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David Oberman wrote:
> Marv Soloff wrote:
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>>"Ten From Tour Show of Shows" (US - 1973)
>>
>>I needed a laugh tonight and this was the right film for laughter.
>>Classic bits from
>>Max Liebman's "Your Show of Shows" on TV from 1950 to 1954 starring Sid
>>Caesar, Imogene Coca,
>>Howard Morris, Carl Reiner and Louis Nye. Performed live in front of a
>>live studio audience.
>>The old black and white kinescopes are a bit hoary today, but the
>>material is still
>>hilarious and never equaled in some 60 years. Laugh till you cry.
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>
> The way Caesar did his pseudo-French, pseudo-Russian, pseudo-Japanese,
> & pseudo-German was brilliant!
>

If you have the opportunity to see the film "My Favorite Year" (US - 1982)
you can play the match game. Joe Bologna is (of course) Sid Caesar.
Adolph Green
is Max Liebman. Peter O'toole is Errol Flynn. It gets a bit harder with
some of the smaller
roles.

I worked in television from the mid '50s to the early '60s. I know the
technical tricks,
but the SOS stock company bordered on genius. Too bad they are gone.

Marv
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"Marv Soloff" wrote in message


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>
> I worked in television from the mid '50s to the early '60s. I know the
> technical tricks,
> but the SOS stock company bordered on genius. Too bad they are gone.


If you don't count Sid Caesar and Carl Reiner. Louis Nye and Howard Morris
were friends of mine, and they were just as funny in person. Very sweet
men, both of them.

Jim Beaver
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Jim Beaver wrote:
> "Marv Soloff" wrote in message
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>>I worked in television from the mid '50s to the early '60s. I know the
>>technical tricks,
>>but the SOS stock company bordered on genius. Too bad they are gone.
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> If you don't count Sid Caesar and Carl Reiner. Louis Nye and Howard Morris
> were friends of mine, and they were just as funny in person. Very sweet
> men, both of them.
>
> Jim Beaver
>
>
Wikipedia (for better or worse) lists Carsar and Reiner as graduates of the
Borscht Belt. I wonder if this is correct - I have never thought of
either of them
as BB comedians.

Marv
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:49:01 GMT, Marv Soloff
wrote:

>If you have the opportunity to see the film "My Favorite Year" (US - 1982)
>you can play the match game. Joe Bologna is (of course) Sid Caesar.
>Adolph Green
>is Max Liebman. Peter O'toole is Errol Flynn. It gets a bit harder with
>some of the smaller
>roles.

Mark Linn-Baker is Mel Brooks.

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Clifford Blau wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:49:01 GMT, Marv Soloff
> wrote:
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>>If you have the opportunity to see the film "My Favorite Year" (US - 1982)
>>you can play the match game. Joe Bologna is (of course) Sid Caesar.
>>Adolph Green
>>is Max Liebman. Peter O'toole is Errol Flynn. It gets a bit harder with
>>some of the smaller
>>roles.
>
>
> Mark Linn-Baker is Mel Brooks.
>
> "Curse you, Don Tickles, Notary Public!"

Is Baker Mel Brooks or Woody Allen who also worked on the show at this time?

Marv
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Clifford Blau writes:

>On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:49:01 GMT, Marv Soloff
>wrote:

>>If you have the opportunity to see the film "My Favorite Year" (US - 1982)
>>you can play the match game. Joe Bologna is (of course) Sid Caesar.
>>Adolph Green
>>is Max Liebman. Peter O'toole is Errol Flynn. It gets a bit harder with
>>some of the smaller roles.

>Mark Linn-Baker is Mel Brooks.

Wow, MFY must have been on recently, because three forums I go to are
talking about the film. I remember seeing the trailers for the film when
I was a kid; they all focused on the bit where O'Toole is carted up the
stairs in a dolly. Funny, yes, but not as funny as Jessica Harper
botching that joke: "Will you help me? Because I have a duck on my
head." Lainie Kazan was also terrific.


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Stacia wrote:
> Clifford Blau writes:
>
>
>>On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:49:01 GMT, Marv Soloff
>>wrote:
>
>
>>>If you have the opportunity to see the film "My Favorite Year" (US - 1982)
>>>you can play the match game. Joe Bologna is (of course) Sid Caesar.
>>>Adolph Green
>>>is Max Liebman. Peter O'toole is Errol Flynn. It gets a bit harder with
>>>some of the smaller roles.
>
>
>>Mark Linn-Baker is Mel Brooks.
>
>
> Wow, MFY must have been on recently, because three forums I go to are
> talking about the film. I remember seeing the trailers for the film when
> I was a kid; they all focused on the bit where O'Toole is carted up the
> stairs in a dolly. Funny, yes, but not as funny as Jessica Harper
> botching that joke: "Will you help me? Because I have a duck on my
> head." Lainie Kazan was also terrific.
>
>
Well, I own a copy of the film - and it is one of my favorites. I am
still not sure if
the Linn-Baker role is modeled after Woody Allen or Mel Brooks.

Marv
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_Decline of the American Empire_ (Quebec 1984)

I had seen this one in a small-screen theatre as a youngster and thought
it was great, but only because the local intelligentsia praised it
silly. Now, I see it as a talky and static bit of self-indulgence. The
film is about a winter country retreat where four couples working as
academics meet to spend a weekend, as they do every year. Lots of
conversation ensues and some ugly truths are revealed. The whole thing
begins and ends in the middle.

This film dates back to a time when serious filmmakers made movies about
things such as two men having dinner (_My Dinner With Andre_, 1982).
Although I don't mind realistically nonviolent films--I far prefer _The
Good Shepherd_ to any Bond or Bourne movie--these '80s gabfests were
insubstantial, silly, and shallow in their approach to issues of the
human spirit. Good riddance to that phase of filmmaking.

Miki
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stacia RemoveThis @xmission.com (Stacia) wrote:

> Clifford Blau writes:
>
> >On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:49:01 GMT, Marv Soloff
> >wrote:
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> >>If you have the opportunity to see the film "My Favorite Year" (US - 1982)
> >>you can play the match game. Joe Bologna is (of course) Sid Caesar.
> >>Adolph Green
> >>is Max Liebman. Peter O'toole is Errol Flynn. It gets a bit harder with
> >>some of the smaller roles.
>
> >Mark Linn-Baker is Mel Brooks.
>
> Wow, MFY must have been on recently, because three forums I go to are
> talking about the film. I remember seeing the trailers for the film when
> I was a kid; they all focused on the bit where O'Toole is carted up the
> stairs in a dolly. Funny, yes, but not as funny as Jessica Harper
> botching that joke: "Will you help me? Because I have a duck on my
> head." Lainie Kazan was also terrific.

It's a great movie.

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On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:45:23 GMT, Marv Soloff
wrote:

>Clifford Blau wrote:

>> Mark Linn-Baker is Mel Brooks.

>Is Baker Mel Brooks or Woody Allen who also worked on the show at this time?

Brooks. Allen wasn't the jumping-on-the-table type.

"Curse you, Don Tickles, Notary Public!"
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Clifford Blau wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:45:23 GMT, Marv Soloff
> wrote:
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> >Clifford Blau wrote:
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> >> Mark Linn-Baker is Mel Brooks.
>
> >Is Baker Mel Brooks or Woody Allen who also worked on the show at this time?
>
> Brooks. Allen wasn't the jumping-on-the-table type.
>
> "Curse you, Don Tickles, Notary Public!"

But who does Jessica Harper play?

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"twilight" its really great story...its better to read than to watch this movie...
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