Comments on: Awesomeness Wednesday: 04.30.2008 http://thingswhatthings.com/?p=135 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:39:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Agnes http://thingswhatthings.com/?p=135&cpage=1#comment-675 Agnes Thu, 01 May 2008 04:48:05 +0000 http://thingswhatthings.com/?p=135#comment-675 *Squeels with excitement* Always and forever will I be a Cybill Shepherd fan. Her awesomeness is the sum of Moonlighting + Her and Christine Baranski (in Cybill the sitcom) + Martha, Inc.. *Squeels with excitement* Always and forever will I be a Cybill Shepherd fan. Her awesomeness is the sum of Moonlighting + Her and Christine Baranski (in Cybill the sitcom) + Martha, Inc..

]]> By: Rinaldo http://thingswhatthings.com/?p=135&cpage=1#comment-668 Rinaldo Thu, 01 May 2008 00:55:23 +0000 http://thingswhatthings.com/?p=135#comment-668 In my family in the 50s I don't think we watched Milton Berle once, nor was Red Skelton one of our habits, and though we sometimes saw Jackie Gleason's show we had mixed feelings about him. But Sid Caesar and his troupe (Imogene Coca [later Ms. Fabray], Carl Reiner, Howard Morris) were on a whole different level -- just the best, not only their skills but the writing and ideas for them. Great stuff. One of the pleasures for me in that Moonlighting clip was seeing late-period Barbara Bain. It's a long time after Mission: Impossible, but she still had style -- still does, for all I know. In my family in the 50s I don’t think we watched Milton Berle once, nor was Red Skelton one of our habits, and though we sometimes saw Jackie Gleason’s show we had mixed feelings about him. But Sid Caesar and his troupe (Imogene Coca [later Ms. Fabray], Carl Reiner, Howard Morris) were on a whole different level — just the best, not only their skills but the writing and ideas for them. Great stuff.

One of the pleasures for me in that Moonlighting clip was seeing late-period Barbara Bain. It’s a long time after Mission: Impossible, but she still had style — still does, for all I know.

]]> By: rayvyn2k http://thingswhatthings.com/?p=135&cpage=1#comment-666 rayvyn2k Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:43:19 +0000 http://thingswhatthings.com/?p=135#comment-666 Sid Caesar's genius will live on forever. Thanks for sharing a sketch I had never seen! And I second the sentiment about Bruce Willis' hair. Sid Caesar’s genius will live on forever. Thanks for sharing a sketch I had never seen! And I second the sentiment about Bruce Willis’ hair.

]]> By: Alan Sepinwall http://thingswhatthings.com/?p=135&cpage=1#comment-659 Alan Sepinwall Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:19:35 +0000 http://thingswhatthings.com/?p=135#comment-659 I was surprised that the best sketches ever list somehow included several Sid Caesar bits and yet left out "This Is Your Story." (YouTube has it broken into two parts. <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apwsZWUjl7g" rel="nofollow">Part one</a> isn't as funny, but it's necessary to appreciate the genius of <a HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xol79-mhhrY" rel="nofollow">part two</A>.) I was surprised that the best sketches ever list somehow included several Sid Caesar bits and yet left out “This Is Your Story.” (YouTube has it broken into two parts. Part one isn’t as funny, but it’s necessary to appreciate the genius of part two.)

]]> By: Patrick http://thingswhatthings.com/?p=135&cpage=1#comment-658 Patrick Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:11:50 +0000 http://thingswhatthings.com/?p=135#comment-658 It always amazes me when I see someone in a crime drama having to stop at a pay phone to make a call. How did any work get done, ever? It always amazes me when I see someone in a crime drama having to stop at a pay phone to make a call. How did any work get done, ever?

]]> By: golfnutbucket http://thingswhatthings.com/?p=135&cpage=1#comment-657 golfnutbucket Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:52:06 +0000 http://thingswhatthings.com/?p=135#comment-657 Concerning the "Moonlighting" video: What fun to see Bruce Willis with hair again -- I mean REAL hair, not plugs. COIN PHONES!!! What a trip down memory lane! Concerning the “Moonlighting” video: What fun to see Bruce Willis with hair again — I mean REAL hair, not plugs. COIN PHONES!!! What a trip down memory lane!

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