Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN
Two and a Half Men for me is as Peter says medicore at best I'd say it was tosh. I will name a few sitcoms that have been imported to the UK that I feel had an excellent team of writers that kept the viewers coming back for more. Some might be classed as Comedy Drama. Boston Legal (one of the best US Comedy Drama's ever) Scrubs Friends Frasier Cheers All in the Family Roseanne had some very good high peaks. The Office And of course MASH There are many more that I cannot think of just yet but there is an awful lot of dross which doesn't deserve to be high rating winners. There was one series about 15 years ago made by HBO that was a little near the knuckle and it involved carnal activities of a young bachelor it had only one series but it was funny. I also think Cougar Town has potential. I will say that I think when the US writers come up with something and it's good - it is really good. But things like Will and Grace, Two and Half Men, Dharma and Greg and this new one Hot in Cleveland are truly poor examples of American Comedy. I do feel that sitcoms at their best nothing comes close to Fawlty Towers, probably The Office (UK version), and there are several that I will not name as they really are purely British that do not export well but truly are so funny that your ribs ache. It is such a shame that Sheen has come out of the closet as such an idiot but hey...if he had any sense his bank account will be quite full that he can put the bulk of it in a high interest account and sniff the interest! This never happened to the other fella. -Original Message- From: peter contarino pcontar...@triad.rr.com To: 'Adrian Cowdry' jboh...@aol.com CC: mopo-l@listserv.american.edu Sent: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:40 Subject: RE: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN I have to agree with Ade on this. I don’t tend to jump into threads but this guy is so annoying I feel the need to vent. First, with the world blowing up around us, I can’t fathom how this is newsworthy. It’s speaks poorly for the media and the public in general. Secondly, Two and a Half men is a really mediocre, low-brow show. Thirdly, I don’t know Sheen but he seems like a real scumbag and is marginally talented at best. I will depart with Ade on his comment that it is not up to US sitcom standards. I think it is completely on par with the absolute dreck that dominates the airwaves. I can scarcely think of a comedy that is any more interesting than the commercials funding them. There are several decent comedies on some of the pay channels but the Majors have set the bar so low that it is scarcely worth the trouble to watch. I feel better now… -peter From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Adrian Cowdry Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:55 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Charlie Sheen has made a right charlie of himself. He was never the greatest actor...he was never the best comedian. Obviously he was in the right place at the right time and had a great formula with an exceptionally good team of writers that made him the focal point of a TV series that was mediacore at best. There I said it. Two and a Half Men was not fantastic. Better sitcoms have been produced in the US. This series was based, lets face it, loosely around Sheen's actual hell raising lifestyle. How this series could have garnered awards I cannot fathom. The acting was stilted, the comedy was transparent. It was not up to the standards of US sitcom writing. It would be nice if now the networks cast around and get down to something a lot better and classier. Sheen has killed his career, if he ever works in Hollywood again it will be a cold day in hell I suspect. I think the man was stupid to kill the Golden Goose but I do not think his brand of sitcom will be missed. I am sure that the writing team that backs Two and a Half Men will come up with a formula as good - hopefully better - and not be saddled with an over indulged actor to lead the troops. This never happened to the other fella. -Original Message- From: Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.net To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 21:55 Subject: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/charlie-sheen-fired-from-two-and-a-half-men/?emc=na Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680 www.movieart.net mobile 512 589 5112 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
Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN
Yes, buit only the UK edition of MASH which the BBC insisted did not have the laugh track. Without the ghastly laugh track, MASH was quite a different show altogether. Phil - Original Message - From: Adrian Cowdry To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Two and a Half Men for me is as Peter says medicore at best I'd say it was tosh. I will name a few sitcoms that have been imported to the UK that I feel had an excellent team of writers that kept the viewers coming back for more. Some might be classed as Comedy Drama. Boston Legal (one of the best US Comedy Drama's ever) Scrubs Friends Frasier Cheers All in the Family Roseanne had some very good high peaks. The Office And of course MASH There are many more that I cannot think of just yet but there is an awful lot of dross which doesn't deserve to be high rating winners. There was one series about 15 years ago made by HBO that was a little near the knuckle and it involved carnal activities of a young bachelor it had only one series but it was funny. I also think Cougar Town has potential. I will say that I think when the US writers come up with something and it's good - it is really good. But things like Will and Grace, Two and Half Men, Dharma and Greg and this new one Hot in Cleveland are truly poor examples of American Comedy. I do feel that sitcoms at their best nothing comes close to Fawlty Towers, probably The Office (UK version), and there are several that I will not name as they really are purely British that do not export well but truly are so funny that your ribs ache. It is such a shame that Sheen has come out of the closet as such an idiot but hey...if he had any sense his bank account will be quite full that he can put the bulk of it in a high interest account and sniff the interest! This never happened to the other fella. -Original Message- From: peter contarino pcontar...@triad.rr.com To: 'Adrian Cowdry' jboh...@aol.com CC: mopo-l@listserv.american.edu Sent: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:40 Subject: RE: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN I have to agree with Ade on this. I don’t tend to jump into threads but this guy is so annoying I feel the need to vent. First, with the world blowing up around us, I can’t fathom how this is newsworthy. It’s speaks poorly for the media and the public in general. Secondly, Two and a Half men is a really mediocre, low-brow show. Thirdly, I don’t know Sheen but he seems like a real scumbag and is marginally talented at best. I will depart with Ade on his comment that it is not up to US sitcom standards. I think it is completely on par with the absolute dreck that dominates the airwaves. I can scarcely think of a comedy that is any more interesting than the commercials funding them. There are several decent comedies on some of the pay channels but the Majors have set the bar so low that it is scarcely worth the trouble to watch. I feel better now… -peter From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Adrian Cowdry Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:55 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Charlie Sheen has made a right charlie of himself. He was never the greatest actor...he was never the best comedian. Obviously he was in the right place at the right time and had a great formula with an exceptionally good team of writers that made him the focal point of a TV series that was mediacore at best. There I said it. Two and a Half Men was not fantastic. Better sitcoms have been produced in the US. This series was based, lets face it, loosely around Sheen's actual hell raising lifestyle. How this series could have garnered awards I cannot fathom. The acting was stilted, the comedy was transparent. It was not up to the standards of US sitcom writing. It would be nice if now the networks cast around and get down to something a lot better and classier. Sheen has killed his career, if he ever works in Hollywood again it will be a cold day in hell I suspect. I think the man was stupid to kill the Golden Goose but I do not think his brand of sitcom will be missed. I am sure that the writing team that backs Two and a Half Men will come up with a formula as good - hopefully better - and not be saddled with an over indulged actor to lead the troops. This never happened to the other fella. -Original Message- From: Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.net To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 21:55 Subject: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/charlie-sheen-fired-from-two-and-a-half-men/?emc=na Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680 www.movieart.net mobile 512 589 5112
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Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN
Are you trying to say MEDIOCRE? Or is medicore some new word I don't know. That, too, is possible. Kirby On Mar 9, 2011, at 2:05 AM, Adrian Cowdry wrote: Two and a Half Men for me is as Peter says medicore at best I'd say it was tosh. I will name a few sitcoms that have been imported to the UK that I feel had an excellent team of writers that kept the viewers coming back for more. Some might be classed as Comedy Drama. Boston Legal (one of the best US Comedy Drama's ever) Scrubs Friends Frasier Cheers All in the Family Roseanne had some very good high peaks. The Office And of course MASH There are many more that I cannot think of just yet but there is an awful lot of dross which doesn't deserve to be high rating winners. There was one series about 15 years ago made by HBO that was a little near the knuckle and it involved carnal activities of a young bachelor it had only one series but it was funny. I also think Cougar Town has potential. I will say that I think when the US writers come up with something and it's good - it is really good. But things like Will and Grace, Two and Half Men, Dharma and Greg and this new one Hot in Cleveland are truly poor examples of American Comedy. I do feel that sitcoms at their best nothing comes close to Fawlty Towers, probably The Office (UK version), and there are several that I will not name as they really are purely British that do not export well but truly are so funny that your ribs ache. It is such a shame that Sheen has come out of the closet as such an idiot but hey...if he had any sense his bank account will be quite full that he can put the bulk of it in a high interest account and sniff the interest! This never happened to the other fella. -Original Message- From: peter contarino pcontar...@triad.rr.com To: 'Adrian Cowdry' jboh...@aol.com CC: mopo-l@listserv.american.edu Sent: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:40 Subject: RE: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN I have to agree with Ade on this. I don’t tend to jump into threads but this guy is so annoying I feel the need to vent. First, with the world blowing up around us, I can’t fathom how this is newsworthy. It’s speaks poorly for the media and the public in general. Secondly, Two and a Half men is a really mediocre, low-brow show. Thirdly, I don’t know Sheen but he seems like a real scumbag and is marginally talented at best. I will depart with Ade on his comment that it is not up to US sitcom standards. I think it is completely on par with the absolute dreck that dominates the airwaves. I can scarcely think of a comedy that is any more interesting than the commercials funding them. There are several decent comedies on some of the pay channels but the Majors have set the bar so low that it is scarcely worth the trouble to watch. I feel better now… -peter From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Adrian Cowdry Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:55 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Charlie Sheen has made a right charlie of himself. He was never the greatest actor...he was never the best comedian. Obviously he was in the right place at the right time and had a great formula with an exceptionally good team of writers that made him the focal point of a TV series that was mediacore at best. There I said it. Two and a Half Men was not fantastic. Better sitcoms have been produced in the US. This series was based, lets face it, loosely around Sheen's actual hell raising lifestyle. How this series could have garnered awards I cannot fathom. The acting was stilted, the comedy was transparent. It was not up to the standards of US sitcom writing. It would be nice if now the networks cast around and get down to something a lot better and classier. Sheen has killed his career, if he ever works in Hollywood again it will be a cold day in hell I suspect. I think the man was stupid to kill the Golden Goose but I do not think his brand of sitcom will be missed. I am sure that the writing team that backs Two and a Half Men will come up with a formula as good - hopefully better - and not be saddled with an over indulged actor to lead the troops. This never happened to the other fella. -Original Message- From: Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.net To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 21:55 Subject: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/charlie-sheen-fired-from-two-and-a-half-men/?emc=na Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680 www.movieart.net mobile 512 589 5112 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at
Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN
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--- On Wed, 9/3/11, Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.net wrote:
From: Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.net
Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Wednesday, 9 March, 2011, 14:04
Are you trying to say MEDIOCRE?Or is medicore some new word I don't know.
That, too, is possible.
Kirby
On Mar 9, 2011, at 2:05 AM, Adrian Cowdry wrote:
Two and a Half Men for me is as Peter says medicore at best I'd say it was
tosh.
I will name a few sitcoms that have been imported to the UK that I feel had an
excellent team of writers that kept the viewers coming back for more. Some
might be classed as Comedy Drama.
Boston Legal (one of the best US Comedy Drama's ever)
Scrubs
Friends
Frasier
Cheers
All in the Family
Roseanne had some very good high peaks.
The Office
And of course MASH
There are many more that I cannot think of just yet but there is an awful lot
of dross which doesn't deserve to be high rating winners.
There was one series about 15 years ago made by HBO that was a little near the
knuckle and it involved carnal activities of a young bachelor it had only one
series but it was funny.
I also think Cougar Town has potential.
I will say that I think when the US writers come up with something and it's
good - it is really good. But things like Will and Grace, Two and Half Men,
Dharma and Greg and this new one Hot in Cleveland are truly poor examples of
American Comedy.
I do feel that sitcoms at their best nothing comes close to Fawlty Towers,
probably The Office (UK version), and there are several that I will not name as
they really are purely British that do not export well but truly are so funny
that your ribs ache.
It is such a shame that Sheen has come out of the closet as such an idiot but
hey...if he had any sense his bank account will be quite full that he can put
the bulk of it in a high interest account and sniff the interest!
This never happened to the other fella.
-Original Message-
From: peter contarino pcontar...@triad.rr.com
To: 'Adrian Cowdry' jboh...@aol.com
CC: mopo-l@listserv.american.edu
Sent: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:40
Subject: RE: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN
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media and the public in general.
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Heritage is once again offering an incredible selection of vintage original posters, lobby cards, photos, and more! Please come take a look at all the great items you could get at very reasonable prices this week. The 453 lots in this week's auction will end this Sunday, March 13th at 10PM CT. http://movieposters.ha.com/common/search_results.php?N=54+793+794+791+792+2088+4294955728 Here are just a few of the fantastic items we are offering this week: Live and Let Die (United Artists, 1973) James Bond One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51237 The Goonies (Warner Brothers, 1985) Cult Classic One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51158 Return of the Jedi (20th Century Fox, 1983) One Sheet Style B http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51325 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Miramax, 2003) Quentin Tarantino/Uma Thurman One Sheet Advance http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51216 The Trouble with Girls (MGM, 1969) Elvis Presley Lobby Card Set of 8 http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51407 The Last of the Mohicans (United Artists, 1936) Randolph Scott One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51226 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Paramount, 1962) John Wayne James Stewart Lobby Card Set of 8 http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51258 War Propaganda Poster (National Defense, 1942) World War II Poster Loose Talk Can Cost Lives http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51425 Elvis Presley's Hair (1967) Hair from Elvis Presley http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51105 The Fearless Vampire Killers (MGM, 1967) British Front of House Lobby Card Set of 8 http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51114 The Thing (Universal, 1982) John Carpenter Sci-Fi Horror One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51388 The Sons of Katie Elder (Paramount, 1965) John Wayne Insert http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51357 Rough Riding Ranger (Superior Talking Pictures, 1935) Rex Lease Western One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51333 The House of Terror (William Pizor, 1928) Serial One Sheet Chapter 3--Swirling Waters http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51193 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (United Artists, 1968) Four Lobby Cards - Clint Eastwood http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51157 Commando Cody (Republic, 1953) Serial One Sheet Chapter 10--Solar Sky Riders http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51072 Circus of Horrors (American International, 1960) Great British Quad http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51069 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (United Artists, 1974) Clint Eastwood One Sheet - Rare Style A http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51396 Eyes of Texas (Republic, 1948) Roy Rogers Trigger One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=5 West of Shanghai (Warner Brothers, 1937) Boris Karloff One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51430 Vixen! (Eve Productions, 1968) Russ Meyer One Sheet and Photos (3) http://movieposters.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=16Lot_No=51419 And way, way more great items! 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.
Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN
Ade-Boston Legal-not a sitcom, which was the topic. The others all gone(except Scrubs maybe?). You could keep naming past sitcoms back to the 50’s that were quality. My point was that most of what currently passes for comedy is base, pedestrian crap. -peter From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Neil Jaworski Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:20 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN hey kirby medicore provide really average health insurance. neil --- On Wed, 9/3/11, Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.net wrote: From: Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.net Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Wednesday, 9 March, 2011, 14:04 Are you trying to say MEDIOCRE? Or is medicore some new word I don't know. That, too, is possible. Kirby On Mar 9, 2011, at 2:05 AM, Adrian Cowdry wrote: Two and a Half Men for me is as Peter says medicore at best I'd say it was tosh. I will name a few sitcoms that have been imported to the UK that I feel had an excellent team of writers that kept the viewers coming back for more. Some might be classed as Comedy Drama. Boston Legal (one of the best US Comedy Drama's ever) Scrubs Friends Frasier Cheers All in the Family Roseanne had some very good high peaks. The Office And of course MASH There are many more that I cannot think of just yet but there is an awful lot of dross which doesn't deserve to be high rating winners. There was one series about 15 years ago made by HBO that was a little near the knuckle and it involved carnal activities of a young bachelor it had only one series but it was funny. I also think Cougar Town has potential. I will say that I think when the US writers come up with something and it's good - it is really good. But things like Will and Grace, Two and Half Men, Dharma and Greg and this new one Hot in Cleveland are truly poor examples of American Comedy. I do feel that sitcoms at their best nothing comes close to Fawlty Towers, probably The Office (UK version), and there are several that I will not name as they really are purely British that do not export well but truly are so funny that your ribs ache. It is such a shame that Sheen has come out of the closet as such an idiot but hey...if he had any sense his bank account will be quite full that he can put the bulk of it in a high interest account and sniff the interest! http://presence.webmail1.mail.aol.com/mailsig/?sn=jbohmss This never happened to the other fella. -Original Message- From: peter contarino pcontar...@triad.rr.com To: 'Adrian Cowdry' jboh...@aol.com CC: mopo-l@listserv.american.edu Sent: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:40 Subject: RE: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN I have to agree with Ade on this. I don’t tend to jump into threads but this guy is so annoying I feel the need to vent. First, with the world blowing up around us, I can’t fathom how this is newsworthy. It’s speaks poorly for the media and the public in general. Secondly, Two and a Half men is a really mediocre, low-brow show. Thirdly, I don’t know Sheen but he seems like a real scumbag and is marginally talented at best. I will depart with Ade on his comment that it is not up to US sitcom standards. I think it is completely on par with the absolute dreck that dominates the airwaves. I can scarcely think of a comedy that is any more interesting than the commercials funding them. There are several decent comedies on some of the pay channels but the Majors have set the bar so low that it is scarcely worth the trouble to watch. I feel better now… -peter From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Adrian Cowdry Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:55 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Charlie Sheen has made a right charlie of himself. He was never the greatest actor...he was never the best comedian. Obviously he was in the right place at the right time and had a great formula with an exceptionally good team of writers that made him the focal point of a TV series that was mediacore at best. There I said it. Two and a Half Men was not fantastic. Better sitcoms have been produced in the US. This series was based, lets face it, loosely around Sheen's actual hell raising lifestyle. How this series could have garnered awards I cannot fathom. The acting was stilted, the comedy was transparent. It was not up to the standards of US sitcom writing. It would be nice if now the networks cast around and get down to something a lot better and classier. Sheen has killed his career, if he ever works in Hollywood again it will be a cold day in hell I suspect. I think the man was stupid to kill the Golden Goose but I do not think his brand of sitcom will be missed. I am sure that the writing team that backs Two and a Half Men will come up with a formula as good - hopefully better - and not be
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[MOPO] Just wanted to say hello
Well, it has been a while. I have been receiving the MOPO Digest the past couple months after a long time away. Haven't had much time to really read it. I started going through some of them today and it was very nice to see some old familiar names. I met some great people on here! I just finished working on my new website and thought that I should start keeping up on all the goings on of the poster world again. I dropped off the forum scene years ago because some of them were really starting to get to me. There was so much personal and political talk going on; and I was a part of a lot of it. It was consuming a large part of my day. I decided it was time to step away. Not just from the site that was the main cause of my feeling that way, but from all forums. This time around I am going to stay in the wings, I enjoy the great information on this list and the great posters that come up for sale. I just want to say hi to everyone and again I am so glad to see so many familiar names. So many Great people on here and I appreciate all the knowledge I received from all of you! Another reason I am writing is that someone from the group sent me an Aloha Bobby and Rose poster about 5 years ago. My memory sometimes slips me and I can't for the life of me remember who it was, which I am embarrassed to say. I had wrote something on the forum in question above about my father taking me to a drive-in theater as a boy and how much it meant to me. We went to see The Deep, and Aloha Bobby and Rose was playing also. I just want to thank that person again for sending the poster to me! What an amazing individual to do something like that for someone. So if you are out there, please let me know! Hope all of you are doing well!!! Semper Fi, Robert Perry Phone: 847-894-3894 http://www.spotlightdisplays.com/ WWW.SPOTLIGHTDISPLAYS.COM https://www.facebook.com/pages/Movie-Poster-Frames-From-Spotlight-Displays/ 155984247789657?sk=wall Follow Us on Facebook TWITTER: http://twitter.com/PosterFrames Posterframes 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.
Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN
Totally agree the laugh track had to go. This never happened to the other fella. -Original Message- From: Phil Edwards p...@cinemarts.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 8:43 Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Yes, buit only the UK edition of MASH which the BBC insisted did not have the laugh track. Without the ghastly laugh track, MASH was quite a different show altogether. Phil - Original Message - From: Adrian Cowdry To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Two and a Half Men for me is as Peter says medicore at best I'd say it was tosh. I will name a few sitcoms that have been imported to the UK that I feel had an excellent team of writers that kept the viewers coming back for more. Some might be classed as Comedy Drama. Boston Legal (one of the best US Comedy Drama's ever) Scrubs Friends Frasier Cheers All in the Family Roseanne had some very good high peaks. The Office And of course MASH There are many more that I cannot think of just yet but there is an awful lot of dross which doesn't deserve to be high rating winners. There was one series about 15 years ago made by HBO that was a little near the knuckle and it involved carnal activities of a young bachelor it had only one series but it was funny. I also think Cougar Town has potential. I will say that I think when the US writers come up with something and it's good - it is really good. But things like Will and Grace, Two and Half Men, Dharma and Greg and this new one Hot in Cleveland are truly poor examples of American Comedy. I do feel that sitcoms at their best nothing comes close to Fawlty Towers, probably The Office (UK version), and there are several that I will not name as they really are purely British that do not export well but truly are so funny that your ribs ache. It is such a shame that Sheen has come out of the closet as such an idiot but hey...if he had any sense his bank account will be quite full that he can put the bulk of it in a high interest account and sniff the interest! This never happened to the other fella. -Original Message- From: peter contarino pcontar...@triad.rr.com To: 'Adrian Cowdry' jboh...@aol.com CC: mopo-l@listserv.american.edu Sent: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:40 Subject: RE: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN I have to agree with Ade on this. I don’t tend to jump into threads but this guy is so annoying I feel the need to vent. First, with the world blowing up around us, I can’t fathom how this is newsworthy. It’s speaks poorly for the media and the public in general. Secondly, Two and a Half men is a really mediocre, low-brow show. Thirdly, I don’t know Sheen but he seems like a real scumbag and is marginally talented at best. I will depart with Ade on his comment that it is not up to US sitcom standards. I think it is completely on par with the absolute dreck that dominates the airwaves. I can scarcely think of a comedy that is any more interesting than the commercials funding them. There are several decent comedies on some of the pay channels but the Majors have set the bar so low that it is scarcely worth the trouble to watch. I feel better now… -peter From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Adrian Cowdry Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:55 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Charlie Sheen has made a right charlie of himself. He was never the greatest actor...he was never the best comedian. Obviously he was in the right place at the right time and had a great formula with an exceptionally good team of writers that made him the focal point of a TV series that was mediacore at best. There I said it. Two and a Half Men was not fantastic. Better sitcoms have been produced in the US. This series was based, lets face it, loosely around Sheen's actual hell raising lifestyle. How this series could have garnered awards I cannot fathom. The acting was stilted, the comedy was transparent. It was not up to the standards of US sitcom writing. It would be nice if now the networks cast around and get down to something a lot better and classier. Sheen has killed his career, if he ever works in Hollywood again it will be a cold day in hell I suspect. I think the man was stupid to kill the Golden Goose but I do not think his brand of sitcom will be missed. I am sure that the writing team that backs Two and a Half Men will come up with a formula as good - hopefully better - and not be saddled with an over indulged actor to lead the troops. This never happened to the other fella. -Original Message-
Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN
Peter you are not wrong. Most of the sitcom's today and this includes the UK are tosh. I looked in on Hot in Cleveland from the same stables as FrasierUgh! If this is what you come up with after a very good quality sitcom in Frasier then please shut down now. But I digress, sitcom's are very much lacking, I think because of the Politcal Correct attitude that must be taken. We need a comedy show about shooting Muslims. Oh did I say that out loud? Ade This never happened to the other fella. -Original Message- From: peter contarino pcontar...@triad.rr.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 15:22 Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Ade-Boston Legal-not a sitcom, which was the topic. The others all gone(except Scrubs maybe?). You could keep naming past sitcoms back to the 50’s that were quality. My point was that most of what currently passes for comedy is base, pedestrian crap. -peter From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Neil Jaworski Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 9:20 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN hey kirby medicore provide really average health insurance. neil --- On Wed, 9/3/11, Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.net wrote: From: Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.net Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Wednesday, 9 March, 2011, 14:04 Are you trying to say MEDIOCRE? Or is medicore some new word I don't know. That, too, is possible. Kirby On Mar 9, 2011, at 2:05 AM, Adrian Cowdry wrote: Two and a Half Men for me is as Peter says medicore at best I'd say it was tosh. I will name a few sitcoms that have been imported to the UK that I feel had an excellent team of writers that kept the viewers coming back for more. Some might be classed as Comedy Drama. Boston Legal (one of the best US Comedy Drama's ever) Scrubs Friends Frasier Cheers All in the Family Roseanne had some very good high peaks. The Office And of course MASH There are many more that I cannot think of just yet but there is an awful lot of dross which doesn't deserve to be high rating winners. There was one series about 15 years ago made by HBO that was a little near the knuckle and it involved carnal activities of a young bachelor it had only one series but it was funny. I also think Cougar Town has potential. I will say that I think when the US writers come up with something and it's good - it is really good. But things like Will and Grace, Two and Half Men, Dharma and Greg and this new one Hot in Cleveland are truly poor examples of American Comedy. I do feel that sitcoms at their best nothing comes close to Fawlty Towers, probably The Office (UK version), and there are several that I will not name as they really are purely British that do not export well but truly are so funny that your ribs ache. It is such a shame that Sheen has come out of the closet as such an idiot but hey...if he had any sense his bank account will be quite full that he can put the bulk of it in a high interest account and sniff the interest! This never happened to the other fella. -Original Message- From: peter contarino pcontar...@triad.rr.com To: 'Adrian Cowdry' jboh...@aol.com CC: mopo-l@listserv.american.edu Sent: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:40 Subject: RE: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN I have to agree with Ade on this. I don’t tend to jump into threads but this guy is so annoying I feel the need to vent. First, with the world blowing up around us, I can’t fathom how this is newsworthy. It’s speaks poorly for the media and the public in general. Secondly, Two and a Half men is a really mediocre, low-brow show. Thirdly, I don’t know Sheen but he seems like a real scumbag and is marginally talented at best. I will depart with Ade on his comment that it is not up to US sitcom standards. I think it is completely on par with the absolute dreck that dominates the airwaves. I can scarcely think of a comedy that is any more interesting than the commercials funding them. There are several decent comedies on some of the pay channels but the Majors have set the bar so low that it is scarcely worth the trouble to watch. I feel better now… -peter From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Adrian Cowdry Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:55 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Charlie Sheen has made a right charlie of himself. He was never the greatest actor...he was never the best comedian. Obviously he was in the right place at the right time and had a great formula with an exceptionally good team of writers that made him the focal point of a TV series that was mediacore at best. There I said it. Two and a Half Men was not fantastic. Better sitcoms have been produced in the US. This series was based, lets face it, loosely around Sheen's actual hell
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Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN
I was a bit harsh earlier saying I think the show sucks. It's ok in my opinion, just doesn't float my boat enough. Not sure exactly why, don't always need to be sitting in front of something great, and for some reason (great though it was not), I could enjoy King of Queens. But it is symptomatic of my problem with the channels. My perception of Two and a Half Men is that whenever I casually flick through at least one of the many episodes will be on. Similarly CSI. Used to think that was fine, but too ubiquitous and it went into rigor mortis for me a very, very long time ago. (Actually if they refuse to stop churning those out, perhaps they should make it a sitcom, I might tune back into it for a while.) A favourite quote of mine is Stalin's Quantity has quality all of its own. But then, he wasn't exactly known for comedy. I'd settle for a bit more choice, even if it's repeats of the many US classics. And, I don't think the UK can claim the high ground with sitcoms. It's a far less realistic proposition now than ever to spread the quality over just 12 episodes, as was the case with our prime example. That's the major reason why Fatty Owls wasn't medicore. On 9 Mar 2011, at 08:05, Adrian Cowdry wrote: Two and a Half Men for me is as Peter says medicore at best I'd say it was tosh. I will name a few sitcoms that have been imported to the UK that I feel had an excellent team of writers that kept the viewers coming back for more. Some might be classed as Comedy Drama. Boston Legal (one of the best US Comedy Drama's ever) Scrubs Friends Frasier Cheers All in the Family Roseanne had some very good high peaks. The Office And of course MASH There are many more that I cannot think of just yet but there is an awful lot of dross which doesn't deserve to be high rating winners. There was one series about 15 years ago made by HBO that was a little near the knuckle and it involved carnal activities of a young bachelor it had only one series but it was funny. I also think Cougar Town has potential. I will say that I think when the US writers come up with something and it's good - it is really good. But things like Will and Grace, Two and Half Men, Dharma and Greg and this new one Hot in Cleveland are truly poor examples of American Comedy. I do feel that sitcoms at their best nothing comes close to Fawlty Towers, probably The Office (UK version), and there are several that I will not name as they really are purely British that do not export well but truly are so funny that your ribs ache. It is such a shame that Sheen has come out of the closet as such an idiot but hey...if he had any sense his bank account will be quite full that he can put the bulk of it in a high interest account and sniff the interest! This never happened to the other fella. -Original Message- From: peter contarino pcontar...@triad.rr.com To: 'Adrian Cowdry' jboh...@aol.com CC: mopo-l@listserv.american.edu Sent: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:40 Subject: RE: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN I have to agree with Ade on this. I don’t tend to jump into threads but this guy is so annoying I feel the need to vent. First, with the world blowing up around us, I can’t fathom how this is newsworthy. It’s speaks poorly for the media and the public in general. Secondly, Two and a Half men is a really mediocre, low-brow show. Thirdly, I don’t know Sheen but he seems like a real scumbag and is marginally talented at best. I will depart with Ade on his comment that it is not up to US sitcom standards. I think it is completely on par with the absolute dreck that dominates the airwaves. I can scarcely think of a comedy that is any more interesting than the commercials funding them. There are several decent comedies on some of the pay channels but the Majors have set the bar so low that it is scarcely worth the trouble to watch. I feel better now… -peter From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Adrian Cowdry Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:55 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Charlie Sheen has made a right charlie of himself. He was never the greatest actor...he was never the best comedian. Obviously he was in the right place at the right time and had a great formula with an exceptionally good team of writers that made him the focal point of a TV series that was mediacore at best. There I said it. Two and a Half Men was not fantastic. Better sitcoms have been produced in the US. This series was based, lets face it, loosely around Sheen's actual hell raising lifestyle. How this series could have garnered awards I cannot fathom. The acting was stilted, the comedy was transparent. It was not up to the standards of US sitcom writing. It would be nice if now the networks cast around and get down to something a lot better and classier. Sheen has killed his career, if he
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Dave Live audiences have been in front of the stage for almost all the history of television and laugh tracks - if you recall - we available during the 1950s from a machine that Rudy Franchi evaluated on Antiques Roadshow Rich At 05:39 AM 3/9/2011, Dave Rosen wrote:  I had no idea a version of MASH without a laugh track existed. I'd love to see it. In the 70s, the practice of taping sitcoms in front of a live audience started (except for MASH, which was shot on film without an audience), supposedly as a reaction against the over-use of dead (ie, taped) laugh tracks. The idea was to get a live audience reaction to the comedy. The problem was, a lot of the comedy wasn't (and still isn't) funny, so producers soon started to sweeten the live audience laughter, if there was any, with recorded laughs. Flash forward to today and virtually all the taped before a live audience shows are totally sweetened. In other words, virtually NONE of the laughs you hear are real. Why? Because the shows aren't funny. The best test of a comedy is to watch it without the laugh track, if you can. If you don't laugh, it ain't funny. It's that simple. Best sitcom ever on US TV? For me, it was The Larry Sanders Show. Hands down. And no laugh track. Dave Message - From: mailto:p...@cinemarts.comPhil Edwards To: mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDUMoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:43 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Yes, buit only the UK edition of MASH which the BBC insisted did not have the laugh track. Without the ghastly laugh track, MASH was quite a different show altogether. Phil - Original Message - From: mailto:jboh...@aol.comAdrian Cowdry To: mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDUMoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Two and a Half Men for me is as Peter says medicore at best I'd say it was tosh. I will name a few sitcoms that have been imported to the UK that I feel had an excellent team of writers that kept the viewers coming back for more. Some might be classed as Comedy Drama. Boston Legal (one of the best US Comedy Drama's ever) Scrubs Friends Frasier Cheers All in the Family Roseanne had some very good high peaks. The Office And of course MASH There are many more that I cannot think of just yet but there is an awful lot of dross which doesn't deserve to be high rating winners. There was one series about 15 years ago made by HBO that was a little near the knuckle and it involved carnal activities of a young bachelor it had only one series but it was funny. I also think Cougar Town has potential. I will say that I think when the US writers come up with something and it's good - it is really good. But things like Will and Grace, Two and Half Men, Dharma and Greg and this new one Hot in Cleveland are truly poor examples of American Comedy. I do feel that sitcoms at their best nothing comes close to Fawlty Towers, probably The Office (UK version), and there are several that I will not name as they really are purely British that do not export well but truly are so funny that your ribs ache. It is such a shame that Sheen has come out of the closet as such an idiot but hey...if he had any sense his bank account will be quite full that he can put the bulk of it in a high interest account and sniff the interest! [] This never happened to the other fella. -Original Message- From: peter contarino pcontar...@triad.rr.com To: 'Adrian Cowdry' jboh...@aol.com CC: mopo-l@listserv.american.edu Sent: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:40 Subject: RE: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN I have to agree with Ade on this. I donât tend to jump into threads but this guy is so annoying I feel the need to vent. First, with the world blowing up around us, I canât fathom how this is newsworthy. Itâs speaks poorly for the media and the public in general. Secondly, Two and a Half men is a really mediocre, low-brow show. Thirdly, I donât know Sheen but he seems like a real scumbag and is marginally talented at best. I will depart with Ade on his comment that it is not up to US sitcom standards. I think it is completely on par with the absolute dreck that dominates the airwaves. I can scarcely think of a comedy that is any more interesting than the commercials funding them. There are several decent comedies on some of the pay channels but the Majors have set the bar so low that it is scarcely worth the trouble to watch. I feel better now -peter From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU?mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Adrian Cowdry Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:55 AM To: mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDUMoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Charlie Sheen has made a right charlie of himself. He was never the greatest actor...he was never the best comedian. Obviously he was
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Rich: Yeah, after I sent my email I remembered I Love Lucy was filmed (not taped) in front of a live audience and, of course, The Jack Benny Show, etc, etc. I simply forgot. But in the 60s a lot more sitcoms (Get Smart, The Munsters, The Monkees) had bigger budgets and so were shot like movies, on film on a variety of sets and backlots without a live audience. So the laugh track just totally took over. No real humans were reacting to the gags. The practice of shooting with a three-camera setup in front of a live audience became common again in the 70s, thanks to the ease-of-use and low cost of videotape. Also, I never said laugh tracks didn't exist earlier, in fact, starting in the 50s and especially in the 60s, they were over-used. That's why, when taping sitcoms in front of a live audience came back into vogue again in the early 70s (Norman Lear was instrumental in making the practice popular again), taped before a live audience became a selling point. But all live audiences are not created equal and all sitcoms are definitely not created equal. So the sweetening got heavier and heavier till we are where we are today, with mediocre shows taped in front of a live audience but in fact drowning in phony sweetened laughs. Ultimately my point is this: If a show is truly funny it doesn't need a laugh track. Dave - Original Message - From: Richard Halegua Comic Art To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Dave Live audiences have been in front of the stage for almost all the history of television and laugh tracks - if you recall - we available during the 1950s from a machine that Rudy Franchi evaluated on Antiques Roadshow Rich At 05:39 AM 3/9/2011, Dave Rosen wrote:  I had no idea a version of MASH without a laugh track existed. I'd love to see it. In the 70s, the practice of taping sitcoms in front of a live audience started (except for MASH, which was shot on film without an audience), supposedly as a reaction against the over-use of dead (ie, taped) laugh tracks. The idea was to get a live audience reaction to the comedy. The problem was, a lot of the comedy wasn't (and still isn't) funny, so producers soon started to sweeten the live audience laughter, if there was any, with recorded laughs. Flash forward to today and virtually all the taped before a live audience shows are totally sweetened. In other words, virtually NONE of the laughs you hear are real. Why? Because the shows aren't funny. The best test of a comedy is to watch it without the laugh track, if you can. If you don't laugh, it ain't funny. It's that simple. Best sitcom ever on US TV? For me, it was The Larry Sanders Show. Hands down. And no laugh track. Dave Message - From: Phil Edwards To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:43 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Yes, buit only the UK edition of MASH which the BBC insisted did not have the laugh track. Without the ghastly laugh track, MASH was quite a different show altogether. Phil - Original Message - From: Adrian Cowdry To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Two and a Half Men for me is as Peter says medicore at best I'd say it was tosh. I will name a few sitcoms that have been imported to the UK that I feel had an excellent team of writers that kept the viewers coming back for more. Some might be classed as Comedy Drama. Boston Legal (one of the best US Comedy Drama's ever) Scrubs Friends Frasier Cheers All in the Family Roseanne had some very good high peaks. The Office And of course MASH There are many more that I cannot think of just yet but there is an awful lot of dross which doesn't deserve to be high rating winners. There was one series about 15 years ago made by HBO that was a little near the knuckle and it involved carnal activities of a young bachelor it had only one series but it was funny. I also think Cougar Town has potential. I will say that I think when the US writers come up with something and it's good - it is really good. But things like Will and Grace, Two and Half Men, Dharma and Greg and this new one Hot in Cleveland are truly poor examples of American Comedy. I do feel that sitcoms at their best nothing comes close to Fawlty Towers, probably The Office (UK version), and there are several that I will not name as they really are purely British that do not export well but truly are so funny that your ribs ache. It is such a shame that Sheen has come out of the closet as such
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Ultimately my point is this: If a show is truly funny it doesn't need a laugh track. that is completely true 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.
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But all live audiences are not created equal and all sitcoms are definitely not created equal There are and were differences in those formats and it wasn't just about bigger budgets and backlots and a variety of sets. There were and are issues that relate to Union jurisdiction. Generally live TV sitcom shows (including videotape) were an outgrowth of radio and AFTRA union jurisdiction. Film TV shows like Get Smart and The Monkees were SAG jurisdiction. That also resulted in different rules regarding what is called sweetening, other overdubbing issues, timespread and what are called pickups. On Videotape shows that are done before a Live audience, if a joke goes over really well and there is some technical glitch, the scene will need to be done over. In that case the audience is hearing the joke for the 2nd time or the pickup is done after the audience leaves. In those cases a real legitimate point could me made for inserting the real first-time laughter from Take 1 into Take 2 for continuity. Like all things Hollywood, that got subverted into Let's make the home audience think our show is as funny as the show taping next door by dubbing-in their laughter. - Original Message - From: Dave Rosen To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 12:11 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Rich: Yeah, after I sent my email I remembered I Love Lucy was filmed (not taped) in front of a live audience and, of course, The Jack Benny Show, etc, etc. I simply forgot. But in the 60s a lot more sitcoms (Get Smart, The Munsters, The Monkees) had bigger budgets and so were shot like movies, on film on a variety of sets and backlots without a live audience. So the laugh track just totally took over. No real humans were reacting to the gags. The practice of shooting with a three-camera setup in front of a live audience became common again in the 70s, thanks to the ease-of-use and low cost of videotape. Also, I never said laugh tracks didn't exist earlier, in fact, starting in the 50s and especially in the 60s, they were over-used. That's why, when taping sitcoms in front of a live audience came back into vogue again in the early 70s (Norman Lear was instrumental in making the practice popular again), taped before a live audience became a selling point. But all live audiences are not created equal and all sitcoms are definitely not created equal. So the sweetening got heavier and heavier till we are where we are today, with mediocre shows taped in front of a live audience but in fact drowning in phony sweetened laughs. Ultimately my point is this: If a show is truly funny it doesn't need a laugh track. Dave - Original Message - From: Richard Halegua Comic Art To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Dave Live audiences have been in front of the stage for almost all the history of television and laugh tracks - if you recall - we available during the 1950s from a machine that Rudy Franchi evaluated on Antiques Roadshow Rich At 05:39 AM 3/9/2011, Dave Rosen wrote:  I had no idea a version of MASH without a laugh track existed. I'd love to see it. In the 70s, the practice of taping sitcoms in front of a live audience started (except for MASH, which was shot on film without an audience), supposedly as a reaction against the over-use of dead (ie, taped) laugh tracks. The idea was to get a live audience reaction to the comedy. The problem was, a lot of the comedy wasn't (and still isn't) funny, so producers soon started to sweeten the live audience laughter, if there was any, with recorded laughs. Flash forward to today and virtually all the taped before a live audience shows are totally sweetened. In other words, virtually NONE of the laughs you hear are real. Why? Because the shows aren't funny. The best test of a comedy is to watch it without the laugh track, if you can. If you don't laugh, it ain't funny. It's that simple. Best sitcom ever on US TV? For me, it was The Larry Sanders Show. Hands down. And no laugh track. Dave Message - From: Phil Edwards To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:43 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Yes, buit only the UK edition of MASH which the BBC insisted did not have the laugh track. Without the ghastly laugh track, MASH was quite a different show altogether. Phil - Original Message - From: Adrian Cowdry To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Two and a Half Men for me is as Peter says medicore at best I'd say it
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Like all things Hollywood, that got subverted into Let's make the home audience think our show is as funny as the show taping next door by dubbing-in their laughter. Now THAT's funny. Dave - Original Message - From: Phillip W. Ayling To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN But all live audiences are not created equal and all sitcoms are definitely not created equal There are and were differences in those formats and it wasn't just about bigger budgets and backlots and a variety of sets. There were and are issues that relate to Union jurisdiction. Generally live TV sitcom shows (including videotape) were an outgrowth of radio and AFTRA union jurisdiction. Film TV shows like Get Smart and The Monkees were SAG jurisdiction. That also resulted in different rules regarding what is called sweetening, other overdubbing issues, timespread and what are called pickups. On Videotape shows that are done before a Live audience, if a joke goes over really well and there is some technical glitch, the scene will need to be done over. In that case the audience is hearing the joke for the 2nd time or the pickup is done after the audience leaves. In those cases a real legitimate point could me made for inserting the real first-time laughter from Take 1 into Take 2 for continuity. Like all things Hollywood, that got subverted into Let's make the home audience think our show is as funny as the show taping next door by dubbing-in their laughter. - Original Message - From: Dave Rosen To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 12:11 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Rich: Yeah, after I sent my email I remembered I Love Lucy was filmed (not taped) in front of a live audience and, of course, The Jack Benny Show, etc, etc. I simply forgot. But in the 60s a lot more sitcoms (Get Smart, The Munsters, The Monkees) had bigger budgets and so were shot like movies, on film on a variety of sets and backlots without a live audience. So the laugh track just totally took over. No real humans were reacting to the gags. The practice of shooting with a three-camera setup in front of a live audience became common again in the 70s, thanks to the ease-of-use and low cost of videotape. Also, I never said laugh tracks didn't exist earlier, in fact, starting in the 50s and especially in the 60s, they were over-used. That's why, when taping sitcoms in front of a live audience came back into vogue again in the early 70s (Norman Lear was instrumental in making the practice popular again), taped before a live audience became a selling point. But all live audiences are not created equal and all sitcoms are definitely not created equal. So the sweetening got heavier and heavier till we are where we are today, with mediocre shows taped in front of a live audience but in fact drowning in phony sweetened laughs. Ultimately my point is this: If a show is truly funny it doesn't need a laugh track. Dave - Original Message - From: Richard Halegua Comic Art To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Dave Live audiences have been in front of the stage for almost all the history of television and laugh tracks - if you recall - we available during the 1950s from a machine that Rudy Franchi evaluated on Antiques Roadshow Rich At 05:39 AM 3/9/2011, Dave Rosen wrote:  I had no idea a version of MASH without a laugh track existed. I'd love to see it. In the 70s, the practice of taping sitcoms in front of a live audience started (except for MASH, which was shot on film without an audience), supposedly as a reaction against the over-use of dead (ie, taped) laugh tracks. The idea was to get a live audience reaction to the comedy. The problem was, a lot of the comedy wasn't (and still isn't) funny, so producers soon started to sweeten the live audience laughter, if there was any, with recorded laughs. Flash forward to today and virtually all the taped before a live audience shows are totally sweetened. In other words, virtually NONE of the laughs you hear are real. Why? Because the shows aren't funny. The best test of a comedy is to watch it without the laugh track, if you can. If you don't laugh, it ain't funny. It's that simple. Best sitcom ever on US TV? For me, it was The Larry Sanders Show. Hands down. And no laugh track. Dave Message - From: Phil Edwards To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:43 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Yes, buit only the UK edition of MASH which the BBC
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there are other reasons also Phil one major aspect being that TV shows are intended to be over quickly (30 minutes), so the pace has to be fast. While most good comedy writers are intellectuals, the audiences are not. Urban audiences are more intelligent than rural (generally speaking) and because many people will not get a joke right away, the laugh track induces them to laugh, making those around them laugh - whether they got the joke or not. The more you laugh, the more you are likely to enjoy the show and the higher the Neilsen ratings are and therefore, the more the station can ask for advertising 70s 80s tv to me was the worst, most pedestrian era in TV. Frequently, a joke would be told and then, after the laugh track faded, the joke would be explained!! Of course, it was explained for those who just weren't smart enough, or didn't have enough cultural knowledge to understand why that joke about New York was funny to the guy in New Jersey, but not to the guy in Oshkosh I always thought that TV - in 95% of all cases - was a true dumbing-down of culture. It's largely made for those who aren't smart enough to get off the couch for much more than another bag of potato chips and who don't read lots of books I may have the TV on alot when I work, but I don't stop working. Very often, the TV is on more for a feeling that someone is in the room and I'm not isolated in my office than it is for entertainment reasons another factor why laugh tracks are still used so widely is the studios got so used to them, they are now part of the studio lexicon and the concept of working without them is alien At 12:33 PM 3/9/2011, Phillip W. Ayling wrote: But all live audiences are not created equal and all sitcoms are definitely not created equal There are and were differences in those formats and it wasn't just about bigger budgets and backlots and a variety of sets. There were and are issues that relate to Union jurisdiction. Generally live TV sitcom shows (including videotape) were an outgrowth of radio and AFTRA union jurisdiction. Film TV shows like Get Smart and The Monkees were SAG jurisdiction. That also resulted in different rules regarding what is called sweetening, other overdubbing issues, timespread and what are called pickups. On Videotape shows that are done before a Live audience, if a joke goes over really well and there is some technical glitch, the scene will need to be done over. In that case the audience is hearing the joke for the 2nd time or the pickup is done after the audience leaves. In those cases a real legitimate point could me made for inserting the real first-time laughter from Take 1 into Take 2 for continuity. Like all things Hollywood, that got subverted into Let's make the home audience think our show is as funny as the show taping next door by dubbing-in their laughter. - Original Message - From: mailto:hah...@sympatico.caDave Rosen To: mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDUMoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 12:11 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Rich: Yeah, after I sent my email I remembered I Love Lucy was filmed (not taped) in front of a live audience and, of course, The Jack Benny Show, etc, etc. I simply forgot. But in the 60s a lot more sitcoms (Get Smart, The Munsters, The Monkees) had bigger budgets and so were shot like movies, on film on a variety of sets and backlots without a live audience. So the laugh track just totally took over. No real humans were reacting to the gags. The practice of shooting with a three-camera setup in front of a live audience became common again in the 70s, thanks to the ease-of-use and low cost of videotape. Also, I never said laugh tracks didn't exist earlier, in fact, starting in the 50s and especially in the 60s, they were over-used. That's why, when taping sitcoms in front of a live audience came back into vogue again in the early 70s (Norman Lear was instrumental in making the practice popular again), taped before a live audience became a selling point. But all live audiences are not created equal and all sitcoms are definitely not created equal. So the sweetening got heavier and heavier till we are where we are today, with mediocre shows taped in front of a live audience but in fact drowning in phony sweetened laughs. Ultimately my point is this: If a show is truly funny it doesn't need a laugh track. Dave - Original Message - From: mailto:sa...@comic-art.comRichard Halegua Comic Art To: mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDUMoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Dave Live audiences have been in front of the stage for almost all the history of television and laugh tracks - if you recall - we available during the 1950s from a machine that Rudy Franchi evaluated on Antiques Roadshow Rich At 05:39 AM 3/9/2011, Dave
Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN
You're right about the psychology of the laugh track; that it's partly a Pavlovian-like cue that coaxes a laugh out of people who might not otherwise get a joke. Also, yes, it gives one the sense that one is part of an audience and not sadly sitting on the couch all by yourself. I worked for a number of years as a standup comic. I did thousands of shows in front of all kinds of audiences, large and small. I was always amazed at the different kinds of laughs I could get out of an audience, depending on the circumstances, for exactly the same joke. The joke didn't change, just the size and makeup of the audience. Generally, though, the bigger the audience the better the laugh. Why? Because small groups (say, an audience of 50) make people self-conscious and less likely to be demonstrative. But big audiences of, say, 300 or 400, allow people to be vocal (sometimes not always in a good way) because they are less likely to be singled out. So the laughs are bigger and run longer. As I used to say to the rookies in the green room, if you have an audience of 20 people and half of them laugh, that's just 10 people laughing. But in a room of 200, it's 100 people laughing and it's very likely that that many laughers will convince the remainder of the audience to join in, which they almost unfailingly do. So, yeah, laughter can lead to more laughter. But the joke's still gotta be good. Dave - Original Message - From: Richard Halegua Comic Art To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN there are other reasons also Phil one major aspect being that TV shows are intended to be over quickly (30 minutes), so the pace has to be fast. While most good comedy writers are intellectuals, the audiences are not. Urban audiences are more intelligent than rural (generally speaking) and because many people will not get a joke right away, the laugh track induces them to laugh, making those around them laugh - whether they got the joke or not. The more you laugh, the more you are likely to enjoy the show and the higher the Neilsen ratings are and therefore, the more the station can ask for advertising 70s 80s tv to me was the worst, most pedestrian era in TV. Frequently, a joke would be told and then, after the laugh track faded, the joke would be explained!! Of course, it was explained for those who just weren't smart enough, or didn't have enough cultural knowledge to understand why that joke about New York was funny to the guy in New Jersey, but not to the guy in Oshkosh I always thought that TV - in 95% of all cases - was a true dumbing-down of culture. It's largely made for those who aren't smart enough to get off the couch for much more than another bag of potato chips and who don't read lots of books I may have the TV on alot when I work, but I don't stop working. Very often, the TV is on more for a feeling that someone is in the room and I'm not isolated in my office than it is for entertainment reasons another factor why laugh tracks are still used so widely is the studios got so used to them, they are now part of the studio lexicon and the concept of working without them is alien At 12:33 PM 3/9/2011, Phillip W. Ayling wrote: But all live audiences are not created equal and all sitcoms are definitely not created equal There are and were differences in those formats and it wasn't just about bigger budgets and backlots and a variety of sets. There were and are issues that relate to Union jurisdiction. Generally live TV sitcom shows (including videotape) were an outgrowth of radio and AFTRA union jurisdiction. Film TV shows like Get Smart and The Monkees were SAG jurisdiction. That also resulted in different rules regarding what is called sweetening, other overdubbing issues, timespread and what are called pickups. On Videotape shows that are done before a Live audience, if a joke goes over really well and there is some technical glitch, the scene will need to be done over. In that case the audience is hearing the joke for the 2nd time or the pickup is done after the audience leaves. In those cases a real legitimate point could me made for inserting the real first-time laughter from Take 1 into Take 2 for continuity. Like all things Hollywood, that got subverted into Let's make the home audience think our show is as funny as the show taping next door by dubbing-in their laughter. - Original Message - From: Dave Rosen To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 12:11 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Rich: Yeah, after I sent my email I remembered I Love Lucy was filmed (not taped) in front of a live audience and, of course, The Jack Benny Show, etc, etc. I simply forgot. But in the 60s a lot more sitcoms (Get Smart, The Munsters, The Monkees) had
Re: [MOPO] FS: 1951 Pick Up 1 sheet ... Best bad girl poster!!
NICE job on that poster, Dario! Jeff On Mar 9, 2011, at 2:46 PM, Dario Casadei wrote: Pretty spiffy shape prior to backing . Minor X fold loss. Poster has seen water and resulted in minor staining. Most have been washed out. Poster is displaying EX/++ with uber minor touch ups and next to no water stains showing on the front. Price 795.00 + shipping. Accurate Before, during and after picture. Before: http://members.shaw.ca/filmposters/ebaylist/pickupbefore1.jpg During: http://members.shaw.ca/filmposters/ebaylist/pickupinbath.jpg After: http://members.shaw.ca/filmposters/ebaylist/pickupdone.jpg Thanks, dario. 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. 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.
Re: [MOPO] FS: 1951 Pick Up 1 sheet ... Best bad girl poster!!
i don't like the way that cigarette bleeds through from the back. it makes it look like she's smoking ;-)ps great work! --- On Wed, 9/3/11, Dario Casadei m...@vintagemovieart.ca wrote: From: Dario Casadei m...@vintagemovieart.ca Subject: [MOPO] FS: 1951 Pick Up 1 sheet ... Best bad girl poster!! To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Wednesday, 9 March, 2011, 22:46 Pretty spiffy shape prior to backing . Minor X fold loss. Poster has seen water and resulted in minor staining. Most have been washed out. Poster is displaying EX/++ with uber minor touch ups and next to no water stains showing on the front. Price 795.00 + shipping. Accurate Before, during and after picture. Before: http://members.shaw.ca/filmposters/ebaylist/pickupbefore1.jpg During: http://members.shaw.ca/filmposters/ebaylist/pickupinbath.jpg After: http://members.shaw.ca/filmposters/ebaylist/pickupdone.jpg Thanks, dario. 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. 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.
[MOPO] 35 Sophia Loren Lobby Cards from 35 Films---$750
Original Sophia Loren Lobby Cards https://picasaweb.google.com/posterazzi/USTitles2#5185540935151860610 https://picasaweb.google.com/posterazzi/USTitles2#5185539440503238562 https://picasaweb.google.com/posterazzi/AgeOfInnocence#5185386526782584210 https://picasaweb.google.com/posterazzi/ArtGalleryExhibition#5487234091732057346 aida---11---1530---g1/us773.JPG Angela---1---1sh angela---35---100k5 angela---4---100k13 arabesque---9---100k21 attila---23---gla1 boccaccio 70---13---50100---g2? breath of scandal---10---com7/for280.JPG brief encounter(SLoren)---19---100k21 countess from hong kong---12---2035---mb/mb9.JPG Dia especial---SLoren/MMastr---14---it3 Donna del fiume---SLoren---11---it1 el cid--100k1/us166.JPG fall of the roman empire---5---gla3 firepower ’79 UK---62---100k25 ghosts italian style---14---com4 Giorno in pretura---SPampanini/SLoren---7---it1 gold of naples---15------dir heller in pink tights---15---com9/us512.JPG houseboat---5---com11 it started in naples---4---2545---cg/cg7.JPG judith---17---100k11 jury of one(Loren/Gabin)---18---100k22 jury of one(verdict)(Loren/Gabin)---1---100k23 key---17---100k18 legend of the lost---75125---jw man of la mancha---14---com1/us583.JPG marriage italian style---11---3050---g7/for93.JPG millionairess---3---com9/com11.JPG more than a miracle---16---com12/us901.JPG operation crossbow---8---com12 Pane amore e---SLoren/deSica---15---it1 peccato che sia una canaglia (’55 IT)---10---g16 Pride and the Passion---16---2040---fs priests wife---22---100k23 quo vadis---62---75150---g3/us186.JPG Segno di venere---SLoren/VdeSica---19---it5 sunflower---1------dir sunflower---16---100k2 that kind of woman---7---2035---g3/us114.JPG voyage---desica---15---dir2 yesterday today and tomorrow---10---com11 # The Posters are original, and come from a Regional Film Archive in Mexico City. They were designed in Hollywood and printed in Mexico. Each Poster contains the same design elements found on Posters from the US. They contain both stills from the Film and also design elements from the One Sheet Poster. The typography, photos, artwork, stars names, credits, drawings, scenes, emotional impact, appeal, and intrinsic value are virtually the same as Posters from Hollywood or any other international Metropolis where the film had been shown. However, the layout will be much flashier, more graphically intensive, or even more lurid. The size is appx. 13 x 17---over 40% larger than a standard Lobby Card. As such, each Poster is a cross between a Jumbo Lobby Card, Title Card, and a One Sheet Poster. The Posters were printed on either heavy Cardboard Stock, thick fine Linen Paper, or sturdy Poster Stock. Overall very good condition, altho there will be occasional tears, pinholes, stains, etc. There are eight different variations for each poster---containing different stills from the film. Some dupes. # 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.
[MOPO] OT - Sports collectors
My husband is doing this basketball thing that's looks very cool. I didn't want to just post it to MoPo, so if you're interested, let me know and I'll forward the information. I know many of you collect more than movie posters and haven't paid attention to which of you were into what. It's about sports and art, public works, and some authentic floor that the NBA is making into tables and art for the 2011 All Star Series. I'm not into sports but my husband is very excited about this. This is the only time I'll mention it. Andrea Kanter 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.
Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN
I had never watched it, but after reading what some had said, it sounded like it was somehow different, it was on TV last night, so I tuned in. Tuned out about half way through. Same old crap. Sure it is fine. But what I saw was nothing new or different. A joke about a kid masturbating was about as radical as it got. Agreed with some below. For me Fawlty Towers is the PERFECT TV Comedy. a handful of episodes and NEVER fails to make me ache with laughter, even though I could recite each word spoken. After that I would say Seinfeld, took me years to watch it, I assumed it was something like friends or the rest. It wasn't. Great show. 2.5 men, well, no thanks. Must say I have nothing against Sheen, not a fan or a hater. He does what he does and it bothers me nought. I have met and known many an addict of many a drug, and I have met and known many a person with mental problems of all sorts. Some I have loved, some I have hated. But I knew them or know them. Him I don't. And regardless, if he is an addict and/or if he has mental problems, aren't both considered illness'? He releases these things, I am sure he will end up making even more $ out of it at the end of the day. We are talking about him, he is on the news every day. Better than being forgotten like 99% of the world. Ari From: Adrian Cowdry jboh...@aol.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wed, 9 March, 2011 7:05:49 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Two and a Half Men for me is as Peter says medicore at best I'd say it was tosh. I will name a few sitcoms that have been imported to the UK that I feel had an excellent team of writers that kept the viewers coming back for more. Some might be classed as Comedy Drama. Boston Legal (one of the best US Comedy Drama's ever) Scrubs Friends Frasier Cheers All in the Family Roseanne had some very good high peaks. The Office And of course MASH There are many more that I cannot think of just yet but there is an awful lot of dross which doesn't deserve to be high rating winners. There was one series about 15 years ago made by HBO that was a little near the knuckle and it involved carnal activities of a young bachelor it had only one series but it was funny. I also think Cougar Town has potential. I will say that I think when the US writers come up with something and it's good - it is really good. But things like Will and Grace, Two and Half Men, Dharma and Greg and this new one Hot in Cleveland are truly poor examples of American Comedy. I do feel that sitcoms at their best nothing comes close to Fawlty Towers, probably The Office (UK version), and there are several that I will not name as they really are purely British that do not export well but truly are so funny that your ribs ache. It is such a shame that Sheen has come out of the closet as such an idiot but hey...if he had any sense his bank account will be quite full that he can put the bulk of it in a high interest account and sniff the interest! This never happened to the other fella. -Original Message- From: peter contarino pcontar...@triad.rr.com To: 'Adrian Cowdry' jboh...@aol.com CC: mopo-l@listserv.american.edu Sent: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:40 Subject: RE: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN I have to agree with Ade on this. I don’t tend to jump into threads but this guy is so annoying I feel the need to vent. First, with the world blowing up around us, I can’t fathom how this is newsworthy. It’s speaks poorly for the media and the public in general. Secondly, Two and a Half men is a really mediocre, low-brow show. Thirdly, I don’t know Sheen but he seems like a real scumbag and is marginally talented at best. I will depart with Ade on his comment that it is not up to US sitcom standards. I think it is completely on par with the absolute dreck that dominates the airwaves. I can scarcely think of a comedy that is any more interesting than the commercials funding them. There are several decent comedies on some of the pay channels but the Majors have set the bar so low that it is scarcely worth the trouble to watch. I feel better now… -peter From:MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Adrian Cowdry Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:55 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] ONE AND A HALF MEN Charlie Sheen has made a right charlie of himself. He was never the greatest actor...he was never the best comedian. Obviously he was in the right place at the right time and had a great formula with an exceptionally good team of writers that made him the focal point of a TV series that was mediacore at best. There I said it. Two and a Half Men was not fantastic. Better sitcoms have been produced in the US. This series was based, lets face it, loosely around Sheen's actual hell raising lifestyle. How this series could have garnered awards I cannot fathom. The acting was stilted, the comedy was
[MOPO] PICKUP six sheet
PICKUP is a great title. The one sheet is handy. The six sheet - if you have room for it, is DANDY. http://movieart.net/products-page/?product_search=pickup Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680 www.movieart.net mobile 512 589 5112 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.
[MOPO] FA: Here's a tiny preview of our March mini/major auction!
Here's a tiny preview of our March mini/major auction:* http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/20110309_march_mm_preview.jpg * Bruce Hershenson and the other 28 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site http://www.emovieposter.com/ our auctions http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html 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.
Re: [MOPO] FS: 1951 Pick Up 1 sheet ... Best bad girl poster!!
*H**aha right. I had some funny friendly private comments about the cig butt in the bath*.*A lot of restorers don't know about this secret trick. Not only is good for you as you can prominently see from the image. It is really good for the stability of the paper.* *Joke aside, it's pHast* *colors stick. Just to keep a tab on the pH value in the bath. Stay cool my friends, dario. * On 09/03/2011 4:08 PM, Neil Jaworski wrote: i don't like the way that cigarette bleeds through from the back. it makes it look like she's smoking ;-) ps great work! --- On *Wed, 9/3/11, Dario Casadei /m...@vintagemovieart.ca/* wrote: From: Dario Casadei m...@vintagemovieart.ca Subject: [MOPO] FS: 1951 Pick Up 1 sheet ... Best bad girl poster!! To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Date: Wednesday, 9 March, 2011, 22:46 Pretty spiffy shape prior to backing . Minor X fold loss. Poster has seen water and resulted in minor staining. Most have been washed out. Poster is displaying EX/++ with uber minor touch ups and next to no water stains showing on the front. *Price 795.00* *+ shipping*. Accurate Before, during and after picture. Before: http://members.shaw.ca/filmposters/ebaylist/pickupbefore1.jpg During: http://members.shaw.ca/filmposters/ebaylist/pickupinbath.jpg After: http://members.shaw.ca/filmposters/ebaylist/pickupdone.jpg Thanks, dario. 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. 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. 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.
[MOPO] FA: LOBBY CARDS - Please take a look at my ORIGINAL Vintage LOBBY CARD auction from the '50s '60s '70s + 1938
Hi, my present LOBBY CARD auction ends SUNDAY night, March 13th. Here is a summary of some of these wonderful ORIGINAL VINTAGE lobby cards. Please take a look at the following links: ROSALIND RUSSELL 1958 AUNTIE MAME LOBBY CARDS - COMEDY ANTHONY STELL '52 OUTPOST IN MALAYA LOBBY CARDS JUNGLE OLIVIA de HAVILLAND '56 THE AMBASSADOR'S DAUGHTER LOBBY JERRY LEWIS - GROUP LOT 5 VINTAGE 1950s LOBBY CARDS LANCASTER '54 THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE VINTAGE LOBBY CARDS ALAN LADD 1954 THE BLACK KNIGHT LOBBY CARDS P. CUSHING A. MURPHY '58 THE GUN RUNNERS LOBBY CARDS CUBAN REVOLUT GORDON MacRAE 1952 ABOUT FACE LOBBY CARDS - MUSICAL PRISON WITHOUT BARS 1938 A. KORDA'S LOBBY CARD BRITISH RODOLFO DE ANDA EL BUSCABULLAS LOBBY CARD MEXICAN WEST 1977 ALL THIS AND WORLD WAR 2 LOBBY CARDS BEATLES MUSIC VICTOR MATURE 1959 TIMBUKTU VINTAGE LOBBY CARDS JUNGLE HOWARD KEEL 1961 ARMORED COMMAND LOBBY CARDS - WAR CAMARON MITCHELL 1962 LAST OF THE VIKINGS VINTAGE LOBBY GLENN FORD A BAXTER '60 CIMARRON LOBBY CARDS WESTERN PALANCE 1962 SWORD OF THE CONQUEROR VINTAGE LOBBY CARDS AUDIE MURPHY 1964 THE QUICK GUN LOBBY CARDS - WESTERN GORDON MacRAE 1952 ABOUT FACE LOBBY CARDS - MUSICAL WYMAN HUDSON ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS SIRK LOBBY CARD E. BORGNINE '64 McHALE'S NAVY VINTAGE LOBBY CARDS -NAVY JERRY LEWIS 1965 BOEING BOEING VINTAGE LOBBY CARDS Keep well and enjoy, Gerald 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.
