tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35046672011-08-02T05:16:04.097-07:00Posting from the margins of show businessDaniel Franknoreply@blogger.comBlogger14951100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-53282369008101138892011-02-27T20:45:00.001-08:002011-02-27T20:45:32.954-08:00

Do you realize how many union singers weren't working because of that kids' chorus?!?!?

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-33217340366233985572011-02-27T20:35:00.000-08:002011-02-27T20:36:27.478-08:00

Screw you, Hitchens!!!! Wooo!

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-52937330331444882182011-02-27T19:54:00.002-08:002011-02-27T19:55:22.914-08:00

Leslie Nielsen and Robert Culp dead. It's the Columbo curse!

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-75132139309439509092011-02-27T19:54:00.001-08:002011-02-27T19:54:44.230-08:00

The audience is actually holding their applause during the obituary montage. Wow.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-66677301160899863092011-02-27T19:29:00.000-08:002011-02-27T19:33:15.207-08:00

The classic joke in an alternate universe where Bob Hope is a multi-Academy Award winner: Welcome to the Academy awards or, as it's known in my house, Hanukah.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-36043596518894381152011-02-27T18:46:00.000-08:002011-02-27T18:47:03.345-08:00

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon...Is it 1994 again?

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-61380250425770998012011-02-27T18:18:00.001-08:002011-02-27T18:18:43.303-08:00

In your face, Hitchens!!!!!1!

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-17489234843467588922011-02-27T18:17:00.000-08:002011-02-27T18:18:25.906-08:00

Proposal: A show about the behind-the-scenes of an award show.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-14258783622362494092011-02-27T17:58:00.001-08:002011-02-27T17:58:46.645-08:00

The ad campaign worked. Or the backlash to the backlash worked.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-15335724422829978822011-02-27T17:46:00.001-08:002011-02-27T17:47:01.231-08:00

"The Oscar goes to"? What happened to And the winner is?

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-62172810819680480222011-02-27T17:38:00.000-08:002011-02-27T17:45:30.827-08:00

These are Best Pictures winners that also won for Art Direction and Cinematography. And the nominees for Best Sound Editing are...

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-83093129417590409902011-02-27T16:29:00.001-08:002011-02-27T17:49:32.982-08:00

OK, I was under the misimpression the mothers would be part of the ceremony...Update: No, it looks like they are, after all.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-27064987229804824002011-02-27T15:31:00.000-08:002011-02-27T15:32:14.770-08:00

Russell Brand is presenting? Anything can happen! (Except me laughing.)

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-55583278126398832432011-02-27T14:47:00.000-08:002011-02-27T14:48:31.481-08:00

I've not really seen many of the nominated films. Apparently the favorite is the one about the King of England using Facebook to help a twelve-year-old girl track down her father's killer.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-30586847120166341142010-11-04T09:10:00.000-07:002010-11-04T09:13:40.695-07:00

From a comment thread in Reason for this article which mentioned the false consciousness "What's the Matter with Kansas":COMMENTER 1:The people of Kansas don't vote their economic interests. As opposed to the people of California who voted to destroy what is left of their economy begining in 2012 in the name of a cargo cult.COMMENTER 2:The cargo cults actually got cargo once.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-37441405588790445682010-07-22T14:03:00.001-07:002010-07-22T14:03:52.920-07:00

Who's got two thumbs and has tickets to all three screenings featuring Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner this weekend? Quite a number of comedy fans, I'd imagine....And This Guy!!!!1!

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-42640454859028816992010-03-24T17:46:00.000-07:002010-03-24T17:48:08.883-07:00

Robert Culp just died. Patrick MacGoohan is dead. Jack Cassidy is dead. Ruth Gordon is dead. Ray Milland is dead.It's the Columbo Curse!!!!!

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-68471561982299980542010-03-07T20:53:00.001-08:002010-03-07T20:53:57.512-08:00

Streisand means Hurt Locker won...

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-4813473759173686322010-03-07T20:04:00.000-08:002010-03-07T20:05:10.245-08:00

"Save the Dolphins" vs. "The corporations and food, maaaan" vs. Daniel Ellsberg. Who'll win?

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-90786149606140028992010-03-07T19:32:00.001-08:002010-03-07T19:33:01.807-08:00

I repeat: When Coke had glass bottles, they rewashed and resued them. That's why they had a deposit. (At least according to One, Two Three)

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-192965381074472192010-03-07T19:29:00.001-08:002010-03-07T19:30:10.972-08:00

They don't even say why the Sci Tech award winners won? Wow. They really want to keep this under time...

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-87427396545914336772010-03-07T19:20:00.000-08:002010-03-07T19:25:36.521-08:00

Per the book stores, technically, Twilight is "supernatural romance", not horror.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-30590276012476019122010-03-07T19:16:00.000-08:002010-03-07T19:24:34.053-08:00

Technicall speaking, Charlize Theron is African.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-26145232403822267162010-03-07T18:51:00.000-08:002010-03-07T19:26:27.754-08:00

Corman gets an Oscar!

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-39172744916588173102010-03-07T18:41:00.000-08:002010-03-07T18:42:42.309-08:00

The Avatar skit that was censored.UPDATE Deep Roy was in Star Trek!

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-78181864399293926192010-03-07T18:25:00.000-08:002010-03-07T18:34:52.605-08:00

It amuses me that the motorcycle logo is for Grease 2.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-19401617270961495392010-03-07T18:19:00.000-08:002010-03-07T18:20:26.964-08:00

Where's the Curly Sue clip?

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-64608211046666932282010-03-07T18:02:00.001-08:002010-03-07T18:02:58.598-08:00

They're only doing clips for Best Original Song? Holy Cow, this may actually last three hours!

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-51665639677068448102010-03-07T17:58:00.000-08:002010-03-07T18:19:21.776-08:00

Twice with "The winner is..."; sounds like a policy change.UPDATE: Yep.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-8632525536582280842010-03-07T17:55:00.000-08:002010-03-07T17:58:28.054-08:00

When I heard "Someday My Prince Would Come", I was hoping they'd bring back Snow White.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-34266793855373360192010-03-07T17:39:00.000-08:002010-03-07T17:49:19.527-08:00

"The winner is"?!?!?

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-71247826732636500512010-03-07T17:38:00.000-08:002010-03-07T17:39:31.615-08:00

Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Martin, that's Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-80496296372396553512010-03-07T17:31:00.000-08:002010-03-07T17:37:43.365-08:00

No designated black guy to laugh at "tensions between blacks and white"?

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-47708446905523633432010-03-07T17:29:00.000-08:002010-03-07T17:31:20.321-08:00

Please tell me the nominees are going to do a musical number!!! Please, please, please!!!

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-84218570467896522682010-03-07T17:28:00.001-08:002010-03-07T17:29:11.348-08:00

What's the over-under on The Backup Plan having a "Your water broke?!?!?!?!?!" scene.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-92070313207205896332010-03-07T17:15:00.001-08:002010-03-07T17:25:55.158-08:00

Taylor Lautner's werewolf more famous than Lon Chaney? I think not.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-39592256610137073672010-03-07T17:05:00.000-08:002010-03-07T17:14:53.986-08:00

Every time the announcer says "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire", I laugh.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-34559007897290097682010-03-07T17:01:00.000-08:002010-03-07T17:02:12.881-08:00

Ya know why it's raining on Oscar night? Global warming...

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-88509228183832277132010-03-07T16:48:00.000-08:002010-03-07T17:00:53.447-08:00

Eight generations? Ten years is a generation?

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-69439809620542393252010-03-07T16:28:00.000-08:002010-03-07T16:31:51.755-08:00

Jesse Walker does a funny take-down of the Razzies. Includes a link to Sandra Bullock's appearance there last night:I brought the shooting script, the final shooting draft. And I will go page by page by page of my dialogue. I'm going to read the line the way that I read it in the film and then I want anyone who wants to come give me a line reading back to come up.[...]If you had seen the film,

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-40463270709919314242010-01-01T01:44:00.000-08:002010-01-01T01:49:02.378-08:00

Happy 2010. And don't forgetALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS - EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-30907568348299563512009-10-30T11:19:00.000-07:002009-10-30T11:23:58.740-07:00

Two Monster Mash items on the youtube:Boris Karloff does a cover of the song on Shindig (and does it in a Shatner-esque recite-the-lyrics-rather-than-sing): Click here.Vincent Price does a cover. Skip to 2:04 to avoid the "Man is the greatest monster of all" intro: Click here.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-22674219828615769872009-09-27T15:14:00.000-07:002009-09-27T15:18:57.997-07:00

Tivo Catching UpThursday's SNL Weekend Update did a Bush-bashing claptor joke which laid an egg. Advertising for the Flash Forward website, the announcer says "Don't forget the kangaroo. It might be important." Of course, it's important! As Anton Chekhov once said, "If you featurea kangaroo in a downtown city street in episode 1, You need to explain it by episode 12

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-60362751138263135662009-09-27T15:11:00.000-07:002009-09-27T15:14:23.639-07:00

So I'm buying a copy of the new Dan Brown book at the Barnes and Noble and the first thing the cashier asks is "Do you need a gift receipt?" Do I look like a literary snob? I couldn't possibly be buying this for myself?OK, it was a gift. I own the other two books in the series but that was because a friend was having a moving sale and I wanted an excuse to give him money. I'm experimenting with

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-27549287948774972982009-02-22T20:46:00.000-08:002009-02-22T21:05:53.659-08:00

Damn all those Obama voters for voting for Proposition 8.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-57713803591924061052009-02-22T20:20:00.000-08:002009-02-22T20:25:41.685-08:00

Director is the "Big Cheese" with an exception or two.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-12991162845515179142009-02-22T20:19:00.000-08:002009-02-22T20:35:12.630-08:00

So Vampira makes the montage and Harvey Korman doesn't?

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-69287695935786371012009-02-22T19:43:00.000-08:002009-02-22T20:31:30.724-08:00

Funny Jerry or Serious Jerry?UPDATE: Classy speech then he made a funny face. Nice.UPDATE 2: Rethinking Jerry's speech, he should have done the bit where he can't pronounce Jean Hersholt.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-10084458551452212782009-02-22T19:35:00.001-08:002009-02-22T19:35:53.147-08:00

Boom Goes the Dynamite.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-31649743043842152242009-02-22T19:18:00.001-08:002009-02-22T19:18:40.957-08:00

More coin tricks, less Bill Maher...

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-2081553636911337142009-02-22T19:04:00.001-08:002009-02-22T19:04:46.692-08:00

They got Cuba Gooding, Jr.? Who canceled?

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-6054220953027465922009-02-22T18:56:00.000-08:002009-02-22T18:57:23.650-08:00

I'd like to brush up Beyonce's tails if you know what I mean.UPDATE I mean I'd like to have sex with her...

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-67285440287310903112009-02-22T18:51:00.000-08:002009-02-22T18:53:29.972-08:00

The Coke commercial about the Coke recycling effort...When Coke was in glass bottles, didn't they get cleaned and reused? (That was the impression I got from One, Two, Three anyway.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-82489805195733635882009-02-22T18:47:00.001-08:002009-02-22T18:48:08.330-08:00

They should have ended the comedy montage/yearbook like they ended Pineapple Express: "Hey, remember when you came in with some DVDs?" "Remember when you stapled the dollar on my face?"

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-42734386880275713142009-02-22T18:40:00.001-08:002009-02-22T18:40:38.972-08:00

Only one technical award?

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-19552869279778341092009-02-22T18:31:00.000-08:002009-02-22T18:32:30.903-08:00

A short film by Judd Apatow? I hope it's about a loveable shlub and a hot girl.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-72994640914661483322009-02-22T18:24:00.000-08:002009-02-22T18:25:27.290-08:00

Aw, c'mon, do the Milton Berle "MAKE-UP" bit...

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-76162375617740207812009-02-22T18:23:00.000-08:002009-02-22T18:24:12.396-08:00

Suburbs are a prison? You know what's more like a prison? A prison.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-14765067722475873442009-02-22T18:03:00.000-08:002009-02-22T18:09:48.573-08:00

Jack Black keeps in character about Wall-E (since he allegedly bet on it).I like to pretend that the apocalypse in Wall-E was due to the mercury poisoning from people dropping their fluorescent bulbs.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-10580577105126721782009-02-22T17:47:00.000-08:002009-02-22T17:58:01.689-08:00

Penelope Cruz wins. Screw you, Nate Silver.Update: Maybe if the intros didn't take 90 minutes, Ms. Cruz could have more than 45 seconds.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-80213750342353847412009-02-22T17:44:00.000-08:002009-02-22T17:50:24.927-08:00

If they do the montage and five former winners each lengthily introducing a nominee for the non-acting awards, we're going to be here for ten hours.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-26795358852368319482009-02-22T17:43:00.000-08:002009-02-22T17:44:14.539-08:00

No Jack Nicholson on the front row?

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-31361734244924660162009-02-22T17:31:00.000-08:002009-02-22T17:36:32.046-08:00

No crazy cartoony montage?I smell Bruce Villanch jokes...This is different from Billy Crystal's "Best Movie" opening medley, how?

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-26810970296557332762009-02-22T17:27:00.001-08:002009-02-22T17:28:04.071-08:00

When the production designer says he's inspired by Busby Berkley, we're in trouble...

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-44228513360661857592009-01-28T04:16:00.001-08:002009-01-28T04:16:59.242-08:00

Dagwood Splits the Atom!

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-18489157009638345522009-01-28T04:06:00.000-08:002009-01-28T04:16:20.936-08:00

Speaking of copyright, this clip of Batman guest-starring Lurch is indicative of problems with getting the show on DVD. To use that clip, Fox will probably need to pay The Charles Addams estateWhoever owns the Adams Family TV show (MGM, judging from the DVD sets)The composer or owner of the Adams Family show song (which may or may not be the same as 2)

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-29707413071745785022009-01-28T03:57:00.000-08:002009-01-28T04:04:44.807-08:00

You'll recollect (or maybe not) my post about The Dragon Lives Again, a "Bruce-ploitation" film where Bruce Lee goes to Hell and fights or teams upo with various fictional characters whose use was probably not sanctioned by the owners of said characters.Here's a clip of "Bruce Lee" teaming up with Popeye. And here's the credit sequence to the movie where the film-makers also put a thumb in the

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-45379672667373234442008-09-22T17:40:00.000-07:002008-09-22T17:42:06.730-07:00

Per this gossip column, Fox's lawsuit over Watchman may be intended as a bargaining chip to get the long-delayed release of the Batman TV show on DVD.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-14966690899838549852008-09-12T23:19:00.000-07:002008-09-12T23:22:00.973-07:00

Charles Krauthammer, who (per Wikipedia) coined the phrase "Bush Doctrine", says Charles Gibson's question was ambiguous (there are at least four possible definitions) and the definition Gibson used hasn't been used in foreign policy circles since 2005. Article here.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-86470183926826953192008-09-11T14:27:00.000-07:002008-09-11T14:32:20.373-07:00

I was looking for the "June Moon" episode of Campbell Playhouse (Orson Welles's Mercury Theater show after it got a sponsor) starring Jack Benny. I found this great site featuring all the episodes of Mercury Theater and Campbell Playhouse. Notice that Welles got a sponsor two months after the War of the Worlds.The coolest thing on the site is this MP3 of Orson Welles meeting H.G. Welles in 1940.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-40991940256974549082008-09-11T14:17:00.000-07:002008-09-11T14:26:54.610-07:00

This Slate article describes Walter from The Big Lebowski as a neo-con. The article marshals a mess o' characteristics that Walter shares with neo-cons but leaves out the important one: Jooooooo.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-29687731415321783122008-07-31T14:59:00.000-07:002008-07-31T15:02:54.490-07:00

Watch sausage being made as camcorders pick up Triumph the Insult Comic Dog at Comicon here and here.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-31858016794512463992008-07-31T14:35:00.000-07:002008-08-06T15:22:15.776-07:00

Coming to a theater near you (probably in January): Baby Geniuses III!!!!

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-312340043773308662008-06-10T20:23:00.000-07:002008-06-10T20:26:47.382-07:00

If someone were writing a paper about the crap amateur athletes had to put up with in the mid-20th century, a great source would be old episodes of I've Got a Secret. Every time they had an Olympic athlete on, after his appearance, the host would bring the show to a dead stop to explain to the audience that, in order to keep his standing as an amateur, said athlete will not be keeping the eighty

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-46724936518774970662008-06-10T20:14:00.000-07:002008-06-11T09:00:29.475-07:00

Speaking of mid-60's spy shows, I Spy season sets are $12.99 a piece at Best Buy. A bargain at twice the price.I mocked Robert Culp for referring to himself and Bill Cosby as "Culp and Cosby". However, in the first season, he wrote an episode called "The Loser". In this episode,His character is only around for a few seconds in the first 20 minutes.Cosby's character gets a love interestCosby gets

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-86249187325006782262008-06-10T20:11:00.001-07:002008-06-10T20:17:28.315-07:00

When Don Adams died, I obsessed over a Bob Hope special he did in 1966 called "Murder in NBC" starring a mess o' comedy stars. This special has been posted in its entirety on the YouTube. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-87765336246636163942008-06-10T20:09:00.000-07:002008-06-10T20:10:08.916-07:00

A humorous parody of Boing Boing

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-80496967868924756312008-06-10T20:07:00.000-07:002008-06-10T20:11:11.858-07:00

Three months later...

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-288731022929074062008-03-23T17:24:00.000-07:002008-03-23T17:39:14.887-07:00

I've heard of long tails but come on Dept.: I've mentioned before the upcoming publication of collections of Trump and Humbug, the magazines Harvey Kurtzman did after leaving Mad magazine. Now also upcoming is a collection of Get Lost, a 1953 MAD ripoff that got sued out of business by William Gaines. I don't know if this proves that we're living in the Golden Age of comix reprints or that the

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-493674500536658842008-03-19T12:18:00.000-07:002008-03-19T12:21:31.947-07:00

There is a show that I have not seen nor have I gotten around to purchasing its DVD set but I hereby declare it the greatest show in the history of mankind. From the TVShowOnDVD item:[T]he 1966 series Europe's Big Top Circus Stars Live From The Hippodrome brought all the fun of various circus acts right into your own home, hosted by different guest stars such as actor and comedian Jack Carter,

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From a Reader's Digest interview with Tina Fey:RD: What pleases you more, applause or laughter?Fey: Laughter. You can prompt applause with a sign. My friend, SNL writer Seth Meyers, coined the term clapter, which is when you do a political joke and people go, "Woo-hoo." It means they sort of approve but didn't really like it that much. You hear a lot of that on [whispers] The Daily Show.UPDATE:

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This is perhaps something everyone but me knew about but Internet Archive (home of the Wayback Machine) has old-time radio shows which one can download to one's iPod or iPhone or Zune or YouTube or whatever the kids are using these days. In some cases, like the Jack Benny Show, someone was nice enough to set up seasons sets like this one for 1937 and 1938 which features the beginning of the Jack

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Juno wins Best Screenplay. New backlash in five..four..three..two

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-6591422198855320232008-02-24T20:07:00.000-08:002008-02-24T20:08:53.400-08:00

For an audience that got self-righteous for the "How come Vanity Fair don't invite writers" joke, I didn't hear a lot of applause for the dead writers?No love for Moneypenny?Miyoshi Umeki got into the death montage but she never got a dinner.

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Jon Stewart lets someone cut off have her moment; good on him.

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Bourne Supremacy has won three minor Oscars. That means it's going to win Best Pict...D'oh!

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-15341801135776219022008-02-24T18:52:00.000-08:002008-02-24T18:53:17.265-08:00

If it's secret, how come there's a camera from the accountant's POV? Ha! I've wrapped rings around you logically, lighthearted film!

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The Bee introducing his "previous work" is different from Oscar's Salute to Binoculars how exactly?(Speaking of the salute to binoculars, kudos for including the Top Secret joke where the cow walks out of the binocular shape).

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Red Buttons got a Best Support Actor Oscar but he never got a dinner.

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Would it have blown the budget for them to put showgirls in rat and cockroach costumes?

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Oscar audiences love falling surfing penguins!

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It would be so cool with Persepolis being nominated if they did the "cartoon characters waiting in the audience" shtick for Best Animated Feature.

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They acknowledge the existence of the Rob Lowe/ Snow White number. A few years ago, in an homage to Oscar musical numbers, they didn't

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"Hundreds of millions"? No longer claiming a billion?

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Spike Lee and Wesley Snipes are apparently this year's designated "camera on the black guy".

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Miley Cyrus is going to present. For The Kids, the Young People!Then we'll do a video of that song "Milkshake" (the kids still dance to that, right?) but it'll be "I drink your milkshake".Speaking of "I drink your milkshake", here's a hypothetical conversation in the Oscars Writers room:[BRUCE VILLANCH enters wearing a T-shirt reading "I drink your milkshake"].WRITER: Hey, from the movie. Very

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Regis is taking credit for the concept of the Red Carpet show.

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I should grab a picture of John Travolta for the next time I'm tempted to invest in Just For Men hair dye.

Daniel Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504667.post-35474491430589624372008-01-30T09:07:00.000-08:002008-01-30T09:10:25.256-08:00

A news item from the usually reliable tvshowsondvd.com says that I Spy is getting newly remastered season sets on April 29th (all three seasons!) for $20 each. I'm slightly concerned that the only thing I see on Amazon is a "Email me when something's announced" entry.

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An op-ed piece on Los Angeles's Proposition S: "Reduction of Tax Rate and Modernization of Communications Users Tax".Here's the basic story. The city extended a 10% telephone tax to cellphones. There were lawsuits against the city saying they were supposed to get voter approval and the tax opponents won. The Proposition asks for that approval (and approval for "communication services" so they

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