movieman1957

MissG was kind enough to give me "this" one day. "Just for you" she said.

I just have to think deeper. I guess I am looking more at comparisons at its most basic. "3:10" never really occurred to me. Learn something new all the time.

I know. It will begin around the first week in May. I thought it a good idea to let people get through the holiday and tax season and then go from there. This also gives everyone a month without it ending right around Memorial Day. Edited by: movieman1957 on Apr 13, 2010 11:40 AM

Davy Jones had played in "Coronation Street" and on stage in "Oliver Twist" in England. I think Nesmith was one of the first to form a company to make music videos. I can't swear to it but I think he was an early producer and performer in them. Of course, you can make the argument that the whole show was a music video (after The Beatles.)

I had heard the comparison elsewhere so I didn't mean to lay it on you. You are right about the lady dispatching the bad guy but as they ladies couldn't be more different I missed that part of it. I was thinking there were more similarities than what I saw based on what I had read from other sources about the "High Noon" comparison. I mentioned somewhere else it reminded me more of "Day Of The Outlaw." Thanks.

Hi Sweet T: I got to watch The Monkees when they were on originally. Monday nights (I think) on NBC at 7:30. I have several favorites. "Sweet Young Thing." "Pleasant Valley Sunday." "You May Just Be The One." "Sometime In The Morning." "I Won't Be The Same Without Her." (That one is from "Instant Replay.") I tend to like the ones Nesmith sang.

Hmmm.There is a theme for the next Programming Challenge. You are playing, right?

There is a movie on April 22 11:45am with Murphy that is not a western or war picture. It's called "The Gunrunners." It is set during the Cuban revolution.

What am I missing as I don't really see much of "High Noon" in "Firecreek." I get the reluctant marshal up against the bad guys and fighting it out himself but is that enough to make the comparison?

Selleck did several westerns for TNT in the late 90s. I don't know why he doesn't do more except he is having quite a successful run for CBS playing "Jesse Stone" as a Chief of Police in MA. My bride and I enjoy them very much. He is not unlike a cowboy. He has a past. He is plain spoken and a man of few words. I suspect if he were to try and make another western, though age may be problem, he would have to do it for another network. Although, CBS isn't adverse to doing them but I guess only if there is some tie to "Lonesome Dove."

My, what a list young one. I knew Grandmama had to be involved because you are too young for about 70% of those shows. Some I have only heard of. From some old clips Betty White can sing too. "The Monkees" are pretty high up. Do you have any of their recordings? I have found it amazing that a band that was really hot for about two years is still so much a part of the culture 40 years later. What is your favorite Monkees song?

I wonder if by the time we got to the late 60s TV directors slipped easily between the two forms. We already had Andrew McLaglen who did a ton of "Have Gun - Will Travel" and nearly as many "Gunsmoke" episodes. They weren't doing the big budget westerns but they were doing solid work. Slightly off topic - look at Simon Wincer who gave us the much respected and beloved "Lonesome Dove" was mostly a director of TV work. He had a few films "Quigley Down Under" (which my children used to "That Q Guy) and "Free Willy" but one might hardly think that the levels were equal to the work he did for television westerns. And he is from Australia.

>Is that PBS show "The Joy of Painting", with Bob Ross? The guy who doesn't talk, but whispers? No mistakes just happy accidents. The thing I thought interesting is that he could make something without ever drawing anything. It was all in the brush strokes.

A good two-fer. Yea!

I browsed the March Now Playing Guide and nothing really sounded like it.

Carson was a treasure. He was one of the fastest minds on television. One of the my favorite memories of the Tonight Show was a Carnak bit that was funny by itself but it so tickled my brother that he couldn't stop laughing. Of course this made us laugh harder and soon we were just out of control. Answer: SIs Boom Bah. Question: Would sound does a sheep make when it explodes? It just struck him the right way and he was done for the night.

>I thought you guys were already talking about it...maybe I'm confused (as usual). I talked about it. It was long enough ago I don't recall whether I got a response. If anyone gets to watch it and wants to go we will go.

I loved the way Skelton would sometimes throw in an adlib now and then. It was the first time I had seen anyone do that and I thought it was great. Little did I know it had been going on forever. He also seemed to have such fun on the show. His laughs, even at his own jokes, seemed so genuine. Jack Benny I really discovered only recently. Someone used to carry him on cable but I didn't stay up until 3am to watch him. Same with Burns and Allen. DVDs are a wonderful thing.

I agree "The Smothers Brothers" was a better show. They were trying to be more. They had an attitude that was sharp as well as endearing. "Laugh-In" was more of a stylized show. It pretty much invented that quick cut almost overly edited style. Some of the jokes weren't funny as much as the way the were presented. You pegged it well. You are quite correct in that they were after different generations. While each had their own opposition to the Vietnam War they seemed to present it in different styles.

Rowan and Martin. A young lass like you might not get the show. It is such a 60s show. Psychedelic clothes, Goldie Hawn's painted body, Henry Gibson's oddball poetry and Artie Johnson's "walnetto." No one knew what that was but that was okay. "Sock it to me" became a buzz phrase. Richard Nixon showed up just to say it. It was political and racy at the same time it was being juvenile and sometimes just plain dumb. Some people went on to have big careers others went gently into the night.

"Laugh-In" was a favorite back in its original run. For its time it was edgy and new and downright silly which I thought was part of its appeal. it doesn't hold up as well because the humor was so topical but if you are old enough there might be some nostalgia in it for you. They did have a gift for getting old movies stars on it. Greer Garson even showed up.

Calling MissG: I found it.

Sometime soon Encore Westerns Channel is running "The Alamo" and after it the Arness version "The Alamo": 13 Days To Glory."

We did mention it. I think "Arkadin" had something on it. Or was that over "there"? I saw it before Christmas. I think Arkadin likened it to "Key Largo" and it reminded me of "Firecreek." Ryan and Ives were good. Though they were on opposite ends of the situation there was a respect for the abilities of the other. I liked it and thought the climax through the blizzard looked quite realistic. This was a new one to me and glad it was suggested. Lead on....

It must be recent as I bought a two-fer of it with "Cheyenne Social Club." It looked gorgeous on by new TV even though it was only a standard disc.