| Great, now I get the joke, but I lost it [message #171413] |
Mon, 19 January 2009 22:08  |
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I know in some experiment, possibly a short, Tom Servo answered
some character standing in front of a bland background and singing,
o/` Ed Sul-li-van o/` ... which I took to be one of those many strange
things that just happens.
And then on Turner Classic Movies I came across a moment of the
Dick Van Dyke/Ann Margrock/Janet Leigh vehicle _Bye Bye Birdie_, with a
bit where for some reason the guy who does Mildew Wolf's voice sings an
angel-filled chorus to the notion of appearing on Ed Sullivan.
So now I know what the reference was. And now I've got no idea
which episode it was had the reference.
I think this reflects a conservation law of some kind.
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Joseph Nebus
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| Re: Great, now I get the joke, but I lost it [message #171414 is a reply to message #171413] |
Mon, 19 January 2009 23:05  |
Jim Ellwanger
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In article <nebusj.1232420295@vcmr-86.server.rpi.edu>,
nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
> And then on Turner Classic Movies I came across a moment of the
> Dick Van Dyke/Ann Margrock/Janet Leigh vehicle _Bye Bye Birdie_, with a
> bit where for some reason the guy who does Mildew Wolf's voice sings an
> angel-filled chorus to the notion of appearing on Ed Sullivan.
I learned about the concept of "pan and scan" at a very early age,
watching that song from the movie on VHS -- my mother pointed out to me
that only three-fourths of the members of the family were actually
appearing on the TV screen. Presumably that was not an issue on TCM.
--
Jim Ellwanger <usenet@ellwanger.tv>
<http://www.ellwanger.tv> welcomes you daily.
"The days turn into nights; at night, you hear the trains."
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| Re: Great, now I get the joke, but I lost it [message #171415 is a reply to message #171413] |
Mon, 19 January 2009 23:21 |
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Originally posted by: Derek Janssen
Joseph Nebus wrote:
> I know in some experiment, possibly a short, Tom Servo answered
> some character standing in front of a bland background and singing,
> o/` Ed Sul-li-van o/` ... which I took to be one of those many strange
> things that just happens.
>
> And then on Turner Classic Movies I came across a moment of the
> Dick Van Dyke/Ann Margrock/Janet Leigh vehicle _Bye Bye Birdie_, with a
> bit where for some reason the guy who does Mildew Wolf's voice sings an
> angel-filled chorus to the notion of appearing on Ed Sullivan.
>
> So now I know what the reference was. And now I've got no idea
> which episode it was had the reference.
Pretty frequently used riff--
QV. Mrs. Claus saying, "Oh, are we on TV?" at the beginning of "Santa
Claus Conquers the Martians"
Can't recall offhand how many times it may have been used in "The
Beatniks", however.
Derek Janssen ("He's my favorite human being.")
ejanss1@verizon.net
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| Re: Great, now I get the joke, but I lost it [message #171416 is a reply to message #171415] |
Tue, 20 January 2009 00:09 |
Jonah Falcon
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"Derek Janssen" <ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote in message
news:Nicdl.779$Aw2.415@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
> Joseph Nebus wrote:
>> I know in some experiment, possibly a short, Tom Servo answered some
>> character standing in front of a bland background and singing, o/` Ed
>> Sul-li-van o/` ... which I took to be one of those many strange things
>> that just happens. And then on Turner Classic Movies I came across a
>> moment of the Dick Van Dyke/Ann Margrock/Janet Leigh vehicle _Bye Bye
>> Birdie_, with a bit where for some reason the guy who does Mildew Wolf's
>> voice sings an angel-filled chorus to the notion of appearing on Ed
>> Sullivan. So now I know what the reference was. And now I've got no
>> idea which episode it was had the reference.
>
> Pretty frequently used riff--
> QV. Mrs. Claus saying, "Oh, are we on TV?" at the beginning of "Santa
> Claus Conquers the Martians"
When she thinks of the mass media, she touches herself.
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| Re: Great, now I get the joke, but I lost it [message #171660 is a reply to message #171413] |
Thu, 05 February 2009 21:27 |
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Originally posted by: Paul Duca (tomservo56954@comcast.net)
On Jan 19, 10:08 pm, nebu...@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
> I know in some experiment, possibly a short, Tom Servo answered
> some character standing in front of a bland background and singing,
> o/` Ed Sul-li-van o/` ... which I took to be one of those many strange
> things that just happens.
>
> And then on Turner Classic Movies I came across a moment of the
> Dick Van Dyke/Ann Margrock/Janet Leigh vehicle _Bye Bye Birdie_, with a
> bit where for some reason the guy who does Mildew Wolf's voice sings an
> angel-filled chorus to the notion of appearing on Ed Sullivan.
>
> So now I know what the reference was. And now I've got no idea
> which episode it was had the reference.
>
> I think this reflects a conservation law of some kind.
>
> --
> Joseph Nebus
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I didn't know what puberty was until I was almost past it...
Paul Duca--the Supercharged MSTie
#56954
"You're like Weird Al Yankovic...if he only wrote Christmas songs
about banging my sister"
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