tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post444778942368361925..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Friday QuestionsBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-3754010267187752742015-11-11T22:14:18.137-08:002015-11-11T22:14:18.137-08:00Question I hope you can address on a future Friday...Question I hope you can address on a future Friday: I've seen "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" numerous times since 1983. But for some reason, while watching the MeTV broadcast of the show on Veterans Day, this was the first time this question ever occurred to me: Whatever happened with any of the white rocks that were in the "Goodbye" sign? Did anyone take them as souvenirs, or did they just get scattered around in the hills?David Goehnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-77727347061021103572015-11-07T21:31:22.240-08:002015-11-07T21:31:22.240-08:00@Question Mark, I sure do enjoy your smash hit &qu...@Question Mark, I sure do enjoy your smash hit "96 Tears."Joseph Scarbroughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06851086150240380366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-53502619574275153452015-11-07T01:55:41.120-08:002015-11-07T01:55:41.120-08:00The most famous 'network change that worked...The most famous 'network change that worked' in recent years was the decision to replace Rachel Dratch with Jane Krakowski on 30 Rock. With that, the Jenna Maroney character went from neurotic sketch comedienne worried about being overshadowed to, essentially, a human Miss Piggy. With all due respect to Rachel Dratch, I honestly can't imagine 30 Rock without Krakowski, she absolutely slayed on that show.Question Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00267485396018087075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75161786657807396042015-11-06T23:47:23.083-08:002015-11-06T23:47:23.083-08:00I read the Brand X joke in Boy's Life about 60...I read the Brand X joke in Boy's Life about 60 years ago. Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-70136147742614041412015-11-06T22:41:39.352-08:002015-11-06T22:41:39.352-08:00The "Judgment at Nuremberg" scene is emb...The "Judgment at Nuremberg" scene is embedded in this article:<br /><br />http://www.avclub.com/article/playhouse-90-refined-live-tvand-then-killed-it-202168<br /><br />When it got to the point in the script where they were going to say "gas," there was a cutaway from the actor's closeup and the audio was briefly muted.Andy Rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8918489716742261442015-11-06T20:27:09.115-08:002015-11-06T20:27:09.115-08:00Rick...
Troll Patrol is referring to a troll that...Rick...<br /><br />Troll Patrol is referring to a troll that posts regularly on this board. If you don't check in early you don't see his posts, as Ken usually removes them pretty shortly after they appear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-61787418771683259012015-11-06T16:45:41.482-08:002015-11-06T16:45:41.482-08:00The thing that bugs me most about promo bugs, and ...The thing that bugs me most about promo bugs, and now I cannot remember on what show this happened, but somewhat recently there was one scene -ONE- in the whole episode where a character was not speaking English and was subtitled. Anyway, just as that scene started, up pops a stupid half-screen wide banner animated characters-from-something-else-looking-silly-like-in-an-SNL-parody-of-this-shit. So of course it obscured half the subtitles and made it impossible to know what was being said. They chose the exact most idiotic moment to pop up that thing. 20 seconds earlier or later and it wouldn't have interfered with actually knowing what was going on. But nope, had to do it right then. If I had written that show I'd be furious.DBAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-56627907060585878652015-11-06T13:59:54.437-08:002015-11-06T13:59:54.437-08:00Troll Patrol:
What the hell are you talking about...Troll Patrol:<br /><br />What the hell are you talking about?Ricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31805464137946118702015-11-06T12:40:00.380-08:002015-11-06T12:40:00.380-08:00Friday question:
My wife and I stopped watching a...Friday question:<br /><br />My wife and I stopped watching a one hour drama becusae it seemed the characters never eveolved and because of that it got rather boring.<br /><br />But it seems that characters in comedies can't really develop, can they? What good would Norm be he stopped drinking beer? Or if Hawkeye started behaving like a Captain? Or if Frasier figured out his issues with women? Still, they need to kind of evolve, don't they? How do you handle that?Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911783621907246350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-30569957865394776212015-11-06T12:00:27.892-08:002015-11-06T12:00:27.892-08:00Perhaps screenwriters should try to make use of th...Perhaps screenwriters should try to make use of the promo bugs. Yes Dear should have done this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-17219191753703997192015-11-06T10:26:20.457-08:002015-11-06T10:26:20.457-08:00Carson would sometimes say that the guest's sh...Carson would sometimes say that the guest's show aired on ABC: Another Broadcasting Company.<br /><br />A Friday Question, Ken: I've been to more than one taping where the star was well-known for his improv skills. After they had a satisfactory scripted take, they would then do a wild take with the star ad-libbing entirely new dialogue. I once went to a taping of the short-lived SHAKY GROUND, and Matt Frewer's new jokes were absolutely funnier than the written ones, but when the show aired, they used the less-funny scripted lines, which struck me as a case of the writers/producers' egos trumping a superior result (perhaps one reason the show didn't last very long). What do you think of their actions, and were you in this situation, what would you do?cadavranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-6750210224507191622015-11-06T10:11:55.362-08:002015-11-06T10:11:55.362-08:00The wonders of Google. A quick search reveals the ...The wonders of Google. A quick search reveals the extent of a sad pathetic troll's existence whose entire raison d'ĂȘtre is to troll forums. But when you're so tragic that you've actually been banned from a forum that's all about human waste, it's time to kill yourself.<br />http://www.poopreport.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9896#p151576 <br /><br />"he is just a sad and lonely punk trying to find his way"<br />"I vote to ban Dykerson"<br />"Mighty Dykerson the herpes of the internet"<br /><br />His epitaph.Troll Patrolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-87475291497517970892015-11-06T09:54:43.141-08:002015-11-06T09:54:43.141-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Mighty Dyckersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03567545779834406431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16055806135238944602015-11-06T09:48:06.624-08:002015-11-06T09:48:06.624-08:00Milton...that was the American Gas Association, wh...Milton...that was the American Gas Association, when they sponsored the original production of 'Judgement at Nuremburg" on the TV drama PLAYHOUSE 90.Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49553274308619148962015-11-06T08:30:14.683-08:002015-11-06T08:30:14.683-08:00Bill O: That would not be a problem since Lincoln ...Bill O: That would not be a problem since Lincoln is a division of Ford. There was a story from the golden age of TV where a sponsor interfered with content. The sponsor was a gasoline company, the show was about the liberation of a Nazi death camp. The sponsor made the producers delete the word "gas" from gas chambers and so the story said that the Jews died in "chambers."Milton the Momzernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-46699108970720431292015-11-06T08:10:57.909-08:002015-11-06T08:10:57.909-08:00Wasnn't there conflict in TV's early days ...Wasnn't there conflict in TV's early days about mentioning Lincoln's name in a drama about his assassination cuz it was sponsored by Ford?Bill Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06041905291496937729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43178109879179335062015-11-06T08:10:47.595-08:002015-11-06T08:10:47.595-08:00RE re-writing "on the fly": Jack Dodson ...RE re-writing "on the fly": Jack Dodson played Howard Sprague on "The Andy Griffith Show" and also appeared on "All's Fair," a short-lived Norman Lear production that was performed "live on tape." Dodson said he hated the way that the latter's shows writers would re-write a joke if it didn't get an instant laugh. He noted that perhaps audience members were so awed by the intricacies of the live production that maybe THAT contributed to their lack of laughter, not the idea that the joke wasn't funny.Steve Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07460010481523481647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-29249131397353085222015-11-06T08:09:10.522-08:002015-11-06T08:09:10.522-08:00I remember once on MATCH GAME (a 1970s game show) ...I remember once on MATCH GAME (a 1970s game show) which ran on CBS, host Gene Rayburn introduced a celebrity guest--I know longer remember which one--by stating their show ran on "another network". A different celebrity guest whom I DO remember, Richard Dawson, added this helpful hint: "It's as easy as ABC."Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-87662025970111956022015-11-06T07:32:47.267-08:002015-11-06T07:32:47.267-08:00There is a real estate company that thinks using t...There is a real estate company that thinks using the word Exit in their name gets them free exposure from highway signage and emergency exit signs in buildings. For me, this fails on a psychological level. For most people, the emotional drive is getting INTO a new home, not exiting the one they're in.Steve Mcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-72033537642795496452015-11-06T07:26:44.859-08:002015-11-06T07:26:44.859-08:00my college intramural basketball team named itself...my college intramural basketball team named itself BYE, we won one game when the other team looked at the bracket and left before the game. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28339173221880001262015-11-06T07:12:15.792-08:002015-11-06T07:12:15.792-08:00I remember when Fred Dalton Thompson would show up...I remember when Fred Dalton Thompson would show up playing a fictionalized version of himself (Frank Michael Thomas) on <em>The Good Wife</em>, the writers would be very careful not to mention the name of the TV show his character used to star on. I guess that might've been a bit too on the nose?<br /><br />Anyway, a question: What do you think of famous movie people coming in to direct the pilots of TV shows (e.g. Martin Scorsese directing the pilot of <em>Boardwalk Empire</em>)? How much of an effect does it have on the show as a whole?Mitchell Hundredhttp://twitter.com/sackobooksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-17097311823354401572015-11-06T06:15:32.806-08:002015-11-06T06:15:32.806-08:00Johnny Carson frequently had stars of non-NBC show...Johnny Carson frequently had stars of non-NBC shows as guests; mentioning the show title but saying "on another network".Stoneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-46617027324562479272015-11-06T06:06:18.445-08:002015-11-06T06:06:18.445-08:00Your theory of naming your laundry detergent Brand...Your theory of naming your laundry detergent Brand X is interesting but has one flaw. Everybody else in the world was saying your product sucked.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11777496001166356949noreply@blogger.com