On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Dave Sikula wrote:
> I disagree. While the radio Amos 'n' Andy were white men using vocal
> blackface, the TV show featured an all-African American cast with pretty
> distinguished performing credits, and despite the broadness of Tim Moore's
> Kingfish (who isn't
I disagree. While the radio Amos 'n' Andy were white men using vocal
blackface, the TV show featured an all-African American cast with pretty
distinguished performing credits, and despite the broadness of Tim Moore's
Kingfish (who isn't much "worse," in my opinion, than George Jefferson,
Jimmie
But what if you didn't see it? What does this mean? :)Doug FieldsTampa, FL
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Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: SNL with LCK
From: M-D November <mdnovem...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, November 07, 2012 12:53 pm
To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com
On Wednesday, Novembe
On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 5:44:12 AM UTC-5, JW wrote:
>
> I haven't bothered to find an episode of Amos and Andy, so I have no
> idea if it's funny (now) despite, or even because of, the stereotypes.
> I have seen some Caesar, and I find his mock language skits funny.
>
If you saw the mos
>> And to think people consider Sid Caesar funny...
>
> Where's the "like" button on this thing?
Thanks, Jon.
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> If Sid Caesar was doing his act today, I'd say a good chunk of it would no
> longer be considered funny.
If Sid were younger and doing an act now, it would likely be different
than what he did 60 years ago.
> Different times. Amos and Andy used to be considered the height of comedy
> too, remem
I feel like Ms. Matlin (who I respect quite a lot) missed the point of the
joke. At no point was the SNL sketch making fun of deaf people; rather,
they were poking fun at Bloomberg's ASL interpreter, who became part of the
story earlier in the week by virtue of some of her reactions while signi
If Sid Caesar was doing his act today, I'd say a good chunk of it would no longer be considered funny. Different times. Amos and Andy used to be considered the height of comedy too, remember?Doug FieldsTampa, FL
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On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 5:10 AM, JW wrote:
>>>And now Marlee Matlin has issued her own complaints about the made-up signs
>>>in the sketch:
>> http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/marlee-matin-calls-snl-deaf-signing-skit-dumb-video-63771
>>
>> Is she going to take umbrage with "The Wrap" for using
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 12:28 AM, PGage wrote:
>
> And now I can't watch the ads for the new Lincoln film coming out shown
> during MNF without giggling...
I couldn't do that *before* this week's SNL.
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>>And now Marlee Matlin has issued her own complaints about the made-up signs
>>in the sketch:
> http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/marlee-matin-calls-snl-deaf-signing-skit-dumb-video-63771
>
> Is she going to take umbrage with "The Wrap" for using the word "dumb" in
> the URL?
"Here's my point
And now I can't watch the ads for the new Lincoln film coming out shown
during MNF without giggling...
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On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Dave Sikula wrote:
> I think the show is beyond criticism at this point. It's terrible pretty
> much every week (with enough good material bobbing up to keep me coming
> back), but will last as long as NBC and Lorne want to keep it on the air.
> (I find it sad tha
Irrelevant sidebar: On last night's "Revenge," Nolan referred to Emily
watching the "closed caption channel" via her spycam, instead of
"closed circuit channel." I fear my generation has now lost another
image.
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Jim Ellwanger wrote:
> On Nov 5, 2012, at 2:19 PM, B
On Nov 5, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Brad Beam wrote:
>
> BRAD [Exasperated]: Get over it.
>
Normally you wouldn't caption something like "[Exasperated]," especially if
your facial expression is visible on camera. As was said during my days at the
closed-captioning factory, "They're deaf, not stupid
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And now Marlee Matlin has issued her own complaints about the made-up signs
in the sketch:
http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/marlee-matin-calls-snl-deaf-signing-skit-dumb-video-63771
Is she going to take umbrage with "The Wrap" for using th
And now Marlee Matlin has issued her own complaints about the made-up signs
in the sketch:
http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/marlee-matin-calls-snl-deaf-signing-skit-dumb-video-63771
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I think the show is beyond criticism at this point. It's terrible pretty
much every week (with enough good material bobbing up to keep me coming
back), but will last as long as NBC and Lorne want to keep it on the air.
(I find it sad that Michaels's suspect [to me] comedic sensibilities hold
so
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:29 AM, M-D November wrote:
> Not sure if you made it up for the end of the show, but "Hotel Fees" and
> "Last Call" were both hysterical. "Hotel Fees" felt like an old-school
> Monty Python sketch ("Argon, sir. It's a noble gas." "I didn't have any
> argon." "It's odorl
Not sure if you made it up for the end of the show, but "Hotel Fees" and
"Last Call" were both hysterical. "Hotel Fees" felt like an old-school
Monty Python sketch ("Argon, sir. It's a noble gas." "I didn't have any
argon." "It's odorless and colorless - how can you be sure?") and the comic
ti
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