tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post1057331904686955544..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Just a typical Saturday Night that's amazing!By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-84452911001871512112015-01-21T13:13:38.337-08:002015-01-21T13:13:38.337-08:00Bill Monroe and Doc Watson! Doesn't get any m...Bill Monroe and Doc Watson! Doesn't get any more revolutionary than that. The only man to single-handedly create a music genre, the only man to be in both the Country Music AND Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the same bill with the man who basically invented flat-picking guitar (and who tried out for Mr. Monroe's band at one time)...no brainer :)Fred Keller, musicianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139852307126872822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81196595498367280342015-01-20T13:26:55.903-08:002015-01-20T13:26:55.903-08:00Miles Davis or Bill Monroe and Doc Watson! What a ...Miles Davis or Bill Monroe and Doc Watson! What a choice!Deannahttp://alongrun.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-37835817777567758762015-01-19T15:52:17.993-08:002015-01-19T15:52:17.993-08:00Sam Cooke at the Apollo.Sam Cooke at the Apollo.chuckcdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-73639373387887365782015-01-19T11:01:37.867-08:002015-01-19T11:01:37.867-08:00And that's not all you could have seen on that...And that's not all you could have seen on that final Saturday of November 1963 in New York. What could you have seen on Broadway?<br /><br />Well, you could have seen the original productions of:<br />BAREFOOT IN THE PARK<br />BEYOND THE FRINGE<br />WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?<br />110 IN THE SHADE <br />A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM<br />OLIVER!<br />HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING<br />SHE LOVES ME<br />STOP THE WORLD - I WANT TO GET OFF (with Joel Grey as a replacement for Anthony Newley) <br />and MARY, MARY.<br /><br />Plus:<br /><br />Kirk Douglas in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST; the supporting cast included Gene Wilder, William Daniels, Ed Ames, Arlene Golonka, Gerald S. <br /><br />O'Loughlin, Rex Robbins and Arnold Soboloff<br />Albert Finney in LUTHER<br />Alan Arkin and Vivian Blaine in ENTER LAUGHING<br />Charles Boyer in Terence Rattigan's MAN AND BOY<br />Mary Martin in JENNIE<br />Janis Paige, Craig Stevens, and Fred Gwynne in Meredith Willson's HERE'S LOVE<br />Colleen Dewhurst and Roscoe Lee Browne in Edward Albee's THE BALLAD OF THE SAD CAFE<br />Claudette Colbert, Cyril Ritchard and Roger C. Carmel in THE IRREGULAR VERB TO LOVE<br />Sidney Blackmer and Van Heflin in A CASE OF LIBEL<br />Betty Garrett and Joyce Van Patten in SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY<br />Coral Browne in Jean Anouilh's THE REHEARSAL<br />Barry Foster in THE PRIVATE EAR AND THE PUBLIC EYE<br />Corin Redgrave in CHIPS WITH EVERYTHINGTim Dunleavyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01881671137563687203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-84646042064349219282015-01-19T05:55:45.450-08:002015-01-19T05:55:45.450-08:00BTW, I absolutely love this! Great find!BTW, I absolutely love this! Great find!Pete Grossmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90306408053786484922015-01-19T05:54:37.361-08:002015-01-19T05:54:37.361-08:00Man! What a choice - today anyway, if I saw this, ...Man! What a choice - today anyway, if I saw this, I'd say Bassie/Getz/Rushing. Back then, it probably would have been Sam Cooke and Co.Pete Grossmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40012790628872364302015-01-19T04:34:11.853-08:002015-01-19T04:34:11.853-08:00Sam Cooke, Count Basie and Flip Wilson!Sam Cooke, Count Basie and Flip Wilson!Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78482058023780086372015-01-18T14:36:50.567-08:002015-01-18T14:36:50.567-08:00Oops! I didn't notice Sam Cooke and Mary Wells...Oops! I didn't notice Sam Cooke and Mary Wells. I'd love to have seen either of them. Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62385468044317623152015-01-18T12:39:50.665-08:002015-01-18T12:39:50.665-08:00So many amazing choices! Would prob go see the New...So many amazing choices! Would prob go see the New York City Ballet, Sam Cooke, Bob Dylan, and “How The West Was Won”. Casey Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-76684582460080090262015-01-18T11:16:22.371-08:002015-01-18T11:16:22.371-08:00What Bob Claster would see!!What Bob Claster would see!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-72933676839067092642015-01-18T11:03:01.855-08:002015-01-18T11:03:01.855-08:00SBell: Several sources I've just consulted agr...SBell: Several sources I've just consulted agree that John Denver didn't join the trio until 1965.gottacooknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-72668820701955263562015-01-18T10:55:23.549-08:002015-01-18T10:55:23.549-08:00At the time i would have picked the Chad Mitchell ...At the time i would have picked the Chad Mitchell Trio and Dave Brubeck. I was a folk music freak and loved the satiric songs they sang ("I Was Not A Nazi Polka" is a classic as well as "John Birch Society"). Second choice would have been Dave Brubeck. I still have the used Take 5 vinyl LP I bought in a San Francisco used book store. I love Blue Rondo A La Turk just as much (Cincinnati Ballet used Turk in one of its performances).Kathleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8071734374560536592015-01-18T09:52:37.914-08:002015-01-18T09:52:37.914-08:00With riches like that, it's a tough choice, bu...With riches like that, it's a tough choice, but Brubeck for me.David in Cincinnatinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-46811657955473950322015-01-18T08:15:57.998-08:002015-01-18T08:15:57.998-08:00I'd like to see the Chad Mitchell Trio, if onl...I'd like to see the Chad Mitchell Trio, if only to hear John Deutchendorf (Denver) sing live again.SBell in San Mateohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17313127341635792859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-24953047626593630002015-01-18T07:39:59.763-08:002015-01-18T07:39:59.763-08:00Dylan in Newark. In 1963 Newark was a vibrant cit...Dylan in Newark. In 1963 Newark was a vibrant city. It's rapid decline did not start until 1965 after the riots.Hollphotonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-45342852063873641292015-01-18T07:39:53.369-08:002015-01-18T07:39:53.369-08:00CLEOPATRA. I've seen it several times. It'...CLEOPATRA. I've seen it several times. It's really not a bad movie.VincentSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14073822628173647742015-01-18T06:40:52.363-08:002015-01-18T06:40:52.363-08:00I'd have to see Count Basie, though the jazz q...I'd have to see Count Basie, though the jazz quartet with Flip Wilson sounds like a great time. I wonder if it was like this every week back then?Janicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78824617009859395712015-01-18T03:39:45.696-08:002015-01-18T03:39:45.696-08:00Funny how no one has mentioned Flip Wilson. one of...Funny how no one has mentioned Flip Wilson. one of the most brilliant comics of the era. Big enough to eventually have his own TV show.<br />Also the Halifax III. which was a Canadian folk troupe with Denny Doherty, soon of the Mamas and Papas, and Zal Yanovsky, soon of the Loving Spoonful. I might have gone there just in the event a young Michelle Phillips was in the audience.<br />Sam Cooke recorded an album at The Apollo that is a classic, and by this time Mary Wells was already having business difficulties with Berry Gordy. <br />Glen Yarbrough -lead singer for the Limeliters, had a big hit in 1965 and did a great coca Cola commercial.<br />Also Jo Mapes- extremely underrated folk singer.<br />This ad essentially marks the end of an era<br />When John Kennedy was killed and the Quartet arrived 10 weeks later, all of this vanished forever.<br />Many of these people became stars but jazz, folk and the movies were never the same. It happened very quickly. <br />Consider that Sam Cooke was dead a year later and a Hard Days Night was only nine months away. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-37894137235441453332015-01-18T02:26:37.682-08:002015-01-18T02:26:37.682-08:00Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis or Bob Dylan? What a dec...Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis or Bob Dylan? What a decision to have to make.Barry Traylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134880916215990198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-71551337911580986412015-01-17T23:51:46.707-08:002015-01-17T23:51:46.707-08:00BTW, if Evanier said the film premiered in Los Ang...BTW, if Evanier said the film premiered in Los Angeles the weekend of the assasination, he appears to be wrong. Absolutely everything I've seen online indicates MAD WORLD had its LA premiere on November 7.Louisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-50441885599613561282015-01-17T23:49:28.944-08:002015-01-17T23:49:28.944-08:00This is sort of a miracle.
This is sort of a miracle.<br />Roger R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19358184534746935432015-01-17T23:41:57.460-08:002015-01-17T23:41:57.460-08:00MAD MAD WORLD had its New York premiere on Novembe...MAD MAD WORLD had its New York premiere on November 17, 1963.Lounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-21466914034719667662015-01-17T21:34:57.785-08:002015-01-17T21:34:57.785-08:00I have a feeling the shows scheduled for Nov. 23 e...I have a feeling the shows scheduled for Nov. 23 either were postponed or canceled in the wake of the assassination. Not sure about the shows slated for later dates.<br /><br />Assuming all of these <i>did</i> go on, I'd probably go with the Sam Cooke gig at the Apollo. I have a feeling the Cooke who performed at that legendary venue was a completely different cat than the one who played the Copa. And it would be fun to hear an early Motown legend such as Mary Wells (though this was probably before she recorded her signature song, "My Guy"). I bet her "Bye Bye Baby" would be dynamite, especially without the sappy chorus. (When Motown issued her greatest hits LP some years later, the chorus was removed, making "Bye Bye Baby" sound far less dated.)<br /><br />Second on the list might be the acoustic, freewheelin' Bob Dylan in Newark. Dave Brubeck might have replaced him at #2 if the supporting act was Lambert, Hendricks & <i>Ross</i> instead of L, H & Bavan, but Annie Ross made that vocalese trio shine and she had left the previous year.<br /><br />Wonder whether the Chad Mitchell Trio performed their hilarious "Oh, we're the John Birch Society" song so soon after the assassination.<br /><br />There are some other acts I'd have been curious to see; Blossom Dearie was a wonderfully clever jazz singer, Stiller & Meara already were Ed Sullivan favorites, and I'm wondering how close the 1963 Flip Wilson was to the comic who soared to national fame half a decade later. <br /><br />The movies? I can always catch them later (and that summer at age 8, I saw "Cleopatra" at the Dewitt Drive-In near Syracuse and fell asleep in the back seat; now, I consider Claudette Colbert the classic Cleo).<br /><br />I'll close with this -- Vaughn Meador thankfully isn't on this half-page. After Nov. 22, 1963, his career sank like a stone. VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65846814053937927312015-01-17T21:12:22.981-08:002015-01-17T21:12:22.981-08:00Dylan in 1963 for sure.
Sam Cooke would be good t...Dylan in 1963 for sure. <br />Sam Cooke would be good too!fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13409641680161401624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-32111202038228431982015-01-17T20:57:32.884-08:002015-01-17T20:57:32.884-08:00"gottacook said...
D.: This is the first I...<i>"gottacook said...<br />D.: This is the first I've heard of a one-panel version of Cinerama - how on earth did they accomplish that?? The screen was incredibly wide and somewhat curved but with everything in focus."</i><br /><br />You were seeing one-panel Cinerama when you saw <i>2001</i>, as it was shot in the process, and released as a "Cinerama" movie. I saw <i>2001</i> on the same Cinerama screen on which I'd seen <i>How the West Was Won</i>, and that screen was <i><b>DEEPLY</b></i> curved, a 146-degree arc. In fact, it isn't even one screen. A Cinerama screen was 51 feet from tip to tip, and 25 feet high. It consisted of 1100 vertical strips of perforated tape, hung at an angle like louvered window blinds, so the light reflected went behind the next strip, instead of reflecting onto other parts of the screen and mucking up the image.<br /><br />The one panel version my Uncle and his colleagues created, first used on <i>It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World</i>, and then all all subsequent "Cinerama" releases, involved shooting on 70mm film, with an anamorphic lens that created a greater image squishing at the ends of the images, so it would project onto the deeply curved screen without distortion. For "Flat" releases, the film image had to be re-rendered to remove the distortion of the ends on the film strip.<br /><br />I can now answer Ken's question of which I would do tonight, as I now have the Blu-Ray of <i>IAMMMW</i> running.<br /><br />Ah, Mary Wells. I was briefly in an acting workshop with her, 30 years ago. Great lady. I did improv in class with her.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.com