I was watching "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" on AMC today. When the credits began rolling, they did one of their artsy-fartsy graphic things and made the credits really small while they promoed a lot of asinine stuff.
Meanwhile, Hollywood greats of the 30s and 40s were being shown and identified by the films from which scenes were used in the farce...but unless you knew who the stars were and the films that had been used, you'd not have been able to make it all out.
Huge mistake, IMO.
DR Jose: I'm much better, thanks for asking. I'm still having sinus troubles but I'm thinking now that I'm being affected by allergies....and I'm having myself a "cleaning weekend," taking down blinds and stuff and washing them.
During my viewing of "What A Way to Go" last night, I noted with a giggle that during the early scene of the sale at Hopper's (Dick Van Dyke's store), there was a bin set up with records for 88 cents. The display album was the back cover of the "Cleopatra" LP.
At the time, you could find "Cleopatra" for under a dollar in most discount stores. But it seems this was an inside joke for the filmmakers (or, intentional on "someone's" part and either not noticed or discovered too late) as 20th Century-Fox made both "Cleopatra" and "What A Way to Go"and both films were released within a couple of years of one another.
