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"I'm getting too old for this shit"

I hear ya Murtaugh

Fra-geel-ley! That must be Italian

r.i.p.
darrin mcgavin was cool.

Follow the money

[pic from Amazon]
This came out on dvd yesterday. One of my all time favorites--and never was selected in my college film teacher's "Sound in Film" film theory class. What a shame because about a 1/3 of the story are unseen characters talking on the phone. Just voices, and with each nervous stutter and pause, the story gets more complicated.
Watching the dvd, I really noticed the influence it had on the X-files. Not just with the Deep Throat character but also in the cinematography. Lots of wide, empty and heavily shadowed scenery, where you can't be sure if the car on the other side of the parking garage is really abandoned. The paranoia seeps in slowly and it's not overly dramatic.The magnitude of the investigation is handled with intelligence & realism in every scene. In its good years, X-files did that too.
Looking at Holbrook's portrayal of Deep Throat again-he was one pissed off g-man.
Jason Robards is terrific too.

Clawson: [on phone]...If you're going to refer to that alleged conversation with Sally Aiken, you can't print that it took place in her apartment. I have a wife,a family and a dog and a cat.
Ben Bradlee: A wife, a family and a dog and a cat. Right, Ken. Yeah. Uh, Ken, I don't want to print that you were in Sally's apartment...
Clawson: Thank God.
Ben Bradlee: I just want to know what you said... in Sally's apartment.

It's the eye of the tiger, it's the cream of the fight..

Rising up to the challenge of our rival...

pimpin' some britcoms

Discovered these from BBC America.

Little Britain --I just watched season one.Two comedians who do character sketches, various or recurring characters.These guys really immerse themselves in their characters and they really push the envelope sometimes. The SNL folks should take lessons. I decided to buy the season one dvd after I saw a sketch about a guy who keeps visiting his buddy's family [only because he's attracted to his friend's granny]. There's a video clip of it at the BBC America site. Offensive, wrong on so many levels..but so damn funny.

My current fav--Black Books. Picture above [ from BBC America]. Kind of like Fawlty Towers --only much more darker and surreal. About a miserable, mean, chain smoking, drunk Irish social misfit running a small book shop.

[attempting to fill in his tax return form]
Bernard Black: What?! What is this?! "What is your mother's maiden name?"-- What's her first name? I just knew her as "Ma"! That'll have to do.
[writing on the form]
Bernard Black: 'Ma.... Possibly deceased'.

memorable quotes

Roman Guard: Crucifixion?
Prisoner: Yes.
Roman Guard: Good. Out of the door, line on the left, one cross each.
[Next prisoner comes up]
Roman Guard: Crucifixion?
Stan: Er, no, freedom actually.
Roman Guard: What?
Stan: Yeah, they said I hadn't done anything and I could go and live on an island somewhere.

from left field. here it comes. get ready.

Late last night I saw a commercial for Barry's latest music. I'm pretty sure the man has had a face lift. His upper mouth did not move at all. It freaked me out.

photo from the official barry manilow merchandise site