tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post636706874862719322..comments2024-03-24T13:26:57.317-07:00Comments on Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: The Best of Professor Peabody’s Hysterical Historical Wayback Spring Break Film Quiz Pt. 1: REAL LIVES, FLUNKED PREDICTIONS, ICONS AND LOONEY TUNESDennis Cozzaliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-36728966716388533342009-07-15T16:51:52.656-07:002009-07-15T16:51:52.656-07:00You're featured in parts 2 and 3, coming tonig...You're featured in parts 2 and 3, coming tonight!Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-47563585837818316342009-07-15T16:47:33.125-07:002009-07-15T16:47:33.125-07:00I'mg going to have to work harder on my homewo...I'mg going to have to work harder on my homework if I want any of my answers to make the finals. ;-)Sharonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-70337410099985207492009-07-15T07:46:16.300-07:002009-07-15T07:46:16.300-07:00I hope you don't ding my grading too much, but...I hope you don't ding my grading too much, but since I wrote my snappy little comment about biopics, I learned that, as per <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Singer_(1927_film)" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> Al Jolson's life did, very loosely, inspire Samson Raphaelson (later Lubitsch's writing partner) to write the original play of "The Jazz Singer," even though George Jessel actually played the part onstage before Jolson appeared in the legendary but not so great film. Somewhere along the way, I'd gotten the idea (probably from misunderstanding something musician/historian Ian Whitcomb said on his radio show years ago) that Jolson had been such a miserable SOB, the studio decided to ignore his life and write a loose update of "The Jazz Singer." I throw myself on your tender mercies, oh Prof. C.Bob Westalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515868620255715845noreply@blogger.com