tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post339909937640646511..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: St. Patrick's Day at CHEERSBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59966333125355407932016-03-19T16:56:22.085-07:002016-03-19T16:56:22.085-07:00"And now for a sad song" is still one of..."And now for a sad song" is still one of my all-time favorite lines, in anything, ever.Paul V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06593466709865649080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-32596736757678274762016-03-18T13:35:16.988-07:002016-03-18T13:35:16.988-07:00Nice job by George Wendt doing Robert De Niro from...Nice job by George Wendt doing Robert De Niro from "The Untouchables". ("I want him dead...")Stoneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8757184255158706432016-03-17T22:18:54.959-07:002016-03-17T22:18:54.959-07:00Friday question:
in a sitcom, how aware are you of...Friday question:<br />in a sitcom, how aware are you of "we have to give each person something to do"?<br />obviously the stars are covered but if a few episodes go by and one of the supporting actors is kind of ignored or minimalized, do they or their agents get upset?<br />how much lobbying goes on to spread the screen time among everyone?<br />cd1515https://www.blogger.com/profile/13442641020639066876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-73168268688357440852016-03-17T20:15:58.842-07:002016-03-17T20:15:58.842-07:00Speaking of odd bands, in Frazier one episode invo...Speaking of odd bands, in Frazier one episode involved Niles and Frazier scrambling for tickets to see the Tuvian Throat Singers. I know you live in Los Angeles and those jolly fellows have performed more than once at McCabe's -- with yours truly in attendance -- my question is, did you ever partake in their particular glory? Or was that one of those things that sounded funny whether or not one actually attended? <br /><br />The gentlemen in the band built their own instruments and gradually learned English enough to generate a little patter with the audience. They really were quite entertaining in a unique sort of LA way, but not for Niles's crowd I don't think. Anyway I wonder what the genesis of that idea was.Dodgerdawgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-51898918765295436632016-03-17T18:22:47.675-07:002016-03-17T18:22:47.675-07:00That was a great scene. Woody did a marvelous job...That was a great scene. Woody did a marvelous job (as usual) of letting a funny line do its job rather than trying to oversell it, which I'm sure was tempting when nobody can see you.<br /><br />I've always wondered, did they use actual cinder blocks?Andy Rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20781002480562130602016-03-17T15:51:55.478-07:002016-03-17T15:51:55.478-07:00And now for a sad song.
Brilliant. I love that st...And now for a sad song.<br /><br />Brilliant. I love that style of line.<br /><br />As always, Thanks, Ken.Charles H. Bryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31077156410269707142016-03-17T14:38:50.139-07:002016-03-17T14:38:50.139-07:00Great stuff. The number of jokes played off Woody&...Great stuff. The number of jokes played off Woody's character -- so good, so priceless. MikeK.Pa.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-70205315313959321582016-03-17T12:14:55.011-07:002016-03-17T12:14:55.011-07:00I remember this episode well. One of my favorites ...I remember this episode well. One of my favorites from any sitcom.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-70721149686671023132016-03-17T11:50:56.156-07:002016-03-17T11:50:56.156-07:00Morbid dirges in sitcoms... this could be the nex...Morbid dirges in sitcoms... this could be the next "thing" . <br /><br />Actually, "Sean's Band" could be the next "thing". Please tell me they are still available for weddings and class reunions.John Hammesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-74381098837655893662016-03-17T11:26:17.827-07:002016-03-17T11:26:17.827-07:00Ah, sure, my good Cuban wife being safely out of t...Ah, sure, my good Cuban wife being safely out of the house, I was listening to a Chieftains album I'd just bought at high volume. And a grand song was playing -- Mick Jagger joined the boys for this one -- about an innocent man who'd been hanged for murder because he couldn't provide his ironclad alibi because, at the time the crime was committed, he was sleeping with his best friend's wife, and now the wife is tromping around the Irish countryside in a long black veil, weeping over Mick Jagger's grave, not that it's doing him any particular good, mind you, and wouldn't you know but it's during all this that my own good wife comes in, and there's the poor woman standing there, horror-struck, in the entrance to the den. "<i>What</i> are you listening to? That's the most depressing thing I've ever heard in my entire life."<br /><br />Well, sure now, you've seem them Spanish churches, each statue dripping with blood and gore. You have to go some to depress a Hispanic with art.<br /><br />"Well," says I, this is one of the more cheerful ones."<br /><br />So I thought the song lyrics in the Bar Wars episode most appropriate.<br /><br />And a Happy St. Paddy's Day to you, Mr. O'LevineThe Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723009641287783218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-44212568404635378712016-03-17T11:24:01.383-07:002016-03-17T11:24:01.383-07:00As someone of Irish descent on both sides, and as ...As someone of Irish descent on both sides, and as a fan of Really Good Stuff, I've always loved the Sean's Band thing. It's as perfect as me mither's smile was before the Sassenach did that thing to her with the butt of a bloody rifle.<br /><br />Also, for some reason, I've got an idea for a ballad entitled "I'm Not a Robot, Just a Wee Bit Drunk."<br />o'thirteennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62786538028408978672016-03-17T11:03:42.196-07:002016-03-17T11:03:42.196-07:00Thanks for the flashback! And now for a happy post...Thanks for the flashback! And now for a happy post....<br />Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00760229533287495672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-60778199047824565472016-03-17T10:23:35.678-07:002016-03-17T10:23:35.678-07:00Friday Question: I recently finished writing a new...Friday Question: I recently finished writing a new spec pilot and am faced with the dilemma of what to start writing next. I'm not very interested by any of the ideas I've scribbled down in the past or recently so I'm feeling a little aimless. How do you find inspiration for your ideas and how early (or late) in the process do you settle on whether it's one worth exploring?Matthew Kuglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05348588389311288840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33893603323268698512016-03-17T09:00:25.168-07:002016-03-17T09:00:25.168-07:00My all-time Cheers fav'My all-time Cheers fav'Barefoot Billy Alohahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586870309250699505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35892010006460439162016-03-17T07:45:37.817-07:002016-03-17T07:45:37.817-07:00This is brilliant - thank you for sharing. It'...This is brilliant - thank you for sharing. It's like entering a time machine and being dropped in the middle of 1984.Scott Cooleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-51272261181893135542016-03-17T07:40:39.467-07:002016-03-17T07:40:39.467-07:00I remember this episode well, Ken. The Bar Wars on...I remember this episode well, Ken. The Bar Wars ones were always my favorites. Years ago I was watching the movie "From Dusk 'Til Dawn" in the theater with a friend (it's the Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez film about a bar full of vampires, if you're not familiar) and toward the end I leaned over to him and said "Watch, it's going to turn out that the whole thing was a prank by Gary." Without missing a beat, my friend replied "Gotcha again, Malone!"Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17540162876296654215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-18253399818409908662016-03-17T07:40:11.730-07:002016-03-17T07:40:11.730-07:00Where's our review of Horace and Pete?
I could...Where's our review of Horace and Pete?<br />I could only take one and a half episodes. Louis kept taking his shirt off by episode two, and I couldn't deal. Also, his characters kept repeating themselves. It was as if the writer thought viewers were always leaving the room. It went from Playhouse 90, to a shitty soap full of Louis' middle-aged belly. Also, Jessica Lange is melting, Ken. She's melting.<br /><br />–DoobieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-37271661460503488392016-03-17T06:32:40.500-07:002016-03-17T06:32:40.500-07:00As someone whose whole bloodline is Irish, I'm...As someone whose whole bloodline is Irish, I'm usual unimpressed with attempts at jokes about the Irish culture.<br /><br />But the band lyrics in this excerpt... perfect!<br /><br />I've probably read or seen that "Twas a baby's crib..." line a dozen times and it slays me every damn time. <br /><br />Bravo.Rock Golfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04945235295808697884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86444554207315584472016-03-17T06:10:43.506-07:002016-03-17T06:10:43.506-07:00Great episode, I remember watching it the night it...Great episode, I remember watching it the night it aired.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12683279211528457543noreply@blogger.com