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[John G.]

Two!

[Laura]

Good morning.

[Laura]

Happy Birthday, Jeanne!

[ChasSmith]

I *might* have seen Marty as a kid, but my first real exposure to Paddy Chayefsky was probably The Hospital in 1971. Even then, I didn't know much about him, and it would absolutely have been Network that put him on the map for me. A few years later, Altered States joined the canon.

I never saw The Americanization of Emily until literally just a couple of years ago, and I really liked it. Don't know why I ignored it back in the day.

[Freddie]

I haven’t heard of audio readers changing words before.

Larry would have to confirm this, but he may have mentioned that the actor who's narrating and the publisher are the same.

[singdaw]

Good morning, friends.

[singdaw]

And others.

[singdaw]

How my work colleagues see me when I tell them a story from my remote youth:

[singdaw]

Hope DR MichaelG had a grand opening night.

[John G.]

I think my first exposure to Paddy C. was a Hallmark TV production of Gideon, which I loved and would love to see again. Then The Hospital, but in both cases I didn’t really pay attention to the writer. Network was my first full consciousness of his name and skills.

[John G.]

Hope DR MichaelG had a grand opening night.

Me too.

[Freddie]

How my work colleagues see me when I tell them a story from my remote youth:

LOL!

[ChasSmith]

I think my first exposure to Paddy C. was a Hallmark TV production of Gideon, which I loved and would love to see again. Then The Hospital, but in both cases I didn’t really pay attention to the writer. Network was my first full consciousness of his name and skills.

I should have made that clear about The Hospital for myself. I liked it wholeheartedly, but my interest and focus then were all about the lead actors. Even though I appreciated the points being made, I wasn't yet "into" the writers and directors who made it all happen.

[Freddie]

IIRC, when I first saw The Hospital, it had already won the Oscar for its screenplay, so that may have drawn focus for me to the writing.

[ChasSmith]

It was amazing for me, when watching The Hospital decades later, to see so clearly how the format or structure of Network was so identical. And yet, when I was thrilling to Network originally, just a few years after The Hospital, I hadn't been reminded of it at all. That seems impossible now, but that's when my awareness of those things was evolving.

[Rodzinski]

Printers, yikes! Garbage technology.

[Rodzinski]

Happy Birthday to Jeanne Jeanne the posting machine!

[Rodzinski]

There’s no gong in her show!

[Freddie]

In non-Chayefsky work:

When the movie first came out in 2011, were film-savvy people here generally aware that the 2011 movie called "Just Go With It," starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, was a remake of "Cactus Flower," which starred Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn in her Oscar-winning supporting role.

I guess "Just Go With It" was a real hit, even though not well-respected:  It grossed over $200-million, with an $80-million budget, according to wikipedia. 

When I watched it on TV, I thought, boy, this premise sounds familiar - and then saw it was an actual remake of "Cactus Flower."

[Rodzinski]

Aside: in Canada-speak, the phrase “gong show” is commonly used for a fiasco or comic catastrophe, or what we might call a shitshow.

“I went to final dress and it was a gong show.”

[Rodzinski]

In non-Chayefsky work:

When the movie first came out in 2011, were film-savvy people here generally aware that the 2011 movie called "Just Go With It," starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, was a remake of "Cactus Flower," which starred Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn in her Oscar-winning supporting role.

I guess "Just Go With It" was a real hit, even though not well-respected:  It grossed over $200-million, with an $80-million budget, according to wikipedia. 

When I watched it on TV, I thought, boy, this premise sounds familiar - and then saw it was an actual remake of "Cactus Flower."

Do not recall hearing that ever. A stealth remake.

[Freddie]

In non-Chayefsky work:

When the movie first came out in 2011, were film-savvy people here generally aware that the 2011 movie called "Just Go With It," starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, was a remake of "Cactus Flower," which starred Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn in her Oscar-winning supporting role.

I guess "Just Go With It" was a real hit, even though not well-respected:  It grossed over $200-million, with an $80-million budget, according to wikipedia. 

When I watched it on TV, I thought, boy, this premise sounds familiar - and then saw it was an actual remake of "Cactus Flower."

Do not recall hearing that ever. A stealth remake.

That could be a genre:  stealth remakes.

[Jrand74]

Happy Birthday to DR JEANNE.

[singdaw]

HAPPIEST OF HHW BIRTHDAY WISHES for our very own dear DR Jeanne!!!!

[Jrand74]

Hmmmmmm......The Hospital, Middle of the Night, Network, Bachelor Party.....

Interesting things.

[singdaw]

 

[Laura]

Aside: in Canada-speak, the phrase “gong show” is commonly used for a fiasco or comic catastrophe, or what we might call a shitshow.

“I went to final dress and it was a gong show.”

I remember The Gong Show.

[Jane]

DR George, I'm glad the keychains arrived.  Tracking didn't show that they were out for delivery.

[Jane]

George, sorry about how well the package was wrapped

[Jane]

DR John your evening sounds amazing.