Sepiatone
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And THAT starts with "P" and THAT stands for "POOL"!
Oh, yeah! There's big trouble in River City...
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Dargo, forget JERRY PARIS as a biker. I'm still trying to reconcile ALVY MOORE as a biker! Well...not a BIKER, but he rode a motorcycle...well, not RODE a motorcycle, but operated one...well, I don't mean he performed SURGERY on it....or DID he? What do YOU think, Mr. Douglas?
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That DNA will come in handy as evidence whenever a crime to the art of film making is commited.
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Edited by: Sepiatone on Jan 24, 2013 4:30 PM
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You mean I can't wear my T-shirt with the "I have TWO guns...one for BOTH of you!" quote from *Tombstone* ? :0
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Big, blind stab in the dark...
Teri Garr?
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Halle Berry?
Really? That B&W pic looks a bit older...
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LOL, ginny.
You noticed that, too?
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Hey...I like Morrison, too. Have for years. But if he did a version of "GYPSY WOMAN", I haven't heard it. So on that, I couldn't comment.
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That isn't what's-her-name Rashad, is it?
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I'd like to address a couple of things.
We COULD be grateful that there are not, to my knowledge, any movies that have a "SWEETEST DAY" theme, thereby negating TCM's token acknowledgement of yet another "non-holiday".
Yes, there WAS a time MLK day was NOT recognized in certain communities. When this holiday first was instituted, General Motors, in agreement with the UAW, considered it a paid vacation day. Both my ex wife(who WASN'T the ex at the time) and I kept our daughters home, thinking the school system provided the day off as well. By mid morning, their school's office called the home and asked why our daughter's were not at class. I had answered the phone and explained that we had assumed there was no school that day due to the holiday. The lady from school asked, "What holiday?". I replied, "It's Martin Luther King's birthday. It IS a national holiday, you know." SHE replied, "Yes, well, it's not OUR holiday!"( the city we were living in was still an "all white" suburb).
I was flabbergasted! To my surprise, we were but a small handful of parents, citywide, that kept their children home from school that day. We all appealed to the school board, which likely to avoid any embarassment, agreed to have the absences removed from their attendence records.
I would suggest that any movie from the past that courageously depicted the strife between blacks and whites(and there WERE a few) would be the natural picks for viewing on MLK day.
And as Addison suggested the back-to-back showing of both *Imitation Of Life* versions, another suggestion(which TCM has done on occasion, but with only one movie at a time) would be to have a day devoted to showing back-to-back comparisons of OTHER remade movies.
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The first movie musical I ever saw at the show was *Damned Yankees* when just a wee lad. But not so "wee" a lad as I had developed a "crush" on Gwenn Verdon.
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He might say the same thing prc1966 and many others of us might say when discovering after five pages of this thread that "LANGUAGE" is mispelled in the threads title...
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Edited by: Sepiatone on Jan 22, 2013 3:17 PM
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I think it's Clooney, too.
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Sans, how do you get your keyboard to DO that?
I've never understood the antagonistic attack on profanity. Especially in cases where it's used in the situations where the listeners are OK with it? Take the case of LENNY BRUCE, who had to deal with legal problems over using profanity in nightclubs. The AUDIENCE in these clubs expected it. It's WHY they came to the club in the first place. If NOBODY'S complaining, WHY arrest the guy?
Reminds me of the story DUSTIN HOFFMAN related in an interview that he discovered while researching for his role in *Lenny* . It seemed at one club date, Bruce looked into the city's ordinances concerning profanity before doing his act. He discovered that while using profane language in a nightclub setting might get him arrested, there were no laws against using profanity out in the streets. Knowing his reputation preceeded him and several cops were installed in the audience, ready to pounce on him at the first expletive, he had an extra long wire hooked up to his michrophone, walked OUTSIDE of the club, and did his act from the STREET! Using just about every profanity he knew. They couldn't touch him because a technicality in the ordinance stated HE had to be inside the building.
I wouldn't go so far as calling the Michigan man an a-hole. I'd level THAT to the lady who complained. The guy might actually be one of the nicest guys you'd want to meet. But there are more important and FAR more dangerous things to protect your children from than a few off color words.
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The Rosenberg Trio came to my mind after getting off the sight yesterday. Glad you brought them up, James. They're fantastic! Stochelo Rosenberg is a rare talent.
And I'm shocked that there's someone who HASN'T heard the Impression's "GYPSY WOMAN"! BRYAN HYLAND? Oyeee...
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I may be the only one in here that prefers "SONG" over BOF. I DO like them both, but I STILL say Mayo is MUCH easier on the eyes than Stanwyck, Kaye is MUCH better at doing the "milquetoast" professor than Cooper, and the MUSIC is superb. And who can resist BENNY GOODMAN as one of the professors, claiming , "BENNY GOODMAN? I've never HEARD of him!"
The story's premise is a good one, and can be done well regardless of the protaganist. Music, language, dancing, art...the possibilities are plentiful.
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I got sort of pi**ed when I tuned in to see *A Song Is Born* and saw Ben talking about *Wonder Man* . Didn't want to see THAT one, so I went off surfing. When I surfed though TCM again, I saw "SONG" was being shown! I figured somebody was asleep at the wheel. Made me miss the first 15 minutes of it! I wonder if TCM will forward an apology for it, or are they too busy wiping that EGG off their face?
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Edited by: Sepiatone on Jan 21, 2013 5:58 PM
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Considering what Dr. King is noted for, the movie *the Great White Hope* would be more fitting.
And I'm sure there are many more films that would illustrate the aspirations of Dr. King. While there's nothing to complain about in seeing any Sidney Poitier film, I'd have to agree with the OP.
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Light hearted or not, not really all that angry, none of it matters. You had a legitimate gripe.
IF there's a Canadian law against such contests( and some claimed there ISN'T), TCM SHOULD have been aware of it and posted a "non-eligibility" disclaimer. If your eligibility WAS allowed, the entry site should have worked favorably. I too, have a peeve about such things. Like those contests which ask for a phone number when many people who wish to enter might NOT have a telephone for whatever reason, sweepstakes which only have access through Facebook, which not everyone subscribes to, or making the only access to them by texting, which I don't do. There were times I desired to contact some television production staff with a question or statement about something said on a particular broadcast, but the only way to contact them is through "Twittwer", and I'm not a "twit".
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Long string of profanities or just one is moot, Valentine. It WAS discovered at the time an obscure law from either the early 20th century, or the 19th century was still on the books. It DID create a huge debate among local news shows and newspaper OP-ED columns. I thought the whole thing was silly. Of course, I usually fob off complaints from anyone who suggests to me something I've said or done might negatively impact their children. I simply explain that I've ALREADY raised MY kids. DON'T insist I raise YOURS, TOO.
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That seems to be a small price to pay if it meant not seeing your ex-mother in law again, either!
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Me too. Glad to see someone sharing the love, not spitting the hate for an amazing talent and all around good person.
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I would add to those fine choices *The Pied Piper* and *The Fighting Sullivans* .
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I really don't get the knock on Kaye. Especially after the rebroadcast of that Dick Cavett show where he talks about his involvement with UNICEF. That he would channel his energy and celebrity to this, and many other humanitarian causes leaves no intelligent room for derugation of him.
I also enjoyed seeing the showing of one of his TV variety shows. Though the one shown was far from his best, it did remind me of how much I enjoyed it as a 12 year old watching it, and of how glad I was when Carol Burnette started HER show and I saw that Harvey Korman returned to television.
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"Point Blank" (1967) Remake "Parker" (2013)
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On a more serious note, MEL GIBSON did a version of this story called *Payback* (1999), which really is pretty good. I don't recall Gibson's character's name, however.
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Edited by: Sepiatone on Jan 24, 2013 4:53 PM