John and Jack

I hope this article will be short and sweet. There isn't a whole lot to say. Many late night comedians will admit to wanting Johnny Carson's style (half the big ones do...and if they didn't they'd change the format more). However if they are so in love with Johnny....Do they know this about Johnny, Johnny Carson idolized Jack Benny. He really did. Why not learn from the master? The "pregnant pause" now known as the awkward pause. The deliberate way of talking. His girlish way of walking and his way of snapping at people. Touching your face to indicate...well that unspeakable irony...literally unspeakable. So night club comedians and comedians of television. If Johnny got his style from Jack, why not study Jack? Why study over endless Johnny Carson tapes to just enjoy him when he stole all his material (sometimes in a subtle or not so subtle way) from Jack? Go back to the ORIGINAL because originals are much more awesome. You see which way they went and the original jokes with the funny but often cheesy jokes left behind.

You can skip the part about the monkeys.

The Merry Widow (1934)

Review of an awesome movie. It's also a plot type too. I will say that I enjoy the music immensly and while I feel like Jeanette MacDonald has a fine voice, she is definitely not my favorite. She is an acquired taste and frankly, it hurts my ears when she sings some of those notes. I do agree with his views on Chevalier. He actually describes him so perfectly that I said, "yeah, yeah that's the words I couldn't find to describe why I like him." It seemed real obvious but just sometimes someone else saying it sounds better. It won an Oscar.

Another player in this movie that did not do alot of movies...He is another one of the greatest understated characters that I so enjoy to see when I see him. Edward Everett Horton. You may have seen him in a Ginger Rogers Fred Astaire movie, Arsenic and Old Lace (with Cary Grant), and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

The comedic genius of Burns and Allen

Comedic geniuses, that's just Burns and Allen. I had this link up before but it's too good. I have to get it around, it's what made me notice my own blog and realized, this is my real passion.  http://theburnsandallenshow.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2008-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&updated-max=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=4

This is just a funny radio broadcast, I put it into my ipod.

Happy Birthday Snoopy

Snoopy is here! Go on google search and type in Snoopy's birthday. It says its today. Although in reality it probably is not really his birthday and this is not really when he first came out but still....for some reason it's his birthday and I think it's because of one of the comic strips content. August 28, 1951 is for some reason considered by mostly everyone to be Snoopy's birthday but if you wikipedia Snoopy's history this shows not to be the case.

Snoopy, whose fictional birthday has been established as October 4, made his first appearance in the strip of October 4, 1950, two days after the strip premiered. He was first identified by name on November 10.Snoopy's name could have also been Sniffy if the name had not been already taken. May 27, 1952 Snoopy had a thought bubble, where short one words were often expressed such as FOOD.
        However we all know that we adore this little dog. Beagle or whatever (he first claims he is not a beagle). I love this dog sooo much and love the early comic strips. I just want to cuddle him all day long! So cool, so cute, so awesome, tha'ts Snoopy.

THis is one of my personal favorites and it is often used to show that at first Snoopy did not talk but instead had thought bubbles like a question mark.

 

The Continental

Written by Con Conrad with lyrics by Herb Magidson. "The Continental" won the first Academy Award for Best Original Song to be awarded. Major record hits at the time of introduction included Jolly Coburn and Leo Reisman. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. This number stirs my imagination, the buildings make we wish that it was possible for architects all over to dream to spread the joy. The decorations, the dress, and everything....but the sad part is, that quality like this will most likely never be matched again. It's a dreamy number. When I flew Continental airlines this summer I kept humming this song and wondering why they have not used this song. Maybe they have in the past but I think it would still be very relevant if they used it in those stupid videos you have to watch on certain planes with the videos in every seat with the president in it. Most likely they don't own any right to use the song but still...