#david l. lander

[lisamarie-vee]

#cindy williams #david l. lander #television #1970s #laverne & shirley

[mudwerks]

(via Editorial Reply - The Credibility Gap (1977)

standard conservative editorial

#youtube #Editorial Reply #The Credibility Gap #comedy #vintage #1977 #Harry Shearer #David L. Lander #Michael McKean #The Bronze Age Of Radio

[mythirdparent]

#abc tv #70s tv #garry marshall #henry winkler #penny marshall #cindy williams #michael mckean #David l. lander #David lander #eddie mekka #laverne and shirley #Phil foster #betty garrett #happy days #ron howard #Donny most #anson Williams #Erin moran #tom bosley #Marion Ross #robin williams #Pam dawber #mork and mindy #Conrad Janis #billy barty #burgess meredith #dudley moore #Al molinaro #debralee Scott #Robert hays

[wishyoumerrychristmas]

#christmas #jolliest fat man #lenny and squiggy #laverne and shirley #70s tv #video #music #song #lenny kosnowski #Andrew squigmond #David l. lander #david lander #michael mckean #Youtube

[camyfilms]

WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT 1988

I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.

#who framed roger rabbit #1988 #bob hoskins #charles fleischer #kathleen turner #christopher lloyd #stubby kaye #lou hirsch #david l. lander #joanna cassidy #alan tilvern #richard leparmentier #fred newman #june foray #mel blanc #richard ridings #joel silver #paul springer #joe alaskey #wayne allwine #tony anselmo #bill farmer #mae questel

[adamwatchesmovies]

Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)

If you know your internet memes, you’re probably aware of the best scene in Tom and Jerry: The Movie. It’s got you wondering if there are other hidden gems within its running time. Could this movie be so bad it’s good? I'm sorry to say it isn’t. This animated musical comedy is an ordeal. The plot is worthless, the animation ok at best, the songs horrid, characters bland, and as a big-screen adaptation of the classic cartoon characters, it’s a knife in the back. The movie is fun to talk about, however. If you and your friends are bad movie sadomasochists, it may be worth checking out.

After her father disappears during a Tibetan expedition, 8-year-old Robyn Starling (voiced by Anndi McAfee) - and her family’s fortune - are given to her abusive guardian “Aunt” Pristine Figg (voiced by Charlotte Rae). She conspires with her lawyer, Lickboot (voiced by Tony Jay), to keep all of that beautiful money for themselves. When Robyn runs away and bumps into Tom (voiced by Richard King) and Jerry (voiced by Dana Hill), she brings them back home and learns her father may still be alive somewhere.

Let’s begin with that title. This is hardly a “Tom and Jerry movie". For one, the cat and mouse are not the main characters. I wouldn't even call them important to this plot. Robyn is the protagonist. Without her, there is no story, no conflict, no villains. This means films like Tom and Jerry and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory or Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz - in which the titular duo are dumped in a plot they have little impact upon - are proudly upholding a tradition that began in 1992. It’s a shocker - almost as much as the scene in which the characters begin talking. They rarely - if ever - spoke in the cartoons. That was part of their appeal. It was all about these opponents trying to violently kill each other. Here, they sing a song about how good a pair of friends they are.

This movie wants to be ‘90s Disney so, so bad. To stretch its paper-thin plot (which is essentially ripped off from The Rescuers) we have one bad song after another. Each of these tunes is destined to be forgotten the second they end. That’s a relief. The rhymes and lyrics are so awful you’d curse yourself for remembering them if you did. However, this does bring us to the one - intentionally - good moment in the entire film: the villain’s song. (Money is Such) a Beautiful Word is exactly what you think it is. Minutes upon minutes of bad rhymes detailing how greedy Aunt Figg and Lickboot are. It’s pretty funny to see, but only if preceded by Tony Jay saying “We’ve got to have… money!”. The irony is that this blatant acknowledgment of greed is exactly what the executives must’ve told their lackeys when the film was green-lit.

There are obvious flaws in every scene. At one point, Robyn nearly drowns and is rescued by Captain Kiddie (voiced by Rip Taylor), the owner of a deserted amusement park whose right hand is always busy manipulating a puppet - an avatar for his split personality. Every sign points towards “child molester” but that wasn’t the intention, which is also pretty funny. When he's introduced, Aunt Figg and Lickboot desperately want Robyn back, so they're offering a $1 million reward to anyone who can find her and plaster her photo onto milk cartoons to spread the word. They do this on the same day she goes missing, which is impossible, but even the “we don’t care” team of director Phil Roman and writer Dennis Marks had to realize distributing these cartons would take a while, which is why Captain Kiddie explains to Robyn that she’s been out cold for 6 days. Anyone else would’ve called the police but evidently, he’s planning on chaining her up in his dungeon. Cut to a scene where he offers to pour Robyn a glass of milk. You can see where this is going. The carton has her picture on it, prompting his stupid bird to go ballistic and dollar signs to flash before his eyes. Here’s what I’m wondering. When did he buy that milk carton? Did he not recognize her before this very moment?

Another mistake in this train wreck is the character designs. They’re all over the place. When Tom and Jerry find themselves homeless (don’t ask), they meet a dog and his best friend, a flea. Both are dressed in real clothes and look like they come from a completely different movie. The next animals we meet are a gang of tough cats, who are also clothed and look as different from Puggsy and Frankie da Flea as. they do from Tom & Jerry. They also look nothing like Mrs. Figg’s dog, an ugly creature so fat it can’t even walk. It’s like a bunch of rejects from other animation studios were brought together to help fill space.

There’s a lot to complain about if you've seen Tom and Jerry: The Movie. This does make it sort of fun to tear apart, though to do so you’ll have to waste your time by watching the movie. I can’t say I’m sorry I sat through this mess - the “We’ve got to have… money” scene is funny enough that I will treasure it - but I doubt you would feel the same. (April 23, 2021)

#Tom and Jerry: The Movie #Tom and Jerry #Tom & Jerry #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #Phil Roman #Dennis Marks #Richard Kind #Dana Hill #Anndi McAfee #Tony Jay #Henry Gibson #Michael Bell #Ed Gilbert #David L. Lander #Howard Morris #Charlotte Rae #animated movies #animated films

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

#tv shows #tv series #polls #laverne & shirley #penny marshall #cindy williams #david l lander #1970s series #us american series #have you seen this series poll

[squigenny]

Evolution of title cards + cast credits on Laverne & Shirley.

BONUS: 1995 & 2002 reunion specials

Important addendum:

#laverne and shirley #lenny and squiggy #penny marshall #cindy williams #michael mckean #david lander #david l lander #eddie mekka #phil foster #betty garrett #leslie easterbrook #ed marinaro #classic tv

[tantamount-treason]

#my friends from the tv #lenny and the squigtones #michael mckean #david l lander #laverne and shirley

[tuttle-did-it]

David L Lander on The Bob Newhart Show

#david l lander #bob newhart show #bob newhart

[kwebtv]

Galaxy High School - CBS / NHK (Japan) - September 13, 1986 - December 6, 1986

Animated / Science Fiction (13 Episodes)

Running Time: 30 minutes

English Cast:

Susan Blu as Aimee Brightower

Hal Rayle as Doyle Cleverlobe

Howard Morris as Professor Icenstein and Luigi La Bounci (plus other miscellaneous voices)

Pat Carroll as Ms. Biddy McBrain

Nancy Cartwright as "Flat" Freddy Fender and Gilda Gossip

Guy Christopher as Earl Eccchhh

Gino Conforti as Ollie Oilslick the cabbie and Reggie Unicycle

Jennifer Darling as Booey Bubblehead, Myrtle Blastermeier and Wendy Garbo

Pat Fraley as Coach Frogface and Sludge the janitor

Henry Gibson as Doyle's locker

David L. Lander as Milo de Venus

Danny Mann as the Creep

Neil Ross as Rotten Roland

John Stephenson as Beef Bonk and Harvey Blastermeier

#Galaxy High School #TV #CBS #Animated #Science Fiction #1986 #1980's

[mudwerks]

(via A Date with Danger · Credibility Gap (1974)

Harry Shearer, David L. Lander, Michael McKean 

(at bottom) Richard Beebe

#youtube #A Date with Danger #Credibility Gap #humor #vintage #Harry Shearer #David L. Lander #Michael McKean #Richard Beebe #1974

[nightafternightpod]

07.20: Lightning Man

New Podcast time! Carmine survives being struck by lightning - then, while in a daze, foils an attempted robbery at Cowboy Bills'. The resulting publicity sees him being dubbed as a superhero named Lightning Man. Smelling good publicity when he sees it, Squiggy signs Carmine to a contract at Squignowski and sets about milling up some publicity for him. While Carmine's fame grows, so does the pressure to keep him in the public eye. When Squiggy arranges for him to take part in a dangerous stunt, will Frank be able to talk him down- and will he be able to save Squiggy when he too goes out on a wire?

On-Pod, we marvel at David L. Lander, talk about the interesting weirdness of this episode, and wonder how they got a Kent State joke past the censors in the early 1980s.

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YT: https://youtu.be/kGzD2GyoyeU Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lightning-man-s7e20/id1511414778?i=1000631979874 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1RWVgieeEVSMGYdrSZAXF7?si=Lc-NAofaS_qRb2feT9UC7Q Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f8beec7e-ad15-4c65-bd9e-a959373b61cf/episodes/82e3bede-676d-489e-bce4-078d1a242001/night-after-night-lightning-man-s7e20

#laverne and shirley #laverne & shirley #classic tv #tv review #classic tv podcasts #podcasts #tv podcast #podcast #tv recap

[nerdsworld]

Have A Merry Christmas 🎄

Happy Holidays 🍹🍸🍷🥃🥂🍼

Happy New Year 🎊

I will be back in January 2024 until then enjoy this short clip of me almost taking out a rack of costumes at New York Comic Con because of "Chucky" 🔪

Why do people with Multiple Sclerosis can't walk?

If you have Multiple Sclerosis and have difficulty walking then you know the struggle is real.

Difficulty in walking is known as gait disorders and is one of the more common symptoms of MS.

Problems with BALANCE can result in an unsteady swaying from side to side or referred to as the "drunk walk".

The actor David L. Lander that played Squiggly on the Laverne and Shirley show,when he was diagnosed with MS during the peak of his career and instead of telling the studios he had the disease,he let them think he was coming to work drunk so they would not drop him because of the disease.

Sensory deficits results from severe numbness in the feet and can be referred to as sensory ataxia which can cause hard stomping,heavy,delivery gait.

*Fatigue is generally reported with walking difficulties and causing weakness,drop foot, impaired balance with sensory deficits.

This is what happened to me in this video after five hours at NYCC which included standing on the autograph line for three hours and walking the show floor for two (10am-3pm) on Thursday, Day One.*

Friday

12.22.2023

L.George

#chucky #chuckypeacock #chucky syfy #multiple sclerosis #walking difficulties #walking disaster #gaitproblems #nycc #medicalstickers #new york comic con #merry christmas #happy holidays #happynewyear2024 #blamechucky

[greensparty]

Remembering Lisa Loring, Gregory Allen Howard and Cindy Williams

Here is my combined remembrance of three entertainers we just lost:

Remembering Lisa Loring 1958-2023

Loring on The Addams Family

Actress Lisa Loring has died at 64. She was the original Wednesday Addams on The Addams Family (1964-1966 ABC-TV). It was one of those shows like The Munsters that I got into as a kid via syndication. She was cool as the daughter in the haunted family sitcom. She returned to the role for the 1977 TV movie Halloween with the New Addams Family. The Addams Family has been rebooted many times since the original in various movies, TV shows and animation. Look closely at Christina Ricco in the live action movies or Jenna Ortega in the recent Netflix series Wednesday and you can see the influence Loring had on their performances.

The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.

Remembering Gregory Allen Howard 1952-2023

Howard

Screenwriter and producer Gregory Allen Howard has died at 70. He was a gifted writer, notably for biopics like Michael Mann’s Ali (Howard received Story credit) and Kasi Lemmons’ Harriet.

The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.

Remembering Cindy Williams 1947-2023

Sad news that actress Cindy Williams has died at 75. Her greatest role was as Shirley Feeney, first appearing on some episodes of Happy Days, then getting her own show on Laverne & Shirley (ABC 1976-1983, though she was only on until 1982) and also on the animated Laverne & Shirley in the Army. L&S, about two friends looking for love in 1950s Milwaukee, was LOL funny. I got into it as a kid watching re-runs with my older sister. A lot of the humor went over my head, but the physical comedy was very funny and Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams made a great team. After Marshall died in 2018, David L. Lander (Squiggy) died in 2020, and Eddie Mekka (Carmine) died in 2021 this is super sad that so many cast members are now gone.

Cindy Williams in yellow with Potsie, Laverne and Richie on L&S

In addition to L&S, Williams also appeared in George Lucas’s American Graffiti. A few years later she auditions to be Princess Leia but lost to Carrie Fisher. She also had a small role in Francis Ford Coppola’s excellent The Conversation, and the sitcom Normal Life (1990 CBS) where she was the mother of Dweezil and Moon Unit Zappa. She was also the producer of the Father of the Bride movies as well.

The link above is the obit from Variety.

#lisa loring #rip #the addams family #halloween with the new addams family #gregory allen howard #ali #harriet #film geek #tv #cindy williams #laverne and shirley #happy days #american graffiti #George Lucas #the conversation #francis ford coppola #normal life

[humanitiesnb]

ANATOMY OF A SCENE

I chose the movie BlacKkKlansman as my comedic synopsis. The movie starts by introducing the audience to the main character—Ron Stallworth—becoming the first black police officer in Colorado Springs. Transferring from the filing department to an undercover cop, Stallworth is tasked with infiltrating a Black Panther rally. In the 20:15 and 21:10 mark, Spike Lee skillfully utilizes a cross-cut in adding a comedic effect to the two scenes. When Kwame Ture vehemently rebukes the police force (even going as far as calling them racist pigs), the scene cuts outside to Flip Zimmerman and Jimmy Creek—two white police officers—listening in. There’s a little bit of a juxtaposition in the 24:00 marking. While the police officers are assaulting four unarmed black panther members, the pacific music from the scene before is still playing in the background. This use of an L-shot might suggest how ingrained racism is in the United States. Under the shimmering guise of America being “progressive”, lies a decaying ineradicable belief—racism. Even though black people aren’t slaves anymore and have “rights” like their white counterparts, they still face various forms of racism today such as micro-aggressions and negative stereotypes. 

Stallworth soon gets put onto the intelligence task force. There he poses as a white man interested in joining the KKK on the telephone. Unfortunately, since Stallworth gave out his real name, he has to enlist the help of a white police officer—Zimmerman—into infiltrating the Klu Klux Klan. Posing as Ron, Zimmerman meets three KKK members— Ivanhoe, Felix, and Walter. Although Ivanhoe and Walter are unsuspecting of Zimmerman, Felix is skeptical of him and correctly guesses that Zimmerman is an undercover cop and a Jew. In the 47:11 mark, Lee once again sparkles a dash of irony when he goes from Stallworth saying “power to the people” right to him impersonating a bigoted white man in the next scene. The ghoulish comedic element is further added in the 48:35 scene. Sergeant Trapp is telling Stallworth how a person who has values and beliefs like David Duke might become president of the United States. As soon as those words leave Trapp’s mouth, the soundtrack suddenly stops and the characters are still. This abrupt moment of silence jars the viewer and forces them to confront reality—a country who's supposed to embody liberty and justice for all did elect a David Duke like president. 

Felix’s assumptions about Zimmerman almost get confirmed when he holds the latter at gun-point. Felix forces Zimmerman to take a lie detector test to see if he’s really a Jew. Before Zimmerman’s cover is blown, Stallworth—who was listening in—creates a distraction. An example of Lee employing a J-cut happens around the 01:00:06 mark—Stallworth telling Zimmerman and Creek that the police department’s failure to fire racist Andy Landers because of “brotherhood” reminds him of another group. This strategy generates anticipation in the viewers (the viewers are wondering what’s going to come next) and adds another dash of the grim comedic aspect. Ever the cynic, Felix (along with Ivanhoe and Walter) confronts Zimmerman about a black man living at his address and using his name. Zimmerman successfully manages to talk his way out of a possibly deadly confrontation and dissipates Ivanhoe and Walter’s distrust. During a KKK night meeting, Walter informs the group that he’s stepping down as the leader and nominates Zimmerman to take on the role. The viewer gets so engrossed with what’s going on that the immediate cross-cut to Stallworth in the car (01:17:50) catches them off guard. The use of cross-cutting also creates a comical effect in the 01:18:28 marking; Duke proudly proclaims that he knows when he’s speaking to a negro over the phone is hysterical because he doesn’t realize that he is actually speaking to a black man. In a turn of events, Stallworth is taken off the case and is assigned as a security personnel for David Duke when he comes to Colorado Springs. Around the 01:33:08 mark, Lee uses a low angle shot to emphasize the satire in the situation. Stallworth—a black man—is surrounded by two KKK members. Behind them, there’s a stained glass artwork of Jesus (I assume). A man who said to “love your neighbor as yourself” is in the same vicinity of two KKK members (who are supposedly christians) who embody the definition of hatred.

During the Klan meeting, Zimmerman is finally initiated as a member. However, his cover is blown once Walker (the bomb maker) recognizes him as a police officer. Walker notifies Felix of this revelation and for the first time we see Lee use a point-of-view shot as Felix’s eyes go from Zimmerman (who’s talking to Walter and Duke) to Ron Stallworth (who’s standing guard). This action highlights Felix’s train of thought and eventual realization—Ron Stallworth was a black man all along. Connie (Felix’s wife) leaves the gathering to drive to Patrice Dumas’s house. Once at the house, Connie leaves the bomb underneath Dumas’s car and begins to flee the scene but is stopped by Stallworth. An altercation ensues. Two white police officers drive up to Stallworth tackling Connie. Instead of investigating the situation, the white cops start to beat Stallworth. Felix, Walker, and Ivanhoe pull up next to Dumas’s car and in a flash the bomb goes off, killing them in the process. In the end, the task force is dismantled due to budget cuts and the chief orders Stallworth to destroy any records of the investigation. The next scene shows footages of a white supremacist rally held in 2017, then President Donald Trump response to the rally, and David Duke speaking at the rally. The movie ends with the American flag turning black. 

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The second movie I chose in the drama category is Ex Machina. The movie commences with a 26-year-old programmer—Caleb Smith—winning a contest to spend a week with the company’s reclusive CEO. Once Caleb arrives at Nathan’s estate (the CEO), Nathan tells him that he can be part of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity if he so chooses. Caleb agrees and begins to participate in an experiment called the Turing test with an artificial robot called Ava. The goal of this test? To see if Ava is capable of thoughtful and emotional consciousness. During the second testing session, the power cuts off and we immediately see Ava’s demeanor shift. As the camera is tilting to capture Ava’s grave expression, she warns Caleb not to trust Nathan. The use of this specific camera movement creates an inferiority complex in the viewers. Prior to the power going out, everything was set up so that the viewers felt a false sense of control and safety. The lightning was bright and jovial, the background music was mellow and airy, and Nathan seemed like a cocky but cordial person. However, that security blanket was swiftly seized as soon as the blackout happened. The viewers are now left questioning Nathan’s true intentions. Throughout the next sessions, Caleb falls in love with Ava and seemingly Ava develops a crush on Caleb.

While talking with Nathan, Caleb discovers that he’s planning to upgrade Ava’s system thereby obliterating her memories. Caleb, not wanting his lover to be dismantled, gets Nathan severely intoxicated in order to steal his access card. Once Caleb gets this card, he uses it to grant him access to Nathan’s room and computer. In there, Caleb unearths a startling secret—Nathan has built and abused several AI robots. In the following scene (01:13:09) we see Alex Garland using a fisheye lens effect to mimic a surveillance camera. Let’s further anatomize this scene. Through the fisheye lens, a full shot is established. The full shot captures the stark contrast in body language between Nathan and Caleb. Nathan is laying on the floor. Caleb is standing up. Nathan’s posture is slumped and detached. Caleb’s posture is upright and resolute. The conflicting lightning on the opposite sides of the scene conveys the attitudes of the two men. A dazzling practical light is emitting from the elevator on Caleb’s side while Nathan’s side is saturated in darkness. The once bashful and awkward Caleb has transfigured into an authoritative man. For Nathan, however, his lightning doesn’t represent change. Throughout the course of the movie, we witness Nathan drowning his forlornness in alcohol. Unlike Ava and Caleb who at this point have redeemable qualities, Nathan has none—he physically and sexually abuses his AI creations. Thus, Nathan’s lack of lightning could represent his lack of morals and/or his sociopathic tendencies. Interestingly, the use of shadows on Nathan’s side and the subtle use of rim lighting on Caleb’s side reminds me of a hero (Caleb) defeating a villain (Nathan). Garland also chose to employ a high-angle shot in this scene. This camera shot further plays up the shift of power imbalance between Caleb and Nathan—Caleb doesn’t idolize Nathan anymore and in fact, Caleb abhors him.

Caleb’s plan of getting Nathan drunk and escaping with Ava backfires when Nathan refuses to drink. Instead, Nathan reveals to Caleb Ava’s true test—to see if she could successfully manipulate a human for her own self-interest. An unexpected twist occurs when Caleb reveals to Nathan that his plan of coding the house system to open all the doors was already done last night. By Caleb doing this, it enabled Ava to escape her confinement and kill Nathan with the help of Kyoko. The movie ends with Ava confining Caleb in a room and leaving him to go out in the real world.