# Edward hopper -Like Scenes on TCM?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-hopper-like-scenes-on-tcm/276752>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 26, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-hopper-like-scenes-on-tcm/276752 "2004-11-26T15:41:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-hopper-like-scenes-on-tcm/276752/1 "2004-11-26T15:41:03Z")

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I like the scenes that Turner Classic Movies displays for its “Sunny Side of Life” ovies. They look a lot like the late artist’s work…anyone know who did the animation? 🆒

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-hopper-like-scenes-on-tcm/276752/2 "2004-11-27T06:42:55Z")

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I never liked the imitation Hopper drawings for TCM’s Sunny Side of Life intro, because Hopper is just not a Sunny Side of Life painter. Hopper’s paintings, even in sunlight, are about isolation and loneliness. The two women having coffee look like they’ve run out of things to say, and have turned introspective. The final shot is of a truck pulling away (noise), under the elevated train tracks (noise, blocking out sunlight), and a bar window with a picture of a man getting his “sunny side” from a glass of booze.

We then switch to TCM’s rating sequence, except now it’s now the city at night, there’s more elevated train imagery, and it ends with us as voyeurs watching people undress in two apartments.

Frankly, it’s depressing.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edward-hopper-like-scenes-on-tcm/276752/3 "2004-11-28T05:00:30Z")

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I don’t know from Hopper, but I like the artwork and the animation.  
And I assumed the guy is drinking a glass of orange juice.