Mr. Gorman

@Dargo: So you say you dig chicks with bangs. Izzat so, eh? → I dig chicks who dig shovels. Whatchu got to say about that? 🙃

I've seen a still of topless Babs online. There was nothing out-of-the-ordinary about her upper frontals. They looked quite nice to me even with the blurry still I saw. Remember those stills were published in an adult-themed magazine some 9 or 10 years later so the photos of her topless didn't disappear.

MARY POPPINS (1964) Next: A movie that was labelled a 'comedy' . . . but you watched it and didn't laugh once.

SOMETHING IS CREEPING IN THE DARK (1971-Italian) (Original Italian title is "Qualcosa striscia nel buio"). Starring Farley Granger, Lucia Bosé and Giacomo Rossi Stuart. This is a fun movie! Next: A movie you remembered fondly . . . and then you watched it again but the magic was now gone!

Was it DENNIS DUGAN?

Her style of singing more often than not drives me to distraction. I've tried to enjoy her movies . . . but it's a tough task. → I keep getting this nagging feeling while watching that her musicals would be better if she were ♦muted♦. Not exactly because of her voice but the operatic style of singing gives me a headache frequently. Then I ask myself: Is it really worth giving these movies another shot? I don't have a complete answer just yet. KISS ME KATE is ok; I like that one well enough. There was this one film with Mickey Rooney where Miss Grayson was singing on a stage (near the end of the movie, I believe) and I wanted to muzzle her. That's one movie I shall either not view again or put the volume way down when she starts singing. I've learned my lesson with that one; think it's an 'Andy Hardy' movie but I can't remember offhand. I'd have to go to the IMDb and look it up!

@MoeHoward; I have an old Paramount VHS of "Mandingo"if you wanna borrow it. 😏

SAGE WISDOM: The biggest problem with Kathryn Grayson musicals is that she sings 🎙️ in them.

MANDINGO, anyone?

You seen surprised, Holden, that an aging VHS tape would be pan-and-scan. I noted the exclamation point [!]. That was standard operating procedure for the vast majority of VHS releases from 1977-2006. Only a small percentage of VHS releases of movies over the course of the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s were issued in their proper theatrical ratios. In the 1980s it was a miniscule number of VHS releases issued in proper W/S. I can think of a few movies; darn sure not many. As the 1990s rolled on into the 2000s there were more VHS W/S releases of various movies, but still quite a small percentage overall. I endeavored to collect as many VHS W/S issues of certain movies liked as possible. For instance, the Columbia western SILVERADO (1985) was issued on VHS in W/S several years after its first 'full-frame' videocassette release. I bought one. However, THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT -- to the best of my knowledge -- was issued twice on VHS by Columbia but neither issue was W/S. I wonder what the deal was with the DVD/ 'digital version' being cut. Weird, but not entirely uncommon.

[DELETED] My mistake.

That was actor DAN O'HERLIHY's son, Gavan, who played Chuck Cunningham first. By 1985, Gavan was menacing senior citizens in DEATH WISH 3 before getting blasted all to Hell by Charles Bronson in a memorable movie finalé.

Chuck Cunningham 🏀 later ended up in DEATH WISH 3 playing a very slimy scumbag. 👍

I reckon that's one thing everyone here can agree on: Less racism is always better than more. Perfect people don't exist, but decent people do exist.

Didn't that entire season of DALLAS end up written off as a dream?

So 'B.J.' Hunnicutt is acceptable, but 'B J' Hunnicutt is not . . . sounds like Otto Sensor needs a tongue lashing!

I remember Charles Levin. He had a regular gig on the last few seasons of ALICE. Think he played Beth Howland's husband, Elliott. I recall Mr. Levin died in an odd sorta way. Like he ran off the road in his car and was found deceased a few days later.

I've seen some closing credits where you see this person named 'H. BUD OTTO' listed. I think it's a guy, but I'm not sure. However, I remember this name! H. BUD OTTO !!!

@sewhite: Munching a 🍩 with some ☕ is always a good way to go. 👍 Here's a space alien, too (just because I dig this emoji): 👽 Alreet then.

If someone wants to watch a movie where the director just let actors do whatever they wanted within the broad framework of the 'comedy' genre then watch SCAVENGER HUNT (1979). Richard Benjamin was most enjoyable as attorney Stuart Selsome -- a first-rate ambulance chaser! I'm not saying it's a great movie. It makes me laugh, but it bombed at the box office way back when. I just can't see there's any way some of the dialogue and actions of the characters could've been precisely scripted. Just too off-the-wall. Michael Schultz likely just gave the actors some broad direction and let them go from there. Like when James Coco puts the paper bag over his head to help rob the market . . . but there's no •eyeholes• in his bag. So he's stumbling around the market saying "I HAVE NO HOLES!!!". Then he lands on some eggs. Oops! Makes me laugh every time.

Because the majority of her movies were from the '30s they mostly all have short run times. Ergo, TCM can air a bunch of her movies in one day. I reckon I'm a fan.

I remember the interminable opening credits for SUPERMAN (1978)! Way back when I was a mean widdle kid I remember never seeing a movie prior to "Superman" with such a long credit sequence to start the movie. It stuck in my youthful brain and has been there ever since. The end credit roll for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) is quite long, too. Lotsa folks involved in its production!

🍩 ← Have a donut. It'll make you feel better.

@lavenderblue19: Don't forget about the 1962 movie MADISON AVENUE starring Dana Andrews.

I think it's just that TCM is getting sloppy about some things figuring no one will care enough to switch the channel to something else simply because of an incorrect aspect ratio on a preview. But it is sloppy because they're supposed to know better. If TCM doesn't really care about showing movies in their proper aspect ratios anymore then I can save them some money! For example: I can lend TCM my 1978 Magnetic Video Corporation VHS release of BUS STOP dirt cheap! They can air it "as is". For this VHS release from '78 the picture is not cropped •or• panned-and-scanned . . . it's just that the /sides/ are cut off. What you see on the tape is simply the middle of the picture. When the opening credits roll you can't see the full names of anyone on the left side of the screen because the first names of the actors and other folks are cut/off and on the right side of the screen everyone's last name is chop/ped off! It's GREAT! 🤪 So you'll see 'RILYN MONRO' -- get the idea? The good news is you can't tell how fake the background is when Don Murray and Arthur O'Connell are talking in the back of the bus. You see the window behind them and you can't tell how fake the background is because the picture is so grainy. So it's got that goin' for it. I LEASE CHEAP! 😀