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[belljr]

Founder - Michael Keaton plays Ray Kroc the guy that "stole/founded/expanded" the MCDonalds' brothers franchises.

I really liked this movie, thought it was well done.  Its supposedly close to accurate.  I'm not sure how I feel about Kroc.  A thief, a visionary - I know they donated their money after he passed.

Highly recommend

 

[jdoggydogg]

Our dvr died, so I lost about 25 movies from TCM. Time to start over, I guess. 

We'd been hoarding the last dozen episodes of David Letterman, and the above scenario is how I talked Mrs. Dogg into watching them.

 

[PIK95]

We'd been hoarding the last dozen episodes of David Letterman, and the above scenario is how I talked Mrs. Dogg into watching them.

David Who?  Do you mean Larry David? 

 

[jdoggydogg]

We'd been hoarding the last dozen episodes of David Letterman, and the above scenario is how I talked Mrs. Dogg into watching them.

David Who?  Do you mean Larry David? 

Um, no.

 

[saintfool]

We'd been hoarding the last dozen episodes of David Letterman, and the above scenario is how I talked Mrs. Dogg into watching them.

the NBC years?

 

[jdoggydogg]

the NBC years?

CBS. Mrs. Dogg and I have been together for 30 years, and all of those years we were Letterman fans. So it's been hard to watch those last few eps.

 

[wikkidpissah]

CBS. Mrs. Dogg and I have been together for 30 years, and all of those years we were Letterman fans. So it's been hard to watch those last few eps.

each time the old master's beard grows another inch they watch an ep

 

[saintfool]

CBS. Mrs. Dogg and I have been together for 30 years, and all of those years we were Letterman fans. So it's been hard to watch those last few eps.

i sometimes watch clips from the NBC years on YouTube. I'm reminded of just how extraordinary they were as far as both comedy and "live" TV go.

 

[wikkidpissah]

i sometimes watch clips from the NBC years on YouTube. I'm reminded of just how extraordinary they were as far as both comedy and "live" TV go.

i know its hard for you young folk to believe, but regular people did not use sarcasm - except in that extravagant, almost-girly way - until Dave came along. he was so foundational on that that his old stuff now looks corny & hacky, like silent pix slapstickers do

 

[saintfool]

i know its hard for you young folk to believe, but regular people did not use sarcasm - except in that extravagant, almost-girly way - until Dave came along. he was so foundational on that that his old stuff now looks corny & hacky, like silent pix slapstickers do

i'm in my late 40's now. i don't think it's corny and hacky in retrospect. the most unfair comparisons to him, imo, are in contrast between those NBC years and the CBS years. i get that folks generally mellow with age but it's like he gave up.

 

[wikkidpissah]

i'm in my late 40's now. i don't think it's corny and hacky in retrospect. the most unfair comparisons to him, imo, are in contrast between those NBC years and the CBS years. i get that folks generally mellow with age but it's like he gave up.

no doubt. dont think he could afford the kind of angst he used to put into performance after his bypass, nor see the sense in it once fatherhood battled for his attention

 

[saintfool]

no doubt. dont think he could afford the kind of angst he used to put into performance after his bypass, nor see the sense in it once fatherhood battled for his attention

i fondly recall that period in the "Late Night..." years when he was railing against NBC when GE bought the network. It was amazing. I know that he was grateful to CBS but it was pretty disappointing to see him dial it down so easily. I worked at the network for a time in the mid-90s when I moved to Manhattan and can assure you there was no shortage of jerks in the executive class.

 

[wikkidpissah]

i fondly recall that period in the "Late Night..." years when he was railing against NBC when GE bought the network. It was amazing. I know that he was grateful to CBS but it was pretty disappointing to see him dial it down so easily. I worked at the network for a time in the mid-90s when I moved to Manhattan and can assure you there was no shortage of jerks in the executive class.

He really respected the top guys, Stringer & then Moonves (who seems a jackhole, but has that old-fashioned hand w talent), plus he was away from Blackrock & had Lasally running interference for him. Folks were so thrown together @ Rockefeller Center that you could hear Imus in the morning, Stern in the afternoon & Letterman at night all talking about seeing Connie Chung's tremendous ### in the elevator

 

[saintfool]

He really respected the top guys, Stringer & then Moonves (who seems an ######, but has that old-fashioned hand w talent), plus he was away from Blackrock & had Lasally running interference for him. Folks were so thrown together @ Rockefeller Center that you could hear Imus in the morning, Stern in the afternoon & Letterman at night all talking about seeing Connie Chung's tremendous ### in the elevator

I worked in the Blackrock building for a few months after Westinghouse bought CBS in the radio division. lots of really nice people but concerns about "reshuffling" were palpable. those were some pretty lean years in the network TV group too. i was reading a book ,"The History of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes, on my lunch for a few weeks. One day I was in the elevator and had it with me while heading up to their cafeteria. a bunch of suits get in the elevator with me and someone asks me "what's the book about?" (nevermind it's actually in the title of the book). feeling clever, i quickly replied "it's the CBS Fall programming guide..." and the elevator went dead silent. 

i got a stern talking to later that day by my department chief about my attitude.

 

[Statorama]

For full disclosure, I'm a Kumail Nanjiani fan, but I kinda liked Big Sick.  No big guffaw laughs, but a whole lot of audible laughter in our front room during this one.

It's "banter" humor, which isn't everyone's bag in the 'one eye on the movie one eye on the phone' era.

 

[jdoggydogg]

i know its hard for you young folk to believe, but regular people did not use sarcasm - except in that extravagant, almost-girly way - until Dave came along. he was so foundational on that that his old stuff now looks corny & hacky, like silent pix slapstickers do

I heard Patton Oswalt talking about Letterman's influence, and I like what he said. He said that Letterman wasn't just funny, he reinvented what funny could be.

 

[jdoggydogg]

i fondly recall that period in the "Late Night..." years when he was railing against NBC when GE bought the network. It was amazing. I know that he was grateful to CBS but it was pretty disappointing to see him dial it down so easily. I worked at the network for a time in the mid-90s when I moved to Manhattan and can assure you there was no shortage of jerks in the executive class.

Part of this can be attributed to becoming a father. If being a parent doesn't change you then you're doing it wrong.

 

[jdoggydogg]

For full disclosure, I'm a Kumail Nanjiani fan, but I kinda liked Big Sick.  No big guffaw laughs, but a whole lot of audible laughter in our front room during this one.

It's "banter" humor, which isn't everyone's bag in the 'one eye on the movie one eye on the phone' era.

I loved it.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Good read:

Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made

 

[wikkidpissah]

I worked in the Blackrock building for a few months after Westinghouse bought CBS in the radio division. lots of really nice people but concerns about "reshuffling" were palpable. those were some pretty lean years in the network TV group too. i was reading a book ,"The History of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes, on my lunch for a few weeks. One day I was in the elevator and had it with me while heading up to their cafeteria. a bunch of suits get in the elevator with me and someone asks me "what's the book about?" (nevermind it's actually in the title of the book). feeling clever, i quickly replied "it's the CBS Fall programming guide..." and the elevator went dead silent. 

i got a stern talking to later that day by my department chief about my attitude.

 i was lucky that way - except for my SNL audition, most of my business with networks was with ABC West Coast while i & my partner were in NY. we got reemed as bad, mebbe worse, but at least we didn't have one of your gray-suited pals unsplaining stuff to us.

 

[wikkidpissah]

I heard Patton Oswalt talking about Letterman's influence, and I like what he said. He said that Letterman wasn't just funny, he reinvented what funny could be.

yeah, you'd have NO idea, unless you were writing/performing comedy during the Golden Age of Standup, how & why the way people communicated fundamentally changed in such a short period of time. it chased a lot of folks out of the business because the Funny you were writing (read: sarcasm) was suddenly coming out of the mouths of UPS guys & aerobics ladies. it was nuts-

 

[saintfool]

 i was lucky that way - except for my SNL audition, most of my business with networks was with ABC West Coast while i & my partner were in NY. we got reemed as bad, mebbe worse, but at least we didn't have one of your gray-suited pals unsplaining stuff to us.

my time with CBS was pretty absurd. i was the lowest on the totem pole on the radio sales team. i was like the assistant to the other sales assistants. i covered the phones when one of them went to lunch or needed to fax something. they kept me around because i helped protect their budgets from getting cut. it got so bad that they needed to effectively "hide" me in a corner office of a former exec with the door closed. they told me i only needed to answer the phone when the lines rolled over to my line. i was the 3rd or 4th person to answer a phone which meant i had a couple of calls a day. they loved me. the closest i can approximate the experience was it was nearly George Costanza-esque in its ridiculousness.

 

[jdoggydogg]

yeah, you'd have NO idea, unless you were writing/performing comedy during the Golden Age of Standup, how & why the way people communicated fundamentally changed in such a short period of time. it chased a lot of folks out of the business because the Funny you were writing (read: sarcasm) was suddenly coming out of the mouths of UPS guys & aerobics ladies. it was nuts-

I loved Letterman's silliness - the Late Night Monkey Cam, throwing stuff off buildings, etc. That stuff was in my wheelhouse because I was a huge Steve Martin fan. But what I loved about Dave - and this is something he did until his final show - was the way he completely deconstructed the talk show host's role. Most other hosts were always so reverent of Hollywood and stardom, but not Dave. Dave showed how ridiculous stardom is. And if a guest was a jerk, Dave didn't ignore that and he made the guest look bad if it was appropriate. 

 

[saintfool]

I loved Letterman's silliness - the Late Night Monkey Cam, throwing stuff off buildings, etc. That stuff was in my wheelhouse because I was a huge Steve Martin fan. But what I loved about Dave - and this is something he did until his final show - was the way he completely deconstructed the talk show host's role. Most other hosts were always so reverent of Hollywood and stardom, but not Dave. Dave showed how ridiculous stardom is. And if a guest was a jerk, Dave didn't ignore that and he made the guest look bad if it was appropriate. 

this still 30 years later cracks me up.

 

[wikkidpissah]

I loved Letterman's silliness - the Late Night Monkey Cam, throwing stuff off buildings, etc. That stuff was in my wheelhouse because I was a huge Steve Martin fan. But what I loved about Dave - and this is something he did until his final show - was the way he completely deconstructed the talk show host's role. Most other hosts were always so reverent of Hollywood and stardom, but not Dave. Dave showed how ridiculous stardom is. And if a guest was a jerk, Dave didn't ignore that and he made the guest look bad if it was appropriate. 

LOT of deconstructin' then. Counterculture had a choice once it had made clear that the old ways & means no longer worked for them - re-construct or de-construct. When we realized you could deconstruct while you were stoned............

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Lucky Logan.

No.  

 

[jdoggydogg]

this still 30 years later cracks me up.

The Joaquin Phoenix interview remains one of the most bizarre, funny interviews I've ever seen.

 

[On The Rocks]

For full disclosure, I'm a Kumail Nanjiani fan, but I kinda liked Big Sick.  No big guffaw laughs, but a whole lot of audible laughter in our front room during this one.

It's "banter" humor, which isn't everyone's bag in the 'one eye on the movie one eye on the phone' era.

I really liked Big Sick too, but more for the performances of Hunter and Romano.

 

[KarmaPolice]

We'd been hoarding the last dozen episodes of David Letterman, and the above scenario is how I talked Mrs. Dogg into watching them.

We also lost all the Impractical Jokers episodes too.  Good thing they roll out about 40 a day on that channel. 

 

[KarmaPolice]

Good read:

Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made

Horrible.

 

[El Floppo]

The Joaquin Phoenix interview remains one of the most bizarre, funny interviews I've ever seen.

the crispin glover one was better, IMO. wasn't joaquin in character for that stupid fake "doc" he made? crispin was just... whoa.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

We also lost all the Impractical Jokers episodes too.  Good thing they roll out about 40 a day on that channel. 

That show makes Jackass look like Shakespeare - total dreck. 

 

[KarmaPolice]

That show makes Jackass look like Shakespeare - total dreck. 

wife and I laugh our asses off. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

That show makes Jackass look like Shakespeare - total dreck. 

wife and I laugh our asses off. 

Well - it sucks ...hard.

The worst level of humor.  Carried out by some of the most obnoxious guidos on the planet.  

 

[KarmaPolice]

Well - it sucks ...hard.

The worst level of humor.  Carried out by some of the most obnoxious guidos on the planet.  

I am never going to argue with people about what makes them laugh or what they find scary in movies and shows.  So many things people think is funny (especially older stuff) that I don't even crack a smile at. 

What is funnier that you would recommend? 

Another factor is my wife will watch about 2% if stuff I watch with me, so this is a rare thing both of us can watch at night. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I am never going to argue with people about what makes them laugh or what they find scary in movies and shows.  So many things people think is funny (especially older stuff) that I don't even crack a smile at. 

What is funnier that you would recommend? 

Another factor is my wife will watch about 2% if stuff I watch with me, so this is a rare thing both of us can watch at night. 

I would first start by putting that show on my do not watch list.  

 

[KarmaPolice]

Good talk

 

[cosjobs]

Lucky Logan.

No.  

Are you kidding? 

But yes from me

 

[KarmaPolice]

I forgot Dunkirk came out today.  I will have to track that down. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Lucky Logan.

No.  

Are you kidding? 

But yes from me

Not kidding.  It looked encouraging, nothing much hit me.  

 

[cosjobs]

Not kidding.  It looked encouraging, nothing much hit me.  

I liked it almost as much as The Limey

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I liked it almost as much as The Limey

Soderbergh - same director I see ...will try and check it out.

 

[El Floppo]

the crispin glover one was better, IMO. wasn't joaquin in character for that stupid fake "doc" he made? crispin was just... whoa.

Link

Around the same time here wrote a book about rat catching. Literally. A book about catching rats. Iirc, he put a phone number in the back that may have been his actual number. gbS called it all the time.

Have to assume the performance on Letterman was schtick- but who knows with him.

 

[Ilov80s]

One of the truly great silent pictures, Sunrise, is on TCM @ midnight EST

Got around to watching it. It was beautiful and quite amazing for its time. I haven't seen many movies made even in the 30s that looked that good. The story didn't do it for me though. The 2nd act felt so out of place. 

I also watched Grand Illusion and that was tremendous. It held up really well and is a first class film for any era. 

 

[KarmaPolice]

Got around to watching it. It was beautiful and quite amazing for its time. I haven't seen many movies made even in the 30s that looked that good. The story didn't do it for me though. The 2nd act felt so out of place. 

I also watched Grand Illusion and that was tremendous. It held up really well and is a first class film for any era. 

You mentioned that you don't/can't do foreign films.  I can't get into silent movies at all.  I have tried a couple, but just don't seem to be able to finish one.  

 

[Ilov80s]

You mentioned that you don't/can't do foreign films.  I can't get into silent movies at all.  I have tried a couple, but just don't seem to be able to finish one.  

I like foreign movies- just seem to avoid them. I have a few DVRed that I keep passing over watching. Grand Illusion was one of them but I'm glad I saw and am eager to see it again. 

What silent movies have you seen?

 

[Payne]

Lucky Logan.

No.  

I want to watch this and like it, but the previews just look stupid.

 

[wikkidpissah]

I want to watch this and like it, but the previews just look stupid.

i only watch a couple of movies in the theater each year, which is the biggest reason i only watch a couple of movies in the theater each year.

why are previews so much more compelling in the theaters? i wanted so much to see every movie i saw trailers of when i i went to see Dunkirk - like Lucky Logan & Dark Tower & It, even Tulip Fever - but am 'yeah, whatev' on almost every flick promoted since

 

[Andy Dufresne]

You mentioned that you don't/can't do foreign films.  I can't get into silent movies at all.  I have tried a couple, but just don't seem to be able to finish one.  

The problem with silent movies isn't the silence...it's the normally ear clawing accompanying musical score. Having to watch something for 1.5 hours with an orchestra playing jazz fusion is just not fun.

Having said that... Buster Keaton's "The General" is fun to watch and can be done so a little at a time.

Fritz Lang's "M" is down right good.

 

[jdoggydogg]

You mentioned that you don't/can't do foreign films.  I can't get into silent movies at all.  I have tried a couple, but just don't seem to be able to finish one.  

I like that silent films have been preserved and they're important, but no way am I watching one. Saw a few as a child and that was enough.