Vautrin
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I believe Mission Memorial is the only major hospital in Asheville. Can't remember what the
weather was like at the beginning of February, but for the last week it's been pretty dreary.
My dad used to work at the Biltmore dairy when he was a young lad. I remember an episode
of the Andy Griffith Show that showed a bus or train schedule with Asheville spelled Ashville.
C'mon Andy.
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1 hour ago, Dargo said:
Only because this is probably my favorite The Honeymooners episode ever here Vautrin ol' boy, I'm compelled to supply the following slight correction to your quote here.
It's actually, "But can it core a apple?".
(...but other than that, I really liked that you brought up Gleason's Ralph Kramden here, as it is indeed very fitting to this thread's topic)
You are correct, oh chef of the future. I had to think awhile and couldn't remember whether
it was peel or core and I guessed incorrectly. That is one of my favorite episodes too, even
the old joke of someone getting stage fright. Hard to think of another 1950s TV character
who was a narcissistic blowhard to the extent of ol' Ralphie boy.
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7 hours ago, EricJ said:
Wouldn't describe Ralph as "Narcissistic", but any list of great TV Blowhards must include Ralph's equivalent:
He' wasn't a preening, vain type of narcissist, but he certainly thought well of
himself, especially when he came up with one of his quick money making
schemes which always ended in failure. I've read in a number of places that
The Flintstones was pretty much a copy of The Honeymooners, which certainly
makes sense.
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As for TV, the greatest. But can it peel a apple.
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I like to talk to a man who likes to talk, but I prefer to talk to a man who likes
to listen to me talk total nonsense. If blowhardiness was measured by body mass
index, this boy might be the all time champ. Narcissistic? Yeah, kind of.
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6 hours ago, jakeem said:
I can almost hear Jack Webb's Sgt. Friday reading the Wikipedia note!
Yeah, sounds a bit like the Miranda warning. You do give suspects the Miranda warning
don't you Sgt. Friday, because Gannon told us that.....
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2 hours ago, jakeem said:
"Tribes" was written by Marvin Schwartz and Tracy Keenan Wynn (son of the actor Keenan Wynn and grandson of the actor-comedian Ed Wynn). The drama, helmed by the distinguished director Joseph Sargent, aired as an installment of ABC's The Movie of the Week in November 1970. It won three Primetime Emmys, including Schwartz and Wynn's teleplay.
I believe it got good ratings at the time, being very topical. I haven't seen it in years but while
a bit stereotypical still a good piece of work. Vincent also appeared in a few TV westerns and
yes was also on one episode of the 1960s version of Dragnet. It was warm for LA in March
and a strange smelling haze hung over the city. Interesting note on Vincent's Wikipedia
entry:
This article is being heavily edited because its subject has recently died. Knowledge about the circumstances of the death and surrounding events may change rapidly as more facts come to light. Initial news reports may be unreliable, and the last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information.Please feel free to improve this article or discuss changes on the talk page.
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I suppose the thing I remember JMV for the most is a TV movie he did back in the early
1970s called Tribes. He played a hippie dippie Marine recruit who had a failure to communicate
with his tough drill sargeant played by Darren McGavin. They got along like Joe Friday and
Jerry Garcia might have. But in the end they grew to respect one another, though JMV's
character still took off. I never paid much attention to his TV show or other movies.
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1 hour ago, LiamCasey said:
Very true. But, in my case, whenever any mentions “Elvis Costello”, the first thought that comes to my mind is “Diana Krall” which takes me down a completely different path of musical musings.
Or even a path of non-musical musings. Is she really married to him?
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Just for the record, Costello released two albums before Jackson's first.
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3 hours ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
I agree; the drugstore scene was well done and directed.
Yes, it made a good setting for the shootout. I always get a kick out of the sound
effect that plays in the first half hour or so whenever O'Brien sees a good looking
dame. Crazy.
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Whatever the practicalities of Chester's hiring, it was fun to see him get his in the
drugstore shootout, just as it was fun to see Joe Pesci get his in a couple of "Mafia"
flicks. The meaner they are, the more satisfying.
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On 3/6/2019 at 1:23 AM, EricJ said:
I remember in the early 80's when we had to move into a new place, and had to get a new phone:
Before the breakup, before you could go to your local Best Buy and buy any number of spiffy new landline phones (yes, we had those back then, too), you could only get a new phone from a licensed AT&T store. Each phone had its price listed either as the purchase price, or how much you could be billed extra every month for 3-6 months on your phone bill.
They owned the service, the hookup, and the devices...That's a monopoly.
Sounds about right. It's been so long ago that many folks never knew or don't recall how much
of the telephone service AT&T controlled. They didn't call it Ma Bell for nothing.
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1 hour ago, Princess of Tap said:
Corporations are one thing; a monopoly is another filthy thing altogether.
They were probably closer to being a monopoly before the mid 1980s breakup.
Now they're just another bottom line corporation.
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4 hours ago, Princess of Tap said:
Nothing good ever came out of that phone company.
Well, the dividend checks are pretty good. I'm biased as my grandfather worked for AT&T
for a long time. But in general I wouldn't trust them any more than I would any other
large corporation.
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Ma Bell was just a nickname for AT&T, which had been around since the 1870s or 1880s.
In the mid 1980s it was broken up into about six or seven separate and smaller companies
some of which gradually merged with one another.
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AT&T only raised their dividend by 2%. C'mon Mr. CEO, run that TCM pig squealing
all the way to the bank. I remember when TBS showed about every Braves game
they played and when Bill Tush had his own TV show for about a month.
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Sorry to hear about Nathaniel Taylor Jr. Rollo was one of the funniest characters on TV
at the time. His skirmishes with the very unhip old man Sanford were especially funny.
Keepin' it real man.
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1 hour ago, LawrenceA said:
I always aim for the pail, but sometimes I miss.
Also messy with tobacco juice.
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Hard to beat the Japanese department store that a number of years ago
had a window display showing Santa Claus on a cross. In hoc santa vinces.
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18 hours ago, NipkowDisc said:
there must be boundaries on human actions as some human thought is beyond the pail of normalcy and rational behavior. the left argues no, let it be and let it occur.
so, in the future should we condemn the setting off of a nuclear dirty bomb by some radical jihadist cell or do we embrace it as a new form of diversity?
I hate things that are beyond the pail.
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3 hours ago, TheCid said:
A far better actor than John Wayne. She earned her Oscar, whereas he got his out of sympathy and as a sort of life-time achievement award.
I agree, though I like a number of John Wayne movies, even the ones where he is basically
playing himself.
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I've heard that Roman Polanski International Airport is Jeffrey Epstein's favorite place
to catch a flight.
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13 hours ago, EricJ said:
Perfect if you're flying to Miami Beach via BOAC.
I wouldn't try to book a flight on BOAC though.
Noir Alley
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I was hoping Edward would throw some light on the instrument or sound effect
used when O'Brien sees a pretty woman in the first part of the picture. That
always cracks me up. When you see clips of O'Brien running around it looks
a little wacky, but dispersed throughout the movie, it's less so. The close up
shots of the musicians look like something from Reefer Madness. And last
but not least, Pamela Britton is so sweet and sexy as Paula. She could trap
me any old time.