tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post3490466324791103537..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: I was a victim of Komedy KarmaBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-18509942330933905292019-07-12T19:48:49.476-07:002019-07-12T19:48:49.476-07:00Of course, you realize that by writing this post a...Of course, you realize that by writing this post and “benefiting” from it, you are now back on karma’s radar. Good luck to you, sir.Bryan Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942472363470824138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-10622470572818149832016-08-17T10:09:16.404-07:002016-08-17T10:09:16.404-07:00That feeling when you've been stuck for half a...That feeling when you've been stuck for half an hour and a voice with a deep Glasgow accent (Scotty from Star Trek) yells out, "Can you hang on a bit longer - I've brought the wrong key?"blogwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07362291687463326731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-3474745067093731142016-08-16T15:30:03.521-07:002016-08-16T15:30:03.521-07:00Favorite elevator episode for sheer lunacy, hands ...Favorite elevator episode for sheer lunacy, hands down: http://www.cc.com/episodes/7qgoex/archer-vision-quest-season-6-ep-605McTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08672101599685031569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28493883356818960832016-08-16T11:43:05.789-07:002016-08-16T11:43:05.789-07:00This one was pretty disturbing and memorable:
http...This one was pretty disturbing and memorable:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj8FIbuoWPY<br />Greg Ehrbarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-76169399583805442112016-08-15T16:17:24.248-07:002016-08-15T16:17:24.248-07:00Oh, it's a real-life "thang", alrigh...Oh, it's a real-life "thang", alright:<br /><br />http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/donald-trump-elevator-colorado-226470Geraldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40441958394849491192016-08-15T06:02:03.564-07:002016-08-15T06:02:03.564-07:00When it comes to elevators I'd still prefer be...When it comes to elevators I'd still prefer being in one in a comedy than a drama. If you're in the opening scene of a sitcom and find yourself in elevator you'll probably end up trapped. In a drama you will reach your floor, but find a gruesome crime scene when the doors open. And that's if there isn't a dead body in there already.Bill Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35344191135184098242016-08-15T02:45:53.029-07:002016-08-15T02:45:53.029-07:00The one that I have always liked is the episode o...The one that I have always liked is the episode of the DICK VAN DYKE show where Rob and Laura are trapped in an elevator with a thief (played by Don Rickles). That one is a classic in my opinion;.Barry Traylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134880916215990198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1071637802341456952016-08-15T02:05:01.718-07:002016-08-15T02:05:01.718-07:00Oh, and CHEERS had Sam telling Rebecca that he sed...Oh, and CHEERS had Sam telling Rebecca that he seduced her rival in an elevator and somehow sold her on a demonstration. It turned out she knew he was lying and left him handcuffed with trousers down. End on doors opening to crowded lobby.<br /><br />In slapstick comedies, characters will occasionally step into an elevator shaft with no elevator. They land safely in a mud pit at the bottom.DBensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144515471557731622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-45516558834754464032016-08-15T01:49:51.455-07:002016-08-15T01:49:51.455-07:00MOONLIGHTING stuck Willis and Shepherd in an eleva...MOONLIGHTING stuck Willis and Shepherd in an elevator to get them past her miscarriage (now THERE'S a story arc for a light romcom).<br /><br />One of the best rides at Walt Disney World is the Tower of Terror, featuring a haunted elevator in a decrepit hotel.DBensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144515471557731622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-3088878122742658202016-08-14T21:26:33.304-07:002016-08-14T21:26:33.304-07:00On an episode of DOOGIE HOWSER, Vinnie delivers hi...On an episode of DOOGIE HOWSER, Vinnie delivers his French teacher's baby while stuck in an elevator. I believe he earns extra credit. And I'm pretty sure I saw an episode of FAMILY GUY -- a show I don't care for but periodically try to watch because I like Seth MacFarlane's singing ;-) -- in which Stewie & Brian get stuck in a bank vault. Somebody fires a gun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-39938539621936286722016-08-14T17:55:03.298-07:002016-08-14T17:55:03.298-07:00Garry Marshall said when his writers were out of i...Garry Marshall said when his writers were out of ideas, they would do a "stuck-in-a" show.Garynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-27522994427726440972016-08-14T17:23:44.659-07:002016-08-14T17:23:44.659-07:00I believe the Mel Brooks quote is "Tragedy is...I believe the Mel Brooks quote is "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die."Andy Rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31148292915801113962016-08-14T16:44:20.981-07:002016-08-14T16:44:20.981-07:00The movie "Sweet Charity" had a stuck in...The movie "Sweet Charity" had a stuck in the elevator scene with Shirley MacLaine and John McMartin, who died last month. But for my money, the best such scene was from The Bob Newhart Show when Bob gets stuck in the elevator shaft - sans elevator. (He's clinging to the cables.)Brian MacIntyrenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16483733825408435762016-08-14T16:37:54.067-07:002016-08-14T16:37:54.067-07:00For one night only, second place in the Olympic me...For one night only, second place in the Olympic medal table.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248182899977033579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-39233340231069503812016-08-14T15:48:42.873-07:002016-08-14T15:48:42.873-07:00The I DREAM OF JEANNIE safe saga was tied into a p...The I DREAM OF JEANNIE safe saga was tied into a promotion in which viewers could guess the combination and win valuable prizes. Same with the four parter about Jeannie's birthday (with ended with a cameo by Groucho Marx).<br /><br />Vinnie Barbarino helped deliver a baby on an elevator in the Kotter episode, "Barbarino's Baby." Highlight of the episode was the wonderful Jane Dulo. Bob and Emily Hartley were locked in a storage room without Mary Frann. Lucy locked her head in a vase.<br /><br />Every birth in a sitcom also has an obligatory "we're naming it after you" gag.Greg Ehrbarhttp://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/category/animation-spin/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-15783580402332513932016-08-14T15:33:14.434-07:002016-08-14T15:33:14.434-07:00I can't believe no one has mentioned Ken's...I can't believe no one has mentioned Ken's own FRASIER episode where Frasier and Mercedes Ruehl get stuck in a service elevator which has a bed in it, which conveniently falls from the vertical to the horizontal position when the elevator jerks to a stop. There is other furniture and art work that adds to the mood, and they have been trying desperately not to have sex (can't remember why). Obviously, they succumb and are having wild sex when the elevator starts to move.. When the doors open they are standing coolly in their respective business suits---one of the most hilarious elevator scenes I have ever seen (and I have seen what feels like dozens)---Joseph Scarbrough, I can't believe you haven't seen any!!<br /><br />I love elevator scenes, even when they don't get stuck---there were two other hilarious elevator scenes in FRASIER----the one where Daphne and Martin pretend to be spies to scare a neighbor who is on the elevator with them! OMG! It's a spontaneous decision and the spy talk is hilarious. And the one where Frasier has a patient who is terrified of clowns. She is on an elevator when the doors open to the sight of Frasier in the scariest 10 foot tall clown suit you've ever seen! I have GOT to re-watch Frasier. I never get those kinds of laughs anymore. Diane D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64344464392573491492016-08-14T14:28:37.682-07:002016-08-14T14:28:37.682-07:00True story ... was once trapped in an elevator in ...True story ... was once trapped in an elevator in Century City with .... GARY COLEMAN! Now that could make a VERY good sitcom episode. Needless to say ... he was VERY angry!<br /><br />It wasn't that he was mad about being stuck, it was about the fact that when he said "We're stuck!", It was that everyone else said "Whatcha talkin' about, Willis?"YEKIMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921751875397071034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-15120929951136412862016-08-14T12:56:18.797-07:002016-08-14T12:56:18.797-07:00My favorite trapped-in-an-elevator scene came in t...My favorite trapped-in-an-elevator scene came in the 1941 comedy "Love Crazy," where William Powell is trapped with one-time "My Man Godfrey" rival Gail Patrick (here an old flame of his before he married Myrna Loy) and an elevator operator. Oh, and Gail has a small dog, her stockinged foot winds up on Powell's face as she tries to climb out of the elevator, and Bill's head is trapped between doors -- and floors -- as the dog, now out of the elevator, licks his face. Powell was an underrated physical comedian (remember the fishing scene in "Libeled Lady"?), and this is further proof.VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8709898774359420002016-08-14T12:35:41.695-07:002016-08-14T12:35:41.695-07:00Great! And such a mensch, leaving your partner ou...Great! And such a mensch, leaving your partner out of <i>this</i> one -<br /><br /><i>"Doesn't that sort of thing only happen in cheesy Ken Levine sitcoms?"</i><br /><br />As for Time-Life's 12,000 Golden Oldies collection, fortunately I'm covered, as I long ago bought Robert Klein's "Every Record Ever Recorded".<br /><br />Igornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-9108439934487901592016-08-14T12:14:09.100-07:002016-08-14T12:14:09.100-07:00Oh, well, if we're going to go the route of ot...Oh, well, if we're going to go the route of other containments to get stuck in for comedy, then yes, that I've seen plenty of times: I DREAM OF JEANNIE had a really dull, drawn-out <i>four-parter</i> about Jeannie getting trapped in NASA safe - I never could understand why she couldn't just blink herself out. Barney Fife got stuck in a bank vault, that I remember. Kenan and Kel got stuck in a restaurant freezer, that I remember. Trapper and Margaret got stuck in the Supply Hut, that I remember. One of Seinfeld's acquaintences got stuck in his trunk; Felix and Oscar got stuck in the basement; Ernest got stuck in an ice cream cooler; Lucy's gotten stuck in a meat locker, a luggage trunk, a snowed-in cabin, border patrol, with a trophy on her head, and other containments.<br /><br />But elevators? That I've rarely seen. I've seen very little of THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW (as successful as it was, it sure doesn't get a lot of love in reruns) and ALL IN THE FAMILY, I've never seen NIGHT COURT or WKRP IN CINCINATTI, and I don't watch any modern sitcoms.Joseph Scarbroughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06851086150240380366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69898578168670693152016-08-14T11:35:26.350-07:002016-08-14T11:35:26.350-07:00True story ... was once trapped in an elevator in ...True story ... was once trapped in an elevator in Century City with .... GARY COLEMAN! Now that could make a VERY good sitcom episode. Needless to say ... he was VERY angry!Mr. Hollywoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36846611000900225712016-08-14T11:20:41.409-07:002016-08-14T11:20:41.409-07:00Stuck in an elevator for a half hour? No thank you...Stuck in an elevator for a half hour? No thank you. That had to have been a novel but freaky experience. I bet you even lost touch with the family.<br /><br />For a fun 1 am movie when you can't sleep, I recommend...DEVIL. It's a mediocre but creepy-fun movie about the being stuck in that box with the Devil.Jeff Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708037522976667642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1950202907744015232016-08-14T11:15:48.185-07:002016-08-14T11:15:48.185-07:00Lucy Ricardo/Carmichael/Carter/Barker was never tr...Lucy Ricardo/Carmichael/Carter/Barker was never trapped inside a stalled elevator?<br /><br />My one trapped-inside-an-elevator experience boils down to this: I'm trapped inside an elevator with several friends; when we realize the elevator has indeed stalled, I yell (in jest) that we're all going to die. My friends glare at me, I say, "...Or not," and we stand quietly for several more minutes, until someone who works in the building is able to rescue us. Coincidentally, that's when I learn that humor doesn't always lighten the mood.Rashad Khannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13945892616153375672016-08-14T11:00:59.046-07:002016-08-14T11:00:59.046-07:00On The Bill Cosby Show, Chet Kincaid got stuck in ...On The Bill Cosby Show, Chet Kincaid got stuck in an elevator with characters played by Henry Fonda and Elsa Lanchester.<br /><br />The variant I'm sick of on stuck-in-an-elevator is stuck-in-a-bank-vault. Whether it's Get Smart, Magnum PI or Monk, I scream "Cliche!"Kosmo13noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49650493830591048162016-08-14T10:28:58.862-07:002016-08-14T10:28:58.862-07:00That's right up there with that other brillian...That's right up there with that other brilliant piece of intellectual humor, two people get stuck together in handcuffs. You must be so proud.Manish Sharmanoreply@blogger.com