aww this is just sad. Today's imdb poll question is
For what comedic role will you best remember Harvey Korman?
and
I am not familiar with Mr. Korman's work
is winning.
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aww this is just sad. Today's imdb poll question is
For what comedic role will you best remember Harvey Korman?
and
I am not familiar with Mr. Korman's work
is winning.
Kids these days....
From my vantage point, it looks like the Universal fire may have flared back up. Off to check the news.
I imagine he's currently sleeping soundly in Pasadena
Yeah, I completely forgot about the time difference when I posted that.
this google hit reminded me to check the date on things...
Bomb Threat and Then Fire Strike at Universal Studios
in the tiny print under the headline:
Published: September 6, 1987
Nothing on the tube. What happened to Fox 11? They used to break into anything to cover a fire.
Yeah, I completely forgot about the time difference when I posted that.
It was pure fluke that I happened to be up so friggin' early this morning. It's Sunday! I wanted to sleep in! I was up by 6:00 (though I didn't really get out of bed until 7:00).
It's Sunday! I wanted to sleep in!
For me, 8:30 is sleeping in. One of my least favorite things about being a parent.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who makes mistakes with dates. A reporter asked the president of Universal about the bomb threat.
I saw Prince Caspian yesterday. I thought it was incredibly dull and ponderous, and everything Aslan said was horrifically "Chicken Soup for the Soul". Also, the score was completely ineffective, until the last song, which I thought was so obnoxious as to be offensive. Then too, If I hadn't read the books a dozen times and enjoyed the first movie, I would have had no idea what was going on. Couldn't they have had a couple of hundred fewer shots of Lucy's face looking cute and mysterious and replaced them with at least a LITTLE exposition?
In the plus column.... um. Reepicheep was cute, if way underused.
ETA: Edited because "pithy" does not mean exactly what I thought it meant.
So, if I absolutely hated the first movie, and didn't feel that it took me into the land of Narnia, I shouldn't see Prince Caspian? Because, wow, I so did not feel any magic in the first movie, didn't care a jot about the characters or the story, and hated the inconsistent CGI. Laughed riotously at the beaver family be smashed inconsiderately to smithereens by our supposed heroes.
Loved Mr. Tumnus' goaty landing strip, though, naughty me.
(I loved the books, although I haven't read them in decade)/