tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post6648061011424014432..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Friday QuestionsBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-15456583636543193112017-05-01T13:23:18.977-07:002017-05-01T13:23:18.977-07:00Hi Ken,
Wondered if you saw that the Isotopes are...Hi Ken,<br /><br />Wondered if you saw that the Isotopes are ditching the name you created. It's only for one game, but they will take the field on June 16th as the "Green Chile Cheeseburgers". (https://goo.gl/qcp8DU)<br /><br />Evidently, food-themed team names are a new trend among minor league teams. There's the Fresno Tacos (https://goo.gl/Y9H7bA) and Lehigh Valley Cheesesteaks (http://www.lvcheesesteaks.com).<br /><br />What's your take on Minor League Baseball promos these days?<br /><br />Ed DempseyEd Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13098170583126966512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-21935622520310613042017-04-29T22:55:31.824-07:002017-04-29T22:55:31.824-07:00Friday Question, Ken:
I notice that the actress p...Friday Question, Ken:<br /><br />I notice that the actress playing the waitress in the Season One finale of FRASIER (Luck Hari is her name, according to imdb) makes a comeback in the next season, appearing repeatedly as a background character with the occasional speaking role. She shows up like this for another season or two before disappearing and being replaced by the usual band of "background extras". I was always curious what the deal was with her. Did she impress enough to get a recurring background role, or was there a push by someone to have a "regular" at Cafe Nervosa for the gang to interact with?Jabronivillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07318218102203693195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-46932757550931854812017-04-29T12:34:39.403-07:002017-04-29T12:34:39.403-07:00Friday question: do you think the stark political ...Friday question: do you think the stark political divisions in the country (literally, each side has their own news at this point) makes it more difficult to produce a TV show designed to appeal to the country as a whole?Mike Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973643901495588545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-77160573335892454812017-04-28T20:21:00.020-07:002017-04-28T20:21:00.020-07:00Friday Question - Derek Jacoby as Jackson Headley ...Friday Question - Derek Jacoby as Jackson Headley on Frasier. I love the idea of a great Shakespearian actor playing a terrible one. What can you tell me about how that came together?<br /><br />(Side note - I chose the name Tobor, and now, to post this comment, the site is asking me to prove I'm not a robot.)Tobornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-22675680396691956922017-04-28T19:04:45.246-07:002017-04-28T19:04:45.246-07:00Shirley Temple movies
Abbott and Costello movies
P...Shirley Temple movies<br />Abbott and Costello movies<br />Paramount comedies with any of the following: Hope, Crosby, Fields, Marx Brothers<br />Universal monsters<br /><br />Anybody else grow up thinking of those as almost TV series? By the time TV arrived, each of those genres had such a catalog of titles that programmers could -- and did -- give them regular weekly slots and not rerun anything for months.DBensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144515471557731622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-30003811701843833842017-04-28T17:14:05.869-07:002017-04-28T17:14:05.869-07:00As mentioned above, Shirley Temple was born on St ...As mentioned above, Shirley Temple was born on St Georges' Day. Which I celebrated with fish & chips, a pint of warm beer & a cold tea chaser.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248182899977033579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-2707887805594979852017-04-28T14:36:21.970-07:002017-04-28T14:36:21.970-07:00Hi Ken, I just read that there are plans to bring ...Hi Ken, I just read that there are plans to bring "Roseanne" back as an eight-episode limited series. This brings up a lot of questions: Will John Goodman's character be revived from the dead? Which of the two, very different-looking actresses who played Becky will return? And will Roseanne hire a whole new writing and production staff, or will she try to gather her original employees from the various PTSD clinics where they now reside?Tednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-29103911691026624432017-04-28T14:00:48.467-07:002017-04-28T14:00:48.467-07:00Have you ever had "-bait" added to your ...Have you ever had "-bait" added to your name, as in "Levine-bait," a story just begging for you to comment?<br /><br />They are going to revive ROSEANNE with the original cast. Please post your reaction for our enjoyment.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40975355293923389032017-04-28T13:34:24.479-07:002017-04-28T13:34:24.479-07:00Mister Levine:
In reference to your comment to R...Mister Levine: <br />In reference to your comment to Reesa about limiting his/her script output to the one pilot, you may have forgotten that the great Carl Reiner wrote about a dozen Dick Van Dyke Show scripts before the casting for that series was in place. <br />Believe me, since I have NOT seen Reesa's script, I'm not saying that Reesa is in that league and Mr. Reiner may very well be the exception, not the rule. And times for filming pilots certainly have changed.<br />Just wanted to point that fact out to you.<br />BTW, who is Shirley Temple? LOL!Jeff Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06626617823721757256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-83368681392858530682017-04-28T12:42:11.692-07:002017-04-28T12:42:11.692-07:00Sorry to have to point out that Shirley Temple'...Sorry to have to point out that Shirley Temple's birthday was April 23 -- the same as <i>my </i> mom's. I grew up with Mom's continuing insistence that she and Shirley had been born on the exact same day in 1927, and that Shirley was lying about her age by a year. Where she got that from, I don't know.thirteennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-42510090415338704722017-04-28T11:00:57.780-07:002017-04-28T11:00:57.780-07:00Ken! Oh look! Yet another from movie-to-stage pres...Ken! Oh look! Yet another from movie-to-stage presentation: ALL ABOUT EVE. In London, with Cate Blanchett. To the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/theater/cate-blanchett-all-about-eve-directed-by-ivo-van-hove-in-london.html<br /><br />And I know it's a move about theater people, but actually the plot fits the movie business better than theater, where actors have to be collaborative because it's live.<br /><br />wgWendy M. Grossmanhttp://www.pelicancrossing.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-76377800024008053312017-04-28T10:37:41.486-07:002017-04-28T10:37:41.486-07:00Hi Ken,
My friday question to you as a Hollywood ...Hi Ken,<br /><br />My friday question to you as a Hollywood insider:<br /><br />How do you feel when people keep saying that "Jews control Hollywood?"<br /><br />What's your take on it? <br /><br />Is it - "they have worked hard so what?" or "It's just a coincidence."<br /><br />Or is it plain anti-Semitism?<br /><br /><br />Thanks. Love your blog. I catch up when I can.<br />Stellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59708781132383509762017-04-28T10:23:30.763-07:002017-04-28T10:23:30.763-07:00I just googled Shirley Temple to see when she died...I just googled Shirley Temple to see when she died. The google sidebar listed it as:<br />Born: March 8, 1826 (age 191 years), Kempsey, United Kingdom<br />Died: February 10, 2014, Hampstead, United Kingdom<br />Full name: Shirley Jane Temple<br /><br />So she was a LOT more than a day older. Your mom would be pleased.<br /><br />Eric Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639837826294361383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-18847451293568350172017-04-28T08:32:06.220-07:002017-04-28T08:32:06.220-07:00Reesa: From what a friend who works in British TV ...Reesa: From what a friend who works in British TV has said, I believe you'll do better by thinking out what future storylines will be than writing another script because that's a question you might be asked to answer.<br /><br />wgWendy M. Grossmanhttp://www.pelicancrossing.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-17376208608670183362017-04-28T07:55:47.263-07:002017-04-28T07:55:47.263-07:00Please scan that article or send me the link. Tha...Please scan that article or send me the link. Thanks much.By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89645168148763480912017-04-28T07:05:11.830-07:002017-04-28T07:05:11.830-07:00It's said that 'Practice makes Perfect'...It's said that 'Practice makes Perfect'. Was there ever a script [TV, Radio, Stage, Sports Announcing] that you thought came pretty close to perfect in its flow?Brad Aplinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06823802067857735916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86797178058310693402017-04-28T06:24:54.976-07:002017-04-28T06:24:54.976-07:00Ken,
I thought of you, as the inside back cover o...Ken,<br /><br />I thought of you, as the inside back cover of this week's Sports Illustrated is a column about baseball announcing. If you don't subscribe, or can't find it, please let me know, and I will scan it and send it along.<br /><br />warm regards,<br /><br /><br />littlejohnlittlejohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16888186461789274021noreply@blogger.com