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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 12:24 PM
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One of My All-Time Favorite Movies Is On RIGHT NOW!!!!
"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World" - on Turner Classic Movies.

:-)
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 12:26 PM
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1. I'm watching it, too.........
Just about everyone that was in this movie is dead now. So sad.
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 12:27 PM
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2. did you know that there's a guy
whose life's work is the finding of all the 'lost' snippets of the original movie, which I saw when it came out in Cinerama theater in Philly?

It was originally, I think, almost 4 hours long, and supposedly there was a print which was even longer.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 12:37 PM
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4. I Think The Only Ones Left....
...are Mickey Rooney, Jonathan Winters, and Sid Caesar.
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 12:40 PM
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5. Sid Caesar is dead. He died about 8 years ago.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 12:45 PM
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6. No He Didn't
He was on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" a few years ago.
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 01:15 PM
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8. Sorry, I've been burying people alive all over the place today.
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 01:33 PM
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9. Don't forget Edie Adams
She played Sid Caesar's wife and in real life is the magnificent Ernie Kovacs widow.

And amongst the cameeos and other small parts, Don Knotts, Carl Reiner and Arnold Stang.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 01:35 PM
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10. That's Right
Edie Adams is on the screen as I'm typing this.

BTW - Spencer Tracy's wife (the nagging voice on the telephone) - was that Selma Diamond?
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 01:45 PM
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12. yes it is Selma Diamond
I also forgot Jerry Lewis amongst the cameos. Guess I may have to pull out the DVD when I get home and give it a re watch.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 02:07 PM
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14. Edie Adams Must Have Made This Film Right After Ernie Kovacs Died
When he died in a car crash in 1962, he left Edie with huge debts, largely from gambling. That's when she started doing those Muriel cigar commercials, to pay off Ernie's debts.
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mockmonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 03:17 PM
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18. and Peter Falk
also Stan Freberg, he's sitting with Andy Devine but has no lines.
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3trievers Donating Member (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 12:37 PM
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3. one of the best
I laughed so long and often while watching that movie I felt emotionally drained afterward.It is a great movie.
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alwynsw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 12:50 PM
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7. It's got a much better "W" at the end than we do.
Sorry if I've ruined it for you. I wonder if theres a message from TCM here about the hollowness of getting "W".
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 01:37 PM
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11. That movie STILL cracks my shit up!!!!
One of the best comedies EVER!!!!

Great movie!
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 01:54 PM
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13. This is no place for a convertble!!!
The guy damn near drowned when they shot that scene.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 02:08 PM
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15. That "Guy" Was Phil Silvers
A very underrated performer, IMHO.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 02:35 PM
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16. I wonder if that big palm tree W is still there?
:shrug:
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 03:15 PM
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17. greatest collection of comics ever assembled anywhere . . .
it took me several viewings before I even spotted and identified all of them . . . wonderful movie, and I never tire of watching it . . . :)
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 03:19 PM
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19. Just finished watching it!
I could have smacked the guy who called on the phone just as it was starting.
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