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Sunday, February 27, 2005
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9:49 PM
They cut Hillary Swank off in mid-acceptance speech but seemed to let Jamie Foxx go on as long as he wanted. I think the rule should be that you get 60 seconds unless you mention your agent, manager or lawyer, in which case you get 20.I think that was the logic used in the Swank/Foxx cases. Swank was doing a laundry list of agents and what-not; Foxx was paying tribute to his dead grandmother. # | |
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8:55 PM
Defamer live-blogs:"America has survived his filthy, envelope-pushing, expletive-laden emceeing onslaught." # | |
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8:19 PM
I wish he had thanked his brother though. # | |
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6:14 PM
UPDATE: They actually let the techies leave the kiddie table and show up. # | |
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5:55 PM
UPDATE: Now he's doing celebrities playing cartoon characters. Cutting edge stuff! UPDATE 2: A Jack Nicholson impression?!?! [Taps watch] Is it 1983 again? # | |
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5:51 PM
UPDATE: There's a movie or something to be made about Morgan Freeman, one of our most talented actors who could not get work for years since basically a black dramatic actor wasn't getting work unless his name wasSidney Poitier. # | |
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5:34 PM
"Are we standing? We're not standing. Oh, we are standing. No, we're not standing." # | |
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5:28 PM
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4:25 PM
Frog-dissecting time: This Austin Powers catchphrase was swiped/homaged from the Ebert-scripted Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. # | |
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4:13 PM
UPDATE: Well, we're at least spared him running around the theater acting silly. # | |
Posted by Daniel Frank at
1:35 PM
Evanier's article linked above contains insights into ABC's Standards and Practices's Susan Futterman, including that she was responsible for ABC cutting Looney Tunes even worse than CBS did (I recollect they cut the Sheriff of Nottingham hitting himself on the head with a hammer). Also, if anyone cares, the premise of the song was faulty since Rev. Dobson never said Spongebob was gay. # | |
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7:49 AM
John Swansburg in Slate notes that a lot of Rock's comedy is fairly conservative (including the abortion bit Drudge tried to make controversial) and is good at seeming reckless without actually being reckless. # | | Thursday, February 24, 2005
Posted by Daniel Frank at
3:04 PM
This page has pictures of the convention-exclusive Super Grover which includes Alex Ross artwork (Now I have to go to Wizard LA, grumble). One problem collectors may have is that apparently Cookie Monster is eating the boxes ruining their mint condition. # | |
Posted by Daniel Frank at
1:24 PM
Prong One - Hire a beloved African-American figure to host the DVD and explain the context of its time. Bill Cosby was considered but recent events have removed him from the top of the list. (If they hire Whoopi Goldberg, I will not buy the DVD on general principle.) I'll let Hill's source explain Prong Two: This movie isn't nearly as good as people seem to remember it being. Sure, the animated sequences are charming. But the pace of the rest of the picture is so damned pokey. # | |
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11:34 AM
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11:20 AM
We're talking about a movie that was released in 1972, banned in half the country and generally exhibited in one theater at a time even in the biggest cities, such as New York and Los Angeles.Inside Deep Throat, the documentary that's been bandying that figure recently, is good when discussing the film and less interesting when trying to tie it into the times (some montages are very "Al Capone dancing the Charleston on top of a flagpole"). The movie ends with the same "Oh, the tragedy that porn is less about the art" theme of Boogie Nights. Yes, what a shame that one can watch pornography that doesn't have a wacky doctor character. # | | Monday, February 21, 2005
Friday, February 18, 2005
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1:25 PM
*The trick where the fakir gets a rope to unravel upward and then a kid climbs the rope, as seen in almost every comedy set in India or thereabouts. # | | Sunday, February 13, 2005
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Posted by Daniel Frank at
11:05 AM
UPDATE: In the comments, Jim Treacher suggests that Larry David could play the Vulture. Gee, what would that be like? So I'm robbing the bank and then Spider-Man drops in. Now it's not bad enough that he's hitting me and shooting his webs at me but he's also cracking wise. He's making fun of me. Do I deserve that? I mean, come on, I invented a flying suit. I think I've earned a little respect. Leonardo da Vinci is supposed to be such a genius but he failed at making a flying suit. I succeeded. So I'm better than da Vinci! OK, I'm not better than da Vinci in all ways. When it comes to painting the Mona Lisa, he's better than me. But when it comes to inventing flying suits, I'm better than da Vinci! # | |
Posted by Daniel Frank at
10:19 AM
As I indicated in comments below, prior to hiring the Ice Breakers, the first act will consist of Stiller's various failed attempts to meet women. This will include buying a dog which gives him someone to express feelings to later in the picture. Should I make him divorced/widowed to explain why this is an issue for him now? Undecided. Also undecided as to whether Mendes's wisecracking friend/co-worker should go on the outing. # | |
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10:12 AM
One of the scenes that I've always been dying to know about is the one in which (during the onboard chase sequence) Harpo appears dressed as a nurse with Billy Barty. There are production shots of the scene, but it, also was cut before the general release. Many years ago I met Billy Barty, and finally thought I'd get to the bottom of it. I asked what happened in the scene and he told me that it was a big deal for him as a kid (believe it or not, he was about 20 years old at the time - most biographical sources list his birth year at circa 1910) because he was a big Marx Brothers fan, as were all his friends back home (wherever THAT was.) He told all his friends that he was in the new Marx Brothers picture and everybody was excited. When the movie came out Barty went to see it and was disappointed to see that he'd been excised. His friends wouldn't believe that he had actually been in a Marx Brothers movie and wouldn't speak to him. I then asked him, 'okay, but now for the really big question that I've wanted an answer to for a long time: what happened IN the scene?' He said, 'that was sixty years ago! Damned if I can remember!' # | |
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9:01 AM
Interestingly the site was created and registered at godaddy.com of banned Super Bowl commerical fame. # | | Thursday, February 10, 2005
Posted by Daniel Frank at
10:13 PM
I see Ben Stiller as the guy, Kate Hudson or Christine Taylor as an "Ice Breaker", Leah Remini as the wise-cracking other Ice Breaker, and Amanda Peet as the wrong woman that gets fixed up with Stiller. There'll be a montage of wacky women that get introduced to Stiller. And of course someone will be saying that falling in love wasn't part of the deal (a question that is not covered in their FAQ). # | | Tuesday, February 08, 2005
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