aldiboronti writes:
> That was funny, as was an exchange with Mia Farrow in the park.
You mean, I presume, Louise Lasser.
I do the bit where the guy in the tux is walking along the deck of the boat, seeing all the ladies, and saying, “Hello…how are you…good evening…” when I see any beautiful woman. Just so’s I’m not creepy, I only say it in my mind, and I’m very careful not to say it out loud.
Do you finish by saying “Mom!” in a surprised voice. And then she says, “You never write.”
Regards,
Phil Moscowitz
PS - Name three Presidents.
She would say that, but she’s not Jewish.
But she does chide me about staying in touch, and fortunately, email’s good enough. (She’s 92 next February, by the way. And I talk to her by phone every week. We live 2,000 miles apart.)
PS - Saracen pig! Spartan dog!
I’m not a big fan of Woody Allen’s, but I did love it when he compared Alan Alda to Mussolini.
He’d become insufferable in real life by then.
It’s really none of my business if Woody Allen’s banana still stands up, and even if it were I have no interest in knowing.
Me, too.
I agree - and now I’m earwormed with “Get Regular with Relax!”
It’s startling to me that I’ve seen at least 4 of these (not counting “Bananas”).
Bananas seems to me mostly a collection of c. 1970 trademark Allen gags assembled around an extended riff on his “Viva Vargas” short story (collected in Getting Even). By itself it is quite enjoyable when you want something light.
In my case of course there’s a sentimental connection in that the “San Marcos” locations are part of my own environment and even workplaces, and a large number of the Puerto Rican actors and film people of that generation are part of the cast (including later-Academy-award-nominee filmmaker Jacobo Morales as the rebel leader Esposito)
But how can I disapprove of Howard Cosell narrating the assasination and later Fielding’s wedding night. That may date it for younger generations but it is a pleasant callback for me.
I haven’t seen it in years so I don’t know if I’d feel the same way now, but I agree. I always thought Sleeperwas pretty hilarious. The scene where Allen is trying to escape using the individual flying machine, which he does not know how to operate, is one of the funniest bits of visual/body movement humor ever, IMHO (almost tied with John Belushi tiptoeing/zigzagging beautifully in Animal House). Obviously, the helicopter-type blades are supposed to do the work of lifting you into the air, but Woody flaps his arms - a useless yet understandable effort - as he tries to take off. Plus, the way he flaps makes him look like a drunken stork.
“Goddamn cheap Japanese flying pack.”
When the jetpack takes off out of his hands I’m dying with laughter every time. It’s like watching Wile. E Coyote.
One thing to keep in mind about a lot of old stuff is that large parts weren’t all that funny. It’s the few genius parts that make the films/TV shows and which stick in our memories.
What’s a “gub”?