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Scoop Snoop

Quote from: dgies9156 on October 02, 2024, 09:28:08 AM
Vero Beach's very own. Very well-liked around town.

Also, very quiet.

When the bill arrived at the table, my niece wanted to pay half. Koufax said "That's OK. I can afford it."   ;D

Getting back to Mr. Ed... what a fun show! Mr. Ed's voice, lines, delivery, humor, timing-it was all spot on. An idea for a show that was probably difficult to get approved by the studio even then, when silly-ass shows were plentiful.
Wild horses couldn't drag me into either political party, but for very different reasons.

"All of our answers are unencumbered by the thought process." NPR's Click and Clack of Car Talk.

MU82

Quote from: Scoop Snoop on October 02, 2024, 09:39:08 AM

Getting back to Mr. Ed... what a fun show! Mr. Ed's voice, lines, delivery, humor, timing-it was all spot on. An idea for a show that was probably difficult to get approved by the studio even then, when silly-ass shows were plentiful.

Unlike so many comedies from back then, Mr. Ed is still funny.
"It's not how white men fight." - Tucker Carlson

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." - George Washington

Hidden User

Might be a bit new for this topic but the original 3 seasons of arrested development are still some of the best seasons of comedy ever made and hold up perfectly.

tower912

Huge Sorkin fan.   Sports Night and West Wing are my two favorite series.
Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

Skatastrophy

Quote from: tower912 on October 02, 2024, 05:41:33 PM
Huge Sorkin fan.   Sports Night and West Wing are my two favorite series.

West Wing led me to misunderstand how politics was going to change during my lifetime.

Scoop Snoop

Mad About You, Paul Reiser and Helan Hunt.

I loved the humor and their banter playing off of each other. Mel Brooks as Uncle Phil. I remember reading somewhere that Brooks often discarded the script on camera and ad libbed, making Paul Reiser having to come up with a reply on the spot. The clue that this was happening was that Reiser would be speechless for a moment while trying to figure out how to handle the curve ball that he was just thrown.
Wild horses couldn't drag me into either political party, but for very different reasons.

"All of our answers are unencumbered by the thought process." NPR's Click and Clack of Car Talk.

The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole

Quote from: Scoop Snoop on October 03, 2024, 12:16:53 PM
Mad About You, Paul Reiser and Helan Hunt.

I loved the humor and their banter playing off of each other. Mel Brooks as Uncle Phil. I remember reading somewhere that Brooks often discarded the script on camera and ad libbed, making Paul Reiser having to come up with a reply on the spot. The clue that this was happening was that Reiser would be speechless for a moment while trying to figure out how to handle the curve ball that he was just thrown.


I hope you didn't see the re-do a couple of years ago. It was horrendous.
Matthew 25:40: Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

Scoop Snoop

Quote from: The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole on October 03, 2024, 12:43:50 PM

I hope you didn't see the re-do a couple of years ago. It was horrendous.

You were supposed to notice that I did not make any reference to it and just wrote about the original.  ;D
Wild horses couldn't drag me into either political party, but for very different reasons.

"All of our answers are unencumbered by the thought process." NPR's Click and Clack of Car Talk.

StillAWarrior

We're on the second page and nobody has mentioned MASH. Surprising. Back in the mid-80s when we had very limited options, we often watched two or three episodes of MASH per day. I don't remember the specifics, but I vaguely recall that there were a couple episodes between our late news and Carson. And I think it was also on in the early evening.
Never wrestle with a pig.  You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.

JWags85

Quote from: MU82 on October 02, 2024, 04:45:50 PM
Unlike so many comedies from back then, Mr. Ed is still funny.

Similar and same sentiment, a few Christmas ago, we were sitting around on the 26th, flipping the TV looking for a movie and we came across a Mr. Bean marathon.  Caught about 5 episodes and then it went into "Bean", the movie released a few years after the show ended.

My god, it shows the absolute comedic genius of Rowan Atkinson.  The entire family, from my youngest sister in her early 20s to my parents, were DYING of laughter.  I remember finding it funny seeing it as a kid in a goofy sort of way.  But it aged MAJESTICALLY.  Its so simple, so direct, but just absolutely perfect.  Its the British sort of cringe humor, but unlike even some of the best modern shows of that nature, it never gets borderline unbearably awkward.  Just a masterclass.  Also one of those shows where you feel like its got to have a ton of episodes cause you remember so many scenes or skits...but there were only 15 episodes, 24 min each.

Pakuni

Quote from: StillAWarrior on October 03, 2024, 02:28:57 PM
We're on the second page and nobody has mentioned MASH. Surprising. Back in the mid-80s when we had very limited options, we often watched two or three episodes of MASH per day. I don't remember the specifics, but I vaguely recall that there were a couple episodes between our late news and Carson. And I think it was also on in the early evening.

As I recall, WFLD in Chicago (now the Fox affiliate, but then independent) used to run MASH reruns every weekday in the 6 p.m. time slot.

Sad that no one has mentioned "The Love Boat" and "Fantasy Island" as a back-to-back powerhouse Saturday night lineup in the late 70s.

Spotcheck Billy

Mr. Ed etc. is all fine but where can I find Benny Hill episodes dammit!

Herman Cain

Loved the opening theme song and imagery on Hogans Hero's.
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Scoop Snoop

Quote from: Herman Cain on October 03, 2024, 04:39:05 PM
Loved the opening theme song and imagery on Hogans Hero's.

And... I know Noth THING! Noth THING!
Wild horses couldn't drag me into either political party, but for very different reasons.

"All of our answers are unencumbered by the thought process." NPR's Click and Clack of Car Talk.

muwarrior69

Quote from: MU82 on October 02, 2024, 04:45:50 PM
Unlike so many comedies from back then, Mr. Ed is still funny.

I agree. I always thought the Dick VanDyke show with Mary Tyler Moore was very funny as well and is still. Then there were the old variety shows featuring such great comedians: Sid Ceasar and Imogen Coca, Burns and Allen, Milton Berle, Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Red Skelton.

4everwarriors

"Give 'Em Hell, Al"

Warriors4ever

The Dick Van Dyke Show. Know the dialogue by heart and I still watch the reruns.
My sister - in- law's father loved motorcycles and once chatted with a fellow motorcycle aficianado at a rest stop out west. Months later he saw the guys picture on a movie poster. Harrison Ford.

Lennys Tap

Quote from: muwarrior69 on October 03, 2024, 05:57:30 PM
I agree. I always thought the Dick VanDyke show with Mary Tyler Moore was very funny as well and is still. Then there were the old variety shows featuring such great comedians: Sid Ceasar and Imogen Coca, Burns and Allen, Milton Berle, Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Red Skelton.

Don't forget the best of them all - the Jackie Gleason Show. It birthed "The Honeymooners".

4everwarriors

Always liked Leave It To Beaver, hey?
"Give 'Em Hell, Al"

4everwarriors

"Give 'Em Hell, Al"

JWags85

Quote from: Warriors4ever on October 03, 2024, 07:27:52 PM
My sister - in- law's father loved motorcycles and once chatted with a fellow motorcycle aficianado at a rest stop out west. Months later he saw the guys picture on a movie poster. Harrison Ford.

These are always the best.

When I first started dating my wife, she lived in NYC in Nolita off of Houston.  Fairly celeb heavy spot, not all that uncommon to see people or not realize after.   

My mother-in-law watches a ton of TV and movies and is in tune with pop culture...but is also hilariously air headed sometimes.  One time mentioned she was at the ice cream place at the corner, and she thinks "I was talking to that fat guy from Superbad...but he wasn't fat".  We knew that Jonah Hill lived down the street but we'd never encountered him, so it tracked.

Well, next time she was in town for the day a few weeks later, she said she ran into Jonah again getting coffee and she talked to him for a bit.  But he had some friend who wore sunglasses and wasn't friendly when she said hi and such...she didn't realize but pap photos a few days later confirmed what we expected...naturally it was DiCaprio

Scoop Snoop

Any show with Bob Newhart. His deadpan humor was great.
Wild horses couldn't drag me into either political party, but for very different reasons.

"All of our answers are unencumbered by the thought process." NPR's Click and Clack of Car Talk.

StillAWarrior

Quote from: Scoop Snoop on October 03, 2024, 09:35:09 PM
Any show with Bob Newhart. His deadpan humor was great.

And that Jerry the Dentist guy was a national treasure.  ;)
Never wrestle with a pig.  You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.

Scoop Snoop

Quote from: StillAWarrior on October 04, 2024, 09:21:06 AM
And that Jerry the Dentist guy was a national treasure.  ;)

Yep. And a Marquette alum as well. Jack Benny's deadpan humor was also classic. I think that in addition to his perfect delivery, his looking like such a schmuck helped make it work.
Wild horses couldn't drag me into either political party, but for very different reasons.

"All of our answers are unencumbered by the thought process." NPR's Click and Clack of Car Talk.

tower912

TimConway, Harvey Korman.
The elephant sketch.
The new dentist.
Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

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