tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post3874577263121969998..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: TV truths or myths?By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-55412858270047693932016-07-16T16:23:42.324-07:002016-07-16T16:23:42.324-07:00I can sing HOT IN CLEVELAND'S theme song.I can sing HOT IN CLEVELAND'S theme song.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18119151986422812833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35052499323500225442015-07-23T06:46:06.299-07:002015-07-23T06:46:06.299-07:00Big head leads to popular actor status? Damn, now ...Big head leads to popular actor status? Damn, now you tell me! My melon is naturally large (no steroid enhancement). In high school I was with a group of students buying cowboy hats in Colorado. The store owner measured our heads for a right size hat. I was last and after measuring me he loudly exclaimed, "You have the biggest head of everybody!" Didn't exactly cause the girls to fawn all over me then. Maybe if it was on TV... Look at my photo with this post, my head doesn't even fit in the picture.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10896165980216477144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65182964817164558322015-07-16T14:49:09.158-07:002015-07-16T14:49:09.158-07:00A very late addition to the discussion, but this h...A very late addition to the discussion, but this has been percolating in my head for the past few days: I don't believe that people tune in for the actor (although they might be what Dan O'Shannon calls an "enhancer" to the viewer's experience, and indeed the initial reason somebody tunes in to begin with), I believe you're selling yourself short as a writer: I'd argue it's the CHARACTER that people stick around for.<br /><br />If you made Sam on CHEERS an asshole, nobody would keep tuning in just because it was Ted Danson. <br /><br />I think the reason that stars end up with so much power is because people intertwine the character with the actor. They fall in love with the character while looking at the actor, and suddenly the character IS the actor. You couldn't just replace a beloved actor with someone else, because that wouldn't be the same "character" anymore -- even though it is. Obviously an actor does bring something to the character, though. They can turn good writing into great writing through performance, but I'd still argue that writing is just as important as the person playing it.Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28933349024147068852015-07-16T05:31:14.951-07:002015-07-16T05:31:14.951-07:00Christine Baranski -- so, so good at drama, and ha...Christine Baranski -- so, so good at drama, and has me rolling on the floor in comedies.Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07793898721874338311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62982204369968247292015-07-15T17:26:35.038-07:002015-07-15T17:26:35.038-07:00Even thought Ken hates the title of the show, the ...Even thought Ken hates the title of the show, the opening credits to <i>Halt and Catch Fire</i> are a recent favourite of mine:<br /><br /><a href="https://vimeo.com/97089384" rel="nofollow">https://vimeo.com/97089384</a>deanareenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655468881103268566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-70715694202909626782015-07-14T21:41:55.749-07:002015-07-14T21:41:55.749-07:00Igor, the same is true of Dementia patients. Some...Igor, the same is true of Dementia patients. Some who haven't spoken an intelligible word in years, can sing a song (from their youth) from start to finish.<br /><br />Their response to music can also be heartbreaking. There is a video of a Dementia patient who hadn't spoken in years, and who was in a continual state of agitated anguish. When a young woman with a guitar came and sang to him one-on-one, using his name in the song several times, he calmed down and listened to her intently. When she finished, he said, "I LIKE IT!" A testament to the power of music. Diane D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36851881918637025692015-07-14T20:03:37.806-07:002015-07-14T20:03:37.806-07:00I could sing the theme song to "Golden Girls&...I could sing the theme song to "Golden Girls" before it was the theme to Golden Girls.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775430353810840374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-34377116216770908852015-07-14T15:09:51.363-07:002015-07-14T15:09:51.363-07:00@DBenson - An explanation for your "It's ...@DBenson - An explanation for your "It's About Time" example: It seems memory for music is not engaged and stored the same as memory for other things. <br /><br />You can say, "Repeat after me: One, two, three." - and some people (typically who have suffered traumatic injuries that destroyed a certain part of their brains) will only be able to repeat back to you "three". And yet they can sing a song/lyrics. I recall years ago seeing a documentary about this produced in the 1960s. IIRC, some of the people had been injured in WWII. Funny... THAT I can remember.Igornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68871750765548406612015-07-14T12:35:51.270-07:002015-07-14T12:35:51.270-07:00Agree totally, Anonymous at 3:51, especially RAWHI...Agree totally, Anonymous at 3:51, especially RAWHIDE AND PALADIN! And I had completely forgotten about them; thanks for the reminder.Diane D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-61161461319633538332015-07-14T12:32:15.763-07:002015-07-14T12:32:15.763-07:00@SharoneRosen:
Scary is how people can remember a...@SharoneRosen:<br /><br />Scary is how people can remember a good chunk of the "It's About Time" theme while barely recalling anything of the show itself.<br /><br />Now and again an adult trying to coax a "please" out of a kid would say "What's the magic word?" -- I think Captain Kangaroo started that. The wiseacres would answer "Mission Pack."<br /><br />"Car 54 Where Are You" flummoxed me with "Khrushchev's due at Idlewild". It was the early 60s version of "Gee, our old LaSalle ran great."DBensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-61727352183294396532015-07-14T10:33:09.290-07:002015-07-14T10:33:09.290-07:00I am ashamed and pleased to share that I can still...I am ashamed and pleased to share that I can still sing all of the lyrics to the Mr. Ed theme, including the bridge. I believe, if pressed, I could do the same for the theme for It's About Time.<br /><br />And for real entertainment, I can sing you the "Dr. Ross dog food" and "Mission Pack" commercials!SharoneRosenhttp://www.sharonerosen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20325450308902001952015-07-14T08:19:03.636-07:002015-07-14T08:19:03.636-07:00@Pumpkinhead - Thanks. Of course, that happened w...@Pumpkinhead - Thanks. Of course, that happened well before twitter, etc., so there was no way for the country to join in saying "WTF?!" Funny how dismissive it is to the audience. Seems they could have recut it in a way to actually say, "One week earlier". Regardless, thanks for solving that mystery.<br /><br />I also recall it seemed odd seeing Shelley Fabares' name in the opening credits, and then she was not in that episode. I mean it made sense her name was there in that she was (to be) a costar of the show. <br /><br />Again, thanks.Igornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-24810909022038255972015-07-14T08:01:56.392-07:002015-07-14T08:01:56.392-07:00The fastest way to get lean muscle and low body fa...The fastest way to get lean muscle and low body fat is to take steroids. Many actors will do this to play particular roles. It usually takes years to gain muscle mass, as well as low body fat, and a lot of time to maintain it. Any actor you see who was usually skinny or fat, and six months later looks like he can tear telephone books in half, is using steroids, no matter what he tells you.<br /><br />Some actors believe regular injections of steroids leads to a younger look and longevity. Also, if you're the lead a series that requires you to look amazing, it's very difficult to maintain. Steroids allow minimum workouts for maximum effect, as well as helping tremendously with mental acuity and endurance. Quite a few actors heading towards middle-age will tend to start on the regimen. Actors who believe steroids keeps them young will tend to keep doing it.<br /><br />One of the irreversible side-effects of steroid use and/or abuse is it reactivates genes that will make your skull grow larger.<br /><br />Danny Bonaduce and Sly Stallone are a good example of the skull exploding effects of regular steroid use. There are many other examples. I believe steroid use is rampant amongst lead actors trying to keep their edge.<br /><br />Might be a chicken and egg thing to a degree.<br /><br />- Dr. RobertsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-37898563568568921402015-07-14T07:54:31.952-07:002015-07-14T07:54:31.952-07:00I went through the entire list people sent in of g...I went through the entire list people sent in of great TV themes but was shocked I didn't see the current best one: Big Bang Theory. <br />-MWUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155828471285860253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20483832736197889072015-07-14T04:57:30.211-07:002015-07-14T04:57:30.211-07:00To Tammy:
LOL! Shirtless and riding gorgeous whit...To Tammy:<br />LOL! Shirtless and riding gorgeous white water rapids--I should have just put ear plugs in!Diane D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40796535955878206712015-07-14T04:21:01.996-07:002015-07-14T04:21:01.996-07:00There are a number of theme tunes where I love the...There are a number of theme tunes where I love the full extended versions. The full versions of the Hill Street Blues theme, the Taxi theme and "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" are wonderful.Norm!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19788388626145859072015-07-14T03:51:14.200-07:002015-07-14T03:51:14.200-07:00TV themes? Don't believe what you read about t...TV themes? Don't believe what you read about the best.<br />Clearly late 1950's early 1960's Westerns (with detective shows second)<br />Find a genre of TV music better than this, in no particular order:<br />Maverick<br />Have Gun Will Travel<br />Rawhide<br />Bonanza<br />Bat Masterson<br />The Rebel<br />There are probably a couple of others I'm forgetting. Most of those became top 100 records back in the day. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-34251713218470562162015-07-14T03:16:40.319-07:002015-07-14T03:16:40.319-07:00Re: "TV viewers like watching actors who have...Re: "TV viewers like watching actors who have big heads."<br /><br />The term I've always heard to describe this physicality of certain actors is "Lightbulb head." And yes, it is a desirable quality to have onscreen.charlottesometimesnotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63379761442236912472015-07-14T01:18:19.284-07:002015-07-14T01:18:19.284-07:00Sorry, but I don't like opening titles. If you...Sorry, but I don't like opening titles. If you watch a complete season on DVD it really gets annying to hear and see the same thing again and again and again. I skip them all the time (until somebody has the great idea to put an intro before the opening title, so you are forced to watch everything from the beginning...).<br />I love what they did on Breaking Bad. It doesn't pull you out of the story, there just a short fade-in.Fleschnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-82959587104995584092015-07-14T00:38:44.835-07:002015-07-14T00:38:44.835-07:00I would have thought that these days, with the she...I would have thought that these days, with the sheer number of adverts, you need every available second to tell your story. <br /><br />I love the opening sequences of MASH and CHEERS, but I've seen them a bazillion times and would quite happily skip them at this point. (Let's put it this way, if Netflix skipped the opening music of CHEERS, I wouldn't take the time to remind the episode.)<br /><br />Also, Kiera Knightly has the largest, most angular head I've ever seen in real life. Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8854799127053718802015-07-13T22:48:55.720-07:002015-07-13T22:48:55.720-07:00Diane D., re: The River Wild - writing shmiting, t...Diane D., re: The River Wild - writing shmiting, that film has Kevin Bacon shirtless! You don't walk out on that ;)Tammynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-72499441407066382172015-07-13T20:09:09.433-07:002015-07-13T20:09:09.433-07:00@Dave Was a season number not shown as well? Usual...@Dave Was a season number not shown as well? Usually guide listings like that will identify an episode by both its season number and episode number, like so: S#E##. Maybe the episode you saw was the 22nd episode of a later season.<br /><br />But yes, episode numbers for any show are almost always inconsistent. The problem is there's at least three different sources: some sources number episodes by their original airdates, some sources number them by production order, and some number them according to whatever the network says is the right order. For instance, "Male Unbonding" is apparently the second episode of SEINFELD, but it was the fourth aired, so some sources (including Comcast's guide) list it as S1E04.Joseph Scarbroughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06851086150240380366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-27090562536327288582015-07-13T20:00:46.091-07:002015-07-13T20:00:46.091-07:00Sometimes episode numbers are screwed up, though. ...Sometimes episode numbers are screwed up, though. I started watching a CHEERS the other night and it was listed in the Dish Network guide as episode 22, which would have been the first season. Then I saw Frasier and Rebecca in it and realized it wasn't.Dave Creeknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-46461401620553723442015-07-13T19:24:03.349-07:002015-07-13T19:24:03.349-07:00Igor, re the Coach episode numbers. That's th...Igor, re the Coach episode numbers. That's the order the episodes originally aired in. I still remember my wtf reaction at the time. The network must have decided that episode with the daughter already at school was a better introduction to the show, like when Ken talks about a pilot being an episode seven instead of an origins story. I just accept the origins ep as a flashback.Pumpkinheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-30550112786557770262015-07-13T19:20:42.388-07:002015-07-13T19:20:42.388-07:00I hope as many people as possible listen to the th...I hope as many people as possible listen to the theme from THE GOLDEN GIRLS. That's my cousin's voice you're hearing, Cindy Fee.Tom Quigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959628996361620134noreply@blogger.com