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"The Seven Year Itch" has been running on Encore lately. Mostly on its "Retrolplex" channel. It is also on OnDemand for Comcast.

Keep on chugging. It will be great.

And a mighty roar came from the four winds with shouts of "Hallelujah" and people rejoiced because a man so beloved and under much stress had completed his appointed task. Sleepless nights and thoughts of his journey placed him in the position to query whether it could all be done. And so it was. This is another great schedule. Harper Lee is an inspired choice. As I said in the set up this is about dreaming. You have done yourself proud. A fine job. I'm so glad you put on up. Thanks for taking the time. Schedule No. 3 in the challenge.

I found another answer suggesting Ella Fitzgerald "These Foolish Things."

42 "You should always have a nice ironed sheet. Anything else just looks sloppy."

I think somewhere else on here it was said it was Billie Holiday but I'm not sure myself.

>Trent Dilfer? Yuck. The Ravens' defense was exceptional but... Trent Dilfer? Dreadful. Having lived through a history of bad quarterback with the Ravens (Who wouldn't be in this town following Unitas and Bert Jones?) Dilfer was good at one thing and that was not giving up the ball. He did just well enough.

Just another invitation for those who haven't read this yet to join in our fun. With around two weeks left there is still time for you to play the part of the TCM programmer. You get to schedule a week of programming and then have your fellow board members vote on it. If you win you get to host the next one when you're ready to set it up. If you are interested see the first post in the thread for all the details. Two schedules are up and I hope to have many more.

That dreaded Fox studio. You can do it. You proved it last time.

Anyone looking for an example on how to scedule your interview night this is it as TCM debuts a "Private Screenings" with Ernest Borgnine. Check the schedule tab.

Both of the boys are tough to watch. Stan, as you say, being so sick and Ollie was so over weight is was scary. They were also at an age where some of this stuff was hard to pull off. I saw the film once years ago and what I remember was it was a terrible print and not all that funny. Having a multinational production was rough too. Some of the late films are tough to watch because they weren't very good. By that time the studios thought they knew better. (Sure they did.) I would have loved to have seen the boys on the tours of England. I heard the shows went very well and they were greatly loved there.

Re: "Two Rode Together." Stewart was all about the money. About the job and nothing more except maybe his own entertainment. I think the longer he was with the young lady he rescued the softer he became. I think the scene at the dance where he blasts into the crowd for the way she is being treated comes from two things. One, his disgust at the way they act as he knows the Indians. The other because I think he feels for her and the way she has been insulted. I do like the way he and Widmark get along. Re: "Silverado." Stella's story and the the way Kline sees her is a lovely part of the story. After you see it we'll chat some more about it. (I'm glad the point about the church was helpful.) Doesn't Dennehy make a wonderful nasty guy?

> I love the way they stuck to the old standard "good guys/bad guys right on down to the "shoot >out in the street" And there is a lot of "fun" in the way the story is told too.... What stuck out to me (and I'm sure it was what Kasdan intended) was everytime in the shootout between Kline and Dennehy there was the big white church right behind Kline. Kline was always a little off center in the shot so you could see the church. "He was on the right side." "Good was behind what he did." A rousing old fashioned musical score as well.

The winter scenes are one thing I admired in that they did them in winter. In the early scene you can see their breath. It's the same later with some of the horses. It sure does look cold. At least in the good old days you couldn't fake it . Now I hear people say they have put in the breath with special effects.

That's two! It's great . Thanks so much for putting up a schedule. Ok folks there is still a little over two weeks to go. Lots of time if you still want to get in.

The scenery was good but it wasn't the character it became in the later Ford westerns. I thought it tended to remain more of just a setting then the integral part it became later.

I'm frustrated with this whole search function so here is where I will sit my thoughts on John Ford's *The Iron Horse.* I found it a rousing exciting movie. At two and a half hours long it might use a little trimming but not much. It's, I think, an exciting story of fulfilling a dream of building the transcontinental railroad. Plenty of action, lovely scenery and some fine acting. George O'Brien is once a gain cast as a very affable hero in this picture though he doesn't reall show up until about an hour into the film. After trying to go west with his father as a lad he later ends up working for the railroad and helping it to its completion. The film covers the time when our leading lady and man were kids who loved each other even then while living in a community with neighbor Abe Lincoln. Even at this date Ford's reverence for Lincoln is evident and I think one would sense it only a matter of time until he made his Lincoln story. It ends with the union of the two railroads in 1869. Love, greed, action, near tangles with death all leads to a pretty exciting time. Even found a couple of things in the stunt work you weren't supposed to see. One thing that is a great improvement over some of the other recent silents, especially Ford's "Three Bad Men" was a really terrific musical score. A full orchestra brings excitement when needed and a touch of western flavor but it is always pleasant and often regal.

Hi Theresa: I'm afraid I don't know much about Duchin. My parents didn't listen to him so I was never really exposed to him. I still listen to The Monkees now and then. I loved the show when I was little but I don't think it holds up as well now. (They were On Demand and I saw the first season on DVD.) Most of the music does. They did some fine music. They had some very good songwriters. Carole King, Neil Diamond, Boyce & Hart, Harry Nillsson and Mr. Nesmith himself. "Oh Yoko" has one of those infectious rhythms that is hard not to like. She is a bit of a strange bird. I never thought she was solely responsible for the breakup for after she came along Lennon's priorities certainly changed. Kathy: I'll take the Muppets in nearly anything. Any show that could showcase bluegrass and classical was fine by me. (Excellent choice.)

> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > Chris, do you dig classical? > > I think Beethoven would have approved. I love classical music.

>I enjoyed it when you and Laffite discussed classic music last year even >though I have little personal interest in such. It's the level of discussion that fascinates me. It's funny that you remember that as that was part of what I was reading this morning. That was fun and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I certainly did.

>So what...You got nothin' to say on the whole Hershey/Nestle debate???? Sorry, I was daydreaming of a Nestle's Crunch Bar. I am generally an equal opportunity lover of chocolate. I'll take "Kit Kat" bars, "Heath" bars, "Milky Way" bars and "3 Musketeers" bars. Then there is my beloved M&Ms. Thank you for the kind words about my comments. Let me say that I have been rereading this thread this morning and what a treat. Thanks to all who have posted things here. This has been a lot of fun. We've covered movie music, classical music, jazz, showtunes, The Beatles, Dan Fogelberg, Frank Sinatra and a host of others. This thread is a year old Sunday. Keep it up gang. this is great.

First, you always explain yourself well. You don't give yourself enough credit. This also has nothing to do about qualification. It is mainly about what you think is or you like better. > But they are both better in different ways.... That may be the crux of it. McCartney couldn't have written "I Am The Walrus" (though "Monkberry Moon Delight" certainly tries to fit the sphere of lyrical nonsense) or "Help" Lennon could not have wriiten "Penny Lane" or "Let It Be" (not that he would have wanted to.) The real beauty of it all is how much they wrote together or even edited each other's music. Would "A Day In The Life" been as great without McCartney's middle or the string crescendo before the middle and at the end. Lennon's deft suggestions for some McCartney works added meaning or made it sound tighter. Would "We Can Work It Out" been as good without Lennon's bridge. They brought out the best musically. You can't really say that Paul was all love songs and light anymore than you can say Lennon was all message and angst. Both had their feet firmly in each camp. Part of what helps make the songs be great is that they sound great. It sounded unlike anything else being produced at the time. What would they have sounded like with a different producer at the start? Other favorite songs include "I'll Be Back", "I Feel Fine", "Dear Prudence", "Something", "Fixing A Hole", "You Won't See Me", "Nowhere Man" and plenty more.

Glad you enjoyed it. The music is a character in this film. It does help drive the story and very much mirrors the moods in the film. If the music had been handled differently the film certainly would have felt different. You explained Johnson's attribute's well. Not only was he an excellent horseman hw comes across as a humble man until you get on his bad side. When he talks about only drawing on snakes he clearly means more than slithering kind. The "yes ma'am" he throws around all seem quite natural. Carey, Jr. is young energetic and loving life. His realization of how much he'll make selling horses as "quite a tidy sum" is said with the thought that he will be happy taking some time off and living well. I think Carey at one time was a member of "The Sons of The Pioneers." At minumum he had a verynice voice himself. My favorite scene all revolves around the horse trading in the first ten minutes. The setlling down the horses, the sxchange with the sheriff, the shaving the wood with Bond as they negotiate. It all is so natural. Mowbray is always the galant man. After the wagon crashes near the end his offer to be the next one down, "the wagon has nothing of value, including the driver," is not mock heroism. He deems to be the sacrifice to find the right way down. He will make himself useful even if it means hs death. At the close the little shots of Johnson and Dru and then Carey and his lady, especially the little kiss, show it is just starting but it will all end well. I think the final shot of the colt coming up the river bank says perfectly it is a new start and a new life.

Hi Kathy: Brian Doerksen is probably better known for some of the songs he has written then as a performer. My church band likes to do his material along with other writers like Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin, Lincoln Brewster. Tomlin is playing in Baltimore this week and many people from the worship team are going and I think some are going to have a time to visit and listen to him talk about music and leading worship. (.... also for "route 66") As far as Beatles music goes my favorite album is probably "Revolver" followed by "Abbey Road." There is so much good music there written in so many styles. "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Here, There and Everywhere", "If I Needed Someone" are among my favorite songs. I don't know much about the bootleg recordings to say anything there. Question: Who was the better composer and why?

>p.s. Sorry, just got caught up trying to catch up with this thread - hope it's OK with you! It is quite ok with me. It is never too late to talk music or movies. Thanks for joining in.