I was responding in the context of Blazing Saddles. Regards
DBT Profile -----Original Message----- From: Kirby McDaniel [mailto:ki...@movieart.net] Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 1:22 PM To: Doug Taylor Cc: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Some big shoes to fill I can't believe you don't know or don't remember that IMMORTAL line! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSGXe-x-E9g If you haven't seen this film, you need to sit down with your children and have a family movie night. K. On Feb 23, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Doug Taylor wrote: > Huh? > > Regards, > > DBT > > -----Original Message----- > From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of > Kirby McDaniel > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 11:15 AM > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Subject: [MOPO] Some big shoes to fill > > How about Faye Dunaway when she said "Don't fuck with me, fellas." > > They just don't make movies like that anymore. > > > Do they? > > > K. > > > On Feb 23, 2012, at 4:07 AM, jboh...@aol.com wrote: > >> My favorite is Gene Wilder smoking weed and talking in a high voice >> also > the Waco kid's steady hand but he shoots with the other one that > cannot stop moving and I love the rendition of I get a kick out of > You. Lastly we cannot forget the bean scene...they don't make movies like this anymore. >> >> This never happened to the other fella. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: peter contarino <pcontar...@triad.rr.com> >> To: MoPo-L <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> >> Sent: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 8:01 >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] How did he do such great stunts, with such little > feet? >> >> My favorite: Slim Pickins at the toll booth- Anybody got any dimes? >> Someone go back to camp and get a shitload a' dimes. From: MoPo List >> [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of David Kusumoto >> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:22 PM >> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >> Subject: [MOPO] How did he do such great stunts, with such little feet? >> >> What, no one cares about Hed-ley Lamarr? >> >> > "How did he do such great stunts, with such little feet?" >> >> Lamarr's (Harvey Korman) final words after he gets shot by Sheriff >> Bart > (Cleavon Little) outside of Grauman's Chinese, gazing at Douglas Fairbanks' > footprints (Blazing Saddles, 1974). >> >> My favorite scene in that picture is when Bart holds a gun to his own >> neck, playing a stooge hostage who cries out "Help me, somebody help >> me!" - in front of the clueless and racist townsfolk, who all have >> the > same last name, "Johnson."> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:18:02 -0500 > > > From: douglasbtay...@hotmail.com > Subject: Re: OT: DiCaprio Helps > AMPAS Acquire Best Condition Ruby Slippers from "Oz." >> > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > "How did he do such >> great stunts, with such little feet?" >> > >> > OK, that's a softball tossed up there for all to knock out of >> the > park. >> > >> > Regards >> > >> > DBT >> > Profile >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf >> Of Freeman > Fisher > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:10 >> PM > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT: >> DiCaprio Helps AMPAS Acquire Best Condition Ruby > Slippers from >> "Oz." >> > >> > Well I think its swell Leo pitched in on the shoes, but I just >> don't think > their his size. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Feb 22, 2012, at 2:27 PM, David Kusumoto wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > February 22, 2012 >> > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >> > > >> > > "Oz" Ruby Slippers Find Their Way Home. >> > > MAJOR ACQUISITION FOR THE ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES. >> > > Leonardo DiCaprio spearheads effort with help from Steven >> Spielberg, Terry > Semel. >> > > >> > > Beverly Hills, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and >> Sciences has > acquired a pair of the iconic ruby slippers from >> "The Wizard of Oz" for the > Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. >> > > >> > > Actor Leonardo DiCaprio led a group of "angel donors" whose >> gifts to the > Academy Foundation enabled the purchase. >> > > >> > > In addition to the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation - a >> component fund of CCF > Environmental and Humanitarian Causes - >> donations came from > producer-director Steven Spielberg and Terry >> Semel, co-chair of Los Angeles > County Museum of Art and the >> former chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. and > Yahoo! - along with >> other > donors. >> > > >> > > "The ruby slippers occupy an extraordinary place in the >> hearts of movie > audiences the world over," said Bob Iger, >> president and CEO of the Walt > Disney Co. and chair of the >> capital campaign for the Academy Museum of > Motion Pictures. >> "This is a > transformative acquisition for our collection." >> > > >> > > "Leo's passionate leadership has helped us bring home this >> legendary piece > of movie history," added Academy CEO Dawn Hudson. >> "It's a wonderful gift to > the Academy museum project, and a >> perfect representation of the work we do > year-round to preserve >> and > share our film heritage." >> > > >> > > These slippers, known as the "Witch's Shoes," are in the >> most pristine > condition of the four pairs of ruby slippers known >> to exist. It is widely > believed that these are the slippers Judy >> Garland wore in close-ups and > insert shots, most famously when >> Dorothy clicks her heels three times to > return to Kansas. They >> are called the "Witch's Shoes" because they are > likely the pair >> seen on the feet of the Wicked Witch of the East after > Dorothy's > house falls on the witch. >> > > >> > > After production of the film ended in 1939, the ruby >> slippers were stored > on MGM's Culver City lot for the next three >> decades. Several pairs of > slippers were discovered in 1970 by >> costumer Kent Warner while he was > preparing for that year's >> historic auction of MGM costumes, props and other > >> production-related items. One pair of slippers was sold at the >> auction and > > was donated anonymously to the Smithsonian in 1979. >> > > >> > > Warner kept the finest pair - the "Witch's Shoes" - in his >> private > collection for more than a decade before selling them at > auction in 1981. >> > They were sold again in 1988 to another private collector, and >> have been > displayed publicly only a handful of times in the >> years since, most notably > at the National Portrait Gallery and >> the Library > of Congress. >> > > >> > > The 2012 sale to the Academy was handled by auction house >> Profiles in > History. >> > > >> > > Last October, the Academy and the Los Angeles County Museum >> of Art > announced plans to establish the Academy Museum of Motion >> Pictures inside > the historic May Company building, currently >> known as LACMA West. 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