tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post7006641946315967220..comments2024-03-24T13:26:57.317-07:00Comments on Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: THE COOKIE IS IN NO POSITION TO KNOW ABOUT THAT!Dennis Cozzaliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-43026178399188790842009-07-19T13:19:39.726-07:002009-07-19T13:19:39.726-07:00love it!!!love it!!!SUPER PChttp://www.super-pc.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-21253165165656433682009-04-03T17:01:00.000-07:002009-04-03T17:01:00.000-07:00Great movie, very helpful commentary. Thank you. ...Great movie, very helpful commentary. Thank you. My wife and I just watched this a month ago, and it was grand. English is not her first language, so I wasn't sure how she would get on with it - she enjoyed it a lot.Whumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08358881569373041277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-53309639050693724932009-04-01T19:49:00.000-07:002009-04-01T19:49:00.000-07:00Charlton Heston's autobiography is one hell of a l...Charlton Heston's autobiography is one hell of a lot of fun, and I wish I had known that when I saw My Dinner with Andre the first time. Heston is wonderful on the subject of just how annoying it could be to work with a big screen diva like Gardner or Loren. But--Heston himself was no slouch in the diva department. So reading this example of unreliable narration is its own sort of mental workout, and I can't help thinking Shawn is alluding to that, too.<BR/><BR/>And the cookie line is priceless.The Sirenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13587505433284584391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-26360876849211991362009-03-31T15:25:00.000-07:002009-03-31T15:25:00.000-07:00I have one of my dad trying to mess up the audio b...<I>I have one of my dad trying to mess up the audio by singing along with the theme from Mannix.</I><BR/><BR/>I'd like to hear Larry do this on a podcast, if he has time between switching blogs.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-45587758465397009932009-03-31T15:19:00.000-07:002009-03-31T15:19:00.000-07:00Do those tapes include the requisite background no...Do those tapes include the requisite background noise of your parents reacting in horror? <BR/><BR/>I have one of my dad trying to mess up the audio by singing along with the theme from <I>Mannix</I>.<BR/><BR/>And as for Larry, some people are ahead of their time; some are ahead of the curve; and then there's the completely unique state of <I><B>Being Larry Aydlette</B></I>, starring John Cusack and Cameron Diaz!Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-19650402040222624442009-03-31T15:16:00.000-07:002009-03-31T15:16:00.000-07:00By the way, I still have at my parents house an ol...By the way, I still have at my parents house an old tape of the juicier phrases from <B>The Exorcist</B>. <BR/><BR/>As well as a tape of Richard Pryor's <B>Exorcist</B> routine.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-28440233163691697932009-03-31T15:14:00.000-07:002009-03-31T15:14:00.000-07:00I saw My Dinner With Andre in 1962 in Greensboro, ...<I>I saw My Dinner With Andre in 1962 in Greensboro, N.C</I><BR/><BR/>Larry saw <B>My Dinner with Andre</B> 18 years before it was released. <BR/><BR/>That guy never fails to impress me.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-81447154970070409862009-03-30T18:11:00.000-07:002009-03-30T18:11:00.000-07:00Isn't that the psychoactive agent of cannabis?Isn't that the psychoactive agent of cannabis?Ryan Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054550377681273142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-26750234355489461652009-03-30T18:10:00.000-07:002009-03-30T18:10:00.000-07:00What's a VCR?What's a VCR?Ryan Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054550377681273142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-66596077750837445342009-03-30T17:43:00.000-07:002009-03-30T17:43:00.000-07:00I remember taping old shows of All In The Family o...I remember taping old shows of All In The Family on a reel-to-reel tape recorder. It was the classic episode with Sammy Davis, Jr. I sort of miss those old tape players, though I remember what a pain it was to thread through.WelcometoLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05490618592042119755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-26153614378098662752009-03-30T10:24:00.000-07:002009-03-30T10:24:00.000-07:00"Far back and hazy..."I picture myself huddled ove..."Far back and hazy..."<BR/><BR/>I picture myself huddled over my TV, tape-recording the audio for <I>Cry of the Banshee</I> off of the CBS Friday Late Movie, and it's almost as if I'm remembering fun times with cave drawings!Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-68930469941245753292009-03-30T10:19:00.000-07:002009-03-30T10:19:00.000-07:00Hi Dennis,I'm with MovieZen.com - we are a large a...Hi Dennis,<BR/>I'm with MovieZen.com - we are a large and growing (500,000+ visitors per month) website focused on movies and celebrities - our Hollywood homepage is at http://www.moviezen.com. We've read hundreds of Hollywood-related blogs and we think yours is awesome! We would love to add you into our blog roll and explore more ways of tapping into your expertise if you are interested. <BR/>Look forward to hearing from you!<BR/>Thanks! :)Alex Joneshttp://www.moviezen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-63191791090086246682009-03-30T10:15:00.000-07:002009-03-30T10:15:00.000-07:00It is kind of amazing, this pre-VCR world... Will ...<I>It is kind of amazing, this pre-VCR world... Will our kids believe it ever existed?</I><BR/><BR/>Hell, I'm not sure <I>I</I> even believe it existed. It seems so far back and hazy ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-36918904198986335752009-03-30T09:45:00.000-07:002009-03-30T09:45:00.000-07:00Paul, I so understand about the tapes. When I was ...Paul, I so understand about the tapes. When I was a kid, whenever something came on TV (or arrived at the drive-in) that I knew I'd want to re-experience, I was at the ready with my trusty tape recorder. I still have tapes of my first experience watching <I>Horse Feathers</I> on a channel out of Portland-- no laugh track needed!-- as well as <I>Blazing Saddles</I> at the local drive-in (complete with some choice drive-in related ambient noise and vintage snack bar alert) and a recording made at a multiplex during the fall 1977 re-release of <I>Carrie</I> of that movie's shocker of an ending (all screams for real). Many other movies were taped too, though I can't be sure any of them have survived. It is kind of amazing, this pre-VCR world... Will our kids believe it ever existed?Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-90060288421844130132009-03-29T20:56:00.000-07:002009-03-29T20:56:00.000-07:00I remember watching Siskel and Ebert rave about th...I remember watching Siskel and Ebert rave about this movie when I was about 14 years old. The whole idea of the film -- a movie about two guys just talking over dinner? -- intrigued me enough that when it aired on PBS a year or so later, I sat in front of the TV set to watch it with a tape recorder and a microphone so that I could listen to it again whenever I wanted. The things that movie fans would do in the days before VCRs! <BR/><BR/>I'm so excited that Criterion is puting this movie out, but somehow I don't know if the experience of watching it on DVD will compare to lying in bed and listening to those old Maxell tapes over and over again.Paul Matwychukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01917384620564525389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-71468987826491703642009-03-28T07:35:00.000-07:002009-03-28T07:35:00.000-07:00Great freakin film!!!Great freakin film!!!multi monitorshttp://www.multi-monitors.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-53224660600267935272009-03-27T23:25:00.000-07:002009-03-27T23:25:00.000-07:00Funny. I saw My Dinner With Andre in 1962 in Green...Funny. I saw My Dinner With Andre in 1962 in Greensboro, N.C. and I can still remember where I had dinner after Dinner With Andre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-5970207467756576012009-03-27T22:09:00.000-07:002009-03-27T22:09:00.000-07:00This is truly one of my favorites. Every time I se...This is truly one of my favorites. Every time I see it I'm astonished how visual the anecdotes are though they're only conjured in my mind. The scene where Andre describes the grave and the sheet being lowered. I'm getting chills just thinking about it. The Criterion DVD is definitely a must-buy for me but...no Blu-ray? I guess it's not totally needed...The Voracious Filmgoerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047409667180496331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-35520746828263318432009-03-27T20:16:00.000-07:002009-03-27T20:16:00.000-07:00I love Wally in that movie. I wish Andre's talk ti...I love Wally in that movie. I wish Andre's talk time was cut in half but in a way it's worth it to get to Wally's reaction.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.com