And I did not realize it, but just found out that that particular song was the opening song for the sitcom Everybody loves Raymond from seasons seven through nine.
Chris Quarles On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 5:27 PM Tony Calvert <tonycalvert...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree about anything for the money, sometimes it works out well and > sometimes actors do it at the end of their career and just just to get by > (Lon Chaney Jr, Bela Lugosi, Mickey Rooney come to mind). Donald > Sutherland was the exception as well as Robert Mitchum (admittedly took a > role if the check would clear). > > Greg, I am curious about the stupid hit song. What is the title if you > don't mind me asking? > > On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 4:06 PM Alan Heimann <alanheim...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Sure tcm will do a tribute will certainly be watching >> >> On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 4:54 PM Greg Douglass < >> 000002bc9f772b29-dmarc-requ...@listserv.american.edu> wrote: >> >>> Sad but not unexpected. 88 is a good run. >>> Interesting; I just watched "Die, Die my Darling!", a Hammer horror hag >>> quickie that was part of the post-Baby Jane deluge of this short-lived >>> genre. Sutherland played a mentally challenged young man. I was astonished >>> to see the same actor playing a wisecraking doctor in "M*A*S*H*". After >>> looking at his IMDB history it appears that he spent much time in the UK >>> during his early career. >>> As a musician who has played on a lot of crappy tunes I agree that >>> artists go where the money is. "Pay the rent or be untrue to my artistic >>> ideals?" ( I'm best known for my guitar playing on a pretty stupid hit >>> song. That dumb tune has bought me a crapload of movie posters.) >>> Sutherland was a first class actor who did indeed play in a lot of >>> drek...but ya have to have a lot of time in the batter's box to hit some >>> home runs. "Klute" and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" are enough evidence >>> of greatness for this armchair critic. >>> Greg Douglass >>> Coos Bay, OR >>> >>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 1:37 PM >>> *From:* "Scott Burns" <sbu...@columbus.rr.com> >>> *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] RIP Donald Sutherland >>> >>> Someone else mentioned one of Sutherland’s best, the 1978 remake of >>> “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” but what about “Klute?” Every time I >>> encounter it on TCM I can’t not watch. >>> >>> >>> >>> But curious, Bruce, do you really think his main criteria for taking a >>> role was just the cash? I’d call him a working actor—in it for the long >>> haul. Sometimes you make a classic, sometimes you make a dud. But staying >>> employed in the acting business long term can be difficult. Seems like an >>> unnecessary dig that money was his driving force. Just my 2 cents. >>> >>> >>> >>> Scott >>> >>> MoPo List Owner >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> *On Behalf Of *Bruce >>> Hershenson >>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2024 2:17 PM >>> *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>> *Subject:* [MOPO] RIP Donald Sutherland >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *RIP Donald Sutherland :( He was a superb Canadian actor from the 1960s >>> to the present. While he gave wonderful performances in a number of movies, >>> his main criteria for deciding to take a role seemed to be how much he was >>> paid, because he appeared in lots of movies not worthy of his talents. Some >>> of his movies include: JFK, MASH (as Hawkeye Pierce), Ordinary People, >>> Dirty Dozen, Animal House, Don't Look Now, 1900, Cold Mountain, Kelly's >>> Heroes, and The Hunger Games series (as President Snow). In 2015's >>> "Forsaken", he played the father of his real life son, Kiefer Sutherland, >>> who is also a wonderful actor, and in many ways has followed in his >>> father's footsteps. See >>> https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/movies/donald-sutherland-dead.html >>> <https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/movies/donald-sutherland-dead.html>* >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >>> >>> Virus-free.www.avg.com >>> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >>> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
