tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post3711677087943330609..comments2024-03-28T14:07:21.692-07:00Comments on Diary of a Fat Slob: Straight Time, and six more moviesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-77513606678106895782023-01-26T09:26:36.307-08:002023-01-26T09:26:36.307-08:00He was a purveyor of pap, but I do remember liking...He was a purveyor of pap, but I do remember liking TRON and 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA.<br /><br />Also, Disneyland could be fun if it wasn't so damned expensive and without all the lines.Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-77151592065459430702023-01-25T19:43:42.763-08:002023-01-25T19:43:42.763-08:00Maybe. I think of Disney as the inventor of made-f...Maybe. I think of Disney as the inventor of made-for-TV "movies': multi-episode stories of Disney-invented characters.<br /><br />Zorro, Davey Crocket, Daniel Boone and other frontier characters for example. I know Disney didn't invent any of these characters, but he certainly exploited them. And garbled history while doing it.<br /><br />Johnjohnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-90980031421316234762023-01-25T13:32:18.884-08:002023-01-25T13:32:18.884-08:00A time when the Marx Brothers were mostly unknown....A time when the Marx Brothers were mostly unknown. Seems mighty sad, but yeah, movies are so easily accessible now, I kinda forgot there was a time when they absolutely weren't.<br /><br />First run, then second run, and then they were gone, except *maybe* for occasional airings on TV.<br /><br />Even that was rare, for ages. True or false I'm not sure, but I recall reading that Walt Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-77628931740124898052023-01-25T13:22:46.939-08:002023-01-25T13:22:46.939-08:00When I was young, I used to think people got less ...When I was young, I used to think people got less and less interesting the older they got. Now that I'm old, it's the young people who bore the bejeebers out of me.<br /><br />Of the possibilities you mentioned, money seems like the biggest issue. Like George Lucas — he made three terrific STAR WARS movies about rebellion against tyranny. The movies made him richer than Richie Rich, so Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-16751054312245414142023-01-25T12:32:13.238-08:002023-01-25T12:32:13.238-08:00To answer your question: Yes. I became a teenager ...To answer your question: Yes. I became a teenager in 1963, the year the Beatles released Love Me Do in the New World. I was a reasonably informed teenager. I read the paper every day (I also delivered it every day). I read books. I had parents who presented quizzes to my sis and me at dinner. <br /><br />I thought of Groucho as a late-middle-aged man who occasionally asked funny questions, but johnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-45943831803984460552023-01-25T12:12:51.430-08:002023-01-25T12:12:51.430-08:00Everybody knows why athletes become less successfu...Everybody knows why athletes become less successful as they get older, peaking at between 19 and 33 generally, but nobody knows with any certainty why people become less able in intellectual ways after certain ages. <br /><br />As we speak, the world chess champion is about to retire from world championship chess competition at 32, after holding the title for ten years. The acknowledged world johnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-20087745467511311172023-01-25T07:28:25.368-08:002023-01-25T07:28:25.368-08:00So by the early 1960s the Marx Brothers movies wer...So by the early 1960s the Marx Brothers movies were generally forgotten? What idiots humans are. <br /><br />It's my plan to watch or re-watch all of the Marx Brothers movies, even the later, less funny ones.<br /><br />All my favorite funny people got less funny as they got older, everyone from Steve Martin to George Carlin. If there's an exception it's not occurring to me. Even the Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-23816543177655510382023-01-25T00:11:13.470-08:002023-01-25T00:11:13.470-08:00The first five Marx Brothers movies, which were ma...The first five Marx Brothers movies, which were made for Paramount starting with The Cocoanuts (1929) , were the best for several reasons, not least among them that the "boys" were getting older and were in mid-career by the time talkies came along. At the time of the release of The Cocoanuts Groucho was 39 and Harpo and Chico were in their 40s. The next four Marx movies, Animal johnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-50619916876603648862023-01-24T14:52:09.445-08:002023-01-24T14:52:09.445-08:00IDK if it's easily viewable - my guess is &quo...IDK if it's easily viewable - my guess is "Yes it is," - but the documentary "The Unknown Marx Brothers" is really, really interesting and informative.Captain Hampocketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849547698251622931noreply@blogger.com