Mr. Gorman
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Calamity Jane (1953)
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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
next up: First film that comes to mind with a really unhappy ending.
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No Way To Treat A Lady (1968) Segal, Remick, Steiger
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I remember FINNEGAN BEGIN AGAIN was a made-for-HBO cable TVM. I reckon it's never been re-issued on DVD from its original VHS release. I've seen it several times. Most enjoyable! Being that 'FINNEGAN' was made for cable it has a few moments that wouldn't have made it by network censors had it been an ABC/NBC/CBS Tvm in 1985. The scene on the bus early on in the film when Mary is sitting next to a dorky-looking guy who says his name is "John Joy" and offers her his business card. He turns out to be a vibra-tor salesman and she gives him the brush off.
There was a 1984 made-for-HBO cable TVM that I'd like to see. It's a drama called HEARTSOUNDS with James Garner and MTM.
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Now that you asked, scsu, here's the lowdown as near as I can figure for Wet Wilderness and Winnebango . . .
WET WILDERNESS was filmed first. It, too, is full of ripped-off (or 'unlicensed', to be kind) music. WET WILDERNESS opens with the theme from "Psycho" played in its entirety. The music score in both films was credited to 'Melvin Devil' (I'm sure that was his real name, aren't you?) along with the same credited four 'actors' that supposedly appeared in WINNEBANGO. However, like "Winnebango", there are more than 4 humans featured in "Wet Wilderness" despite what the opening credits say. There are 6 people seen in "Wet Wilderness". There is only 1 person who appears in both movies: The white guy who plays the 'Son' in WET WILDERNESS and later plays the hitchhiker in the military uniform in WINNEBANGO. No one else is the same. Dunno why anyone bothered to list any 'actor' credits for either film as cheeeep as they both were.
I used to own both movies on the VCX label; I bought them both from eBay circa 2003. I bought "Winnebango" first; it was a tape-only auction. The original VCX small glossy box had been lost at some point and I can still remember why I bought it: I thought having a movie -- any movie -- with a title like "Winnebango" would be fun. → Who would believe even a porno movie would be titled "Winnebango"? That was my thinking at the time so I won the auction. I never did find a proper VCX box for it anywhere. I still have the tape. I no longer have the VCX of 'WET WILDERNESS', which had a box in nice condition. I traded it to eBay seller 'moviemark' at least 4 years ago for a non-adult VHS tape. I reckon he's probably sold it on by now. I traded 'moviemark' a bunch of my old VCX's and that was one of them. At one time I had about 60 VCX's in the small glossy boxes. I kept 10 of them and traded or sold the rest at various times over the past several years. I wrote a review for "Love Secrets" and "Blackmail for Daddy". I still have those two.
Proceeding forth, WET WILDERNESS was released on DVD with an entirely altered soundtrack. I admit to forgetting the name of the label that re-issued "Wet Wilderness". Maybe 'After Hours Cinema' or some such? Anyway, nO mORE pSYCHO tHEME + all the voices were re-dubbed. The movie was originally filmed silent. So was WINNEBANGO. These were like those Italian "spaghetti westerns" where the entire soundtrack was 'created' in a studio. For these two movies the 'studio' was probably the producer's basement. Note the producer of "Wet Wilderness" and "Winnebango" used a name in the credits ("Robert Thomas") that is a real name -- even if it's not his real name. No one on earth is probably named 'Melvin Devil', but "Robert Thomas" is certainly common enough.
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OTHER STUFF:
The cheeeepest movie I've ever seen: SUMMER OF '69 (1969) A Distribpix release. SOMETHING WEIRD VIDEO released it (or, more accurately, saved 1 damaged print from the trash bin and put it out!). So cheaply made it boggles even my poxed brain. Directed (if you could call it that) by some dude named 'Robert Mansfield'.
Wanna see a really, really, bad movie? Watch the 1982 junkfest OTHELLO - THE BLACK COMMANDO starring Tony Curtis, Joanna Pettet and Max H. Boulois (who plays the 'Othello' character and also directed). Absolutely horrid film; it's completely uninvolving and very amateurish besides Curtis and Pettet. I watched it once. Once was enough. There is absolutely nothing about this movie that keeps the viewer's interest. I had to force myself to finish watching.
Finally, I've never heard of WINNEBAGO MAN, Dargo. Must be about motorhomes, eh?
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If 'scsu's post was apropos to almost nothing, then I can honestly say this post of mine is apropos to completely nothing. And I'm proud of it. But, hey, it does pertain to the IMDb. → I am the person who corrected the IMDb title listing for the ultra-cheap and sleazy 1975 porno "Winnebango" (it takes place mostly in a motor home -- get it?). See, originally the IMDb title listing had it as
"Winnabango" which was incorrect. When the movie starts the title card pops up with an 'e' in the title.
Doncha hate it when movie titles are listed incorrectly? I know I do. And Leonard Maltin does, too!
So there's a ♣SHAMELESS PLUG♣ for reading one of the 25 reviews I wrote on the IMDb. The review I wrote in 2004 is still the only 'User Comment' posted to this day. The movie contains the theme from 'JAWS' along with other ripped off music from 1972's 'Across 110th Street' and 1968's 'Thomas Crown Affair'. VCX discontinued releasing "Winnebango" in the early 1980s; most likely because of all the un-licensed music on the soundtrack. I've got some old VCX order sheets and only the earliest order forms have "Winnebango" listed for purchase under the "B" category. (It's #B102). Other things: The credits list 4 'actors'; there's actually 5 people in the movie. Woo hoo!
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It would have been nice if Universal Pictures had been nice enough to dig out a few of MTM's movies before she died and make then available to all. (She probably hadn't seen DON'T JUST STAND THERE!,WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT FEELING FEELING GOOD? or RUN A CROOKED MILE in years. They've been out of circulation for a long time).
From what I read she signed an exclusive contract for five pictures with Universal in 1966 and the resulting 5 films she appeared in were:
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) Starred Julie Andrews
Don't Just Stand There! (1968) Co-starring Robert Wagner
What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968) Co-starring George Peppard
Run a Crooked Mile (1969-British Tvm) w/Louis Jourdan. Produced by Universal Televsion.
Change of Habit (1969) Starring Elvis Presley (his last starring feature where he played a role).
2 of the 5 films are found easily enough on homevideo in one format or other for those seeking them (Thoroughly Modern Millie -and- Change of Habit), but the other three . . . beats me where to find a decent copy of any of them. I'm usually very thorough in looking if I want to own a physical copy of a movie; I'll hunt it down if it's out there. I've never run across any legal VHS or DVD or Blu-Ray release of "Don't Just Stand There", "What's So Bad About Feeling Good?" or "Run a Crooked Mile". If I'd have found them I'd have bought them all!
Universal has released *a few* of their old-time television productions on VHS under 'MCA Home Video'. "The Doomsday Flight" (1966-Tvm), "Silent Night, Lonely Night" (1969-Tvm) and "My Sweet Charlie" (1970-Tvm) I bought the 3 many moons ago, but Universal just didn't put out very many of their television productions overall.
I've got a rough-looking VHS copy of "What's So Bad About Feeling Good?" that looks to have been taped from a cable channel called 'Comedy Central' sometime in the 1990s. There's a 'Comedy Central' logo on the bottom right hand corner of the picture. And there were commercials, too. Hopefully the movie wasn't edited for time constraints, but since that ropey copy is the only way I've ever seen it I have no way of knowing. (Sigh).
All the truly awful movies out there that are easily available for viewing (who wants to watch 2001's "The Wedding Planner" . . . a RomCom with zero chemistry between the leads, for instance) yet unfortunately bunches and bunches of decent movies languish unseen or can be found only with dumb luck and a tolerance for watching ropey copies with blurry picture quality and/or garbled sound. Ugh!
(I recall a 1982 movie that starred two Moore's . . . but they weren't related. 'SIX WEEKS' starred Dudley Moore and MTM).
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I used to post regularly on the IMDb Message Boards a number of years ago, but over the past 5 years it's been very sporadic. Only once in a blue moon nowadays do I go to the Internet Movie Database to post anything on the Message Boards. I still look up movies and read occasional 'User Reviews', but don't bother with the MB's. I won't miss them. Meh.
On the other hand, I think it's stupid to not let IMDb members send each other a PM if they want to.
I've noted some references to Facebook on this thread; I used to be a member of F/B (albeit a member that didn't post much) and I deleted my account a while back. Maybe a year? It took so long for F/B to load up on my aging computer I thought to myself "Why bother with this?". So I deleted my account.
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BILL COSBY was in a smattering of theatrical films and a TV movie or two (see TOP SECRET, a 1978 Tvm).
Meteor Man, The (1993) C-100m. [PG]
Ghost Dad (1990) C-84m. [PG]
Leonard Part 6 (1987) C-85m. [PG]
Bill Cosby -- "Himself" (1982) C-105m. [PG] (Bill's stand-up comedy concert film)
Devil and Max Devlin, The (1981) C-96m. [PG] A Disney film presentation
California Suite (1978) C-103m. [PG]
Piece of the Action, A (1977) C-135m. [PG]
Mother, Jugs and Speed (1976) C-95m. [PG] Filmed in 1974
Let's Do It Again (1975) C-112m. [PG]
Uptown Saturday Night (1974) C-104m. [PG]
Hickey & Boggs (1972) C-111m. [PG]
Man and Boy (1971) C-98m. [G]
MILT KAMEN (1921-1977) was a standup comedian who also appeared in a number of films in the '60s and '70s (mostly in small parts).
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REDD FOXX appeared in 4 movies; 3 theatrical films and 1 TVM.
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) (as 'Uncle Budd')
Norman . . . Is That You? (1976) w/Pearl Bailey
Ghost of a Chance (1987-Tvm) w/Dick Van Dyke
Harlem Nights (1989) This movie brought together 3 generations of notable black comedians. Foxx (b. 1922), Richard Pryor (b. 1940) and writer/director Eddie Murphy (b. 1961)
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British actor Idris Elba.
next: R. Q.
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IDLE, Eric
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Why, it's SHIRLEY JONES.
next: He played the minister who eulogizes Chuckles the Clown in the famous episode of "Mary Tyler Moore"/ Also tried to score a 'quickie' from Blanche in "The Golden Girls"!
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Welcome to Arrow Beach (1974)
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A couple weeks ago I received a Tv movie in the mails:
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978-Tvm) A western comedy tele-film. Features a good cast. Suzanne Pleshette, Don Meredith, Tony Randall, Burgess Meredith, David Huddleston.
I had a hard time tracking down a copy of this. I'm glad to have it in my video arsenal of TVM's!
Then there's KID BLUE (1973) which is another western comedy. Not a TVM. Dennis Hopper stars as KID BLUE, Warren Oates, Lee Purcell, Peter Boyle and many more familiar faces.
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H. Bud Otto (1934-2001), Script Supervisor
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Joe Kidd (1972)
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CARLSON, Richard
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Dean Jagger appears in 'ALLIGATOR' (1980) with Robert Forster.
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I thought Ed Asner's political activism at the time was THE reason Lou Grant was cancelled back in '82.
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Saturday the 14th (1981)
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Death Weekend (1976-Canadian)
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YEARLING, The (1946)
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