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From: D Yuniskis on 14 Apr 2010 03:32 D Yuniskis wrote: >>> I also wonder if "Bad Hat Harry" (productions) isn't >>> Harry Anderson's (?) firm... >> >> It could be. If it's trademarked or copyrighted it should say who >> owns it in the govenment's public records. > > Yeah, I just never chased it down. > > He apparently was a professional "con-man"/swindler before > ending up on TV. Has an amusing little book out re: cons. Ah, I must apologize; apparently a street magician: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Anderson And, "Bad Hat Harry" has nothing to do with him: http://tviv.org/Bad_Hat_Harry_Productions
From: Michael A. Terrell on 14 Apr 2010 03:29 D Yuniskis wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > Michael A. Terrell wrote: > > D Yuniskis wrote: > >> Michael A. Terrell wrote: > >>> D Yuniskis wrote: > >>> > >>>> "And I'm feeling MUCH better, now..." ;-) (probably too many > >>>> cultural ties for that to be as amusing as *I* find it :< ) > >>> "But there was that Jello incident..." > >>> > >>> Some episodes of 'Night Court' were on Youtube recently. > >> Really? I keep thinking I should try to buy the series. > >> That and MWC. Total brain rot! > > > > Sometimes you need just that to relax and clear your mind after a bad > > day. Either one can do the trick. Have you ever watched 'My name is > > Earl'? > > Yeah, but it gets pretty lame. And, too "moral" (i.e., having > crossed something off his list, ultimately, at the end of > each show). Joy, hitting him in the head the the Motel phone wasn't very 'moral' ;-) > Best of *all* time was SOAP. That is an oldie! > >> I also wonder if "Bad Hat Harry" (productions) isn't > >> Harry Anderson's (?) firm... > > > > It could be. If it's trademarked or copyrighted it should say who > > owns it in the govenment's public records. > > Yeah, I just never chased it down. > > He apparently was a professional "con-man"/swindler before > ending up on TV. Has an amusing little book out re: cons. I knew that he was a 'Street Magician'. -- Lead free solder is Belgium's version of 'Hold my beer and watch this!'
From: D Yuniskis on 14 Apr 2010 14:23 Hi Michael, Michael A. Terrell wrote: >> Yeah, but it gets pretty lame. And, too "moral" (i.e., having >> crossed something off his list, ultimately, at the end of >> each show). > > Joy, hitting him in the head the the Motel phone wasn't very 'moral' > ;-) Or hitting him with the car, etc. But, the ending was always "tidy" :-( >> Best of *all* time was SOAP. > > That is an oldie! Yes. Yet, there are probably more "memorable scenes/line" from that (IME) than any other series. Unfortunately, it suffered the inevitable fate of any such show that tries to "linger" -- getting more and more outrageous/implausible with each episode. And, given how over-the-top it was when it *started*... :< I think the only such series that didn't overstay its welcome was The Lost Room. Obviously, the creators set up the plot intending for a *long* run ("100 objects in the room" -- gee, what a curious number! why not 37? or, 45??). Six episodes wasn't enough. Ten would probably have been too many. :-/
From: Michael A. Terrell on 14 Apr 2010 17:05 D Yuniskis wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > Michael A. Terrell wrote: > >> Yeah, but it gets pretty lame. And, too "moral" (i.e., having > >> crossed something off his list, ultimately, at the end of > >> each show). > > > > Joy, hitting him in the head the the Motel phone wasn't very 'moral' > > ;-) > > Or hitting him with the car, etc. But, the ending was > always "tidy" :-( > > >> Best of *all* time was SOAP. > > > > That is an oldie! > > Yes. Yet, there are probably more "memorable scenes/line" > from that (IME) than any other series. > > Unfortunately, it suffered the inevitable fate of any such > show that tries to "linger" -- getting more and more > outrageous/implausible with each episode. And, given how > over-the-top it was when it *started*... :< > > I think the only such series that didn't overstay > its welcome was The Lost Room. Obviously, the creators > set up the plot intending for a *long* run ("100 objects > in the room" -- gee, what a curious number! why not 37? > or, 45??). Six episodes wasn't enough. Ten would probably > have been too many. :-/ I'm not familar with that series, and for some reason, this computer recently stopped letting me access most websites. It's propably another dying motherboard, since I use my oldest equipment to access newsgroups. -- Lead free solder is Belgium's version of 'Hold my beer and watch this!'
From: D Yuniskis on 14 Apr 2010 17:57
Hi Michael, Michael A. Terrell wrote: >> I think the only such series that didn't overstay >> its welcome was The Lost Room. Obviously, the creators >> set up the plot intending for a *long* run ("100 objects >> in the room" -- gee, what a curious number! why not 37? >> or, 45??). Six episodes wasn't enough. Ten would probably >> have been too many. :-/ > > I'm not familar with that series, and for some reason, this computer > recently stopped letting me access most websites. It's propably another > dying motherboard, since I use my oldest equipment to access newsgroups. Hard to describe it -- though it was "different". Available on DVD. Firefly (and the followup movie, Serenity) are also good for rotting brain cells. Jericho was too long -- yet cut too short. The 4400 was also. It must be a really challenging business to be in -- coming up with stories that you can "milk" for many episodes; yet be able to bring to an "appropriate" conclusion (in spite of marketing pressures) I don't watch "TV" (CATV or broadcast) so I'm at the mercy of whatever I stumble across... :> |