Posted on 10/12/2016 4:43:18 PM PDT by SMGFan
You are exactly right. I’m actually somewhat surprised that the congress didn’t actually just go ahead and word the lwa to be “the age of Steamboat Willie plus 5 years”.
Of course that would mean that Disney wouldn’t have to come back every few years with buckets of cash to make sure their congresscritters stay bought.
I think it used to be the life of the author plus a certain number of years. It has to do with retaining rights to support the families.
“Who’s On Appeal?”
That sketch was largely the creation of A&C’s longtime writer, John Grant, who came up with many of their famous doubletalk routines. But between the three of them, they knew so many old burlesque bits that a lot of their famous routines were really just variations on routines that had been done by thousands of comics for decades (”Niagara Falls!,” etc.) Claiming to have an ironclad copyright on “Who’s On First” is like claiming to have invented the recipe for fried eggs.
LOL
Pronounced zhing or ching? Yes/no?
“zhing “
“Who is on first, what’s on second, I don’t know is on third...’’
“I don’t give a damn.”
“Oh, that’s our catcher!’’
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