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Richard-Nathan

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Playwright, retired Entertainment Lawyer (used to work for Fox and then for NBC Universal), William Shakespeare fanatic, fan of 1940s pop culture. I write and self-publish Shakespeare parodies, horror sketches, and science fiction-sketches.

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I think in colonial Massachusetts, you were not supposed to celebrate Christmas because the word "Christmas" is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible.

06.12.2025 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is Snoopy talking about the death of Trump?

03.12.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Report it to whom, and how?

03.12.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump does everything backwards.

02.12.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I loathe "It's A Wonderful Life," and I always have. I expected it to be a movie fantasy all about what the world would have been like if a man had never been born, but that was only... what? Ten minutes? Fifteen minutes? Most of the movie is about how disappointing his life actually was.

02.12.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So are you saying that when the movie version of Dorothy says "There is no place like home" (with home being Kansas), she is actually full of shit? I would not necessarily disagree with that.

02.12.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does anyone else still listen to Indus Arthur music? She used to play the harp at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire in California, back when it was run by hippies and flower children. Her Christmas tape is my very favorite Christmas music. Nothing else comes close.

02.12.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is that a picture of Grant that the Trump supporter uses for his ID.? I have facial recognition problems, but it sure looks like Grant. Why would a Trump supporter admire Grant?

02.12.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you include "The Lion in Winter' as a Christmas movie? It is literally about a family getting together to celebrate Christmas. I prefer the original version with Peter O'Toole to the remake with Patrick Stewart, but both are good.

01.12.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The killing of helpless survivors was in total compliance with the Nazi rules of armed combat.

01.12.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The files that are required to be released are not just the files regarding child molestation. The bill also requires the release of files regarding Epstein's death.

01.12.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I went to school and worked with John Ashton at the theater Department at U.S.C. I also worked with John Ritter, Jack Bender, Laura Ziskin, Joel Polis and many other great people. I learned far more from my fellow students than I learned from the professors.

01.12.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have always been averse to conspiracy theories. I do not believe the government is capable of covering up a secret that reques a very large number of people to cooperate and keep the secret. But lately I am thinking more and more that Trump's goverment really did murder Jeffrey Epstein.

01.12.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Raymond Chandler deserves credit for co-writing the screenplay with Wilder, based on the book by James M. Cain

01.12.2025 09:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

FDR was a wealthy polititian who did more to help the middle class than any U.S. President before or since.

01.12.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought the D-Day sequence in "Saving Private Ryan" was brilliant, and the rest of that movie was crap - especially the awful speech about the girl who fell out of the ugly tree. William Goldman wrote a wonderful essay about why "Saving Private Ryan" was ctap.

30.11.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I stopped being a fan of Snoppy when he started selling Met Life insurance. The Snoopy I grew up with would not shill for an insrance company.

30.11.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was very sorry to hear Stoppard passed away. Somewhere I have an autographed copy of "Shakespeare in Love" I got when Stoppard appeared at the UCLA Book Fair. My favorite play of his is "Arcadia."

30.11.2025 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you have actual evidence Musk switched the votes?

30.11.2025 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nancy better not look like a cat. If Aunt Fritzi thinks Nancy looks like a cat, then Fritzi will expect Nancy to kill mice.

30.11.2025 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

W.T.F.??? Charlie Brown is letting his dog freeze to death???? No wonder Charlie Brown does not have any friends!

30.11.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You need to change "to believe that" to "to admit that." The Republicans already believe Trump wa guilty, but they won't admit it.

30.11.2025 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Underhanded
Uncouth

29.11.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I would rather look like cat than look like a guy wearing a polka-dot bow tie.

29.11.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If Betty has four eyes, then she should only have a maximum of two mouths. That is just common sense.

28.11.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I loathe "It's A Wonderful Life." It is a film about a man who suffers one miserable disappointment after another; who sacrifices nearly everything he had for other people, and who then decides his life is wonderful because the people he has done so much for finally do a few small things for him.

28.11.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I hate Trump. Trump is an imbecile. However, anyone who says there are no stupid questions has obviously never spent much time on social media.

28.11.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was wrong. Magoo played Watson, not Sherlock.

28.11.2025 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I can only think of two. Basil Rathbone and Mr. Magoo (voiced by Jim Backus). Who was the third actor who played both Scrooge and Sherlock?

28.11.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For several decades, it was thought that the television version of "The Stingiest Man in Town" with Basil Rathbone was lost, but then about 5 or 6 years ago, a copy was found, and it was released as a DVD. Rathbone makes a perfect Scrooge.

28.11.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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