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454,911 | 11,228,318 | 911,103 | 7 | Three Days of the Chicken is another amusing episode of Andy Barker P , I . | The Middle Eastern proprietor of the restaurant near Andy's has had no choice but to accept bad chicken from a local factory . Andy accepts the case at the same time his wife has a party in her back yard . Simon and former Detective Lew are along for the ride . There are plenty of amusing lines and some silly visual to... |
454,491 | 11,228,318 | 148,238 | 7 | The Greyhound and the Rabbit was a pretty funny Columbia cartoon I watched on YouTube | Just watched this Columbia Color Rhapsody ( though the print I saw was in black and white ) on YouTube . It's basically a series of visual gags that takes place on a greyhound race track with the racers chasing a mechanical rabbit attached to a gate ( though the rabbit seems lifelike , at least for a cartoon ) . Among ... |
454,533 | 11,228,318 | 1,058,907 | 7 | Last aired Creature Comforts episode was amusing enough | In this , the last " Creature Comforts " episode that aired on CBS , there's some small clips of various animals mentioning what celebrities they look like . I liked it when one of the lobsters said he was told he looked like Charles Atlas ( that muscle guy in the comic book ads that I remember from the ' 70s ) ! Then ... |
454,115 | 11,228,318 | 1,248,345 | 7 | The One with the Cast of " Night Court " was a good , if not great , episode of " 30 Rock " | This is the reunion of friends . . . from ' Night Court ' . So says Kenneth as the three former cast members-Harry Anderson , Markie Post , and Charlie Robinson ( with no-show John Larroquette unable to adjust his schedule ) - stage the finale wedding between Harry and Christine that never came ( perhaps because Jenn... |
454,977 | 11,228,318 | 810,544 | 7 | This " Colgate Comedy Hour " was a pretty entertaining summer edition | On this " Colgate Summer Comedy Hour " , after Don Wilson announces the night's cast lineup , comic Gene Sheldon ( in pantomime for the whole show ) wakes up in bed on stage in a spotlight which he puts out with a slingshot . Then singer Connie Russell warbles " One Arabian Night " in a harem outfit with appropriate ba... |
455,245 | 11,228,318 | 1,248,336 | 7 | The Bubble was another pretty amusing episode of " 30 Rock " | In this episode , we find out Liz ' Dr . Drew lives in a bubble due to his handsome looks and is inept at everything as a result , Jack causes Tracy to quit the show when he inadvertently tells him how rich he is , and Jenna decides to have her hair cut on " Today " to get more attention than Tracy . . . Written by ser... |
454,493 | 11,228,318 | 1,248,333 | 7 | Larry King was a pretty funny , if not hilarious , episode of " 30 Rock " | In this one , Jack and Elisa are having relationship problems , Liz and Kenneth attempt to recover Liz ' cell from a cabbie , and Tracy on " Larry King Live " tells everyone to panic when the Asian markets fall . . . Not quite as funny as previous eps of " 30 Rock " and I can't help thinking the staffers looking for Tr... |
455,077 | 11,228,318 | 999,889 | 7 | Happy Birthday Elton ! makes a fine 60th celebration for the Rocket Man | Broadcasted on MyNetworkTV on April 5 , this 60th birthday celebration for Sir Elton John was a mostly enjoyable concert special that showcased some of his best hits from the last nearly 40 years from " I'm Still Standing " to " How Wonderful Life Feels " . When Robin Williams introduces him , he amusingly says Elton m... |
454,181 | 11,228,318 | 587,136 | 7 | The Burns and Allen show marks an amusing television debut | Having had their own successful radio show for the past seventeen years , this marked the first time George Burns and Gracie Allen appeared on live television . It begins as Burns steps from the curtain and explains what it's like to be a straight man . We then see Gracie opening her window as she trims the hedges with... |
454,368 | 11,228,318 | 893,453 | 7 | Godsend is a welcome continuation of Heroes in the new year | It's been two weeks in TV time since the last episode as we open with Peter in a hospital bed . Watching him rest are his brother Nathan and their mom . Simone comes by and brings flowers . Claire is in the kitchen with her father pretending to have little memory of the day her former cheerleader friend Jackie was kill... |
454,785 | 11,228,318 | 37,831 | 7 | Jerky Turkey is funny cartoon from Tex Avery at MGM | An amusing Tex Avery cartoon made near the end of World War II . Basically , a pilgrim who doesn't want to wait in line goes to " Ye Black Market " building to get a live turkey . The turkey who offers himself sounds like Jimmy Durante . Various chase gags are executed like the one where the pilgrim paints on a brick w... |
454,622 | 11,228,318 | 22,045 | 7 | Lady , Play Your Mandolin ! is a highly amusing first Merrie Melodies short | If it wasn't for the fact that the male and female leads had triangle ears and long bushy tails , they would've been mistaken for Mickey and Minnie Mouse ( maybe Walt Disney did and threatened to sue so Leon Schlesinger told his cartoon directors Hugh Harmon and Rudolf Ising-former Disney animators-to stop making Foxy ... |
453,894 | 11,228,318 | 37,828 | 7 | Jasper and the Beanstalk is another entertaining George Pal Puppetoon | Just watched on Google Video Jasper and the Beanstalk , a George Pal Puppetoon series entry about a little black boy and his adventures with a talking scarecrow . This one has the scarecrow giving Jasper some " magic beans " which grows into a giant beanstalk . The harp that Jasper rescues has a voice that sounds like ... |
455,204 | 11,228,318 | 12,467 | 7 | Modeling is a pretty amusing early Out of the Inkwell entry | As Max tries to get Ko-Ko more enthusiastic in movements , a sculptor tries not to make a male model's bust too accurate since the model has a big nose . After Max draws some snow , an ice pond , a cabin , and some skates on Ko-Ko , he goes to the sculptor and model to advise . As the clown skates , he ends up drawing ... |
454,885 | 11,228,318 | 22,057 | 7 | Laughing Gas was an amusing Flip the Frog cartoon from Ub Iwerks | This Ub Iwerks cartoon starring Flip the Frog is typical of many early ' 30s cartoons that provides a thin plot line and goes in several directions at once though that's part of many of these shorts ' charm . In this one , Flip is a dentist who spends most of the cartoon trying to extract some teeth from a frightened w... |
454,121 | 11,228,318 | 28,148 | 7 | The Pups ' Christmas is another amusing Harmon-Ising cartoon from M-G-M | Just watched this Hugh Harmon-Rudolf Ising Happy Harmonies M-G-M cartoon short on YouTube . It's Christmas Day and the kids and their two puppies have woken up and opened the presents . Among them : a train with tracks provided , a doll that says " Momma " , a calico dog , a tank , and an airplane . It's the former tha... |
454,759 | 11,228,318 | 28,157 | 7 | See Rainbow on the River and rediscover Bobby Breen | I found this obscure musical from the ' 30s under the " Louisiana " section in my local East Baton Rouge Parish Library under the title It Happened in New Orleans . What a wonderful discovery of a young juvenile singer named Bobby Breen from a time when most of America was enchanted by Shirley Temple ! He plays a New O... |
454,072 | 11,228,318 | 928,267 | 7 | Run ! is another compelling episode of Heroes | Last week , we found out Claire's bio-dad was Nathan Petrelli . He offers the bio-mom lots of money which she accepts . Hiro and Ando offer to help a Vegas showgirl in exchange for info to Linderman's whereabouts . Jessica is assigned by Linderman to assassinate a Mr . Malsky who is guided by Matt as a newly hired guar... |
453,832 | 11,228,318 | 14,081 | 7 | Giants vs . Yanks is an amusing " Our Gang " short that's only partly about baseball | Unlike the other " Our Gang / Little Rascals " shorts I just reviewed , I watched this one , Giants vs . Yanks , on an old Goodtimes VHS cassette called " Our Gang Comedy Festival II " from 1989 that I watched previously when I bought it from New Orleans in 1995 . The print had alternate beginning credits from another ... |
454,765 | 11,228,318 | 5,475 | 7 | Her Painted Hero is a pretty funny outing from Polly Moran for Mack Sennett | This is the first time I've seen a film starring Polly Moran . Boy , what expressions she has on her , sort of a Carol Burnett quality to her face and body . In a nutshell , she stands to inherit some money after her uncle dies . When some members of a theatre nearby read about this , they , formally having rejected he... |
453,964 | 11,228,318 | 22,790 | 7 | Crosby , Columbo , and Vallee was another Harmon-Ising Merrie Melodies cartoon that was pretty entertaining | Just watched this Harmon-Ising Merrie Melodies cartoon for producer Leon Schlesinger in association with Warner Bros . on YouTube . It's basically a musical one with American Indians ( or Native Americans if you want to be PC ) singing the title song as to what the public was crazy about music-wise during this period .... |
454,797 | 11,228,318 | 31,610 | 7 | Mama's New Hat is a highly amusing Captain and the Kids cartoon | First , about the series title : " The Captain and the Kids " was the name Rudolph Dirks named his comic strip creation after leaving his original syndicate , King Features , and moved to its rival , United Features , since " The Katzenjamer Kids " name was owned by King and was still drawn there by Harold Knerr . Now ... |
454,683 | 11,228,318 | 148,644 | 7 | Punchy de Leon is an amusing final Fox and Crow cartoon | Nine years after their debut in The Fox and the Grapes , The Fox and Crow made their last theatrical cartoon for Columbia ( and third for UPA ) with this , Punchy de Leon . As you've probably guessed by the title , this short concerns the efforts of the leading characters to find the Fountain of Youth for the king of S... |
454,907 | 11,228,318 | 42,869 | 7 | Quicksand marks a change-of-pace for Mickey Rooney | Quicksand marks Mickey Rooney's attempt to break out of his MGM-Andy Hardy-type good guy roles and with Jim Brady he's off to a good start . James Cagney's sister Jeanne plays Vera , a cashier at the diner mechanic Brady and his coworkers eat at . She and Jim hit it off right at the start as they go downtown window sho... |
453,969 | 11,228,318 | 20,983 | 7 | Hold Anything is a pretty entertaining musical Bosko cartoon short | Since the previous reviewer mentioned most of the details of Hold Anything , I'll just mention that the mice look uncannily like Walt Disney's Mickey . Perhaps not surprising since directors Hugh Harmon and Rudolf Ising had previously worked for Disney as animators when he created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit with Ub Iwerks... |
453,896 | 11,228,318 | 18,509 | 7 | Trolley Troubles is an interesting early Walt Disney Oswald cartoon | Just watched this early pre-Mickey Mouse Walt Disney cartoon on YouTube . It starred Oswald the Lucky Rabbit who looks like Mickey with rabbit ears . Trolley Troubles has many amazing and funny silent cartoon gags involving the trolley , the tracks , a cow , a goat , and a crowd of passengers ( all resembling Oswald ) ... |
454,415 | 11,228,318 | 756,559 | 7 | Mighty Mouse : The New Adventures marked Ralph Bakshi's return to his roots | Just watched on YouTube " The Day of the Mice / Still Oily After All These Years " episodes of Mighty Mouse : The New Adventures . Day of the Mice has a real Sparticus-like one standing up to the cats and taking over Mouseville to the point of Our Hero , after coming back from vacation , is no longer needed and getting... |
455,203 | 11,228,318 | 7,567 | 7 | Wife and Auto Trouble is another Mack Sennett short featuring a young Mae Busch | Wife and Auto Trouble is the now old hat story of a meek man , his wife and mother-in-law , his brother-in-law , and the secretary he's having an affair with . It was a nice surprise seeing Mae Busch , long before her appearances with Laurel and Hardy , playing the secretary . Dig her jumping several feet in the air wh... |
454,598 | 11,228,318 | 150,543 | 7 | Fido Beta Kappa is another Famous Studios cartoon written by Irv Spector that I'd recommend | This is yet another Irv Spector-written cartoon from Famous Studios that I just found-this time on Cartoon Brew as linked from YouTube . In this one , the dog is no use to the master ( he mistakenly gives said master a tree branch instead of his rifle when they're confronted by a bear ) so that master threatens to send... |
453,939 | 11,228,318 | 150,530 | 7 | Flebus was an interesting short from Ernie Pintoff during the Deitch era of Terrytoons | This was an animated short from the Gene Deitch ( who , like me , is a Chicago native ) era of Terrytoons that I just discovered on YouTube . The title character is a short man who does various things that make people like him . That is until he runs into a big man named Rudolph who hits him on the head when he is offe... |
454,347 | 11,228,318 | 67,314 | 7 | Kotch comes recommended for Matthau and Lemmon fans | Just watched Kotch , the only film Jack Lemmon directed with his pal Walter Matthau starring . Matthau plays Joseph Kotcher , a retired businessman who's staying with his son Gerald ( Charles Aidman ) , daughter-in-law Wilma ( Felicia Farr , who was Lemmon's real-life wife ) , and their baby son Duncan . Since both par... |
453,812 | 11,228,318 | 27,390 | 7 | Bottles is a little amusingly atmospheric musical cartoon short | At a little over ten minutes , Harmon and Ising's Bottles is one of the longest one-reel cartoon shorts I've seen from the ' 30s . It's basically about a druggist who's up overnight mixing a potion for a poison bottle . As he falls asleep on the counter , the bottle comes to life and pours some of its liquid on the dru... |
454,132 | 11,228,318 | 883,000 | 7 | Jack the Writer is another funny episode of 30 Rock | As Liz tries to rally her staff on material , the receptionist keeps distracting the mostly male members with her clothing and various positions so Liz tries to get her to do something else but her staff keeps looking at her so Liz tells her to leave before one of her staff tells Liz that her last suggestion sucked . B... |
454,098 | 11,228,318 | 883,001 | 7 | 30 Rock : The Aftermath is still uneven though a bit funnier | While a bit funnier than the pilot , " The Aftermath " is still uneven in spots . Liz Lemon introduces Tracy Jordan to her writing staff . We find out that The Girlie Show is now called TGS with Tracy Jordan . Tracy shoots some promos with Jenna Maloney where he keeps getting her name wrong . Liz and Jenna accidentally... |
453,968 | 11,228,318 | 20,784 | 7 | Congo Jazz is another pretty entertaining Bosko cartoon short | In Congo Jazz , Bosko is a hunter who is chased by a tiger . He shoots but the bullet comes out with a whimper instead of a bang . Eventually , Bosko pulls a flute out and serenades the tiger to the edge of a cliff before kicking him off . He then encounters a couple of young apes . One of them gets in trouble with Bos... |
454,278 | 11,228,318 | 31,709 | 7 | Nancy Drew . . . Reporter is a breezy second entry in movie series | Before Veronica Mars , there was Nancy Drew , the teenage amateur detective with an attorney father created in a series of juvenile novels by " Carolyn Keene " ( not a real name ) . Nancy Drew . . . Reporter was the second of four films that starred Bonita Granville as the title character for Warner Bros . Directed at ... |
454,129 | 11,228,318 | 902,135 | 7 | Hugh Laurie and Beck on Saturday Night Live | Since this episode aired on October 28 , 2006 , expect some jokes or sketches about both Halloween and the upcoming congressional elections . Lorne Michaels , the executive producer , appears in the cold opening mentioning the recent network cuts as he gives five minutes of his program to a foreign correspondent . It's... |
454,613 | 11,228,318 | 1,245,067 | 7 | Automatic for the People was just okay compared to the last episode of " Terminator : The Sarah Connor Chronicles " | While I agree this episode was a setback from the previous season premiere , Automatic for the People was still a pretty enjoyable episode of " Terminator : The Sarah Connor Chronicles " . The most enjoyable scene for me was when Cameron in that hot outfit at the pool table was asking Bob if it was still her turn after... |
454,579 | 11,228,318 | 896,490 | 7 | The Velocity of Sara is an exciting , if unsatisfying , final episode of Vanished | As we begin this final episode , Sara is driving in a stolen car at night being chased by her captors in a helicopter . When they land , they search the now empty car and find Sara gone . Unbeknowst to them , Sara is hiding in front of a big tree that none of them are aware is nearby . As daybreak comes , Sara has slep... |
455,010 | 11,228,318 | 873,358 | 7 | Saturday Night Live starts 32nd season with Dane Cook and the Killers | On the September 30 , 2006 cold opening , we are at a South Carolina town hall where the state comptroller ( Jason Sudeikis ) is speaking . All of his supporters , including President George W . Bush ( Will Forte ) , are there . Bush annoys some people with his constant speaking during the speech . Sudeikis ends up say... |
454,641 | 11,228,318 | 148,512 | 7 | Mysto-Fox is a rare Fox and Crow cartoon from Columbia that seems to exist in only black-and-white | Just watched a black-and-white version of this originally Technicolor Columbia / Fox and Crow cartoon on ThadBlog as linked from Daily Motion . In this one , Mysto-Fox puts out a sign in front of the carnival for a rabbit audition . Guess who applies . Seeing the Crow put on rabbit ears and tail and barely fooling the ... |
454,529 | 11,228,318 | 71,583 | 7 | The Groove Tube is still entertaining despite some dated ' 70s moments | Just finished watching The Groove Tube which I first saw about 23 years ago when I was a teenager staying up way past my bedtime watching HBO with my brother and his best friend . We had also watched Animal House just before that so we saw two movies that starred an SNL alumna and had some naked breasts . Good thing ou... |
454,175 | 11,228,318 | 29,448 | 7 | Pudgy Takes a Bow Wow is amusing late Betty Boop entry | This is one of the post-code Betty Boops in which she can no longer sing songs that hint at sexuality or show any skin ( usually the leg ) . Also , instead of Bimbo and Koko , Betty hangs with a little pup named Pudgy . In this one , Betty sings about being a Chinaman and an Italian organ grinder , both of which are de... |
454,360 | 11,228,318 | 1,055,792 | 7 | Heavy Metal is another pretty compelling episode of " Terminator : The Sarah Connor Chronicles " | After a month of writing reviews of movies and / or TV shows relating to Black History Month , this is my first attempt to go back to the current TV season starting with the fourth episode of " Terminator : The Sarah Connor Chronicles " . In this one , John goes off on his own in finding out about these future cyborgs ... |
454,822 | 11,228,318 | 1,091,289 | 7 | Second episode of " The Big Bang Theory " is another funny one worth watching | In a nutshell , Sheldon and Leonard are moving a heavy box into Penny's apartment which they discover is a mess . Sheldon , being a narcissistic clean freak attempts to clean it up but stops when Penny arrives . He later comes back while Penny is asleep with Leonard reluctantly helping . When she finds out , Penny bans... |
454,682 | 11,228,318 | 1,091,291 | 7 | Fourth episode of " The Big Bang Theory " is very amusing thanks to guest star Laurie Metcalf | After Sheldon insults his new boss at his party at the university and gets fired , he spends time at home doing " experiments " on scrambled eggs and flabbergasts Penny when he goes grocery shopping with her . So Leonard brings Sheldon's mom ( Laurie Metcalf , another former co-star of Galecki's from " Rosanne " ) to t... |
454,211 | 11,228,318 | 1,091,290 | 7 | Third episode is another charming one for " The Big Bang Theory " | After playing some computer games with his friends , Leonard overhears his crush , Penny , giggling outside . Turns out she's kissing a guy which Leonard finds out about when he brings her mail which he stole earlier . Since Penny's with someone , Leonard tries to make a move on a female lab partner named Leslie ( Sara... |
454,076 | 11,228,318 | 67,229 | 7 | I Drink Your Blood is one enjoyably shocking and weird horror movie from the early ' 70s | A day or so after watching the first half of Torgo's Drive-In ( Guru , the Mad Monk ) on Google Video , I finally watched the second half-Jerry Gross ' production of David Durston's I Drink Your Blood . With Satan-worshiping hippies being fed rabies in meat pies by a boy getting revenge on their attacking his grandpa a... |
454,663 | 11,228,318 | 27,273 | 7 | Thelma Todd shines in last short performance | This is the last short Thelma Todd did with Patsy Kelly before her death from mysterious circumstances . All-American Toothache concerns an upcoming college football game that will be lost unless quarterback ( and former Our Ganger ) Mickey Daniels passes his dentistry exam which hinges on his getting a wisdom tooth . ... |
454,465 | 11,228,318 | 135,652 | 7 | Siren of the Tropics marks Josephine Baker's starring feature debut | If you watch Siren of the Tropics with the mindset of the 21st century , try not to pay too much attention to the melodramatic plot about a tycoon trying to keep his daughter from marrying someone he doesn't think worthy of her . This seems to be an excuse to send the daughter's suitor to a faraway jungle to search for... |
455,094 | 11,228,318 | 135,169 | 7 | Boy ! What a Girl ! should prove a fascinating find for fans of Tim " Kingfish " Moore | While Boy ! What a Girl ! is a silly race musical comedy from the late ' 40s , there's at least one noteworthy thing about it : It stars Tim Moore years before he became well known as George " Kingfish " Stevens on TV's " Amos ' n ' Andy " . This is his only film role playing a character since he had been a specialty a... |
454,679 | 11,228,318 | 1,035,919 | 7 | Chuck Versus the Wookie is another pretty good episode of " Chuck " | Some steam was picked up with this episode because of the presence of rouge spy Corrina ( Mini Alden ) . An occasional partner to Sarah and , apparently , lover to Casey , she shakes things up by agreeing to " double date " with Morgan , Chuck and Sarah by watching a movie on TV while planning a heist of a stolen diamo... |
454,210 | 11,228,318 | 1,035,918 | 7 | Third episode of " Chuck " has the title character on his first assignment | In this , the third episode of " Chuck " , the title character is sent on his first spy mission : go to a cocktail party with Sarah to find a killer of someone who deals in paintings . He's also up for a promotion for assistant manager at Buy More . Agent John Casey , who works with Chuck at Buy More , asks if he knows... |
453,823 | 11,228,318 | 40,422 | 7 | Haredevil Hare was our introduction to Marvin the Martian | While Bugs is initially reluctant to go on a rocket to the moon , the carrots that are dropped inside makes him change his mind . After he lands there , a Martian ship also stops there . A funny-looking little man in a Roman soldier outfit comes out and speaks in a funny voice ( though it's different than the eventual ... |
454,702 | 11,228,318 | 106,449 | 7 | Body Bags is scarily atmospheric for John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper fans | Body Bags was John Carpenter's attempt to produce an anthology series for Showtime . This movie is all we have of what it would be like with the director appearing as a morgue attendant who drinks formaldehyde as he hosts the three stories . Amusing lines abound throughout . The first segment titled " The Gas Station "... |
454,646 | 11,228,318 | 1,035,912 | 7 | Pilot episode of Chuck should provide enough excitement for another NBC hit | Just saw the pilot for the new hour-long spy series " Chuck " . It has a pretty amusing premise : The title character played by Zachary Levi lives with his sister and her boyfriend . This sister ( Sarah Lancaster who I remember from " Everwood " as Madison ) tries to get her brother to date again after a long-ago break... |
454,520 | 11,228,318 | 1,035,921 | 7 | Chuck Verses the Sandstorm is another good episode of " Chuck " | Every week it seems Chuck has trust issues with his handlers , Sarah and Casey . This time another person he meets named Laszlo gives a good reason for him to have them : He mentions the bugs hidden in his house . After finding them he confronts Casey about them , Casey tells him its for his own good although he hates ... |
454,651 | 11,228,318 | 33,918 | 7 | Moon Over Miami was enjoyable fluff for audiences wanting escapism | Having just been to Miami for the first time in my life , I finally decided to check out this Betty Grable musical from 20th Century-Fox that took place and was partly filmed there after having taped it from AMC 10 years ago . The flimsy plot about gold diggers is a bit longish but many entertaining musical numbers and... |
454,904 | 11,228,318 | 776,023 | 7 | The Hellcats is a pretty funny episode of " Mystery Science Theater 3000 " | After watching the original , uncut theatrical version of The Hellcats , I was anxious to watch MST3K's version . Loved many references to " How the Grinch Stole Christmas " that Joel and the ' bots threw at the screen . They also point out how pointless many motorcycle scenes as well as those that depict the cycle gan... |
454,557 | 11,228,318 | 25,529 | 7 | Duke Ellington in his brief number was the highlight of Murder at the Vanities | Since this is Black History Month and I'm reviewing the achievements of many African-Americans on film in chronological order , I got this movie on VHS from the library because Duke Ellington and his Orchestra were in it . Their jazz version of Franz Liszt's " Rhapsody " was the highlight of this mostly overlong murder... |
454,286 | 11,228,318 | 140,812 | 8 | Any Bonds Today ? is one of the most fascinating of early Bugs Bunny rarities | I have recently discovered the blog for the new Matinée at the Bijou that PBS had revived after an absence of about 20 years . So on their listings of previous episodes , there was one devoted to propaganda shorts encouraging participation in the armed forces of World War II . One of those was a nearly 2-minute musical... |
454,168 | 11,228,318 | 33,046 | 8 | Shop Look & Listen is another Friz Freleng cartoon featuring the characters of Little Blabermouse | This is basically the sequel to Little Blabbermouse with the same W . C . Fields-like mouse character and the little blabbermouth boy mouse that bothers him . Once again they tour a big department store after hours with exhibits like Whistler's Mother ( who whistles ) , The Thinker ( who says he thinks while looking ov... |
454,238 | 11,228,318 | 85,622 | 8 | Title role in The Grey Fox is one of Richard Farnsworth's most compelling | When Richard Farnsworth died a few years ago , among the films cited were his Oscar-nominated roles in Comes a Horseman and The Straight Story , and his supporting roles in hits like The Natural and Misery . The Grey Fox rarely got a mention which is a shame because it's one of Mr . Farnsworth's most compelling as we f... |
455,257 | 11,228,318 | 233,415 | 8 | Cat , Dog , & Co . was another funny " Our Gang " effort | This Hal Roach comedy short , Cat , Dog , & Co . , it the eighty-seventh in the " Our Gang / Little Rascals " series . It's also the next to last silent one . The beginning H . M . Walker inter-title reads , " Be kind to all animals-Even an oyster appreciates sympathy . " As Joe , Harry , and Farina race their kiddie c... |
455,179 | 11,228,318 | 832,175 | 8 | Vanished : The Feed keeps the story moving | At the end of last week's episode , a modern casket was recovered from an old Civil War cemetery buried under sea . All that was found was an earring . Agent Lin Mei compares it to the earrings in the computerized pictures of the former mayor's dead wife . Perfect match . Also , there are scratches inside that tell us ... |
454,569 | 11,228,318 | 35,240 | 8 | This Max Fleischer version of The Raven was a highly amusing surprise for me | This was another cartoon I found on Uncle John's Crazy Town blog . This was a Max Fleischer Color Classic that ran for two reels which is approximately 14 minutes instead of the usual six . Very loosely based on the Edgar Allan Poe poem , the title character is a reformed criminal who now sells vacuums . His old friend... |
453,918 | 11,228,318 | 35,244 | 8 | Cecil B . DeMille's Reap the Wild Wind is good old-fashioned entertainment | Reap the Wild Wind is Cecil B . DeMille's contribution to such sea-faring adventure classics as The Sea Hawk or 20 , 000 Leagues Under the Sea . John Wayne plays a ship captain , Ray Milland plays a lawyer , and Paulette Godard a feisty southern belle who comes between them . There's plenty of fights , a trial , and an... |
454,128 | 11,228,318 | 893,363 | 8 | Potapych : The Bear Who Loved Vodka is an entertaining 4-minute animated short | This is a four minute computer-animated short about a Russian bear named Potapych who makes friends with a man named Mishr sharing vodka drinks and having a good time partying everywhere they go . But then it ends in a poignant but satisfying way . Despite its short running time , this short makes its point in the most... |
454,562 | 11,228,318 | 23,855 | 8 | A Bundle of Blues is a nice showcase for Ellington and featured singer Anderson | As the credit for Duke Ellington and his Orchestra slowly blinks back and forth , it dissolves to the marquee with the name still standing . Then we go right to the performance with the band playing one composition before going into " Stormy Weather " with featured singer Ivie Anderson , then one more jazz instrumental... |
454,869 | 11,228,318 | 30,682 | 8 | Riding the Rails is another cute Betty Boop / Pudgy cartoon I watched on YouTube | This is another latter-day ( read : post-Code ) Betty Boop cartoon I watched on YouTube . It also features her puppy dog , Pudgy . Betty takes the train to work and tries to leave Pudgy behind but , unbeknownst to her , the dog goes along for the ride . . . Plenty of funny gags concerning automatic train doors , a woma... |
454,431 | 11,228,318 | 208,121 | 8 | Enter Hamlet is one of several unique shorts by one Fred Mogubgub | Just discovered this unique short on Cartoon Brew . It's one of the works of Fred Mogubgub that was displayed there linked from YouTube . The others were The Pop Show and The Great Society , neither of which have been listed in Fred's IMDb entry . Enter Hamlet is a collage of images in cartoon form of a word put in bal... |
454,839 | 11,228,318 | 110,598 | 8 | Muriel's Wedding was a fine early showcase of Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths | Just saw this Australian dramady , about a heavyset woman dreaming of a wedding in order to improve her self-esteem , for the second time with my parents . My mom , a big ABBA fan , loved the music but wasn't too crazy about the movie which possibly had a little too much sex talk for her tastes . Dad was amused by many... |
454,000 | 11,228,318 | 149,692 | 8 | Apache Kid is one really weird pre-Code Krazy Kat cartoon | This is a really weird cartoon from Columbia Pictures ' Winkler / Mintz Studios starring Krazy Kat who , while based on George Herriman's comic strip character , is characterized much differently here . He plays the piano at a beat down nightclub while his girlfriend warbles a tune in between kissing him from the top o... |
455,022 | 11,228,318 | 151,830 | 8 | Walt Disney's Once Upon a Wintertime provides wonderful animated winter settings throughout | Originally released as part of the omnibus animated feature Melody Time ( 1948 ) , Walt Disney made Once Upon a Wintertime as a separate short subject five years later . With the score consisting entirely of Francis Langford's rendition of the title song with a very long instrumental bridge , we watch a young adult cou... |
454,604 | 11,228,318 | 38,969 | 8 | Despite some stereotypes , Song of the South can still entertain | Having not taken the chance to watch Song of the South when it was rereleased in 1980 and 1986 , I thought I'd never see this since there have been no further showings in America in neither cinemas , videocassettes , nor DVDs nor on any U . S . TV channels . It wasn't until I discovered the Saturday Morning Blog that I... |
455,104 | 11,228,318 | 403,147 | 8 | I Should See . . . well , read below | In I Should See , the narrator is comparing motion pictures and still life . He seems to prefer the former for as he is talking we see two men , one of whom is loading up his camera , the other is posing with a woman doing various things namely undressing her . As we see photos flashing we see the woman with her shirt ... |
455,046 | 11,228,318 | 30,465 | 8 | Mother Goose Goes Hollywood was an entertaining Disney Silly Symphony featuring celebrity caricatures | I just recently ( as of today ) discovered a blog devoted to Cab Calloway called The Hi-De-Ho Blog . One section showcases caricatures of the legendary entertainer in various cartoons from Max Fleischer ( whose shorts Cab actually was involved in ) , Warner Bros . , M-G-M , and this one from Walt Disney in which Mother... |
455,013 | 11,228,318 | 812,745 | 8 | I Married Joan : Jealousy is pure hilarity | A member of Joan's women club is dealing with a jealous husband because the club's guest speaker , a Dr . Salazar , is staying with them . Joan agrees to have the doc stay at her house since her husband , Brad , doesn't get jealous . During his speech , Salazar mentions that the husband doesn't care for his wife if he ... |
455,163 | 11,228,318 | 50,556 | 8 | Jailhouse Rock is Elvis ' acting at his most compellingly insolent | After seeing Elvis Presley's second movie , Loving You , in which he was a young innocent who occasionally got into fights and accidental meetings with teenage girls , I played Jailhouse Rock in which he knocks down a man who dies , gets in penitentiary with a former country singer ( Mickey Shaughnessy ) , after time s... |
454,754 | 11,228,318 | 819,062 | 8 | Alienation of Affections is another funny episode of I Married Joan | What starts out silly becomes hilarious when Joan encounters a man whose wife gets instantly jealous when she sees him near another woman ! Joan tries to get out of her mess by having her neighbor's husband pretend to be Brad but that husband's wife backs him out when he gets too convincingly intimate with Joan ! Mix t... |
453,801 | 11,228,318 | 1,054,831 | 8 | Truth & Consequences is another exciting episode of " Heroes " | As Peter and Adam go look for the mysterious woman in the Company group photo , Hiro goes back in time in 1977 as this woman and his father Kaito has Adam arrested for fooling with this Shanti virus . This woman and Kaito argue about it with her wanting it destroyed . Instead , it's kept under wraps for the next 30 yea... |
454,399 | 11,228,318 | 45,709 | 8 | Duck Dodgers . . . is an almost excellent cartoon for me | A lot of comments are saying this is one of the best cartoons ever . I'm not going to go that far but I give credit again to Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese for making some of the most creative cartoons in the history of animation . Loved the back and forth between Daffy and Marvin in trying to one-up each other whethe... |
454,169 | 11,228,318 | 32,715 | 8 | Little Blabbermouse is an entertaining Friz Freleng musical cartoon | Just discovered this on the Misce-Looney-ous site linked from YouTube . In this one , a mouse barker who sounds like W . C . Fields tells his customers to take a ride in a basket for 10 cents . One little boy mouse who talks constantly bothers the Fields mouse but is tolerated by him when he offers his coin . On the ce... |
455,252 | 11,228,318 | 59,238 | 8 | Goofy's Freeway Troubles is another entertaining and educational Goofy cartoon | Just watched this Walt Disney educational cartoon starring Goofy on YouTube . This is the sequel to Freewayphobia # 1 and is the last time original Goofy voice Pinto Colvig would play this iconic character before his death in 1967 . This time , the Goofy character plays Stupidus Altimus-someone who's careless about eve... |
454,302 | 11,228,318 | 21,806 | 8 | Dogs Is Dogs is a nearly perfect mixture of pathos and humor for " Our Gang " | This Hal Roach comedy short , Dogs Is Dogs , is the one hundred tenth in the " Our Gang / Little Rascals " series and the twenty-second talkie . With their father away , Wheezer and Dorothy are stuck with a mean stepmother and equally mean stepbrother in Spud . In addition , while Spud's dog Nero is allowed to play in ... |
453,795 | 11,228,318 | 1,054,832 | 8 | Powerless is okay if a bit rushed ending for " Heroes " Volume 2 | All right , so Claire , in wanting to expose The Company , has broken up with West , who doesn't want his power to go public . Matt and Nathan , having found out everything , are trying to stop Peter and Adam from going to the Primatech Paper building to get the virus . It's there that Hiro vows revenge on his dad's de... |
454,820 | 11,228,318 | 1,054,841 | 8 | Lizards brings more intriguing stuff to " Heroes " | When we last left " Heroes " , Peter , who has amnesia , was being beaten by some toughs in Ireland . After getting knocked out , a woman who's associated with them looks at his bloody face and gets startled when the stains disappear in thin air . In California , Claire , after recovering her mom's ring from boiling wa... |
454,432 | 11,228,318 | 1,031,335 | 8 | In Trust Issues , Jamie suffers a tragedy on " Bionic Woman " | In this episode , Jamie and Antonio are assigned to protect a president of a country from an assassin despite his reputation for letting politically motivated killings occur from where he resides . Antonio , however , has a personal stake in his mission and leaves details out of Jamie's ears though she eventually figur... |
454,678 | 11,228,318 | 1,031,332 | 8 | Katee Sackhoff makes Sisterhood a very interesting episode of " Bionic Woman " | Well , this episode of " Bionic Woman " was a vast improvement over the first two and the big reason is because of Katee Sackhoff as the bad and complex first bionic woman Sarah Corvus . Her physically and line readings give this episode most of the life this series badly needs and makes Michelle Ryan as Jamie Sommers ... |
454,993 | 11,228,318 | 30,589 | 8 | Pipe Dreams is another Harmon-Ising cartoon from M-G-M I would recommend | This is a Hugh Harmon-Rudolf Ising Happy Harmonies cartoon distributed by M-G-M . In this one , three monkeys representing " See No Evil-Hear No Evil-Speak No Evil " sing those words before each takes a turn smoking a pipe and seeing things like three singing cigars , a matchbox horse , a train that is connected by mat... |
454,243 | 11,228,318 | 1,213,584 | 8 | Glimpses of Java and Ceylon was another interesting James FitzPatrick Traveltalks short | In this James FitzPatrick Traveltalks short , we go to Java-where there's plenty of rice topple with lots of unusual ingredients and a " nightmare " dance with unique music of the time-and Ceylon , Sri Lanka now , where the men wear their hair long and do " feminine " stuff like sewing and cooking and water buffalo tel... |
454,456 | 11,228,318 | 38,992 | 8 | Studio Visit is worth a look for Lena Horne's deleted bathtub number from Cabin in the Sky | This Pete Smith Specialties short , Studio Visit , is an extra on the DVD of Cabin in the Sky . In between Louis Zingone displaying his sleight-of-hand peanut shell game and a little girl named Helen Sue Goldy displaying her balancing act with her father while eating an apple , we get a deleted scene from aforementione... |
453,758 | 11,228,318 | 33,273 | 8 | Women in Hiding is a pretty compelling " Crime Does Not Pay " short subject | Before I begin , I'd like to note that the leading actress here , Marsha Hunt , was born in my hometown of Chicago , Ill . and is still alive at 90 , and that Barbara Bedford , who plays the head nurse , Miss Townsend , died in Jacksonville , Fla . , a city I once lived in , in 1981 . Ms . Hunt is Jane Taylor , a young... |
455,253 | 11,228,318 | 59,200 | 8 | Frewayphobia # 1 was a pretty entertaining and educational Goofy cartoon | Just watched on YouTube this Walt Disney educational cartoon starring Goofy . Or at least three of them , each given a Latin name representing what kind of car driver he is : Driverius Timidicus-the timid driver , Motoramus Figitus-the fidgety driver , and Negleterus Maximus-the neglectful driver . Each one demonstrate... |
454,642 | 11,228,318 | 48,065 | 8 | Field and Scream is one of Tex Avery's last entertaining cartoons he made for M-G-M | Just watched this M-G-M / Tex Avery cartoon on Daily Motion as linked from the Cartoons , Model Sheets , and Stuff blog . This is a primer on fishing / hunting as represented by an everyday Joe named Ed Jones as the narrator tells of his trials in getting fish , duck , or deer . . . If you're familiar with Avery's sens... |
454,704 | 11,228,318 | 106,589 | 8 | It's All in the Game is a fine latter-day episode of Columbo | It's All in the Game is one of the more fascinating of the latter-day Columbo movies for three reasons : 1 . Peter Falk wrote this episode . 2 . Faye Dunaway plays a character who flirts with the Leutenant in order to distract him from his suspicions . 3 . Columbo almost seems to fall for her . As another poster mentio... |
454,221 | 11,228,318 | 1,039,338 | 8 | Pool Party was another funny episode of " Miss Guided " | With Mrs . Pool's ( Edie McClurg ) 40th anniversary as a teacher at the same high school coming up , Principal Huffy has picked Becky Freeley and Lisa Germain to plan a party for her since they were next on the alphabetical list . Problem is nobody likes her . In fact , the feeling is mutual . Add to that Bruce Terry a... |
453,830 | 11,228,318 | 235,378 | 8 | Fast Company is another worthy " Our Gang " comedy short | Fast Company is the sixteenth short in the " Our Gang / Little Rascals " series created by Hal Roach . Many of the boys here want to go swimming but Mickey has to make a delivery . On the way , he encounters a rich boy waiting at a station for his mom and as they get to talking they trade places since Mickey has never ... |
455,137 | 11,228,318 | 72,351 | 8 | Uptown Saturday Night was an enjoyable first teaming of Poitier and Cosby | In reviewing movies in chronological order that featured African-Americans for Black History Month , we're now at 1974 with Uptown Saturday Night . This was the first of three buddy comedies that paired Sidney Poitier with Bill Cosby . This was also Poitier's third directorial assignment after Buck and the Preacher and... |
453,864 | 11,228,318 | 63,415 | 8 | The Party is a nearly excellent non-Panther collaboration from Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers | After years of enjoying their collaborations on the Pink Panther movies , I finally got to see Blake Edwards'-Peter Sellers ' only non-Panther film , The Party . Playing a just-blacklisted Indian actor accidentally invited to a Hollywood party , Sellers inadvertently causes one disaster after another as guests just tol... |
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