tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post115812349086092768..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: HollywoodlandBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1158522326233720102006-09-17T12:45:00.000-07:002006-09-17T12:45:00.000-07:00Hollywoodland was good if you realize that it was ...Hollywoodland was good if you realize that it was fiction. Adrian Brody was good but his talk and mannerisms seemed more contemporary than 50s.Mike Barerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447874605833321732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1158366606789558532006-09-15T17:30:00.000-07:002006-09-15T17:30:00.000-07:00Speaking as a Boomer myself, born in 1950, it was ...Speaking as a Boomer myself, born in 1950, it was neither George nor Alfalfa's deaths that affected my generation; it was the too-soon demises of Princess Summerfall Winterspring from "Howdy Doody" and Cadet Happy from "Space Patrol". By the time George and Alfalafa got themselves shot, I was all "Please, been there, done that. Get a new act."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1158348225650215462006-09-15T12:23:00.000-07:002006-09-15T12:23:00.000-07:00Well there you have it - some writers should just ...Well there you have it - some writers should just agree to transform "The Hollywood Death Book" plus the police blotter into one tv series. Not a cop show either. Has to be "fabulousness" involved for catching cable audiences, otherwise it won't challenge CSI. Why stop there - it could be a channel, move over E! for D! "The Hollywood Death channel". So much material. Give A&E"Biography" a run for its money. <BR/><BR/>At least in the U.S., Death and Hollywood will always remain a seductive mix. The only problem will be how to replace the eager p.r. dept. claiming that a particular death affected a generation...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1158265602288540272006-09-14T13:26:00.000-07:002006-09-14T13:26:00.000-07:00Not sure if you were just joking about Alfalfa, bu...Not sure if you were just joking about Alfalfa, but he didn't shoot himself.<BR/><BR/>I went to the IMDb for the quickest reference to his death:<BR/><BR/>Shot to death in an argument in Van Nuys, CA.<BR/><BR/>Died by gunshot wound by an acquaintance in an argument over $50 which Switzer felt the acquaintance owed him. The acquaintance pleaded self-defense, and the judge ruled the death "justifiable homicide." [Source: "The Hollywood Death Book," James Robert Parish, 1992.]Toby O'Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999037844031101965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1158262205125026212006-09-14T12:30:00.000-07:002006-09-14T12:30:00.000-07:00Maybe George shot himself after hearing "The Girl ...Maybe George shot himself after hearing "The Girl Can't Help It"<BR/>one time too many for the last 2 and a half years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1158253969661509172006-09-14T10:12:00.000-07:002006-09-14T10:12:00.000-07:00While enjoying an oreo brownie at Barnes & Noble a...While enjoying an oreo brownie at Barnes & Noble after seeing Hollywoodland, my best friend said that he smelled Oscar no. 2 for Ben. I assured him that it was another smell entirely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1158251165703388472006-09-14T09:26:00.000-07:002006-09-14T09:26:00.000-07:00Never understood the supposed charm of Ben Affleck...Never understood the supposed charm of Ben Affleck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1158249001024564412006-09-14T08:50:00.000-07:002006-09-14T08:50:00.000-07:00Timing is everything. I went to see the Hollywoodl...Timing is everything. I went to see the Hollywoodland Tuesday (PS/Cat City) and just 20 minutes into the film there was a fire alarm malfunction. I sat there for 10 minutes and happily left to get a refund. I sugget that Ben concentrate on politics...he'd probably be good at it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1158212240207205792006-09-13T22:37:00.000-07:002006-09-13T22:37:00.000-07:00I'd love to see Hollywood make a biopic of my all-...I'd love to see Hollywood make a biopic of my all-time favorite actress, Carole Lombard -- and that '76 piece of tripe, "Gable & Lombard," doesn't count. (What current actress could deliver a reasonable portrayal of her? Kate Hudson? Drew Barrymore?) <BR/><BR/>Then again, I'm afraid that given Hollywood's lack of feel for its own history, a Lombard bio would somehow completely miss the qualities that made Carole so special, timeless and beloved, and the result would make "Hollywoodland" look brilliant by comparison.VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.com