This 20-minute video would make a good 7-page comic book story, so I had no trouble guessing the ending, but what I didn’t see coming was the secretary. You have the advantage of seeing her in the preview picture, called a poster frame. Hey, is that……..? Yes, it is.
https://youtu.be/1FzdrPRmCLQ
Neil Innes has died. I’m shattered by this terrible news and will write more later.
The cartoon below features Neil performing a Beatles song, and doing it straight, for an HP computer commercial in England. A tip o’ the Dog Rat toupee to J.J. Sedelmaier for this. He’s the animator who collaborated with Stephen Colbert on the Ambiguously Gay Duo cartoons, among other TV Funhouse features for Saturday Night Live.
Where did Tarantino get that crazy idea, anyway? The source is below.
“Ford v. Ferrari” is my second favorite buddy movie this year with two superstars that’s set in 1960’s Los Angeles. Well, mostly in L.A., as the last third is the 1966 Le Mans Grand Prix in France.
With the Millennial generation bringing with it the sudden death of America’s car culture, “Ford v. Ferrari” proves it’s still possible to enjoy the roar of an internal combustion engine and the screech of tires. Especially in IMAX, and without it being the fantasy of “The Fast and the Furious”. Oh, for the days before pollution controls, when leaded gas cost pennies per gallon!
What’s my favorite buddy movie this year — or any year — with two superstars set in 1960’s Los Angeles? Heck, it’s one of my favorite movies period.
Something I missed catching in May was that Allene Roberts has passed away. Allene’s life began and ended in Alabama, but for almost ten years, starting as a teenager, she was in Hollywood.
I was very young the first time I saw Allene, in one of the early episodes of The Adventures of Superman. When I watched “The Haunted Lighthouse” as a kid, Allene was already in her 30’s and had left the business.
As a devoted fan of the TV series, I enjoyed spotting Allene’s appearances in other episodes. She could play a sad and lonely part, as seen in “The Haunted Lighthouse,” and the start of the feature film The Red House, but Allene could also shine, as she does in the second half of the picture. “Girls don’t come prettier anyplace,” the narrator says when Allene’s character is introduced.
The Red House is an outstanding film. The contrast between Allene and co-star Julie London is developed very skillfully, as each of them blossoms in her own way, becoming more assured of themselves but doubtful of some others. This publicity shot with Julie shows that Allene could hold her own as a glamour girl.
“The Red House” is available on YouTube in very good quality.
In The Hoodlum, Allene’s sweet innocence is robbed by her fiancée’s crooked brother. The shocking pivotal scene with Allene is cut so short it’s hard to tell what she did. Perhaps this was done as censorship for TV. The print that TCM shows, presumably the best available, has the same abrupt fade-out.
This weblog turned 13 on September 5. Teens can be difficult, and with the arrival of adolescence you should expect some surly and dismissive posts.
