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In this film, two comic icons give deft impressions of two other comic icons from an earlier era.
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Thanks, lavender. Next up:
Funeral. The minister starts his oration, and is immediately hit in the face with a meringue pie.
In the pews, the pie thrower licks the excess off his fingers. This pie action is according to the wishes of the deceased. The minister continues with the service.
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First thought, no research -- *Auntie Mame* ??
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Shot down immediately, Sixes. A Kid at the Stick, aired 5 Jan 58 on *G.E True Theater.*. A story about an airport ground control guy talking down an airborn boy after the lad's father passed out. Mr Linkletter worked opposite one of the really good, really busy juviniles of that time, Tim Hovey. He did a Lassie episode, *The Private War of Major Benson*. etc. Then wound up in one of those dreary drug overdose events..
Sixes thread
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Walter -- Brian Dennehy in *Cocoon* (1985)
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The plot involves the star helping a lad in a life-or-death situation.
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Correct, Sixes. Your thread.
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This personality made his name in widely - aired audience-participation formats where he was adept at dealing with the public. He was especially good with children interviews.
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*ONE FOR THE OSCAR SEASON*
Again, bringing up a story read years ago, can find no support currently. As told: There had been some recent events of some nominees not attending Academy Awards ceremonies, and some winners having their awards being accepted by others in their absence.
An Academy official, trying to bolster the upcoming ceremonies, made phone calls to nominees, urging them to attend. One nominated actress was reluctant to commit herself to the trip. (For her, it would involve transatlantic travel.) She said, "If you promise I'll win I will be there." He gave his solemn promise she would win ("What could she do, sue me?") As it turned out, she did win for best performance by an actress in a lead role.
Has anybody else ever heard or read this story. What name, what title involved.
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Late 1950s. Anthology of 30 min. stories. A host, a corporate name in the series title. Guest star with a small Acting resume, but years of radio and TV exposure; big name, large following. Did well in a tense, well-acted drama.
???
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Coming back from Page 4 this time...
Ursula -- Kimberly Rowe in *Justine: A Private Affair* (1995)
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Trying to track down something I read years ago, can not find confirmation in the places I've looked recently. I'll hold the name, try to see if this account is familiar to anybody else.
Child star, male, very popular. Matured into a dependable steadily-employed character actor as an adult. On one occasion, negotiating for a role in an upcoming film, he asked, as part of his pay, for prints of the films he had made as a juvenile. He was not able to get this, because there were only moviehouse prints available at that time, and 6mm copies were regulated for fear of copyright violations. This individual lived long enough, however, for the technology to catch up, and legitimate reprints, mostly on VHS became available.
Has anyone run across an account like this? If so, in connection with what name?
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As in, "Them syreens did this to Pete. They loved him up and turned him into a horney toad!"
If you want to track it down and listen to it online, Emmylu Harris' version is the best, IMO.
Sixes' thread.
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Whatthehay, let's kill a little time until stick gets back.. Not a hard one.
♫ Go to sleep little baby,
Go to sleep little baby...
Your mama's gone away and your daddy's gonna stay,
Didn't leave nobody but the baby ♫
♫ Go to sleep little baby,
Go to sleep little baby...
Everybody's gone in the cotton and the corn,
Didn't leave nobody but the baby ♫
♫ You're a sweet little baby,
You're a sweet little baby...
Honey in the rock and the sugar won't stop,
Gonna bring a bottle to the baby♫
♫ Don't you weep pretty baby,
Don't you weep pretty baby...
She's long gone with her red shoes on,
Gonna need another lovin' baby♫
♫ Go to sleep little baby,
Go to sleep little baby...
You and me and the devil makes three,
Don't need another lovin' baby ♫
♫ Go to sleep little baby,
Go to sleep little baby...
Come lay bones on the alabaster stones
And be my ever-lovin' baby♫...
Source?
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Correct re *Night Flier*, Sixes.
This post was a nostalgia trip; for me, I did not know it until I started watching the movie when it came to HBO, but I was acquainted years ago with a cast member. I watched, attracted by the King brand name, but then the fourth listed actor in the opening scenes was Michael H. Moss.
He was one of the four or five people I knew and worked with who actually made a living in The Biz. When I knew Mike he was busy often with several theater groups in the nearby metropolitan area. I worked under his direction twice. I was in the cast when he directed Of Mice And Men, and I worked backstage in "set dressing" when he directed a production of Sleuth, Occasionally in those days he showed up in an episode of the Heat Of The Night TV series, which was filmed nearby.... As the *Night Flier* story unfolded, I kept watching for Mike to show up as a competitive reporter or a frustrated cop, etc. It slowly dawned on me what was about to happen. Sure enough, it was Mike as the villain himself -- "Renfield". (That name goes all the way back to Bram Stoker and the original telling of the Dracula story. It's been used maybe dozens of times since, when a bloodsucker plot was afoot)...For most of his on-screen time, Mike is under layers of makeup in the "Nosferatu" tradition, but just before the end the mask melts away and one character can see Mike's face for a few seconds.
Viewers saw Mike's face for about the same length of time when he played the young lover of Ty Cobb's mother who killed Ty Cobb's father in *Cobb* (1994). He had a little more face time on film when he was the first FBI agent to get blown away in the prisoner-rescue passage in *Passenger* 57 (1992). He occasionally got bigger roles in TV. Mike's last IMDb entry was in 2000, and none of our mutual acquaintances that I can now contact know what has become of him. This was hardly "Brush With Greatness" Thread material, but I have enjoyed the reminiscence.
mr6666's thread.
Edited by: flashback42 on Feb 25, 2012 12:13 AM
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Is this what traffic is like on Twitter? I've never been there.
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Not Woody, but that would be a quick guess of mine, also.
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"Your choice, Chump. You wanted the old girl with gold laminate, and you paid in advance. You knew I've scheduled the work for next week. You want to take her away now, go ahead, but no givsie backses !"
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I'm going ahead without waiting for confirmation. stick is gone for the weekend, and besides I know my answer is right. It's confirmed on the IMDb site of the movie named. Next up:
"When it's 100 in New York, it's 72 in Los Angeles. When it's 20 in New York, it's 72 in Los Angeles. However, there are six million interesting people in New York, and 72 in Los Angeles."
who?
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Retired and on Disability.
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Tabloid magazine. Editor's office. A newly-hired reporter recites what she's learned from her new boss about what he prefers in story subjects. Apparently he reeled it off alphabetically.
Alien abductions, Amusing animal stories. Attacks on the handicapped.
"..and when you can throw in a little kinky sex..."
Battered wives. Bizarre bodily functions. Breast surgery horror stories.
Celebrities; addicted, perverted, diseased, dying, dead.
Demonic possession...
At this point another person entered and some plot-advancing dialogue started. The new reporter excused herself, to resume the meeting later. Presumably, they got around to Vampires before the briefing was finished.
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Correct. Aaker was the object of the unsuccessful kidnapping in a version of O. Henry's The Ransom of Red Chief.
lavender's thread.
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My best-remembered role was in support of a four-footed star.
My name? My series? My title in in common with Mr. Fred Allen?
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Was that a panel of kids? With the title Juvinile Jury?
[b]Who said this? No, really, who said this?[/b]
in Games and Trivia
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No response. If this happened as I got it, it involved Julie Christie and her Oscar win for the female lead role in 1965's *Darling*. Anyone else ever heard it?
Open thread.