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That's her!

>VXavier: >BTW, I guess us customers are the tail-end. I have no doubt that is the opinion cable companies have of us.

Christie McNichol.

Oh, so close. But I was very cunning. I knew she would be the obvious choice. You'll have to try again.

It was the same in San Diego the past few days. Seems to be ok this morning.

Thanks for reminding me of what I was doing. Yes, I was making a joke of the contrast between Brook's use of sources and his comic brilliance. After all, Shakespeare borrowed all his ideas for plots, even using source material for dialogue (though through slight changes making good prose into exquisite poetry). I will quickly say I don't put the two on the same level, of course, simply citing an example of the practice. As an aside, I have to say I can't understand why so many posters think Blazing Saddles is offensive, and therefore can not be made today. Far from a film simply perpetuating racial stereotypes and racism, they are its particular targets. And it targets them in the most effective way possible, through humor and ridicule. Perhaps it's because Brooks uses the stereotypical portrayals as weapons against themselves that people interpret the film as being--ugh--politically incorrect. The reasons I can see why the film could not be made today, and be successful, is because one, that the talent is no longer around; and two, the film was successful in contributing, in part, to a change American society, so it's goal is no longer so relevant.

Yikes! Yes, they do say "up to" 300 channels, possibly indicating that the more you pay, the more you can watch. But, as TCM is included in their basic cable, what I need to worry about is the reception over the internet, and if that's better than the crappy analog signal.

So I was browsing the Roku site, and what do you know?, TimeWarner Cable has a channel: "As a TV customer with Time Warner Cable, you can access up to 300 channels of live TV easily, and for free, with your Roku." And: "Enjoy Bravo, Food Network, your favorite premium channels and original series, sports, news programming and hundreds more. " I suppose you still have to pay to watch premium channels. But: "Standard TV and TWC authorized modem required." I suppose that means basic cable and an internet connection. I pay for digital cable for decent reception for TCM. Analog TCM has lines running through the picture ( I wonder if they have it that way on purpose to make you upgrade to digital?). But if I get good reception from Roku, I could dump the digital cable and watch TCM with a basic cable subscription and internet, saving, I guess, fifty bucks at least a month.

So let me see if I understand this. Roku works over the internet, so you need an internet connection from your cable company, if not their TV. Roku "channels" are Websites that have deals with Roku so you can only watch them with one of their boxes, and not with a computer. Right?

Yes! The Twelve Chairs! One of my favorites! >Sepiatone: >I wouldn't call Brooks a genius, but he IS extremely creative in his humor. His insticts are even better.He always manages to get the right people in the right places to get it all to work. With getting Richard Pryor to work on the Blazing Saddles screenplay, signing Wilder, Mars, Khan, Boyle, Deluise and Korman for their parts were major coups. That's not genius?

That is: Right! And this is:

I know the eyes are a giveaway, but. . . .

And so:

So what's the difference between having a computer with internet, and a Roku?

That's right!

Per the TCM monthly schedule: famous movie of the the lives, the loves, the trials, the tribulations of a family making their living in the Welsch grape mines.

Not him. Admittedly, this is not a good pic of him. But any other of them I found is a complete giveaway. Oh, hell, here goes:

I do not laugh uproariously, but it is always, always funny: In the Pink Panther, when Inspector Clouseau puts his hand on the globe he has just spun and falls to the floor.

Yes, MilesArcher, that is indeed Shirley Grey! Her most famous movie is perhaps Phantom Ship, starring Bela Lugosi. How about:

In those days, the Freudian angle was played up.

I thought somebody besides me watched that show. Ah well. . . . But you got her, blue!

No, not Nancy Kelly. She had a relatively short career: 1930 to 1935, but in that time she made quite a few films.

Looks like a Busby Berkeley analogue.

>MilesArcher: >While we're waiting for more clues about the British TV woman, Perhaps she's too obscure. She's from New Zealand, and was in a series with Robert Vaughn.

A belated Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! You got 'em musical! A comment about Ida Lupino. In searching for pics of her to post, I found that she had the most variable look of any actress, with at least four distinct "looks" over time. Now why did I choose her pic?: