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Former Writer for David Letterman, Robert Klein, Dick Van Dyke and The Disney Channel All New Mickey Mouse Club. Writer of film essays for The Criterion Collection
My father, who worked in television during the live days of the 50s, told me Hardwicke was the one doing a live play set on a plane when he went up on his lines. He stood up and said โWell, this is where I get offโ and walked off the plane.
19.02.2026 20:57 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I think you have to be consistent and hire Florence Lake for Linda. Here we see Willy Loman trudging home with his heavy sample case;
18.02.2026 19:52 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โYou can't eat the orange and throw the peel away - a man is not a piece of fruit.โ
18.02.2026 16:37 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Kathleen loved working with Jerry Lewis over multiple movies and he clearly loved working with her: youtu.be/P6uspjCDdxg?...
17.02.2026 16:43 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0When I first started reading Superman as a kid, there were no artist credits, but his Superman became the Superman in my head.
17.02.2026 16:33 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My then writing partner Hillary Rollins, me and Kathleen:
17.02.2026 05:10 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I worked on a show with her (and proud to say it was my idea to book her) and she was a doll! A few years later, she gave us seats to THE FULL MONTY and we talked backstage. She told no one she had terminal cancer and never missed a performance until the Saturday before she died.
17.02.2026 05:05 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0And no argument here on your central proposition.
15.02.2026 21:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY is a great film noir unavailable on physical media in the USA because of rights issues but thereโs an excellent copy on YouTube. Highly recommended for anyone whoโs wanted to see Gene Kelly play a sociopath. And Deannaโs very good in it.
15.02.2026 21:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0She did Hedda Gabler and A Dollโs House in repertory in NY. Happy to say I saw them both.
15.02.2026 21:27 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0For Jack Bennyโs 39th birthday, here, again, is my piece on Jackโs film career. This got the biggest response of any of my Criterion articles. Best of all, it found its way to Jackโs grandson who liked it and showed it to his mother, Joan Benny, who had kind words about it.
14.02.2026 17:05 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Imagine taking a great stage musical and making it at UNIVERSAL (also see - or to be precise, donโt see - THE BOYS FRON SYRACUSE)
14.02.2026 05:26 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Angela Lansbury did the same thing on MURDER SHE WROTE.
14.02.2026 05:20 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Scatology - โI do not think that word means what you think it means โ.
13.02.2026 22:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Screaming bisexual, perhaps. Kaye made an aggressive pass at the wife of a friend of mine when he was literally in the next room.
13.02.2026 20:10 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Just watched โThe Deeper You Digโ and it was excellent. Looking forward to the rest of their films.
12.02.2026 21:49 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Speaking as a former professional comedy writer, if I were working today, Iโd have to completely stay offline in fear that I would see forty versions of every joke I write before I pitch it.
11.02.2026 05:50 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โMostly โ
09.02.2026 18:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Only if we used them in sketches or bits (misty cold openings) The interviews were all Dave.
09.02.2026 18:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0The missing cast member:
09.02.2026 15:58 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Bud Abbott, of course!
09.02.2026 15:56 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Well, the song was goodโฆ
09.02.2026 05:11 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0She was the best!
08.02.2026 23:12 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Which reminds me of Comden and Greenโs
Things with good lines
Like things from Kleinโs!
You never know - their first production of WONDERFUL TOWN was one of their best and the recent second production was one of their worst.
08.02.2026 19:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I know people who have dropped out too, but there hasnโt been a season in which there wasnโt at least one show I was happy to have seen.
08.02.2026 02:37 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0