Posted on 02/12/2014 12:35:56 PM PST by Borges
Genius...
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EEhF-7suDsM&sns=fb&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DEEhF-7suDsM%26sns%3Dfb
Hoffman was very good in the recent movie “Catching Fire, Hunger Games, part 2” with Jennifer Lawrence. He was a very skillful liar, who played both sides against each other. A genial boyish face on a stout body. The kind of person you might drop your guard with, at your extreme peril. Kind of a Karl Rove “architect” figure, I’d say. I have just resumed to going to the cinema after years and years of not going. Jennifer Lawrence was great in that film, and a delight in American Hustle. Eventually, she may gain too much weight to play the glamour roles, but maybe not. Maybe she will redefine glamour.
They were uproariously funny without foul language or being politically mean. A standard that todays comedians(?) do not try to attain.
Thanx for the General clip and the others in the side bar.
When I lived in the D.C. area back in the 50s and 60s, Victor Borge when he came to town would sail in on his yacht and take it up to Georgetown and back just so the drawbridges would have to open for him. Now days somebody would claim they were offended and sue.
Ernie Kovacs was another from that era.
Absolutely. Pure art anyone who sees it can not fail to get the story. Without a word spoken.
She’s still alive Rose Marie still kicking I think she is in mid 90s
BTW I saw her in silent movie other night on Turner Classic movie in movie short
as is Rooney
Oh yeah. His tragic death came when his odd ball creativity was just catching on.
In our initial meetings, they agreed -- telling us that what they were doing simply wasn't working.
The Ad Manager then told us how the commercials had come about. Their house agency had written some TV commercials casting Caesar as celebrity talent. They met with Caesar's agent and signed a contract...and sent the storyboards to Caesar for his review prior to filming.
Caesar showed up for the first day of production and told them, "I won't do these. They're not funny." Maybe they weren't, I don't know.
At any rate, heart attacks all around. A crew has been called, a studio engaged, all with the idea of shooting some commercials...and now the star talent won't perform.
Caesar then offered a solution: if they could figure out how to make the commercials funny, he'd stay and do them...and he had some ideas. "Gimme a menu", he demanded.
There was a menu on hand, so it was passed over to Sid. He scanned down the menu, then announced, "Here it is! Chicken-fried steak! Now, THAT'S funny!"
So, they did a commercial of Sid Caesar making fun of chicken-fried steak...impromptu. And that became the cafeteria's commercial.
Unfortunately, chicken-fried steak isn't something you make fun of...in Texas. But how would you expect Sid to know that...???
One of the giants. RIP.
Caesar falls... right after Temple.
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