My sense is that very few people would disagree with the statement that ‘The In-Laws’ (1979) is one of the funniest talking comedies ever made. (I refer of course to the original, not the ill-advised 2003 Michael Douglas/Albert Brooks remake). The movie, written by Andrew Bergman, directed by Arthur Hiller
‘Movie Maniacs’ (1936) is the 13th short subject made by The Three Stooges for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed in August, 1935 (no exact dates are available) and released on Thursday, February 20th 1936. I thought it would be an appropriate choice for this weekend, which will likely be remembered
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwbMr8bK45M YouTube sure takes care of its regular users well. Indeed they resemble nothing so much as the neighborhood ‘pusher’, supplying me with the stuff they know I’ll shoot up hungrily upon first sight. Apropos of yesterday’s post in which I mentioned reading Nick Tosches superb bio of Dean Martin,
‘The Ghost Talks’ (1949) is the 113th short comedy made by The Three Stooges for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed from Tuesday, August 26th through Friday, August 29th 1947 and released on Thursday, February 3rd, 1949. It’s a fine Shemp outing with a strange inner-flashback depicting the ghost as a
‘Who Done It?’ (1949) is the one-hundred and fourteenth short film made by The Three Stooges for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed from Tuesday, December 9 through Friday, December 12, 1947 and released fifteen months later, on March 3, 1949. Written and Directed by Edward L. Bernds, the film is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SOpqyg5fpUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkOpHJ_PgDk In yesterday’s post I mentioned how the members of the ‘Tonight Show’ band (aka ‘Doc Severinsen and the NBC Orchestra’) lent their own comedic talents to the show. One of the strangest examples is that of trombone player Ernie Tack. The show would occasionally do a ‘Stump The Band’
To those of us who remember the Johnny Carson incarnation of ‘The Tonight Show’, the band (or the ‘NBC Orchestra’ as they were formally known) looms as an important piece of the magical synthesis of talents that produced the greatest talk show in TV history. (If you haven’t delved into
‘They Stooge To Conga’ (1943) was the 67th short subject made by The Three Stooges for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed from Wednesday, May 6 through Saturday, May 9, 1942 and released on New Years Day, 1943. The film is generally considered to be the most hideously, nauseatingly violent Stooge
‘A Pain In The Pullman’ (1936) was the 16th short film The Three Stooges made for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed from Wednesday, April 29th through Monday, May 4th, 1936 and was released on Saturday, June 27th of that year. The film belongs to a long and venerable tradition of
R.I.P. the great Burt Bacharach. Here’s a commercial front the late 70s featuring Burt and then-wife Angie Dickenson shilling for Martini &Rossi Vermouth. The dashing Burt (he always makes me think of cologne, elaborate shaving gear, highly polished Italian mens boots etc.) once provoked a famous Sammy Cahn crack: ‘Songwriters