3 episodes into Ripley. Andrew Scott is excellent and plays the character in a much more subdued way than Matt Damon, who I also thought was great in the role. A very well crafted show.
havent got there yet or sugar. will probably give this a spin.
have an ep of mary and george. wasnt won over by the regime or palm royale.
middlebrow mysteries on season two: hotel portofino and the tourist leaving me a little flat.
heard good things about the steve martin doc but i never seem to watch those.
Of course the SM doc was great. Some new info for me and gave depth on the performance art side of things.
watched the first half after which i came to the realization that you have/had the same comedic sensibility as one of my friends from growing up. he loved stern, wrestling, sctv, superdave, andrew dice clay, etc. he was the one who would do the wild and crazy guy routine (it was 4th grade). i thought the material was funny but i didnt have the albums and very quickly was over the wild and crazy guy impressions. even at school i was too cool for school.
just made me think of it when looking at all the zany people that went to the live shows with balloon animals on their heads. im sure i would have wanted the arrow but more for the illusion than the wackiness. crazy how faddish it became.
Well, there's a can of worms. There were humor books in the house, NewYorker collections, Adams, Thurber, EB White, Geroge Price, George Booth calanders, Gorey. On TV Marx brothers, Laurel N Hardey (not Abbot n Costello), Our Gang (Not Bowery boys) so choices were made. Movies M M M World, Pink Panther, Woody, Python. Top comedians were Myron Cohen, Dick Shahn, Carlin. SM was a footnote to all that. Letterman, Classic Carson (ESP. Hacket) Sunday funnies, Peanuts, Mad (not superhero comics) Dr. Demento, Lampooon, aaaaaaand Soupy! SNL wild and Crazy less so solo W n C. Firesign theater Bozos...
youre suggesting im selling you short? from the algonquin round table to the knights who say ni, your comedic influences are vast and estimable. but whence the stooges three? dost thou crave a poke in the eye?
i wasnt really tying you to the steve martin bandwagon who was someone i thought was funny. just seeing the sudden cultural wave and all the chuckleheads in the audience reminded me of my friend doing the catchphrases to death and then it struck me that you have expressed similar tastes, some of which i like (sctv) and some of which i dont (wrestling).
ive said before we did not get the new yorker which was unfortunate as i was left reading psychology today in the bathroom.
and have to admit i dont know myron cohen. my fathers fame and fortune fantasy was comedian. he definitely saw a fair amount during his bellhoppin in the catskills era but the only obsession he had by the mid 70s was sports. he expressed admiration for mel brooks but i only vaguely recall seeing high anxiety then later to be or not to be. i can imagine he saw the producers but nary a peep about young frankenstein or blazing settles was ever uttered. more of a your show of shows guy to be sure. we should have had all the classic 60s albums, woody, lehrer, newhart, nichols and may but alas i lived a deprived childhood.
personally never warmed to the marx brothers tho sure they were irreverent for their time. wont opine on the rest as i grow weary. just gonna grab a psychology today and be off.
https://youtu.be/AcWn1AVFEV0?si=jqji-Z01wOFHdmo1
There was an hour long afternoon show out of FW in the DFW market called Wham Bang theater hosted by Icky Twerp that showed back to back 3-S cut down to bite size pieces. Watched everyday for years. But it was a mid day show from LA that really sent me, Where The Action Is had Sonny and Cher and Paul Revere and the Raiders Etc. doing skits and Lip Sync bits. Yeah, the Diceman-Stern bag felt a little reductive and I wanted to brag. I had a HS friend who could recite a whole Nick Danger album side of Firesign theater.
im not sure one can brag about watching soupy sales unlike, say, seeing him in an airport lounge in the late 70s but having no idea who he was.
saw this in his wiki.
They had two sons, both of whom are rock musicians: bassist Tony Sales and drummer Hunt Sales. The brothers were the rhythm section for Todd Rundgren in the early '70s, then for Iggy Pop starting in the mid-'70s, and later were half the band Tin Machine with David Bowie...
1977 Saw hunt and tony support iggy at the paladium / academy of music 14th. St. The idiot tour. Bowie off stage at a grand piano lit only by the sheet music lamp. Soupy introduced the show and did a little bit about the pot smoke. Had a t-shirt that I lost in the divorce.
now that is brag-worthy. same year i endured all the excuse me lines in 4th grade. see, it all comes full circle.
Summer of Sam and talking heads 77, qu'est-ce c'est
Watched ep 1. Does that B & W filter bother anyone? Not grainy enough for me.
I liked the b/W. Some streaming platforms won't allow for much grain because it requires extra bandwidth (for lack of a better term, I'm sure Jim could explain it better but I'm beginning to think he's "gone to Rome")
is gone to rome an expression, an allusion to the show or just something you devised?
havent hit ripley yet but saw some NEW YORKER critics tweet expressing her appreciation for the b&w look.
prior to the SM doc i watched the first two eps of sugar which i thought promising. you can compare and contrast with monsieur spade its neo-noirdom though its happy to articulate its love of the genre for you within the show.
I’m on ep 5. I like how he sets off red flags to all the support cast including the cat
an allusion to the show.
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3 episodes into Ripley. Andrew Scott is excellent and plays the character in a much more subdued way than Matt Damon, who I also thought was great in the role. A very well crafted show.
- steve 4-05-2024 10:27 am
havent got there yet or sugar. will probably give this a spin.
have an ep of mary and george. wasnt won over by the regime or palm royale.
middlebrow mysteries on season two: hotel portofino and the tourist leaving me a little flat.
heard good things about the steve martin doc but i never seem to watch those.
- dave 4-05-2024 12:29 pm [add a comment]
Of course the SM doc was great. Some new info for me and gave depth on the performance art side of things.
- bill 4-05-2024 7:58 pm [add a comment]
watched the first half after which i came to the realization that you have/had the same comedic sensibility as one of my friends from growing up. he loved stern, wrestling, sctv, superdave, andrew dice clay, etc. he was the one who would do the wild and crazy guy routine (it was 4th grade). i thought the material was funny but i didnt have the albums and very quickly was over the wild and crazy guy impressions. even at school i was too cool for school.
just made me think of it when looking at all the zany people that went to the live shows with balloon animals on their heads. im sure i would have wanted the arrow but more for the illusion than the wackiness. crazy how faddish it became.
- dave 4-06-2024 9:47 pm [add a comment]
Well, there's a can of worms. There were humor books in the house, NewYorker collections, Adams, Thurber, EB White, Geroge Price, George Booth calanders, Gorey. On TV Marx brothers, Laurel N Hardey (not Abbot n Costello), Our Gang (Not Bowery boys) so choices were made. Movies M M M World, Pink Panther, Woody, Python. Top comedians were Myron Cohen, Dick Shahn, Carlin. SM was a footnote to all that. Letterman, Classic Carson (ESP. Hacket) Sunday funnies, Peanuts, Mad (not superhero comics) Dr. Demento, Lampooon, aaaaaaand Soupy! SNL wild and Crazy less so solo W n C. Firesign theater Bozos...
- bill 4-07-2024 8:34 am [add a comment]
youre suggesting im selling you short? from the algonquin round table to the knights who say ni, your comedic influences are vast and estimable. but whence the stooges three? dost thou crave a poke in the eye?
i wasnt really tying you to the steve martin bandwagon who was someone i thought was funny. just seeing the sudden cultural wave and all the chuckleheads in the audience reminded me of my friend doing the catchphrases to death and then it struck me that you have expressed similar tastes, some of which i like (sctv) and some of which i dont (wrestling).
ive said before we did not get the new yorker which was unfortunate as i was left reading psychology today in the bathroom.
and have to admit i dont know myron cohen. my fathers fame and fortune fantasy was comedian. he definitely saw a fair amount during his bellhoppin in the catskills era but the only obsession he had by the mid 70s was sports. he expressed admiration for mel brooks but i only vaguely recall seeing high anxiety then later to be or not to be. i can imagine he saw the producers but nary a peep about young frankenstein or blazing settles was ever uttered. more of a your show of shows guy to be sure. we should have had all the classic 60s albums, woody, lehrer, newhart, nichols and may but alas i lived a deprived childhood.
personally never warmed to the marx brothers tho sure they were irreverent for their time. wont opine on the rest as i grow weary. just gonna grab a psychology today and be off.
- dave 4-07-2024 10:19 am [add a comment]
https://youtu.be/AcWn1AVFEV0?si=jqji-Z01wOFHdmo1
There was an hour long afternoon show out of FW in the DFW market called Wham Bang theater hosted by Icky Twerp that showed back to back 3-S cut down to bite size pieces. Watched everyday for years. But it was a mid day show from LA that really sent me, Where The Action Is had Sonny and Cher and Paul Revere and the Raiders Etc. doing skits and Lip Sync bits. Yeah, the Diceman-Stern bag felt a little reductive and I wanted to brag. I had a HS friend who could recite a whole Nick Danger album side of Firesign theater.
- bill 4-07-2024 12:14 pm [add a comment]
im not sure one can brag about watching soupy sales unlike, say, seeing him in an airport lounge in the late 70s but having no idea who he was.
saw this in his wiki.
- dave 4-07-2024 12:34 pm [add a comment]
1977 Saw hunt and tony support iggy at the paladium / academy of music 14th. St. The idiot tour. Bowie off stage at a grand piano lit only by the sheet music lamp. Soupy introduced the show and did a little bit about the pot smoke. Had a t-shirt that I lost in the divorce.
- bill 4-07-2024 1:29 pm [add a comment]
now that is brag-worthy. same year i endured all the excuse me lines in 4th grade. see, it all comes full circle.
- dave 4-07-2024 1:39 pm [add a comment]
Summer of Sam and talking heads 77, qu'est-ce c'est
- bill 4-07-2024 1:48 pm [add a comment]
did you see david berkowitz at cbgb, too, because that would be something.
- dave 4-07-2024 1:52 pm [add a comment]
He hung in Yonkers
- bill 4-07-2024 1:54 pm [add a comment]
so, beefsteak charlies?
- dave 4-07-2024 2:13 pm [add a comment]
Yes, by the salad bar
- bill 4-07-2024 2:20 pm [add a comment]
the shrimp was to die for.
- dave 4-07-2024 2:26 pm [add a comment]
Watched ep 1. Does that B & W filter bother anyone? Not grainy enough for me.
- bill 4-07-2024 9:13 am [add a comment]
I liked the b/W. Some streaming platforms won't allow for much grain because it requires extra bandwidth (for lack of a better term, I'm sure Jim could explain it better but I'm beginning to think he's "gone to Rome")
- steve 4-07-2024 9:58 am [add a comment]
is gone to rome an expression, an allusion to the show or just something you devised?
havent hit ripley yet but saw some NEW YORKER critics tweet expressing her appreciation for the b&w look.
prior to the SM doc i watched the first two eps of sugar which i thought promising. you can compare and contrast with monsieur spade its neo-noirdom though its happy to articulate its love of the genre for you within the show.
- dave 4-07-2024 10:27 am [add a comment]
It was an alluion to the show but I guess it could be all three.
- steve 4-15-2024 11:09 pm [add a comment]
you already replied to this. are you having a senior moment or expanding on your previous albeit similar response?
- dave 4-15-2024 11:16 pm [add a comment]
I guess it could be all two
- steve 4-16-2024 1:27 am [add a comment]
I’m on ep 5. I like how he sets off red flags to all the support cast including the cat
- bill 4-15-2024 10:43 pm [add a comment]
an allusion to the show.
- steve 4-07-2024 12:53 pm [add a comment]