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The same pun was used for the title of a memorable Bugs Bunny cartoon.
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Also used as a song in a Wayne & Shuster routine, soon to be stuck in my head for the rest of the evening…
[QUOTE=mobo85]
The same pun was used for the title of a memorable Bugs Bunny cartoon.
Abrakapocus! Hocuscadabra! Walla Walla, Washington! Newport News!
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Must not have been all that memorable–you have it out of order. 
[QUOTE=JohnT]
Had no idea why she kept being cast with Jeff Goldblum.
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Well, they were married in the late eighties. Transylvannia 6-5000 might have been when they met (they were both married to other people at the time) but even during their marriage, they only made two films together: The Fly and Earth Girls are Easy.
[QUOTE=MGibson]
I remember Geena Davis’ outfit and it wasn’t a total bust. Uh, on the other hand I remember her outfit and an impressive bust was involved.
Marc
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I’ve never seen the movie so I had to google this.
Incidenntally, the Hotel Pennsylvania’s a dump.
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum]
Why Pennsylvannia instead of something else, I don’t know.
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It’s across 7th Avenue from Pennsylvania Station, then a major hub of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and was in fact built by the PRR for its passengers’ convenience.
Wiki sez 736-5000 only New York’s oldest continuous phone number, not the US’s.
As another Glenn Miller hit, “Chattanooga Choo-Choo” says,
You leave the Pennsylvania Station at a quarter to four,
Read a magazine and then you’re in Baltimore,
Dinner in the diner, nothing could be finer
Than ham and eggs for breakfast down in Carolina"
According to this, the hotel is about to be demolished.
Re: The OP
Call 867-5309 to find out.
[QUOTE=Manatee]
Re: The OP
Call 867-5309 to find out.
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Stop reading the walls… 
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers]
Well, they were married in the late eighties.
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You break my heart. 
I completely forgot about that. :o
Where’s that brainbleach (and vomit smilie) when you need it? 
[QUOTE=GIGObuster]
That was Transylvania 6-5000, one of the worse movies ever made, and I almost succeeded in forgetting it, thanks a lot.. :mad:
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IIRC it was the director’s first film. I’m inclined to cut people some slack on their debuts. I don’t remember the budget, but it was tiny. This is one reson they filmed in Yugoslavia (Croatia). The director wanted to shoot many of the scenes at night, but couldn’t. I don’t remember whether this was because there was not enough money for the lights, lights weren’t available, or if there was an issue with the authorities. In any case, he didn’t get the shots he wanted. I think he did a good job considering his lack of experience and his limited resources.
One place he really failed though, was with Geena Davis. In the DVD commentary he said he didn’t realise that people would want to see more of her. Dude. Look at her! How could to not know that your target audience would want more Geena Davis?
Low budget, the inability to get shots the director wanted, some schtick that didn’t work (Dr. Malavaqua’s mad/nice routine where he keeps asking if someone wants some cappuccino – or was it espresso?), the failure to take full advantage of the vampire character’s… assets. The film had its faults. But it was a good ‘first effort’, and it did have some funny stuff in it (Michael Richards’s ‘Smell this!’ routine, Carol Kane’s loveably dumb Hunchback’s Wife character), and Geena Davis was sexy and cute.
[QUOTE=drewbert]
According to this, the hotel is about to be demolished.
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I had a couple drinks there once…we worked down the street on 33rd. It was kind of sad even then.