tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post5250146531911200960..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Here's to the losers!By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28109069356865578582018-06-01T10:36:59.641-07:002018-06-01T10:36:59.641-07:00So much has happened since this post, but Tom Jone...So much has happened since this post, but Tom Jones came out in 1963. The Sound of Music won in 1965, beating out Doctor Zhivago.ScarletNumbernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13828278597756729992018-05-31T01:04:02.196-07:002018-05-31T01:04:02.196-07:00I was going to mention "2001: A Space Odyssey...I was going to mention "2001: A Space Odyssey" as another great movie that failed to win the Best Picture Oscar but then I remembered IT WASN'T EVEN NOMINATED. I'm aware Kubrick's movies have always divided people but to not even be nominated is something I still can't wrap my head around.Lawman592https://www.blogger.com/profile/05592066534913945982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-22946814469138261012018-05-30T23:20:20.374-07:002018-05-30T23:20:20.374-07:00Thank you for that clarification, Peter. It seeme...Thank you for that clarification, Peter. It seemed out of character for you, but I had forgotten there was another Peter who has caused confusion in the past. Diane D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64024831362857048372018-05-30T17:42:41.593-07:002018-05-30T17:42:41.593-07:00For the record, I'm not the Peter who ranted a...For the record, I'm not the Peter who ranted at Diane D. I posted about Roseanne. Thanks.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-51773640608256795452018-05-30T14:04:02.430-07:002018-05-30T14:04:02.430-07:00Jon
Thank you for correcting my CHEERS mistake in ...Jon<br />Thank you for correcting my CHEERS mistake in a civil and polite manner. I shouldn’t have trusted my memory. <br /><br />Carol<br />I’m familiar with Wikipedia. I thought I remembered the circumstances, and since it was not a life and death issue, I didn’t think a mistake would be met with the type of hysterical outrage exhibited by Peter. <br /><br />Peter<br />Good grief! Settle down you ridiculous hysteric. If this is the kind of trivial mistake that can drive you mad, your life must be a struggle, indeed. Diane D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-55338938860676798122018-05-30T09:57:22.323-07:002018-05-30T09:57:22.323-07:00FWIW, "Boom!" was initially titled "...FWIW, "Boom!" was initially titled "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore."VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13385943181249917822018-05-30T08:11:02.037-07:002018-05-30T08:11:02.037-07:00Yesterday afternoon I comments on the Roseanne fia...Yesterday afternoon I comments on the Roseanne fiasco, but unintentionally posted the comment before finishing my sentence. I meant to say that those who worked on the show and supported her deserve <i>better</i>. My apologies.McAlvienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14648527458210932322018-05-30T06:49:01.578-07:002018-05-30T06:49:01.578-07:00Shelley Long only won one Emmy for CHEERS. The wor...<i>Shelley Long only won one Emmy for CHEERS. The worst part was that she lost to The Golden Girls, one after the next for 4 years!</i><br /><br />You are misinformed. CHEERS premiered in 1982 and THE GOLDEN GIRLS in 1985, so Shelley Long couldn't have lost to THE GOLDEN GIRLS "every year" after her first Emmy win.<br /><br />Also, Shelley wasn't even nominated for her fifth year on CHEERS. Only her first four. Emmy winners and nominees are easy to look up on Wikipedia. So she only competed with THE GOLDEN GIRLS actresses once. She lost to Betty White that year.Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-83474929870671252232018-05-30T05:58:13.853-07:002018-05-30T05:58:13.853-07:00SUNSET BLVD, by its very anti-Hollywood nature, wa...SUNSET BLVD, by its very anti-Hollywood nature, was not going to take home the prize. Someone at a screening, Louis B. Mayer?, called Wilder a "traitor".Bill Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06041905291496937729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-22050502452130125992018-05-30T05:56:41.242-07:002018-05-30T05:56:41.242-07:00"Zsa Zsa Gabor, who kept five lawyers and a j..."Zsa Zsa Gabor, who kept five lawyers and a justice of the peace on retainer, never got an Oscar!"<br />Sorry - the topic is pushing my red buttons.Craig Gustafsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503925766039307551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-84441001453355954722018-05-30T04:47:30.968-07:002018-05-30T04:47:30.968-07:00@Gary
I'm not "outraged" as you put...@Gary<br /><br />I'm not "outraged" as you put it it....just merely acknowleding that wouldn't pass as a so-called reboot on today's TV.<br /><br />Still growing up watching that show I always wondered what was so funny in a big man like Gleason/Kramden physically threatening bodily harm to his slight built wife. Just not my cup of tea. I much preferred old Abbott and Costello movies. Janet Ybarranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-11540794189166359882018-05-30T02:51:37.841-07:002018-05-30T02:51:37.841-07:00Funny that you should mention TOM JONES. I though...Funny that you should mention TOM JONES. I thought it was hilarious back in 1965, when TCM ran it recently I found it darn near unwatchable. My tastes have changed I suppose.Barry Traylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134880916215990198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-5832425105969309832018-05-30T00:19:52.465-07:002018-05-30T00:19:52.465-07:00Diane D. said...
Although she was nominated every ...<i>Diane D. said...<br />Although she was nominated every year, unbelievably Shelley Long only won one Emmy for CHEERS. The worst part was that she lost to The Golden Girls, one after the next for 4 years!</i><br /><br />You have your Emmy history wrong, Diane. Shelley Long won her Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1983. In 1984 and 1985 she lost to Jane Curtin, who won both years for KATE AND ALLIE. In 1986 she lost to Betty White, the only year Shelley competed with a GOLDEN GIRLS cast member. (Actually, she was competing against three of them. Rue McClanahan and Bea Arthur were also nominated that year.) Shelley wasn't nominated in 1987 for her work on her fifth and last season on CHEERS.<br /><br />In 1993 she was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearance on the CHEERS finale, but lost to Tracy Ullman. Shelley got another nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in 1996 for FRASIER, but lost (again) to Betty White.Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-48544066630067621732018-05-29T23:24:19.827-07:002018-05-29T23:24:19.827-07:00Diane D. said...
Although she was nominated every...<i>Diane D. said...<br /><br />Although she was nominated every year, unbelievably Shelley Long only won one Emmy for CHEERS. The worst part was that she lost to The Golden Girls, one after the next for 4 years! Being old is not a good reason to bestow an acting award. Shelly was great that first year of CHEERS, but I thought she also did some of her finest work in year three. She certainly deserved to win over every one of the Golden Girls, outstanding though they were.</i><br /><br />What the hell do you do, woman, watch CHEERS and masturbate every time Shelley Long comes onscreen? And what in the world makes you think the four women from THE GOLDEN GIRLS were given their awards as some sort of achievement prize for being over fifty?Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26016580304110497652018-05-29T23:19:01.037-07:002018-05-29T23:19:01.037-07:00You forgot SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.You forgot SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.Franklinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13986957041297571502018-05-29T21:33:22.030-07:002018-05-29T21:33:22.030-07:00Myrna Loy was never nominated, either.Myrna Loy was never nominated, either.VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8141520856455412812018-05-29T21:15:16.978-07:002018-05-29T21:15:16.978-07:00Although she was nominated every year, unbelievabl...Although she was nominated every year, unbelievably Shelley Long only won one Emmy for CHEERS. The worst part was that she lost to The Golden Girls, one after the next for 4 years! Being old is not a good reason to bestow an acting award. Shelly was great that first year of CHEERS, but I thought she also did some of her finest work in year three. She certainly deserved to win over every one of the Golden Girls, outstanding though they were. Diane D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8008685576491172842018-05-29T20:37:37.111-07:002018-05-29T20:37:37.111-07:00I think it was Jackie Gleason's final intervie...I think it was Jackie Gleason's final interview for Playboy, where the interviewer asked him if "The Honeymooners" could succeed today. Gleason snapped, "It IS, pal. It's playing all over the world, and people think it's a riot!"Craig Gustafsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503925766039307551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-11117130569160703032018-05-29T20:29:01.074-07:002018-05-29T20:29:01.074-07:00I know this will get lost on some but John Denver ...I know this will get lost on some but John Denver hosted the Grammy Awards for a number of years and LOST to Michael Jackson one year. At that moment, he knew his hitmaking career was over.<br />I will say that I spent a rainy afternoon watching "Butch Cassidy" on streaming a year ago..and how that movie DIDN'T win amazes me. Paul Newman was fantastic and I actually tolerated Robert Redford(my mom had an obsession with him so I never GOT him).<br />Of course, my idea of BEST Picture isn't Hollywood's idea..or else "Stranger Than Fiction" would have won...but I digress.sueK2001https://suek2001.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-21541025743577709812018-05-29T19:31:36.808-07:002018-05-29T19:31:36.808-07:00CORRECTION
Chaplin won a competitive Oscar for L...CORRECTION <br />Chaplin won a competitive Oscar for Limelight :<br />Oscar [Winner] (1973)<br />Best Music, Original Dramatic Score<br />The film was unreleased in L.A. until 1972. Under the Academy’s rules, it was thus eligible , even though 20 years old.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-85535115953688602162018-05-29T19:05:30.071-07:002018-05-29T19:05:30.071-07:00Since others have brought it up:
Every so often, ...Since others have brought it up:<br /><br />Every so often, Johnny Mercer would record his lyrics, which were always fun to hear, especially since he'd occasionally ad-lib revisions to those words.<br /><br />Here's a favorite, an amendment to "Goody Goody":<br /><br /> <b><i> ... You had it comin to ya -<br /> And you don't like it, do ya?<br /> Goody Goody for you<br /> Goody Goody for me<br /> Goody Goody for your indiscretion too -<br /> - And I hope you're satisfied<br /> You Rascal You!</i></b><br /><br />Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-9794509723181756512018-05-29T19:01:31.239-07:002018-05-29T19:01:31.239-07:00To the day he died, Jackie Gleason insisted that t...To the day he died, Jackie Gleason insisted that the reason THE HONEYMOONERS only ran one season was that he realized those thirty-nine episodes were so good, so perfect, that he'd never be able to top them, so he chose to end the series rather than produce a second season that could only have been inferior to the first one.<br /><br />Which is complete bullshit. During its one season on the air, THE HONEYMOONERS got its ass kicked in the ratings by THE PERRY COMO SHOW, which ran opposite it on NBC. Gleason's network, CBS, didn't want a second season of THE HONEYMOONERS and insisted that he return to his old variety show format, where "Honeymooners" sketches continued to be performed on a recurring basis well into the 1960s.<br /><br />The one regret Gleason truly had over THE HONEYMOONERS is that he sold those films outright to CBS after the series ended, never dreaming that the show would have much of a life in syndication, there being so few episodes. CBS made a fortune. Gleason never made another dime off of them. Lucy and Desi would have similar regrets after doing the same thing and selling I LOVE LUCY outright to CBS after that series ended. Lucille Ball said in later years that they figured the shows would only be good for another five, maybe ten, years, then would disappear.<br /><br />On another topic, I know someone who's been checking this blog every fifteen minutes or so since this afternoon because he's convinced that Ken is going to do some sort of blogpost "special edition" so he can do some "in your face, bitch" celebrating over today's Roseanne news. Myself, I never saw the revived show and was never a fan of the woman's. I do feel bad for the show's crew people, who just saw the jobs they thought they had go up in smoke.Glenn G,noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-47426518026324052832018-05-29T18:38:13.524-07:002018-05-29T18:38:13.524-07:00They didn't actually cancel Roseanne. They'...They didn't actually cancel Roseanne. They're just going to replace her with Dick Sargent.<br />Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466932184113943306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65674905009815946502018-05-29T17:44:35.190-07:002018-05-29T17:44:35.190-07:00You left off the greatest film of all time: Rear W...You left off the greatest film of all time: Rear Window (1954).Danielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86188851526233279182018-05-29T17:31:30.776-07:002018-05-29T17:31:30.776-07:00There are lots of great movies released every year...There are lots of great movies released every year, and the idea of a "best" picture is of course pretty subjective. So by the very nature of having a single Best Picture or Best Play or whatever, there by definition has to be lots of great work that doesn't take the top prize, even if you could magically make every Best Picture into a more correct choice. <br /><br />To use Ken's example of 1950, you had two great classics (Third Man and Sunset Blvd.) losing out to another classic in All About Eve. If Sunset Blvd. had actually won, you could've just as easily written a post saying "man, I caught All About Eve on TV the other day, hard to believe that never won the Oscar."<br /><br />There have been maybe 10 times in Oscar history when the consensus best movie of the year (both at the time and in historical hindsight) actually won the prize.Question Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00267485396018087075noreply@blogger.com