tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post7740160113104461510..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Why write a movie?By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-52423280040852963232012-08-26T23:07:11.694-07:002012-08-26T23:07:11.694-07:00I recently watched an episode I'd recorded of ...I recently watched an episode I'd recorded of FUTURAMA. at one point, I kept fast-forwarding through commercials for such a long time that I finally stopped, went back to the act break, started again, but watching the timer: six minutes and ten seconds! That's as much as a full hour back in the old days. And needless to say, even though I routinely tack an extra five minutes onto the end, the episode still wasn't over when it stopped.cadavranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-87535802440512429392012-08-25T18:48:43.045-07:002012-08-25T18:48:43.045-07:00Ken, I wanted to send you this in a message but I ...Ken, I wanted to send you this in a message but I could not find a contact form for you... I just wanted to thank you-<br />Your blog has been one of the few that I have enjoyed coming back to often, as such I would like to thank you for all of your hard work. Thank you for keeping me inspired!<br /><br />In the tradition of social media, I have just nominated you as next in line for the “Inspiring Blog Award” and “One Lovely Blog Award.” As such customs prevail,and should you choose to do so, you can pass this honor on by following these steps.<br /><br />1. Link back to the person who nominated you (http://virginiajennings.webs.com/apps/blog/ )<br /><br />2. Post the award image to your page<br /><br />3. Tell seven facts about yourself<br /><br />4. Nominate 15 other blogs<br /><br />5. Let them know they are nominated<br /><br />Here is the post nominating your blog. (http://virginiajennings.webs.com/apps/blog/show/18429589-speachlessness )<br /><br />Once again... I apologize but I could not find a more direct route to message you.Virginia Jenningshttp://www.virginiajennings.webs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-16668633583662167332012-08-25T08:52:16.068-07:002012-08-25T08:52:16.068-07:00Ken, today is Elvis Costello's birthday (he...Ken, today is Elvis Costello's birthday (he's 57, six days younger than me). Did you work on the "Frasier" episode he appeared in?<br /><br />(I can only imagine what the reaction of the snarly 1980 Costello -- remember his appearance on Tom Snyder's "Tomorrow" show? -- would be to his 2012 self. Well, that's what exposure to Burt Bacharach and Diana Krall will do.)VP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-48154699572380608992012-08-25T08:09:24.734-07:002012-08-25T08:09:24.734-07:00Ken,
Were there any episodes of Frasier that you ...Ken,<br /><br />Were there any episodes of Frasier that you contributed to that were inspired by something that had happened to you when you worked in radio?Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469841590403802980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-77639591702315616302012-08-25T06:46:53.597-07:002012-08-25T06:46:53.597-07:00For Friday Questions: A couple years ago, Parks a...For Friday Questions: A couple years ago, Parks and Recreation was running promos welcoming Rob Lowe to the cast at the same time that Brothers and Sisters was running promos about the season finale in which "someone" was going to die. Obviously that someone was Rob Lowe's character since he was already a regular on another TV show. Is there no clause or at least professional courtesy that would prevent one show from announcing a new series regular before that actor's character on another show has been written off?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63299547389467652882012-08-24T21:09:28.354-07:002012-08-24T21:09:28.354-07:00Hi ken, I was wondering if u have any Wings outtak...Hi ken, I was wondering if u have any Wings outtakes or know where a Wings fan may be able to find them. The timing on that show was usually so exact that I've always felt it would be funny to see them cut up on occasion.Roguenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-29261673304460595422012-08-24T16:56:24.115-07:002012-08-24T16:56:24.115-07:00Oh god, I tried to sit through M*A*S*H on TVLand r...Oh god, I tried to sit through M*A*S*H on TVLand recently, shown in one of those expanded forty minute timeslots, and yeah, they're the same old chopped up syndication edits, only with an additional ten minutes of advertising packed in. What the hell TVLand thinks they accomplish with this little stunt is beyond me. The commericals go on and on and on and on and on. I couldn't stand it and gave up. It's difficult for me to believe they're not alienating viewers with this idiocy, unless there are a lot of people out there who are way more tolerant of advertising than I am.Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63195111806788938782012-08-24T15:53:54.673-07:002012-08-24T15:53:54.673-07:00Don't know about MASH, but I've seen THE D...Don't know about MASH, but I've seen THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW on TVLand lately scheduled in those same 35 to 40 minute blocks, and I hoped at first that this meant they were running the shows uncut. (Years ago TVLand did that with I LOVE LUCY, running it uncut in a 35 minute timeslot.) Alas, no, with THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW and, I suspect, MASH, you're seeing the same old 22 minute syndication edits, only with five to ten minutes more commercials jammed in. Which inspired me to go ahead and pick DICK VAN DYKE on DVD.Jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-61304255478644634262012-08-24T13:16:21.071-07:002012-08-24T13:16:21.071-07:00Link to Ken's appearance on WGN News today in ...Link to Ken's appearance on WGN News today in Chicago:<br /><br />http://www.wgntv.com/news/middaynews/wgntv-author-ken-levine-the-me-generation-by-me-20120823,0,2022135.storyGreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01793632961950778791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-23517452823603844542012-08-24T12:35:03.219-07:002012-08-24T12:35:03.219-07:00You also get a rare weekend where both the White S...You also get a rare weekend where both the White Sox and Cubs are in town at the same time (last weekend, both were on the road with the Air and Water Show over the lakefront). Tomorrow, you could pop over to Wrigley to see the Cubs and Rockies at noon (yes, I know it's not really Major League Baseball, but seeing two games in two parks in one city in one day is a rare thing).DJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-38936945465902024392012-08-24T11:46:42.683-07:002012-08-24T11:46:42.683-07:00Watching old reruns of Dragnet and Adam 12 got me ...Watching old reruns of Dragnet and Adam 12 got me wondering: What ever happened to the half-hour drama?tbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-23694676793594217872012-08-24T09:33:02.454-07:002012-08-24T09:33:02.454-07:00Hey Ken -
Been watching M*A*S*H on TV Land latel...Hey Ken - <br /><br />Been watching M*A*S*H on TV Land lately. They schedule it weirdly in roughly 40 minute blocks - sometimes a little over, sometimes a little under.<br />Do you know if they're running the uncut episodes, or the syndicated cuts packed with EVEN MORE commercials? Some of the commercial breaks are north of 6 minutes, which is really testing my commitment to watch the show. (I know... DVR...)Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86855657857587835732012-08-24T08:28:53.367-07:002012-08-24T08:28:53.367-07:00"Chicago Style" obviously means that you..."Chicago Style" obviously means that you formatted this post using the official guidelines of the <i>Chicago Manual of Style.</i>Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616847561066820280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-6663030035496485482012-08-24T08:01:11.113-07:002012-08-24T08:01:11.113-07:00I think James Lileks would be mocking Ken Levine f...I think James Lileks would be mocking Ken Levine for his fixation on Sarah Palin.MikeNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-29074735793450505592012-08-24T07:59:57.370-07:002012-08-24T07:59:57.370-07:00You think you need legal expertise to write for Su...You think you need legal expertise to write for Suits? That show, you have to suspend all sense of reality when the law part happens. You could write whatever you wanted.<br /><br />You're going to jail for the rest of your life, based on the word of a lying eyewitness, unless you can find the dead guy's body in 24 hours.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-70653907743377941032012-08-24T06:41:43.982-07:002012-08-24T06:41:43.982-07:00I have another Cheers/Frasier question - in the fi...I have another Cheers/Frasier question - in the final season of Cheers, Frasier and Lilith separate (if I recall correctly the reason was Bebe Neuwirth wasn't going to be available most of the year) but reconsile before the season/series finale.<br /><br />If "Frasier" was already in the works, why bother bringing them back together only to have to explain they divorced in the "Frasier" premiere?Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-91722821356941035222012-08-24T06:35:05.712-07:002012-08-24T06:35:05.712-07:00I remember reading somewhere that "Fawlty Tow...I remember reading somewhere that "Fawlty Towers" was the inspiration for making Bob Newhart the proprietor of a hotel in his second series. I have no way of knowing if that's true, but after hearing several stories from Ken about TV pitches,it might be ("Bob Newhart meets Fawlty Towers!").williebnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-84128164760131491622012-08-24T06:25:26.800-07:002012-08-24T06:25:26.800-07:00This is the nittiest of picks, but: As has been n...This is the nittiest of picks, but: As has been noted here before, there were actually THREE attempts at an American "Fawlty Towers." The first was entitled "Snavely," and starred Harvey Korman, Betty White, and Jack Dodson. This was an unsold pilot that got an unpublicized airing on ABC one summer in the late '70s. It was primarily an adaptation of the FT episode ""The Hotel Inspectors," with some bits of "The Germans" sewed on. Roy Perkins, impartial dogcatchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-70068552745206634072012-08-24T06:15:55.912-07:002012-08-24T06:15:55.912-07:00Hi Ken! Looking forward to finally hearing some of...Hi Ken! Looking forward to finally hearing some of your play-by-play against my Sox. <br /><br />Are you familiar with James Lileks, and his blog The Bleat? Seems like you two would hit it off. Old-time radio/movies/etc. He's covering the Minnesota State Fair. You guys should get in touch! You could be best friends. And it could all be my fault.<br /><br />http://lileks.com/<br /><br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621306695725821944noreply@blogger.com