DownGoesFrazier
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Yeah DGF, this "Gearhead-ism" of mine DID probably form early on in my life because of growing up in sunny and warm car crazy L.A., and IF instead had been raised in that locale where Randy Newman once observed "it's cold and it's damp, and all the people dress like monkeys"(sorry Swithin, if you're out there reading this) and where a great public transportation system exits(or as Gene, Frank and Jules once observed, "the people ride in a hole in the ground"), then yeah, this affinity for cars and motorcycles most likely wouldn't have developed within me.
(...and although I must admit NYC is a great city, but as they say, "it's a great place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there"...and in fact at this stage of my life, I wouldn't want to in ANY large city anymore, and that's why I don't)
How exactly does a monkey dress? Most monkeys go au natural. Does that mean New Yorkers walk around in the nude? Or is Newman referring to the term "monkey suit"?
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No. A different individual is identified with each of the 3 films. What do these 3 individuals have in common?
Hint: It has to do with who made the films.
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Thanks, Princess. I did catch the Steve and Karl version yesterday morning on TCM.
He was the premier TV game show announcer for many years working on many different shows.
What is his name and most famous catchphrase from which game show?
Was it Bill Cullen?
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None of these titles have the letter "z" in them?
No. A different individual is identified with each of the 3 films. What do these 3 individuals have in common?
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It is a little-known fact that Marty Balin got into a huge fist-fight with Paul Kantner over this song. Apparently it had something to do with Paul's borrowing Marty's copy of The House at Pooh Corner and returning it with clear evidence that it had been read in the bathtub.
I'm curious why they didn't give this song a title that had something to do with the lyrics of the song, which were a brilliant antiwar diatribe., similar ro "Wooden Ships".
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Sorry slayton. I guess my Gearhead-ism and the enthusiasm it creates within me for all things automotive and motorcycle related is sometimes a little difficult for me to contain.
I can just picture you living in Manhattan without, as most residents manage, a car.
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"You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little **** up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to **** amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?"
"Just... you know, how you tell the story, what?"
"No, no, I don't know, you said it. How do I know? You said I'm funny. How the **** am I funny, what the **** is so funny about me? Tell me, tell me what's funny!"
Get the **** out of here, Tommy!"
This is not gratuitous. This is necessary to show the audience how ****** up the Pesci character was.
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Did we ever decide whether Betsy Blair has a leading role in Marty? It seems that way to me.
Nobody other than Borgnine could be thought to have a leading role. He WAS the film.
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I maintain that this is the best single Jefferson Airplane ever recorded, better than "Somebody to Love", which was a big hit. This was not. Anyone agree? (I think that "House at Pooneil Corners", which was never a single, was their greatest accomplishment).
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What do STAGECOACH, GONE WITH THE WIND, and THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES have in common?
Hint: Has nothing to do with characters, actors, plot or anything IN the films. This is really easy.
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Scarlet Street
(but it's Atlanta, so it would be something with Peachtree in it. [that's for my Atlanta people])
Yes.
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I will happily sign a petition to the opposite effect-- I think there should be more films from the sixties and seventies (even the eighties!). TCM is my favorite channel, but I the reason I love it is the films post-1960. Please give me more, not less!
Let's get set for the battle of the petitions.
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Open thread.
I think it would be appropriate to rename a thoroughfare in Atlanta to honor Margaret Mitchell. Let's call it ____________.
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If you would like to see TCM show more films from before 1960, please sign this petition:
This is a petition to ask you to reconsider your position on broadcasting post-1960 films. We, the viewers, feel that recently TCM has deviated from its original mission to televize films from the classic era of Hollywood (1913-1960). We watch TCM as it is the only channel that is solely dedicated to showing films from this period- however well-known or obscure. If it weren't for TCM, it would be impossible to view many of these rare films, as many of them have not been released on DVD. In her autobiography 'The Million Dollar Mermaid', Esther Williams credits Ted Turner with preserving her legacy. Without TCM, she feared that future generations would not remember her. When TCM premiered in 1994, it made a commitment to honor those legacies. We therefore request that TCM remove all post-1960 films from its programming. Thank you for considering our request.
Sign here:
To honor our late Fred C. Dobbs, to whom this issue was near and dear, the petition should be called the Fred C. Dobbs Memorial Petition, and I'm not cracking wise.
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Correct, DGF.
Your thread.
What do STAGECOACH, GONE WITH THE WIND, and THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES have in common?
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Hint: Spin-off TV series is perhaps better known.
Scorsese---Ellyn Burstyn----ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE?
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Hint: British film
Keep the hints coming.
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Ish Kabibble
Of course. Also, Parkyakarkus.
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I'm not sure that there's ANY actor that everyone likes.
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One thing I liked about Streep was the NAME!
It conjured up "old Hollywood" to me in that I thought it to be "up there" with the odd first names of famous Hollywood stars of "yore"....
MERYL fits in well with...
MYRNA
GREER
HEDY
TALLULAH
Get my drift?
Sepiatone
Not really. Nobody in old Hollywood would have kept the name "Streep", which sounds like a disease.
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I knew somebody was going to go after that double entendre.
I go after double entendres like a starving man goes after a big Mac.
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Uh, that's North FORK, Darg!
PRINCESS, no shame in seeing all those HIGHWAY PATROL episodes. I used to watch it almost religiously too!
Broderick Crawford is ANOTHER one of those "stars" I first knew from their TV work long before I ever knew they used to make movies. Like(I stated in another thread) LUCILLE BALL and...
LLOYD BRIDGES
LORETTA YOUNG
ROBERT YOUNG
ANDY GRIFFITH
JOHN FORSYTH
RAY WALSTON
BILL BIXBY
SPRING BYINGTON
HARRY MORGAN
JACK WEBB
BARBARA HALE
RAYMOND BURR
HARRIETT NELSON( as Harriett Hilliard)
The GUNSMOKE crew...
JAMES ARNESS
MILBURN STONE
DENNIS WEAVER
AMANDA BLAKE
And the Mertzs'
WILLIAM FRAWLEY
VIVIAN VANCE plus
FRED MacMURRAY
WILLIAM DEMAREST
And many others I'm sure, but can't bring to mind at the moment.
I once tried a thread to address this sort of thing, and as usual, everyone went off on tangents...
Sepiatone
Crawford was a natural for noirs. He should have done more of them.
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Fra--
You mustn't be too hard on Michael, after all a macho good- looking guy like you really sets the bar High.
BTW-- Can you sing while you're playing the piano? Preferably a Gershwin tune?
I can sing a little bit, but my dream scenario would be the guitar and, say, Public Image, LTD, rather than the piano and Gershwin.
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Brod Crawford is truly one of my favorite actors.
Sometimes the actors who are not romantic favorites do not get all the credit they deserve for their artistic abilities and versatility.
Full disclosure here-- I've seen every episode of Highway Patrol.
Brod made a film with Fellini that is totally fascinating--IL Bidone.
Other terrific noir type movies from the 50's--
Big House USA
New York Confidential
Not as a Stranger
Scandal Sheet
40's--
The Black Cat-- shows his Flair for comedy
30's--
Slightly Honorable-- murder mystery that gives a comedic frame to a serious drama
I know that everyone here has had an opportunity to see All the King's Men and Born Yesterday. These are Stellar performances by Brod Crawford, but he has so much more to offer.
Hopefully these few films will entice you to check out Brod on IMDb because there's so much more there.
I'll leave you with a quote that the Crawford, Joan fans will understand--
" This man is dangerous." LOLAlso THE MOB, with Broderick Crwford
That's a nice car!
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Maybe Mick Jagger ("Monkey Man") would be more accessible.