tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post4071966701607174870..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Friday QuestionsBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-84298475819143836102020-05-21T23:11:10.246-07:002020-05-21T23:11:10.246-07:00They can also print labels in a variety of colors ...They can also print labels in a variety of colors so that they are designed for the purpose. It will be the right to put your name, logo, or business on just about anything. Get detailed info about labelbasic on <a href="https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/thermal-transfer-versus-direct-thermal-printing" rel="nofollow"><b>this site</b></a>.charliesmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11223592353150690907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89814751309194023252020-05-21T10:10:21.962-07:002020-05-21T10:10:21.962-07:00Future Friday Question for you, Ken: Gone seems to...Future Friday Question for you, Ken: Gone seems to be the days when the same actors would play several roles on a series, sometimes within a single season (e.g., Herbie Faye, Ned Glass, Phil Leeds, Stanley Adams, Bill Quinn, etc.), many of these actors becoming familiar faces (though not necessarily names) to viewing audiences. Whatever happened to character actor parts in series television?WB Jaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-7923238906674604092020-05-21T01:40:56.509-07:002020-05-21T01:40:56.509-07:00My Friday Question: The CW series Batwoman is reca...My Friday Question: The CW series Batwoman is recasting the main character because the actress has quit, after a whole season. Recasting seems rare these days, it's much more common to just invent a replacement character. Have you had any experience with recasting a character the audience has already seen, and how did they react? Gareth Wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-11737400450157297302020-05-18T19:22:49.070-07:002020-05-18T19:22:49.070-07:00Jimmy Cagney needs to be on any list of the greats...Jimmy Cagney needs to be on any list of the greats.<br /><br /><br />Orson Welles called him the greatest actor he had ever seen, and his reasons were interesting. He said that Cagney's performance was completely artificial--no one talked like that, walked like that, or behaved like that, everything he did was unreal and stylized, but if you take his entire career, every second he's on screen is truth, he never had a second that wasn't true. Unreal but true.ODJenningsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-74371660841977333902020-05-17T19:51:42.524-07:002020-05-17T19:51:42.524-07:00Don't forget Andy Griffith!Don't forget Andy Griffith!Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136856533329478197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-55568750069762770772020-05-17T09:49:14.383-07:002020-05-17T09:49:14.383-07:00I had the same thought as 'Ed'. Did off-sc...I had the same thought as 'Ed'. Did off-screen issues come into consideration? Would Woody Allen and Louis CK have been on the list a few years ago?<br /> And are you going to read Woody Allen's autobiography?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08885390648428212755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49454994258764921602020-05-16T12:20:13.438-07:002020-05-16T12:20:13.438-07:00Today Tony Shalhoub and Brooke Adams performed Sam...Today Tony Shalhoub and Brooke Adams performed Samuel Beckett's 'Happy Days' live for the Benefit of the Actor's Fund. They received permission from the Beckett Estate to do it and leave it up on You Tube for four days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF566x74-6g&feature=youtu.be (Plays in the House 5/16 2pm Happy Days.) It is the same series that arranged the Frasier reunion. scottmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14545443995467899112020-05-16T12:02:37.620-07:002020-05-16T12:02:37.620-07:00My list of not-yet-mentioned (unless I missed one)...My list of not-yet-mentioned (unless I missed one) one-of-a-kinds:<br /><br />Robin Williams<br />David Letterman<br />Norm MacDonald<br />Dan Aykroyd<br />Joel Hodgson<br />Don Martin<br />Al Hirschfeld<br />Mitch Hurwitz<br />Dan HarmonMibbitmakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17649369314906738690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13180227890663925482020-05-16T10:01:32.448-07:002020-05-16T10:01:32.448-07:00Howdy, Ken. I have a FQ which isn’t actually a qu...Howdy, Ken. I have a FQ which isn’t actually a question, but more of something else. The enduring thread in your blog is sitcoms. Which is why we and me love it. But here’s my FQ:<br /><br /> Is there any room within sitcoms to address major social issues — I’m talking about beyond the bullshit 1970s “Tonight ... on a very special Blossom/Family Ties/Diff’rent Strokes”? <br /><br />And even more, does social messaging and TV/sitcoms even belong/go together? I am including a link to a clip from one of the most-awesome short-lived sitcoms ever: ‘Freaks And Geeks.’ To me, this scene (even better if you saw the whole episode for context) carried the weight, and within the framework of a sitcom. <br /><br />What say you?<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCPjYANWTPIAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05167394593175470879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43483104159440097862020-05-16T09:34:29.416-07:002020-05-16T09:34:29.416-07:00The closest I got to being a paid audience was att...The closest I got to being a paid audience was attending a comedian's second attempt at doing a talk show. There was a raffle for door prizes after taping. I won priority tickets to attend the next night's show. Ehh, no.DanBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-46958860688073662342020-05-16T08:51:27.903-07:002020-05-16T08:51:27.903-07:00Friday Question: Speaking of live tapings have you...Friday Question: Speaking of live tapings have you ever attended ones for The Odd Couple? I heard that back then it was as hard to get into an Odd Couple taping as it was for All In The Family at that time. Kendall Rivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401646799797849078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1634812381674396812020-05-15T20:27:56.718-07:002020-05-15T20:27:56.718-07:00At least one, if not both, of the filmings of &quo...At least one, if not both, of the filmings of "Mom" I attended, the audience received slices of pizza. Since Chuck Lorre productions tend to attract top-tier talent -- actors, writers, crew -- the episodes each went smoothly. <br /><br />The same held true for "Hot In Cleveland" at CBS Radford (the former Republic lot), but we received cookies with Wendie Malick's picture baked in, as it was her 64th birthday.<br /><br />Attended a "Frasier" filming on a Tuesday in March 2000 (the other three occurred on Fridays), but don't recall what they fed us.VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28242567634078587892020-05-15T19:31:32.682-07:002020-05-15T19:31:32.682-07:00I'd include Sammy Davis Jr. (especially), Jame...I'd include Sammy Davis Jr. (especially), James Cagney, and Olivia de Havilland.Lorimartiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-54515471589259345422020-05-15T16:13:20.923-07:002020-05-15T16:13:20.923-07:00During the years I worked at Paramount Pictures I ...During the years I worked at Paramount Pictures I worked hundreds of show tapeings. I had the joy of many of those being of Fraiser. It was the only show where many in the audience dressed up to come see the show. They treated it as a night at the theater. To watch David Hyde Pearce do his one man Valentine's segment was one of my best nights. I thought the applause would never stop.<br /><br />A producer on one of the talk show I worked on had worked on Jerry Springer. He told me all the audience members on the show were paid union actors, as were the guests. He said Jerry would have never turned his back on an off the street audience. Steve Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75138121255234757342020-05-15T15:24:57.997-07:002020-05-15T15:24:57.997-07:00My ten one-of-a-kinds
Stanley Kubrick
David Lync...My ten one-of-a-kinds<br /><br />Stanley Kubrick <br />David Lynch <br />Robert De Niro<br />Clint Eastwood<br />Bob Dylan <br />Eminem <br />Jodie Foster <br />Steven Spielberg <br />Phil Collins <br />Bette Davis Troy McClurenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14872334810899833572020-05-15T14:07:17.182-07:002020-05-15T14:07:17.182-07:00I'll add some names of my own:
Karen Carpenter...I'll add some names of my own:<br />Karen Carpenter<br />Dolly Parton<br />Alfre Woodard<br />Gene Hackman<br />Sam Cooke<br />Otis Redding<br />Bob Newhart<br />Paul Westerberg<br />Harry Morgan<br />Betty White<br />Frances Sternhagen<br />Kenny Rogers<br />Linda Ronstadt<br />Keith Whitley<br />The Ramones71dudenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-18993045344557882322020-05-15T14:00:52.178-07:002020-05-15T14:00:52.178-07:00I recently read that the audience members of the J...I recently read that the audience members of the Judge Judy show paid to be there in hopes of being spotted by an agent or producer. Anyone else hear that?Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35219156288457712452020-05-15T12:03:34.217-07:002020-05-15T12:03:34.217-07:00Great list, Ken.
I’d add Humphrey Bogart, Edward ...Great list, Ken.<br /><br />I’d add Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Ingrid Bergman, John F. Kennedy, Judy Garland and Igor Straminsky.<br /><br />But that’s just me.Jeff Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708037522976667642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-81945000014154022952020-05-15T11:13:05.679-07:002020-05-15T11:13:05.679-07:00Carol Burnett. Happy to jettison Sinatra to make r...Carol Burnett. Happy to jettison Sinatra to make room for her.<br /><br />wgWendy M. Grossmanhttp://www.pelicancrossing.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86203333108935884762020-05-15T11:09:26.753-07:002020-05-15T11:09:26.753-07:00Mary Tyler MooreMary Tyler MooreLemuelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62120279560455334632020-05-15T11:04:39.058-07:002020-05-15T11:04:39.058-07:00Sinatra raped Marilyn? Never heard that one befor...Sinatra raped Marilyn? Never heard that one before. They were on again/off again lovers for years.CarolMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06357698369178272616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-30239210612569894742020-05-15T10:10:27.863-07:002020-05-15T10:10:27.863-07:00When I first moved to Los Angeles I got a job as a...When I first moved to Los Angeles I got a job as a paid audience member. They paid us minimum wage for a set number of hours and then we were able to leave even though the show wasn’t done filming. I don’t think anyone who was being paid stayed after theY stopped paying us since most of the time we were just watching writers re-write jokes that hadn’t landed. The other half of the audience was made up of people from a halfway house who seemed to be enjoying themselves a lot more than us that were actually getting paid. Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-66336772066768468982020-05-15T09:58:23.737-07:002020-05-15T09:58:23.737-07:00Among "SNL" cast members, I'd defini...Among "SNL" cast members, I'd definitely place Eddie Murphy in the one-of-a-kind category. Oh, and Bill Murray, too!tavmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43111950697057024602020-05-15T09:54:47.880-07:002020-05-15T09:54:47.880-07:00Good list. I could think of some additions, but I...Good list. I could think of some additions, but I agree that each of yours is a unique talent, the one and only, and instantly identifiable. Even for those I'm not a fan of, I can't deny that they are distinctive. McAlvienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16931946343148156882020-05-15T09:48:45.244-07:002020-05-15T09:48:45.244-07:00Friday Question: On your advice, I've been lis...Friday Question: On your advice, I've been listening to Rick Bro Radio and Great Big Radio; they're both awesome, so thanks for the recommendation! But a question regarding them: they are advertising free, and free to listen to. I don't understand the business model. If they are paying licence fees for the music they play, that's gotta be funded somehow. So how does it work?RyderDAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980791636129598607noreply@blogger.com