tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post801232786972542363..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Friday question of the weekBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59091156742809788772008-06-20T16:43:00.000-07:002008-06-20T16:43:00.000-07:00We're installing a new walk. I can take a stick a...We're installing a new walk. I can take a stick and emboss your name in a slab for $49.95. Without a vote and no questons asked.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the Letterman heads up; I will sleep so much better knowing.<BR/><BR/>My guess is sooner or later the showrunner finds him/herself in it up to his/her neck. Or somebody elses. I was watching Criminal Minds the other day -- because as you know I have this Patinkinitis, and I wanted to see if it would go away when he did.<BR/><BR/>In the scene, an evil psychiatrist pushed one of the cast members into about a 4' x 5' hole installed in a basement for apparently no other purpose than pushing somebody into it. Then, as the victim cried out in terror, the psychiatrist slowly cut open plastic bags of sand or garden soil and dribbled that a little at a time until the woman was completely buried --standing up-- in the hole. You saw her head, then her hand reaching over it, then nothin'.<BR/><BR/>My question: If someone were to pour sand that slowly into a hole you were standing in, wouldn't the hole just get shallower and shallower until you could just climb to the top and walk out of it? Even if a little dirt first landed on you, you could brush it off, then step on top of it. Yes, I know, she could have been paralyzed in fear by claustrophobia, but it wasn't like there was a cover on the hole. We're not talking resurrection here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-11786647822257396092008-06-20T14:01:00.000-07:002008-06-20T14:01:00.000-07:00IIRC, the process of getting a star is that you (o...IIRC, the process of getting a star is that you (or "your people) nominate you, you agree to pay for it, and the board approves you. The board doesn't pick people to honor per se.Greg Morrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15087725766052329852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31844295370092210262008-06-20T11:07:00.000-07:002008-06-20T11:07:00.000-07:00ETA: But I've never told a guy I'd "send for my th...ETA: But I've never told a guy I'd "send for my things" during a break-up.<BR/><BR/>Eve JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43525432866052966932008-06-20T11:05:00.000-07:002008-06-20T11:05:00.000-07:00Ken, thanks for answering my question. This adds a...Ken, thanks for answering my question. This adds a lot of insight!<BR/><BR/>Eve J<BR/><BR/>P.S. Oh, and "Anon," I usually say "I'd like that" when guys ask me out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-85886059919982883942008-06-20T10:32:00.000-07:002008-06-20T10:32:00.000-07:00Probably a little off-topic, but this reminded me ...Probably a little off-topic, but this reminded me of an article I once read that listed typical lines in TV shows that NOBODY ever says in real life. <BR/><BR/>For instance when a man invites a woman out, she always smiles and says, "I'd like that." Has anyone ever really uttered this sentence? <BR/><BR/>Or, when a woman is leaving a man forever, she always says, "I'll send for my things." Please explain to me exactly how someone "sends for their things?"<BR/><BR/>I wish I could remember more of these; they could become a handbook of cliches to avoid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-42093923338818782342008-06-20T09:45:00.000-07:002008-06-20T09:45:00.000-07:00Yup we all have that special series that we pray n...Yup we all have that special series that we pray no one will ever see again. I've always had one rule about series which go feral: A good actor can't make a bad script better, but a bad actor can make a good script AWFUL. <BR/><BR/>And never mind changing lines; one gem of an actor in one of my shows added a limp and a stutter, and a weak director let him. Coincidentally, that's one of the special series that we pray no one will ever see again...Gail Renardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09388455755408650770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-29007474054288691652008-06-20T07:35:00.000-07:002008-06-20T07:35:00.000-07:00Here is a question that should label me "know-noth...Here is a question that should label me "know-nothing outsider" if any question ever does. You mentioned actors change dialogue; how often does that happen? I have long wondered about that...I used to assume the script was pretty much locked in stone with the exception of well-known ad-libs like Leia to Solo to Leia"I love you." "I Know".<BR/><BR/>But I have been hearing a lot more lately about actors writing lines as they go. How frequent is that and how often is it actually a good idea or a bad idea?Darth Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371680007744419495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64171641194099985982008-06-20T06:44:00.000-07:002008-06-20T06:44:00.000-07:00Letterman.Letterman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-66253158872348119352008-06-20T06:30:00.000-07:002008-06-20T06:30:00.000-07:00And hardly anybody else thinks that "actor's" is t...And hardly anybody else thinks that "actor's" is the plural of actor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-23575294796774209272008-06-20T06:27:00.000-07:002008-06-20T06:27:00.000-07:00I'd be that guy outside the hotel here yelling at ...<I>I'd be that guy outside the hotel here yelling at people if they don't give him a dollar.</I><BR/> So you finally met my brother?<BR/><BR/>Would it be OK if <I>WE</I> could still continue to hold AfterMASH against you? <B>:)</B><BR/><BR/>Sometimes I hate it even more when the actor's DON'T change the stilted dialogue. Hardly anybody ever <I>really</I> says, "OK-OK" or<BR/>"well, well,well."<BR/><BR/>Now <I>mailbag day</I> has me going crazy over something I just can't seem to remember. Millenia ago the <B>Perry Como</B> show had a feature they introduced with the jingle: “♪ Letters. ♪ We get letters. We get lots and lots of letters. 'Dear Perry, would you be so kind...to fill a request...and sing the song I like...best.' ♪ ♫"<BR/><BR/>Years later, some other show used the same "Letters we get letters" song to introduce, I think, and ongoing fake viewer mail bit (without any attribution ever). Can somebody help me out here. Was it Letterman, Tonight Show ????The winner gets gang-lap danced by the Peter Gennaro Dancers.<BR/><BR/>So that's my question, Larry, and once again, I'll take my answer off the air.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43201952863861719762008-06-20T06:20:00.000-07:002008-06-20T06:20:00.000-07:00Way, way, way off topic, but when I first saw the ...Way, way, way off topic, but when I first saw the photo of "Dirty Sexy Money," I thought it was a shot from a sadly-shortlived sitcom called The Powers That Be. Anyone remember that? (The memory must have been triggered by the combination of the rich people on the staircase next to Ken's sidebar noting his work on Frasier.) <BR/><BR/>David Hyde Pierce was in the cast, and he was married to Valerie Mahaffey, who I always pictured as Maris once DHP moved on to Frasier. <BR/><BR/>There is no point to this, of course, other than I wish it would be picked up by a cable station or released on DVD. The cast was certainly a dream team.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36438310015861298212008-06-20T00:52:00.000-07:002008-06-20T00:52:00.000-07:00Tinkerbell? They're giving imaginary characters, ...Tinkerbell? They're giving imaginary characters, and ones that don't even fucking SPEAK stars now?<BR/><BR/>And seriously, where are all the articles in various Hollywood and/or gossip magazines with the headline "CHEETA CHEETED"? Seriously, I'm sure that fucking ape went through hell to be respected as a goddamn SIDEKICK and as such deserved a star long ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-54130221030963479732008-06-19T21:43:00.000-07:002008-06-19T21:43:00.000-07:00Okay, here's my question: Does it grate on writers...Okay, here's my question: Does it grate on writers that virtual nobodies get a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (here's a link in case you missed this years nominees: http://www.mail.com/Article.aspx?articlepath=APNews\General%20Entertainment\20080619\Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame_20080619.xml&cat=entertainment&subcat=&pageid=1<BR/><BR/>I mean seriously, <I>The Village People (really?!)</I> are getting a Star and it took somebody like Sherwood Schwartz a lifetime (and the death of Johnny Grant) before he got one?<BR/><BR/>Does it piss you off that writers get no respect?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com