent body of songs) Oh and since I brazen enough to know I'm right, here's the next one, which I may have done before because it's one of my favorite lyrics of all time: "The birds and bees with all of their vast Amorous past Gaze at the human race aghast!" Edited by: LonesomePolecat on Oct 22, 2012 5:06 PM

> {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:}{quote} > *Elizabeth Patterson* > > To Lynne Overman in MEN WITHOUT NAMES: > > Frier-less cookers? Seems like it's going against nature somehow. To me she will always be Fred MacMurray's Aunt Emma from REMEMBER THE NIGHT. "My specialty is short changing them!"