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| Bean |
Posted - October 03 2005 : 4:05:16 PM
I have been and still am hooked on cop shows from Drag Net through NYPD BLUE Law & Order, The Rookies, Chips, Adam 12, MONK ( who reminds me of me ! ) Columbo, Charlies Angels or in my case Angles like our Bowling tram at Argo Bowl was called...Hells Angles? The Commish, Andy Griffith ( but TV land and those old shows are a whole other topic )The A Team, McGuyver, Renagade, Baretta, and the list goes on and on...
Book him Dano...
Steve McBeano
Cop Shows Bad Boys what ya gonna do when they come for you? |
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| Bean |
Posted - November 22 2005 : 12:00:47 AM
yes, just like the kinks song written by Ray Davies
Celluloid Heroes goes....
When I was in LA 2 years ago Lou Costello's Star and John Lennon's star were the only 2 I had my picture taken with on Hollywood Blvd...
" You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard,
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of.
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.
Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star
And everybody's in show biz, it doesn't matter who you are.
And those who are successful,
Be always on your guard,
Success walks hand in hand with failure
Along Hollywood Boulevard.
I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show,
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes,
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die.
You can see all the stars as you walk along Hollywood Boulevard,
Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of,
People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame,
Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain.
Oh celluloid heroes never feel any pain
Oh celluloid heroes never really die.
I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show,
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes,
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die. "
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| richm |
Posted - November 21 2005 : 10:37:20 PM
Bean: I remember that they made a movie about Abbott and Costello, but I didn't watch it all. I had worked with a guy about thirty years ago who was corresponding with Bud Abbott, while Bud was broke and living in an actors' home. That's when I found out about their last years. I think the t.v. show was put together by Sidney Fields and his brother. It was a paycheck for Bud and Lou. I think it was some of their best work, but it didn't provide them with the income and reknown that those old movies gave them.
Abbott and Costello are a great example of how cruel show business can be. |
| Bean |
Posted - November 20 2005 : 08:46:51 AM
Did you see the made for TV movie made about them about 20 years ago or so with Buddy Hacket and Harvey Korman. Besides that which almost brought tears to my eyes, I have read a lot about them and I agree it was a very sad ending for two of the greatest comedians or one of if not the greatest comedy team and act in history.
Bean
" I'm a Bad Boy " |
| richm |
Posted - November 19 2005 : 11:02:07 AM
Bud and Lou were so very funny, and they had such sad ends. |
| Bean |
Posted - November 19 2005 : 10:09:14 AM
I remember the Bingo in Africa espisode, wasn't there 2 of them...or was that the same one when Lou got in the cage when he thought Bud was in the Gorilla suit but when Bud shows up outside the cage trying to convince Lou that was real Gorilla in the cage...I think they used the same scene in their Movie Hold that Ghost? Many of the skits from their 1/2 hour shows ended up being resused in their movies.
Remember the one when they go in to a diner to eat but only have enough money for one order so Lou is suppose to say he's not hungry then Bud eggs him on to get something so he would finally order something and than Bud Smacks him...this went on each time escalating... |
| richm |
Posted - November 18 2005 : 11:07:36 PM
Bean: I would have to agree with you vis a vis favorite Abbott and Costello episode. Abbott told Lou he could impress Hillary's father by playing the piano, which of course, Lou was incapable of doing. This necessitated the trip to Bacciagalupe's music shop where a phonograph and record were purchased.
Hillary's father wanted to hear Lou play Cavalleria Rusticana, the Italian opera. Lou asked if he had ever heard it, and the answer was no. The disaster ensued.
The Abbott and Costello shows were cheaply made, but well written with a great ensemble. There was another episode where they all went to Africa to find Bingo's father. You may remember Bingo, the chimp on the show. Bingo's father was ostensibly some actor in a gorilla suit. Mr. Bacciagalupe drew a bead on the gorilla that they thought was Bingo's father and said something like, "Luigi! Me shoota the monk'!" Low comedy, for sure, and not fit for today's sensibilities, but still funny.
My favorite t.v. gorillas were The Nairobi Trio, from the old Ernie Kovacs shows. |
| Bean |
Posted - November 17 2005 : 09:43:36 AM
One of my faveoite espisodes of that show is when Lou wants to impress Hillary by playing the Piano and Bud sits behind the Piano with a piano record that he is suppose to start and stop while Lou fakes playing the Piano. The signal for Bud to either stop and start the record os when Lou says " ALRIGHT ", of course Bud gets bored and falls asleep behind the piano and the rest is comedy history!!!
and that's just one of many favorites, do you have any?
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| richm |
Posted - November 17 2005 : 09:36:02 AM
The Abbott and Costello Show, with Lou, Bud, Mr. Fields, Hillary, Mike the Cop, Mr. Bacciagalupe, Stinky and Bingo the Chimp.....they don't do t.v. like that anymore, do they? |
| Bean |
Posted - November 17 2005 : 12:43:38 AM
Yes,
My wife has the same opinion of them as your wife (hum drum & boring )...same for Abbott and Costello another favorite of mine. Those 1/2 hour shorties of Bud and Lou crack me up. I liked their movies too. Laurel and Hardy were close runners up also. I would laugh so hard until I was in pain from watching all of the above. I wish they would come back on on TV Land or somewhere, anywhere! |
| richm |
Posted - November 16 2005 : 9:26:13 PM
Bean: Have you noticed how women are not impressed with the Three Stooges? My wife doesn't think they are funny. I laugh out loud at their antics. |
| richm |
Posted - November 05 2005 : 3:55:05 PM
Bean: Henry and Paul don't ring any bells here. Jerome! Good call on Curly....Horwitz, eh? |
| Bean |
Posted - November 05 2005 : 3:00:22 PM
Jerome Lester Horwitz aka Curly....
" I'll muder ya " ahh ahh ahh, boink ! |
| Bean |
Posted - November 05 2005 : 2:54:38 PM
Does Henry or Paul Gottlieb ring a bell or sound familiar??? |
| richm |
Posted - November 05 2005 : 2:34:05 PM
Bean: I am not sure if David had a younger brother or sister, but I think he did. I only knew him.
Rack your brain. Its more fun than googling. Especially if you suffered a little dain bramage in the sixties..... |
| Bean |
Posted - November 05 2005 : 10:36:55 AM
I knew someone named Gottlieb too, but I can't remember the first name although it was not David, did he have any brothers or sisters???
I have to rack my brain or look up Curly's real name...? |
| richm |
Posted - November 05 2005 : 01:42:30 AM
One of my Shaw Ave. School classmates, David Gottlieb, was a nephew to Moe, Shemp and Curly Howard. I remember seeing an autographed picture of Moe in his house, which was on Shaw Ave. directly across from the school. David's dad had a dentistry practice there. What was Curly's given name? |
| Bean |
Posted - November 03 2005 : 11:48:55 PM
Might be the same for me too...and I loved the two 3 stooges shorties he showed too !
NYUCK NYUCK NYUCK, WOO WOO WOO,
Why Certaintly.
Curly Bean ( No Shemps allowed ) |
| richm |
Posted - November 03 2005 : 8:09:54 PM
The first cop show I got hooked on was Officer Joe Bolton's show. |
| Bean |
Posted - November 01 2005 : 11:58:35 PM
Most Definitely...I watch a few episodes everyday. |
| richm |
Posted - November 01 2005 : 10:01:26 PM
Bean: Do you consider Law and Order a cop show? |
| Bean |
Posted - October 31 2005 : 10:42:41 AM
NO, I'd recognize it if you said it but that definitely was not it. |
| richm |
Posted - October 30 2005 : 9:00:28 PM
Bean: Was that tune 'I'll Fly Away'? |
| Bean |
Posted - October 29 2005 : 12:03:26 AM
Every Thanksgiving weekend I go see Arlo Guthrie at Carnagie Hall, last year he had The Dillards ( also known as the Darling family in Mayberry ) open for him. One of the songs they did was the same one the did a few times on the show back in the 60's. I can't think of the name of it right now though.
Bean |
| richm |
Posted - October 28 2005 : 11:12:00 AM
Bean: you have struck a chord here....the Dillards! How many people would remember, or even know that the dour faced family of old timey musicians was portrayed by the great Bluegrass group known as The Dillards? You are the man! When they are in an episode I still watch and pay attention. Ernest T. Bass was portrayed by Howie Morris, who passed away this year. Those people must have had a load of fun making that show. |
| Bean |
Posted - October 28 2005 : 01:23:29 AM
I am a GIANT fan of Mayberry RFD and the Andy Griffith show !
I Love Floyd the Barber...so did Kurt Cobain, there is an obscure Nirvanna song called " Floyd the Barber "
Bean
Remember Ernest T Bass and the Dillards who played the Hillbilly family from Mt Pilot? The Darlings ! and Howard Sprague the ultimate nerd ! |
