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| Joe Vitus |
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| I've never cared for Schindler's List, but the pebble scene isn't one of the reasons. I like it a lot better than the "with this watch I could have saved..." scene. |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:44 pm |
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| I puddle up every time Lon Chaney, Jr, says to Burgess Merideth, off camera, "I SEE 'em, George! I see the rabbits!" |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:23 pm |
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A tip for those who don't want to cry in public--
In a Manning Coles spy novel I read many years ago, the hero and his pal have been captured by the bad guys with the prospect of torture ahead, and the hero tells his buddy, "Think of cold pickled pork. It takes the mind off."
I find that it works whenever I'm on the verge of tears and don't want to show it. I think about a jar of icy pickled pigs' feet I saw in a deli once, and somehow the horrible image diverts me just enough to swallow the lump in my throat. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:31 pm |
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| P.S. I thought about the jar a lot toward the end of "Phillip Morris." |
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| Shane |
| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:49 pm |
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| When I finished my paper route at the tavern on main st. in east point as a kid, I had a choice of the pigs feet or pcikled eggs. Pigs feet always won hands down. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:08 am |
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yambu wrote: I puddle up every time Lon Chaney, Jr, says to Burgess Merideth, off camera, "I SEE 'em, George! I see the rabbits!"
That scene is probably the one that effected me the most waterworks/wise. The first time I saw it was as a late night movie on TV around '54 or '55. It might have been the first time I cried at a movie, I'm not sure. |
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| Shane |
| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 9:19 am |
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| I just watched a Rocky & Bullwinkle episode where a 'Dopey Gas' was used on Rocky and he looked at Bullwinkle and said, ' Tell me about the rabbits George.' |
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| Shane |
| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 9:20 am |
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| Sorry Gary I forgot you weren't allowed R & B in Canada. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:19 am |
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Shane wrote: Sorry Gary I forgot you weren't allowed R & B in Canada.
Don't know what you mean. We did get R & B in Canada of course. |
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| Shane |
| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:57 am |
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| In a Jay Ward special I watched in recent times we were informed that because of Dudley Doright the R & B show was banned in Canada. What's that aboot? |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:33 pm |
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| Watching the Clooney confection that is "The American" on dvd, I felt I was seeing the sort of slow and contemplative film that Americans generally don't much care for. It's a lovely and sensual sojourn in Italy, where a covert op/assassin of some sort tries to sort out his lonely life (with the help of good-hearted hooker Violante Placido (heart-palpitatingly lovely and charming), who quickly promotes Clooney from client to boyfriend) while staying hidden from vengeful Swedish agents. I loved the sedate pace of the film, but I suspect the many came to theaters looking for a little more action in what, from a bare-bones plot synopsis, might have sounded like a conventional bang-bang kill-kill thriller. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 2:02 pm |
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Shane wrote: In a Jay Ward special I watched in recent times we were informed that because of Dudley Doright the R & B show was banned in Canada. What's that aboot?
Those shows were never banned. I used to watch them all the time, plus Hoppity Hooper and the other cartoons in the show like Fractured Fairy Tales, Peabody's Improbable History etc. I was in my mid-twenties at the time. Dudley Doright very popular by the way.
That Jay Ward special must have been pulling your leg. |
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| Shane |
| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:07 pm |
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Sorry to be so long getting back Gary. I was notified of the free showing of the film 'Iranium' and had to take advantage of the opportunity to see what was next on the invasion agenda. Man what a piece of work. The end is an actual call to action to invade Iran!!
As to pulling my leg...well why not everyone else does. I'll check and see I think I have a copy of it still around and I'll send you a copy to check out. they seemed pretty straight up about everything but if you watched it then maybe they were. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:12 pm |
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| There was a Jay Ward show called Fractured Flickers that was hilarious--old silent movies cut up into funny episodes. The Stan Laurel ones were the best. But they didn't have the rights to the films, and the series came to a screeching halt long before I ever had a VCR.... |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:15 pm |
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marantzo wrote: yambu wrote: I puddle up every time Lon Chaney, Jr, says to Burgess Merideth, off camera, "I SEE 'em, George! I see the rabbits!"
That scene is probably the one that effected me the most waterworks/wise. The first time I saw it was as a late night movie on TV around '54 or '55. It might have been the first time I cried at a movie, I'm not sure. |
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