duaneiac

Wow -- this was sad and stunning news to me! I spent so many Saturday nights as a teen in the company of Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart and Carol Burnett. I guess that was my "Golden Age of Television". MTM was a very talented actress and comedienne and it is a testament to her ability that she was a part of two of the most iconic sitcoms in television history. Thank you Mary Tyler Moore for many hours of laughter. You made my world a better place back when I was a kid and even today. RIP.

WARNING! Likely musical earworm attack in 5 . . . 4 . . . 3 . . . 2 . . .1 . . .

My copy of this CD was autographed by Jimmy Scott when I briefly got to meet him at Yoshi's many years ago.

If I recall correctly, that's Jon Faddis, Tito Puente and Al Grey.

That's a great one. I forgot all about that one.

Yes, exactly -- one of several memorable scenes. I first saw it as part of a film class I had maybe 26 years ago. I wondered at the time why the instructor was showing this film instead of some of the more "classic" Fellini films like 8 1/2 or La Dolce Vita. I recall some of the class even snuck out before the end of the film, they found it so boring or confusing. I did not fully appreciate it at the time, I think, but it is really a compelling work of art. Would any one even be able to get financing to make a movie like this nowadays?

A very memorable Fellini film, a really stunning work of art. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it a series of films since it consists of a number of vignettes which, while having no direct plotline connecting them, do progress effectively from one to the next. Some very memorable characters, especially in the nostalgic scenes recalling the Rome of the early 1940's. It's strange to think more time has elapsed between now and the time this film was made (1971) than had elapsed between then and the war years.

Perhaps his first musical project should be a jazz tribute to U2. That way his work would be pro Bono.

Wow! I've never even seen that album before! Steve Martin is certainly more recognized & respected as a musician today than he was when this album came out some 35 years ago. Front cover: Back cover:

Now that is one unflattering photo. Plus it gives the false impression, to any one who may have been unfamiliar with her style, that Ms. O'Day was some kind of shouter, which could not have been further from the truth