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by Richard M Roberts
Fri Jul 11, 2014 7:01 am
Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
Topic: Orson Welles Magic Trick (1978)
Replies: 2
Views: 7901

Re: Orson Welles Magic Trick (1978)

Gary Johnson wrote:I loved Welles' magic tricks that he performed on radio during the war years.



Along with W. C. Field's radio juggling.


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by Richard M Roberts
Fri Jul 11, 2014 6:58 am
Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
Topic: The Monty Python Backlash has begun......
Replies: 45
Views: 84517

Re: The Monty Python Backlash has begun......

Richard, I think you are being intentionally taunted here. Are you sure that this Mr. Reagan hasn't been sent over from N-Ville to get your goat? Or worse yet, from the John Wayne Looneys?? Oh, MIchael's okay, if not perhaps my go-to person on rating comedians. RICHARD M ROBERTS ( Now--- go away or...
by Richard M Roberts
Fri Jul 11, 2014 6:56 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: LOOSER THAN LOOSE PUBLISHING TO CLOSE
Replies: 10
Views: 21084

Re: LOOSER THAN LOOSE PUBLISHING TO CLOSE

It's only devastating news for those who have been living under a rock. Ever since the DVD format has came along anyone with half a brain can see that the high quality products that were being released by.....say a company like KINO, should suddenly appear in tact from an entirely different entity,...
by Richard M Roberts
Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:07 pm
Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
Topic: The Monty Python Backlash has begun......
Replies: 45
Views: 84517

Re: The Monty Python Backlash has begun......

Richard M Roberts wrote:
Mike O'Regan wrote:


Aww, come on MIke, there must be other comedians you dislike, don't tell me you've seen them all?



RICHARD M ROBERTS


Nope. That's it....and I've seen 'em all, kid.



So, which is your favorite Smiling Billy Mason?

Dedec Valde?

George Clarke.


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by Richard M Roberts
Wed Jul 09, 2014 7:03 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: A Harry Langdon Mystery
Replies: 11
Views: 21497

Re: A Harry Langdon Mystery

An exciting discovery; this one could be hiding in plain sight in a can that everyone assumes is an Our Gang short. I hope many prints were struck. Dave Denton said the same thing to me the other night, all archives should immediately check their cans marked "Mail and Female" now to make ...
by Richard M Roberts
Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:56 pm
Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
Topic: The Monty Python Backlash has begun......
Replies: 45
Views: 84517

Re: The Monty Python Backlash has begun......

That's right, bud. BTW, there's no "all those other comedians" - just the two, Keaton and Chaplin. Aww, come on MIke, there must be other comedians you dislike, don't tell me you've seen them all? You've already admitted to disliking the Pythons, Chaplin,and Keaton, so that's three right ...
by Richard M Roberts
Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:45 pm
Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
Topic: The Monty Python Backlash has begun......
Replies: 45
Views: 84517

Re: The Monty Python Backlash has begun......

http://www.newsweek.com/2014/06/27/monty-python-has-last-laugh-farewell-reunion-255516.html?piano_t=1 Classic current stupid media question of the day, "Were the Pythons ever really that funny?" Answer: "Yeah you moron, they effin' were.". RICHARD M ROBERTS I think you'll find t...
by Richard M Roberts
Sun Jul 06, 2014 9:29 pm
Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
Topic: Orson Welles Magic Trick (1978)
Replies: 2
Views: 7901

Orson Welles Magic Trick (1978)

The only thing worth watching from the first David Copperfield Special. Orson Welles doing some good old fashioned mentalism:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z6Ctw-ZWG8



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by Richard M Roberts
Sun Jul 06, 2014 5:11 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: A Harry Langdon Mystery
Replies: 11
Views: 21497

A Harry Langdon Mystery

Here’s an interesting item I came across recently in a Pathepictures catalog of non-theatrical rental films selected for religious, educational and social groups dating from 1925: http://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/catalogueofpathe00path_0046 Note the Harry Langdon film listed as MAIL AND FEMALE, ...
by Richard M Roberts
Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:32 am
Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
Topic: The Monty Python Backlash has begun......
Replies: 45
Views: 84517

Re: The Monty Python Backlash has begun......

Here's actually a pretty good backlash article about the Pythons:


http://thequietus.com/articles/15649-monty-python


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