BruceH

Yes. And why anyone would be dumb enough to take pointers on how to live their lives from either one of these characters is beyond me.

"A Slice Of The Top" is kind of costly. I was very fortunate to pick this up recently when one of the forums members made it available in the "Offering And Looking For" section. Yes, that's the one I was going to mention. Already OOP a few years back when I started seriously looking for it. I eventually ran down a reasonably priced used copy, but it's a bit on the rare side.

I still hope they do this at some point because it could be very, very good. Lucky Thompson is one of the greats. (I must have somehow missed this thread before.)

Alex, you're right on the money. There's a palpable sense of joy to "IB" that's infectious and liberating. And I got a sense from this film that it was less a live-action cartoon (though one could certainly say it had "cartoonish" aspects) as it was a filmed comic book. There's a distinction there, somewhere, though it's more of a gut reaction on my part than anything I'm prepared to analyze further right now. Also, it did amuse me that there were so many subtitles while the audience that I saw it with was overwhelmingly young male. I assume, too, that you were just as pleased as I was by how the movie was practically a love-letter to film geekery in general. Not only the references (Max Linder, Chaplin, G. W. Pabst, Emil Jannings, David O. Selznick, etc.) but that the plot hinges at several points on cinema.

I don't really think the male chauvinism on the series is "glorified and glamorized" at all...it's just a fact of life, which it was. Your mileage, as the kids say, may of course vary quite a bit. The character I had the most problem with for a long time was Pete Campbell. He was the guy I "loved to hate." Such a pathetic douche...never more so when he was like a little boy trying to put on the grown-up shoes...which was most of the time. But I've even lightened up on him a bit lately. He can't help himself. (The douche...)

"Oh, all of 'em!" (Sarah Palin reply.)

Good point. A few years back I asked Mosaic about a 60's Mobley box, and they said pretty much the same thing. Most or all of the stuff is in print, so there's little point. Now that's no longer true. Several of the albums have been allowed to go back out of print. However, given the economy and the fact that re-issues of all types seem to be OVER right now, I don't think it's too likely.

Cool! Myself, I'd put Sonny Clark in that same category.

it rather is around 12$... My bad! Duh... I forgot that it's roughly 100 yen to the dollar. My mind is going...

Saw it last night. Very entertaining! Pretty much agree with Alexander, except that I still haven't seen Kill Bill (sorry.) What I particularly liked was the sober realism of the film. ( ) Some mixed reviews had me a little concerned, so frankly, it was better than I expected. Which is always nice. Some terrific performances. I think one of Tarentino's greatest strengths as a director is his rapport with actors. Christoph Waltz was indeed amazing. And he won the acting prize at Cannes for this, I believe. Deservedly so.

Thanks for the clip! I love Victor Feldman. Ah, what it must be like to have such talent.

That phrase should be on our coins instead of "In God we trust."

As TTK just mentioned, a ton of the shows got either destroyed or taped over, so lots of that stuff is just gone. I've also heard that the folks in charge of the remaining tapes have no interest is paying the band any royalties. On those "Best of Carson" DVD sets you see being offered on the infomercials, they don't use the band and original theme song, and they edit out anything that includes the band (bits. guest musicians, feature numbers). That really sucks.

I hear Gil Melle was also a world-class chef.

I was posting with digital tongue in cheek. (Same as when I went around telling people The Lives of Others was the "feel-good movie of the season.")

You lucky guy! The Prestige stuff is a real highlight of Monk's career, and since he was on the label for such a relatively short time the material can be taken in almost all at once, in a white heat of enthusiasm and discovery. And it sounds like you're going for it!

But I thought at least one of his predecessors, Steve Allen, had lots of jazz guests. Do you mean his two followers? yeah, they are too much into rock and not into exploring anything else. I'm pretty sure he meant to type "successors"---and in that he's quite right. Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien are rock guys, which is hardly surprising considering the generations they come from. When Carson, OTOH, was growing up it was not at all unusual to be at least a little bit of a jazz fan. But Carson also had (thank God) an unusual interest in music, for a comedian. He was even an amateur drummer, which may explain why he had Buddy Rich on about a billion times.

Doesn't surprise me...I read somewhere a long time ago that Lester Young was a fan of Sinatra.

That's typical. I've come to expect it.

Yes. I add my vote to that.

Sure is! I'm digging through the second season DVD's and I caught the debut episode of season 3 Monday night. Actually, in a strange way I've found myself sympathizing (or at least understanding better) many of the characters as time has gone on. I think you don't necessarily have to "empathize" with characters to kind of "dig" them, if you get my drift. For instance, Roger Sterling. In many ways the guy's a dick, but over time I started understanding where he was coming from at least, and lately I have to say I just plain like him. Why? Because he gets so damn many good lines, that's why.

Fun for the whole family!

Too much is never enough.

What a life, what a career! RIP

I was really surprised at how good Love and Theft was, though I still haven't bought the damn thing. A friend sent me a burn of it, and this was many years after I'd pretty much written Dylan off artistically. Proved he had some life in him yet.