Tag: musical

• “Nobody Beats The Wiz!” The 40th Anniversary of The Wiz

  https://archive.org/download/TheWizSpecialWithClips/The%20Wiz%20Special%20with%20clips.mp3 HAPPY NEW YEAR! David Lawler and David Anderson discuss the 1978 movie, The Wiz, starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Lena Horne, and Ted Ross. The Wiz is a 1978 American musical adventure fantasy film produced by Universal Pictures and Motown Productions, and released by Universal Pictures on October 24, 1978. A re-imagining…

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  December 31, 2018

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  1978, adventure, black, black exploitation movies, Charlie Smalls, cinema, Diana Ross, Fantasy, Joel Schumacher, Lena Horne, Mabel King, Michael Jackson, musical, Nipsey Russell, Rob Cohen, Sidney Lumet, Superman, Ted Ross, The Wiz, The Wizard of Oz

• Monkees vs. Macheen: “The Picture Frame”

  “What’s My Motivation?” “The Picture Frame” starts out with the “Hurray for Hollywood” sound-alike incidental music and the sign for the fictional Mammoth Studios, first used in “I’ve Got a Little Song Here.” Some previous episodes where the Monkees tried to break into show biz were “Captain Crocodile,” “Find the Monkees,” “Monkees at the Movies,”…

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  April 19, 2017

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  1967, 1968, Cliff Norton, comedy, courtroom drama, Davy Jones, Elisabeth Fraser, framed, Henry Beckman, Inherit the Wind, Kelton Garwood, Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, musical, Peter Tork, Randy Scouse Git, Spencer Tracy, The Bank Robbery, The Monkees, The Picture Frame, The Rainbow Room, The Twilight Zone, trapped

• Vintage Cable Box: “To Be Or Not To Be, 1983”

  “Listen, if I don’t come back, then I forgive you for anything that happened between you and Lt. Sobinski.  But if I do come back, you’re in a lot of trouble!” To Be Or Not To Be, 1983 (Mel Brooks), 20th Century Fox The story goes that Mel Brooks sought out the widow of Ernst…

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  June 27, 2016

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  1941, 1983, Alan Johnson, Anne Bancroft, Carole Lombard, Charles Durning, comedy, concentration camp, Ernst Lubitsch, George Gaynes, George Wyner, Germans, Jack Benny, Jews, José Ferrer, Mel Brooks, musical, Nazi Germany, original movie, remake, romance, Tim Matheson, To Be Or Not To Be, war movie, Warsaw, World War II

• Vintage Cable Box: “Get Crazy, 1983”

  “If this is love, sex is gonna kill you!” Get Crazy, 1983 (Malcolm McDowell), Embassy Pictures This is such a fun movie! Pandemonium reigns as harried stage manager Neil Allen (Daniel Stern) tries to put together the ultimate 1983 New Year’s party for Max Wolfe’s (Allen Garfield) famous Saturn Theater in Los Angeles. As he…

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  November 30, 2015

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  1983, Allan Arkush, Allen Garfield, Daniel Stern, Gail Edwards, Get Crazy, Heartbeeps, Herb Solow, Lee Ving, Lou Reed, Malcolm McDowell, music, musical, musical comedy, Rock ‘n’ Roll High School, The Fantastic Four