...Among their most famous works are the theme park songs There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow and It's A Small World (After All). According to Time magazine, the latter song is the most performed song of all time...... :smiley_cheers: :smiley_clap: So, I assume that last little factoid's numbers...

The original TV show was only an hour, so the script had to be padded to feature length. I don't believe Clara's parents were in the original TV version at all. I've only seen it once, many years ago. My favorite incidental scene in the film is the conversation between the two ladies sitting at the ...

I guess duplicative names were a thing for a hot minute? Berry Berry, Humbert Humbert Would account for John-John for JFK Jr. True. My aunt called my brother Jim-Jim back around the same time (late 60s) until he was about 8, when he announced he was to be called James henceforth. Didn't even occur ...

What always amazed me is back when she was doing her numerous variety series in the 1970s, she would be able to get all that hair under a short wig for various sketches. Where does it all go? One of the mysterious things about being a woman, I suppose, that I'll never understand. Re: MSW and the scr...

I guess duplicative names were a thing for a hot minute? Berry Berry, Humbert Humbert

Richard Sherman, one half of the Sherman Brothers songwriting team, has passed away at the age of 95. He and his brother are best remembered for writing songs for Disney films, television, and theme park attractions.

https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/rememb ... m-sherman/

I have watched now several episodes on: The Bugaloos (1970–1972). I believe that this programme is proof that Britain was continuing to receive very high-grade weed from its colonies in the Caribbean. Britain has had some weird kids shows, but this was an American production, from the Krofft brothe...

Like I'd tune in because Dave Karger is hosting the segment? I'd be ok with no presentations at all. Rarely do they tell me anything I don't already know. I've come to the point I can't stand the Mank anymore. The others I can take or leave, they don't bother me as much. No one could ever replace R...

Just saw a new promo for Noir Alley (as if they didn't have enough of them) -- with Eddie Muller wearing some kind of 1940's camel hair coat, walking the streets of Frisco looking "tough". So silly and frankly tiresome already imo. Forgive my ignorance on these matters, but don't all thes...

I just watched Cheyenne, episode Fury at Rio Hondo. This was a remake of Hawks\Bogie's To Have and Have Not. Most of the dialog, as well as associated action, was scene-for-scene \ word-for-word. There was the two women (Bacall and Moran), as well as the sidekick (Brennan). The setting was the Mexi...

The same thing happened with Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid - after the failed broadcast it was later posted to WatchTCM along with the introduction and wrap-up. I would imagine that TCM has to prepare the video for streaming and it may be a separate production path. It is possible that this path worked...

I love Li'l Abner and have the soundtrack on my phone. When I was a kid, I had both the original Broadway cast album and the film soundtrack LPs. I love the way the opening number -- "It's a Typical Day in Dogpatch USA" -- introduces all the characters. I saw the Encores production at NY ...

Happens all the time. The bad guys are sadists or have a bizarre sense of humor and come up with some elaborate way to kill people instead of just shooting them in the head. Simplify, simplify. Yeah, I really enjoyed that sequence. Why not just shoot them? Much easier. Yep, pretty much just a varia...

My favorite movie musical never makes any lists ever. I saw a summer stock production of Li'l Abner as a kid and have loved it ever since. Interestingly, Paramount Pictures backed the creation of the Broadway show (1956) with the specific intention of making a movie version. The movie (1959) kept m...

Yes, Alma is back as a Spanish name, pronounced "Ahlma." The name from the past was "you can call me Al-ma." What movie character was named Alma? I seem to remember one. Not a character, but Alma Reville was a script writer, assistant director and had various other behind the sc...