I Just Watched...

[Dargo]

As a Jew, I know I definitely related to Fran's "I just wanted to eat bacon" remark on THE NANNY.

LOL

Yeah, I can see this, Holden. I mean who DOESN'T like bacon, right?!

Although in this, I would assume the word "shellfish" or "ham" might've worked almost as well, huh!

Still though, did this line ever become a cultural phenomenon and for a while and often referrenced by the general public such as any of those in the 'Seinfeld' lines I listed above?

(...btw and coincidentally, I just had a nice BLT for lunch...eat your heart out, kid!)

[txfilmfan]

When sitcom writers resort to relying on catchphrases to get a big studio audience response, that sitcom is generally on the decline. Whether it's "Dyn-o-mite!", "Kiss my grits", or "Up your nose with a rubber hose," they are funny the first half dozen times, but wear about as well as a 70s leisure suit.

[Allhallowsday]

TCM 20th anniversary ROBERT OSBOURNE Tribute with ALEX TREBEK. It came on in the wee hours and I watched it again. I have more questions now than I did 10 years ago...

[jimimac71]

Did someone say Leisure Suit as in Larry?

For all you non-perverted game players, this was a series of games from Sierra Online.
They were 8-bit games on floppy discs originally.
https://www.sierragamers.com/

[Hibi]

Kiss My Grits got old very quickly also.

IT REALLY DID, DIDN'T IT?
And yet- GOD HELP ME- I still kinda low-key love it.

LOL.

[Andree]

THAT BUGGED ME TOO!
Like, not just the needless cruelty to an animal, but also THE GAPING PLOT HOLE of him not noticing.
That blood would have been warm too.
Ick.
Man, his DRY CLEANER must've been HATIN LIFE- I don't think BILLY MAYS and a GALLON OF OXICLEAN could get those sheets BRIGHT WHITE again.

A horse is a horse of course of course and nobody would sleep with a horse of course...

It is kind of humorous. Either way, it worked as Johnny got the part. I suppose the
message was this time a horse's head, the next time....I would have just thrown
those sheet out. Fuhgeddaboudthem.

[CinemaInternational]

The horse head in the scene in The Godfather was acquired from a glue factory. John Marley, the actor in bed with the head, didn't know it was going to be a real head, so his screams in the scene were genuine.

[Hibi]

The horse head in the scene in The Godfather was aquired from a glue factory. John Marley, the actor in bed with the head, didn't know it was going to be a real head, so his screams in the scene were genuine.

YUCK. I would've been super pissed.

[HoldenIsHere]

I don't think I've ever seen an entire episode of ALICE, but I love the movie ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE [/b]that was the inspiration for the TV series.

I'M THE OPPOSITE- I've only seen the TV SERIES, which I grew up watching on THE SUPERSTATION.

It would be interesting to see what you think of ALICE: THE SERIES, for me: it's an interesting case of a SITCOM where THE LEAD was DREADFUL but almost all the supporting cast worked overtime to make up for it (especially VIC TAYBACK and the actress who played "Vera"- i especially liked her)

edit- to this day, when I see VIC TAYBACK in something, my eyes just light up- he was a delightful actor.

Vic Tayback was the only actor from ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HER ANYMORE to reprise their role on the TV series ALICE. Diane Ladd (who played Flo in the movie and was nominated for an Oscar) joined the cast of the TV series later in the run but in a different role.
Alfred Lutter who was wonderful as Alice's son in the movie was in the pilot for the TV show but was replaced by a very bland (but kind of cute) actor when the show was picked up.

[Lorna]

(Still better than waking up next to THE LUME LADY.)

[CinemaInternational]

(Still better than waking up next to THE LUME LADY.)

That made me laugh a lot.

[kingrat]

Beth Howland, the original Amy in Company ("Getting Married Today"), played Vera on Alice.

Linda Lavin sang (well, sort of) the title song for the show.

[CinemaInternational]

I don't think I've ever seen an entire episode of ALICE, but I love the movie ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE [/b]that was the inspiration for the TV series.

I'M THE OPPOSITE- I've only seen the TV SERIES, which I grew up watching on THE SUPERSTATION.

It would be interesting to see what you think of ALICE: THE SERIES, for me: it's an interesting case of a SITCOM where THE LEAD was DREADFUL but almost all the supporting cast worked overtime to make up for it (especially VIC TAYBACK and the actress who played "Vera"- i especially liked her)

edit- to this day, when I see VIC TAYBACK in something, my eyes just light up- he was a delightful actor.

The movie was different than the TV series: a hard-edged 70s slice of life with Ellen Burstyn playing an unhappily married woman whose truck driver husband was killed in a traffic accident, and then the film shows her trying to adjust to life. The fact that she ended up in a romance with Kris Kristofferson was about the only thing that went her way in the film, given the hard diner job, and earlier a failed lounge singing career and a frightful run-in from psycho Harvey Keitel. Meanwhile, her bratty son was getting drunk on Whipple being give to him by an androgynous Jodie Foster (looking more like a boy than a girl in this film). It's not a bad film, and Burstyn is teriffic. I think you will be getting a chance to see it soon.....

[Allhallowsday]

...Vic Tayback was the only actor from ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HER ANYMORE to reprise their role on the TV series ALICE. Diane Ladd (who played Flo in the movie and was nominated for an Oscar) joined the cast of the TV series later in the run but in a different role.
Alfred Lutter who was wonderful as Alice's son in the movie was in the pilot for the TV show but was replaced by a very bland (but kind of cute) actor when the show was picked up.

I watched ALICE the TV series long before I saw the film. ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE is now a favorite, and the TV series pales.
Great remarks about the kid in a central role: ALFRED LUTTER. Blondie Big Teeth from the series was indeed bland.

[HoldenIsHere]

Was Ellen Burstyn asked to reprise her role in the ALICE TV series?

She would have already received the Oscar for ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE so it's not surprising if she was asked to do the TV show (or at least the pilot) that she declined.
Back then doing a TV series would have been seen as a "step back" for movie actor.
It's not really the case now.
A sitcom from that era though wouldn't have been able to have the frankness of the movie.