Topic: THE FINE ART OF BALLYHOO AND SHOWMANSHIP (Read 23815 times)

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #30 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:00:39 AM »

Oh, yeah--GO PHILLIES!!!

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #31 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:03:54 AM »

Page Two Dance:

DAW · « **Reply #32 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:08:10 AM »

Not just anyone can pull off that particular shade of green!

DAW · « **Reply #33 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:09:52 AM »

I am de-cluttering, and just came across a letter from a dear man that I haven't connected with since 2003 - when he wrote the letter, and just before we moved and that letter went into a pile, only to be re-discovered now, some 6 years later.

I think I have a phone call to make today.

DAW · « **Reply #34 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:12:32 AM »

I think I must be a show queen.

I can't see or hear the word "BALLYHOO" without immediately thinking of 42nd Street... $:-\$

MBarnum · « **Reply #35 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:16:26 AM »

Quote from: Druxy on October 22, 2009, 04:30:10 AM

Does anybody remember MATINEE, that wonderful spoof of Castle and his films? John Goodman played the Castle character.

Yes, I love that movie!

MBarnum · « **Reply #36 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:20:16 AM »

TOD:

My favorite William Castle films are HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL and I SAW WHAT YOU DID.

The first William Castle film I saw all the way through was 13 GHOSTS. As a kid I came across THE TINGLER and MR SARDONICUS but but both of those films scared me to much to finish watching them.

MBarnum · « **Reply #37 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:25:50 AM »

DR Cason, have a wonderful birthday!!

MBarnum · « **Reply #38 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:30:07 AM »

Even William Castle's trailers for his films were a lot of fun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X70c4MZPmgI

Jennifer · « **Reply #39 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:30:31 AM »

Happy Birthday to Cason!

Matt H. · « **Reply #40 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:34:46 AM »

Good morning!

Still very cool in the mornings. I wore shorts this morning for my walk and probably shouldn't have. It will warm into the 70s again today. Rain is coming up for the weekend.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #41 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:37:17 AM »

Ah, I sometimes long for those long ago days when two bored teen-age girls could get away with making late-night prank calls without the other party dialing *69...

Matt H. · « **Reply #42 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:38:24 AM »

TOD: ROSEMARY'S BABY would have to be my favorite, and it's also a classic in the best sense of the word: classy production, vivid performances, superior direction.

THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL scared the beejesus out of me back in the day. The theater where I saw it didn't have the skeleton that was supposed to fly over our heads, but I didn't need it. The movie still scared me silly. That one famous moment can still give me the creeps even though I know it's coming.

Matt H. · « **Reply #43 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:40:08 AM »

I LOVED the movie MATINEE. It worked on every level: as a comedy, as a reminiscence, as a tribute to Castle without mentioning his name. I thought "Mant" was simply inspired.

JMK · « **Reply #44 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:40:49 AM »

Happy Birthday, Cason!

Matt H. · « **Reply #45 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:41:56 AM »

I'll be continuing with THE GUARDIAN today. I( got halfway through the box yesterday, but I won't finish it today since I'll be leaving to go to lunch (and thus losing a n hour and a half or so in time used in preparing to go out and the actual lunch) and have the usual heavy Thursday television evening coming up. I guess I'll finish it tomorrow.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #46 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:41:59 AM »

Quote from: DAW on October 22, 2009, 06:12:32 AM

I think I must be a show queen.

I can't see or hear the word "BALLYHOO" without immediately thinking of 42nd Street... $:-\$

And I think of SHOW BOAT, and when I think of "Queenie's Ballyhoo," I think of you!

JMK · « **Reply #47 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:43:59 AM »

Best Prank Call You've Ever Made would be a great TOD. I have several, all pre-Caller ID.

Matt H. · « **Reply #48 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:43:59 AM »

There are some reruns on television tonight for those who watch regularly:

Apart from a new SURVIVOR, CBS is rerunning episodes of CSI and THE MENTALIST tonight.

The CW's slate of VAMPIRE DAIRIES and SUPERNATURAL are also reruns tonight.

Fox's shows (BONES, FRINGE) are preempted for baseball.

NBC and ABC are showing new episodes of all their prime time slates tonight.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #49 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:44:17 AM »

"Ballyhoo" made me immediately think of Alfred Uhry's THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO, a play I never saw nor read.

Matt H. · « **Reply #50 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:45:11 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on October 22, 2009, 06:41:59 AM

Quote from: DAW on October 22, 2009, 06:12:32 AM
I think I must be a show queen.

I can't see or hear the word "BALLYHOO" without immediately thinking of 42nd Street... $:-\$

And I think of SHOW BOAT, and when I think of "Queenie's Ballyhoo," I think of you!

And I think of an Infocom computer game of the mid-80s called BALLYHOO.

Matt H. · « **Reply #51 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:45:47 AM »

Happy Birthday to occasional DR Cason!

JMK · « **Reply #52 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:45:58 AM »

I think of HULLABALOO, or perhaps SHINDIG.

JMK · « **Reply #53 on:** October 22, 2009, 06:46:15 AM »

But then, I've always been a contrarian.

Laura · « **Reply #54 on:** October 22, 2009, 07:02:52 AM »

Happy Birthday, Cason!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #55 on:** October 22, 2009, 07:09:49 AM »

Time to depart. I am running late.

DAW · « **Reply #56 on:** October 22, 2009, 07:12:28 AM »

Quote from: JMK on October 22, 2009, 06:46:15 AM

But then, I've always been a contrarian.

Let us count the ways...

DAW · « **Reply #57 on:** October 22, 2009, 07:13:09 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on October 22, 2009, 06:41:59 AM

when I think of "Queenie's Ballyhoo," I think of you!

Why, DR elmore3003, that's the sweetest thing you've ever said to me!

DAW · « **Reply #58 on:** October 22, 2009, 07:16:47 AM »

I forgot to mention that the DH and I watched An Englishman in New York on LOGO the other night. It was really well done, and John Hurt is a revelation as Quentin Crisp.

**UPDATE** After doing a little research, it seems that Mr. John Hurt has played Quentin Crisp before. So I guess he can't really be a revelation. But he was still quite good.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #59 on:** October 22, 2009, 07:17:08 AM »

Happy Birthday DR CASON.

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