Sepiatone
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How fortuitous. Why, just early this morning, TCM showed *George Washington Slept Here* which paired the bland, nondescript JACK BENNY with the much younger, far sexier ANN SHERIDAN.
Maybe not the WORST pairing, but cetainly in the running.
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MissW, I think your verson of "take a powder" makes more sense. Others from that era of movie making baffle me, though. Like "On the LAM". I know what it means, but HOW was the word "lam" derived? And WHY was it called the "THIRD" degree? What are the first two?
Raquel, yours is also a sensible explanation for the "crack open a window" phrase. My first house had "gravity" heat(although it required "anti-gravity" to be effective!), and opening the upstairs window an inch or two DID help.
We sleep with the bedroom window opened a bit. And in the winter. I think mainly for not only the fresh air, but also to hear some outside sound, which somehow helps us sleep, and the cold air somehow makes snuggling under warm blankets feels more comforting.
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Like I said, ACCC, this forum is not the place, and this soon is not the time.
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I've noticed nobody here felt up to mentioning the tragedy at Sandyhook elementary school in Newtown CT.
Understandably. My heart implodes each time I bring it to mind.
But you're all good people here, I think. And it doesn't seem out of line to mention we should all have a collective moment of silence and prayer for the victims and the victim's families. That is, aside from the constant prayers most have been saying since the news broke.
I'll not comment on the matter, nor try to editorialize in any way. Many debates and dicussions about this will arise in days and weeks to come about this horrible incident. Already people are at each other's throats in debates about gun control, school safety and mental health treatment. I wish not to use this senseless tragedy to forward an agenda.
These forums, in light of the scope of the recent madness, is not the place, and this soon is not the time.
My heart and soul will move much slower for the next several weeks.
My sorrow for all the families losses will not end for a long time to come.
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Edited by: Sepiatone on Dec 15, 2012 7:08 PM
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What's kind of sad, on my part, is that it would be nice to recieve cards like these in the mail. But nobody CARES to send Christmas cards anymore. I still do, much to my wife's consternation. Mostly because we send 30 or so cards out, and are lucky if we get 10 in return.
Just the other day, my sister-in-law asked why we sent them a card. I said it's what we do EVERY year. She told me that because we see each other pretty often, it isn't neccesssary. "And besides", she went on, "You could just wish us Merry Christmas on FACEBOOK"!
Good Godfrey!
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You reminded me of the old joke about the preacher asking an old man if he ever thinks about the "hereafter". The old man says, "Why, every time I open a cupboard or enter a room I think, 'What am I here after?'"
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OMG! I'm ROTFL! My BFF thinks u r a funny guy. I do 2
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I saw a bit of "old-time TV" played out on the *American Pickers* program. More than once our heroes wind up having lunch at a SUBWAY shop, and pointedly mention the type of sandwich they're having.
It reminded me of many early day programs that had carefully sponsor "product placed" scenes in them, and even worked the sponsor's "commercial" into the storyline. Saw a lot of that on the old *Burns and Allen* show. Even in the '60's, many shows were chiefly sponsored by auto companies, and everyone in the town the show took place in drove cars made by that corporation.
As for *The Fugitive* , I tried to never miss an episode. It made me a long time DAVID JANSEN fan.
I'm neither afraid nor ashamed to admit that over the years I watched WAY too much TV. The tube, my radio and "phonograph" for many years were my closest and most loyal friends. They never demanded much, nor did they ever turn on me. Can't say that about many of the people I've had as "friends" over the years. And it was all that "tube watching" that got me interested in "classic" movies in the first place!
How many remember the shows *One Step Beyond* , *The Millionaire* , and *You Asked For It* ?
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Modern windows in even older houses( the newer "replacement" windows) don't have "storm" windows anymore. We sleep with the windows "cracked" open a couple of inches, too. Don't ask me why, just something we do.
Phrase origins is a subject that always interested me. Like "In Dutch" to mean you're in trouble; "Dressed to the nines", giving somebody "What For", the list goes on. In fact, the list is as long as all get out!
It's enough to make me go APE SH**!
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Thank you, Raquel. I forgot the character's name!
Overlooking some does happen. Joe Mantell was overlooked a couple of years ago.
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It occured to me this morning, as I had to lean on the bedpost to put my pants on(so I wouldn't fall over), that it didn't seem that long ago that I was able to pull my trousers on while RUNNING out a BACK DOOR! Boy, does time fly...
Dag NAB it! WHERE'S my SHAWL!?!
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I have in my list of "Favorites" a website of movie theaters that have closed down in Michigan. The list is depressingly long.
The one movie house in my hometown here has been closed for quite some time, although the building is still there. It languished as a porn house for about a decade or so. Other local theaters have disappeared; The Southgate theater is now a car dealership, the building having been razed. In nearby Melvindale, the MEL theater was torn down 15 years ago and replaced with a strip mall. The Harbor theater in neighboring Ecorse had been gone since the late '70's. After a long time being a porn theater, it was razed and a CHURCH of all things replaced it. Now, even the church is no longer standing. But the list doesn't stop there. A lot of "first rate" movie theaters are long gone:
The United Artist theater in Downtown Detroit. Others that were downtown include:
The Palms
The Madison
The Grand River
The Hollywood
The Riviera
The Mercury
The Summit ( a Cinerama theater)
The Columbia
The State
Luckily, the premier movie house, the FOX theater, had been renovated and restored to original decor, and has been used for multi purposes from special "anniversary" screenings to presenting "The Nutcracker" every year, and other special events.
I for one find it hard to blame digitizing movies as the culprit, since many of these have disappeared long before that proccess had arrived. And my list is short compared to the actual numbers. Sadly, it represents a FRACTION of the actual closings. Even some of the older theaters that once survived as DOLLAR SHOWS have closed up and had been torn down. Almost makes me want to cry.
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CORRECTION:
TRAPPED. *TRAPPED in Paradise* . NOT lost.
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Probably TCM doesn't show this because of some LEGAL crap or something. I don't know.
But I have all MY favorite Christmas movies on either tape or DVD, so no problem. Last night I watched both *Lost in Paradise* and *Christmas Vacation* . So I'm getting more in the spirit. "WONDERFUL LIFE" and "34th STREET" will be viewed soon. And of course, *Christmas Story* .
So, MERRY CHRISTMAS to all!
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Yeah, the music WAS horrid. Saw some surprises, too. One in particular was AL FREEMAN JR. I would come home from work in the early '70's, and my wife would be watching *One Life To Live* . Freeman played a cop on that soap. Along with him in the cast at that time were TOMMY LEE JONES, TOM BERENGER, PHIL CAREY and JUDITH LIGHT. You could tell his talent exceeded what was needed for the show, as evidenced in the TV drama *My Sweet Charlie* . He also did a fine job as Elijah Muhammed in Spike Lee's *X* .
I was sorry to see ALL of those people go. May they all rest in peace.
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STERLING HOLLOWAY is creepy? I always thought of him as "oddball" rather than creepy. Kind of like "Floyd the Barber's" cousin.
Funny aside: Once saw a comic at a local club parody "The Andy Griffith Show", ask the question, "Doesn't Floyd the barber talk like the kind of guy who got all of the good acid in the '40's?" (Wh-why, YEEEEeesss. I-I just don't KNOOOOooowwwww!)
Not fair, Dargo, countering Doris Day with Myrna Loy! Anyone who knows me knows I have that SAME OPINION of her being the "Good Wife" with the strong sexual undercurrent.
And I preferred IRENE DUNNE'S wife/character in *Life With Father* . She and MY wife seemed to have gone to the same school of economics!
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In Detroit, one of the biggest hangouts for us hippies was the Grande Ballroom. Back in the late '20's to the late '50's, it was one of those "dime-a-dance" spots like you see in *Marty* . By 1967, it was converted to the kind of place Bill Graham's FILLMORE was in Frisco. Spent a lot of time there. Saw all kinds of bands...pre-fame JAMES GANG were regulars, as well as MC5. Saw THE WHO, JOPLIN, JOHN MAYALL, CREAM, ELECTRIC FLAG, B.B. KING, LOUIS JORDAN, JOHNNY WINTER, SAVOY BROWN, JIMMY ROGERS, OTIS SPANN, SIPPIE WALLACE, and even pre-plastic THREE DOG NIGHT.
The place is pretty much in disrepair now, looking ready to collapse.
Funny thing is, when my MOM was in her teens, SHE went there often too! Of course, SHE went to hear WOODY HERMAN, BOB CROSBY, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, ARTIE SHAW and the like. We used to laugh about that.
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I know that feeling, darkblue, when I caught 20 minutes of the recent "American Music Awards" show, and didn't know who ANY of the performers or nominees were!
All I know is that it seemed they were all doing the SAME SONG!
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I HAVE mentioned here on more than one occasion that my wife(of Mexican heritage)considers, jokingly, ELI WALLACH her favorite "Mexican" actor!
But we too were watching "Good, Bad, Ugly" last night(or early this morning!) and felt that the scene near the end with the cemetary standoff between Eastwood, Van Cleef and Wallach could have used some serious editing.
But since, believe it or not, last night's version was the ONLY time I've managed to watch the whole movie in all these years, I'm not aware of any differences from earlier broadcasts. I would have to dig up an old VHS copy to see what you all mean.
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Yeah, Duck, this started out as a thread about our thoughts as eight year olds seeing the movie *Time Machine* . But as with most threads, it wandered off on various tangents. But I must say, in THIS thread, all who wavered somewhat OT have made it most interesting. Whenever I log in, I come here first to read the latest.
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I wonder, is their "fight" slogan "Whippet OUT!"?
Anyway, there seems to be a bit of confusion here...is this a thread about stars with NO onscreen sex appeal? Or about stars who never seemed to get any in their various movie roles?
Sepiatone PS; I'm NOT gay, but HEY! C'mon! Grandpappy AMOS? HMMmmmm.......
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I was just wondering about how "Santa Claus" came about. I've HEARD all the possible explanations. But I refer to Clement Moore's poem *T'was The Night Before Christmas* , in which our protagonist isn't CALLED "Santa Claus", but instead is referred to as "St. Nick". Seen riding a "miniature sleigh" pulled by "eight tiny reindeer". He's further described, in that iconic poem, as a "right jolly old ELF"!
Fast forward to today, and any movie about him, good or bad, has him anywhere from average to tall in height, and in the range from somewhat chubby to grossly obese. With reindeer the size of quarter horses!
Since there IS no "real" Santa, anyone can make him anything they want, I suppose. Like they did with vampires. But keeping him an Elf would make it easier to explain to the kiddies how he fits down the chimney.
But kids largely accepted Santa and the things he does without question. I myself have to admit I didn't question many of these things until way past my believing in him. Even though I grew up in the early '50's, the house I lived in still had a coal furnace until I was five, and I still remember asking my Mom if we could douse the fire in the furnace so Santa wouldn't get burned when he came down the chimney! I don't recall her explanation for not needing to worry about it, but it must have been valid enough for my five-year-old mind.
I still have a fondness for the old fella, and my wife is the Santa freak supreme. We must have about 40 Santa figurines of varying sizes distributed throughout the house. MY favorite is the one I found some years back at BIG LOT'S that was made in China. It's a flat piece of wood with Santa painted on one side. He is both pidgeon toed and CROSSEYED!
Anyway, loved the posted illustrations, and if I don't get a chance later, I wish all in this forum the merriest of Christmases, or ©hannukahs, Kwanzaa's or whatever.
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It did seem Muni had more of a passion for the stage than for movie making. John Malkovich today once claimed the same thing, once saying "making movies is stupid". But Malkovich has made so MANY over time that I think he's had a change of heart.
But it's never good to bite the hand that feeds you. The HAND might not give a s***, but the PUBLIC cools off some. Like those "thespians" who make a boatload of money doing some TV show that go on interviews or talk shows saying, "I don't watch TV. I don't even OWN a television!" in a superior tone of voice.
From what I've managed to read and hear about Muni, he strikes me as being somewhat in that vein.
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It was "Hister", not "Hisler", but point taken. And I'm in agreement.
I'd like to amusingly point out that while I never worried about Y2K, many took it seriously. It took until 2004 for my brother-in-law to use up all the water and canned goods he hoarded in anticipation!
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'The Andromedia Strain' : anybody see it on TCM in the near future ?
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I just got back from the "near future", but forgot to watch it while I was there!
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