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07.06.08 by Widge @ 8:51 pm There's nobody on the planet like William Shatner. The man has got such an amazing attitude towards himself, towards his career, towards everything--that you really can't touch him. He can cover Blur on an album produced by Ben Folds or he can get up in the middle of a celebration of George Lucas and sing "My Way." Doesn't matter. He is the man. I'm not even a huge Trek fan and I can see that. This is from The Mike Douglas Show in 1969, where it seems Shatner was co-hosting the show for a week with Douglas. Now--there's several versions of this online where he does sing "It Was a Very Good Year." But this version has the Hamlet "To Be or Not to Be" soliloquy intact on it--and you need to get the introduction and the Shakespeare to get the full effect, in my humble opinion. This is the only vid of this I can find online--so I apologize. Normally I don't post anything where the audio is this out of sync. But dammit, it's still worth watching. And I have to apologize to Shatner. A while back I saw someone here locally perform Hamlet and do it, as I've stated, "Shatner Hamlet." But Shatner's Hamlet is apparently much better than this guy, whose performance is now demoted to "Bad Shatner Hamlet." Direct link for the feedreaders. After the break, Shatner discussed his acting approach on Star Trek. Which is priceless. Categorized as: TV
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07.06.08 by Widge @ 3:18 am Larry Harmon, the man responsible for most of us knowing who Bozo the Clown is--and who owned the Bozo franchise--died earlier this week. And in tribute, here's a couple of Bozo clips I found online. I never knew before how the whole Bozo thing worked--I'll let you read the Wikipedia article for the full skinnee--but Pinto Colvig, the original voice of Goofy, was the first Bozo. Harmon was a Bozo, then bought the rights to Bozo. Then he licensed the rights to local television stations to have their own actors play Bozo, the most popular of which was Bob Bell on WGN in Chicago. More on him in a moment. Could not find any footage online of Larry as Bozo, but somebody posted this appearance of the character on What's My Line? in 1969 and it seemed fitting to share. According to Wikipedia, the actor, Gordon Ramsey, who played Bozo for WOR in New York, then appeared later on the show as himself as another mystery guest. I wish I could find that segment to couple with this. Direct link for the feedreaders. Categorized as: TV
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07.06.08 by Widge @ 1:40 am One of my favorite bits from French & Saunders, they smack around Lord of the Rings in the same fashion they did Harry Potter. Direct link for the feedreaders. And just for the record, I've seen online birthdates for her from July 5th to July 12th, though most of them say today. So if for some reason we're a day late or a trifle early, so be it. A bit of Edina after the break. Categorized as: TV
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07.05.08 by Widge @ 3:37 am Channel 4 has recreated the set of Kubrick's The Shining for a tracking shot that winds up being, in some aspects, scarier than the film it's based upon. This to promote their "Kubrick Season," in which they're showing ten films starting July 15th. Direct link for the feedreaders. For a higher quality version (and more info) check here. Categorized as: TV
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07.01.08 by Widge @ 9:43 pm The most excellent Ginger Rogers on What's My Line? from 1954. Most celebrities, as we've seen, disguise their voices. But Ginger went a bit extreme. Direct link for the feedreaders. Categorized as: TV
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