David Guercio Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Where’s Ben? Is he on vacation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmovieviewer Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Looks like Eddie is filling in for him tonight. (Interesting to see Eddie introduce some non-Noir films.) They shoot these intros so far in advance it is difficult to know what might have been going on at the time. Ben should be back Thursday evening to introduce the 'Journalism in the Movies' Spotlight theme he is hosting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Guercio Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Wait! Now, are we SURE Ben didn't finally take my advice around here to take a few days off and have his adenoids checked out by a good ear, nose and throat doctor??? (...well, I suppose I'll find out tomorrow when I tune in to see if he's still talking through his nose while introducing these journalism flicks, huh!) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanceycravat Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Alicia Malone is Introducing TCM Imports now. Perhaps Ben is doing more outside TCM stuff like Backlot appearances. Or maybe the ATT Chief has a brother-in-law! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 11 hours ago, cmovieviewer said: Looks like Eddie is filling in for him tonight. (Interesting to see Eddie introduce some non-Noir films.) They shoot these intros so far in advance it is difficult to know what might have been going on at the time. Ben should be back Thursday evening to introduce the 'Journalism in the Movies' Spotlight theme he is hosting. is he though? i seem to recall the promos for the SPOTLIGHT ON JOURNALISM as being hosted by ANDERSON COOPER and CARL BERNSTEIN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Maybe he's hanging out with WALDO!!! Oh, and DARG..... Maybe it's YOU who should seek the aid of an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist, since it seems that YOU'RE the only one here(far as I can tell) that HEARS this "nasal" quality to Ben's speaking voice. Sepiatone 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Somnambula Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I too agree with Dargo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, Michael Rennie said: I too agree with Dargo. as would if if I did not regularly skip over the host sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 You guys need to meet my Aunt Stella, if you REALLY want to hear a "nasal" voice! And too, in today's over emphasis on "PC", your complaints in this case, may be construed as ANTI-SEMITIC! Believe me...I've been to a buddy's Bar Mitzvah, and years later, his son's Bris. MAN! Thought there was an invasion of GEESE happening! Sepiatone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 7 minutes ago, Sepiatone said: Believe me...I've been to a buddy's Bar Mitzvah, and years later, his son's Bris. MAN! Thought there was an invasion of GEESE happening! Sepiatone I have to warn you right now that I am going to steal this line from you and use it in something. (maybe I'll send you a check if I ever sell it) Don't care who you are, that's just plain funny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Feel free. And actually, my buddy thought it was funny too. It's close to what my Mom once said about a banquet at the senior center she attended...... "Their dentures were so loose it sounded like CASTANETS were being played by everyone!" Sepiatone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenBaby2 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 4 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said: is he though? i seem to recall the promos for the SPOTLIGHT ON JOURNALISM as being hosted by ANDERSON COOPER and CARL BERNSTEIN. Ben is hosting along with each of these men. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Guercio Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 Yes he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmovieviewer Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 4 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said: is he though? i seem to recall the promos for the SPOTLIGHT ON JOURNALISM as being hosted by ANDERSON COOPER and CARL BERNSTEIN. (I was typing this overly verbose reply when 2 others were posted. Sorry to be piling on.) Last Thursday Ben was the host for the Journalism Spotlight along with guest Carl Bernstein (they showed All the President's Men and Citizen Kane). According to the TCM web site article: "Joining TCM host Ben Mankiewicz to discuss the films at hand are Carl Bernstein, the investigative journalist and author who was a key figure in the original news reporting in the Watergate scandal of the 1970s; and Anderson Cooper, the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. Bernstein appears on the first two Thursdays of our tribute and Cooper on the final two evenings." So I expect to see Ben and Carl again this evening and then see Ben and Anderson the next two weeks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barton_Keyes Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I know that Ben has recently been shooting wraparounds for TCM's 25th anniversary in April. They'll be doing another series with 25 TCM fan programmers, similar to what they did for the 20th anniversary in 2014. But that 25-film series takes up every night on the schedule from April 15 - 27, so we'll be seeing a lot of Ben during that time. Makes sense that TCM would reduce his hosting duties before and after that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movie Collector OH Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 5 hours ago, yanceycravat said: Alicia Malone is Introducing TCM Imports now. Perhaps Ben is doing more outside TCM stuff like Backlot appearances. Or maybe the ATT Chief has a brother-in-law! As long as they keep it about classic movies, huh? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, cmovieviewer said: (I was typing this overly verbose reply when 2 others were posted. Sorry to be piling on.) Last Thursday Ben was the host for the Journalism Spotlight along with guest Carl Bernstein (they showed All the President's Men and Citizen Kane). According to the TCM web site article: "Joining TCM host Ben Mankiewicz to discuss the films at hand are Carl Bernstein, the investigative journalist and author who was a key figure in the original news reporting in the Watergate scandal of the 1970s; and Anderson Cooper, the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. Bernstein appears on the first two Thursdays of our tribute and Cooper on the final two evenings." So I expect to see Ben and Carl again this evening and then see Ben and Anderson the next two weeks. Ah,I see. (Ever since I got Hulu I’m not so reliant on what’s on in prime time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Ben who? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinemaInternational Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Barton_Keyes said: I know that Ben has recently been shooting wraparounds for TCM's 25th anniversary in April. They'll be doing another series with 25 TCM fan programmers, similar to what they did for the 20th anniversary in 2014. But that 25-film series takes up every night on the schedule from April 15 - 27, so we'll be seeing a lot of Ben during that time. Makes sense that TCM would reduce his hosting duties before and after that. That makes sense. Bit surprised though that it covers all that time. 5 years ago, they did all 20 in 5 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Depends on how many they want to program each evening. Perhaps they didn't like the idea of some of the fan programmers' selections coming on in the middle of the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 10 hours ago, Sepiatone said: You guys need to meet my Aunt Stella, if you REALLY want to hear a "nasal" voice! And too, in today's over emphasis on "PC", your complaints in this case, may be construed as ANTI-SEMITIC! Believe me...I've been to a buddy's Bar Mitzvah, and years later, his son's Bris. MAN! Thought there was an invasion of GEESE happening! Sepiatone Wait! "Anti-Semitic" you say here, Sepia??? Well, tell ya what here, dude. If YOU won't let it slip that I've recently shaved my head and joined the Neo-Nazi Party, then I CERTAINLY won't!!! LOL (...look ol' buddy, ANYBODY who'd dare accuse me of being "Anti-Semitic" simply because I don't and have never found Ben's voice to be a "pleasant" and/or a "resonant" and/or a "mellifluous" one, would be a, well, they'd pretty much be a damn fool and REGARDLESS their religion and/or creed...but YEAH, I sure as hell know that there ARE a lot of damn fools out there in the world today, and hell MAYBE even some that might actually BELIEVE I've now "shaved my head and joined the Neo-Nazi Party"!!!) LOL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vautrin Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 He's always running here and there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Actually DARG, I've met and (unfortunately) known some old and now former old "friends" who've become latter day "Neo-Nazis", and NOT A ONE of 'em ever shaved their heads. A few were ALREADY bald, and the rest just "buzz-cut" their hair down to "5 O'clock shadow" length. And the guys(of too, varying ages) that I know who DID shave their heads did so NOT to become "Neo-Nazis", but because that slick, shiny baldness is supposedly some kind of "look". And truth be told, if they let it grow out, their hair would be thicker than MINE is 'bout now. Makes me kind of sad.... Sepiatone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Somnambula Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 23 hours ago, Sepiatone said: You guys need to meet my Aunt Stella, if you REALLY want to hear a "nasal" voice! But is Aunt Stella on TV? The reason I agree with Dargo is because both TV and radio are riddled with voices that are not as professional as they use to be. I am spoiled Sepiatone. I grew up with San Francisco AM radio in the 1960s. Here is - Arnie "Woo Woo" Ginsburg - WMEX, Boston (1961) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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