tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post762968331090299896..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: Today's Oscar Trivia #16Mythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-84308478074795552102011-02-17T20:46:21.389-05:002011-02-17T20:46:21.389-05:00If I ever kill my blog, I'm gonna claim it was...<i>If I ever kill my blog, I'm gonna claim it wasn't killed, but eaten -- Moths eat it! Left-handed moths!! </i><br /><br />Left-handed moths ... You know, I'd buy you a parachute if I thought it wouldn't open.<br /><br />Hey, I got pair-a shoes!Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-89528512537236154452011-02-17T19:56:56.157-05:002011-02-17T19:56:56.157-05:00So I often let the longer ones sit around for a wh...<i>So I often let the longer ones sit around for a while, but then it gets quiet, and boring, and even I lose interest!</i><br /><br />That's what I usually do, but eventually the crickets start chirping. That or Mister Muleboy starts agitating for a photo of Louise Brooks or something.<br /><br />Maybe with luck I can finish Part Four of the 1906-1914 essay before the weekend. It's about Mack Sennett, Roscoe Arbuckle, Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-61503721727468326712011-02-17T19:54:12.184-05:002011-02-17T19:54:12.184-05:00I posted about some Brit films on my blog yesterda...<i>I posted about some Brit films on my blog yesterday and LAWRENCE was my numero uno. :)</i><br /><br />I actually read your blog yesterday and think the line about O'Toole and Lean making a god of Lawrence is right on the money. He's like a fiery angel or something, some pure, ethereal creature, more than a man.<br /><br />Katie-Bar-The-Door and I watched the first ninety minutes or so on TCM last night (despite already owning the DVD -- we started watching and didn't want to stop). O'Toole is just magnificent.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-7089824949678576802011-02-17T17:52:27.307-05:002011-02-17T17:52:27.307-05:00Oh for sure, Peter O'Toole. He wuz robbed. I l...Oh for sure, Peter O'Toole. He wuz robbed. I love Gregory Peck, but O'Toole branded that movie as his own. He and Lean made a god of Lawrence. I posted about some Brit films on my blog yesterday and LAWRENCE was my numero uno. :)<br /><br />It is a stinking shame that this guy has never won an Oscar. <br /><br />I liked Cliff Robertson in CHARLY. But, c'mon. O'Toole gave a classic performance.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-23587200718909686102011-02-17T00:59:32.503-05:002011-02-17T00:59:32.503-05:00Oh, and as for burying your long essays with short...Oh, and as for burying your long essays with shorter, daily posting: I've always had a hard time, not wanting to post something too soon after a longer post, or a good post, thinking, "No one's gonna read the essay-ish ones, anyway, especially if they can take the easy way out, and just read the short post on top." <br /><br />So I often let the longer ones sit around for a while, but then it gets quiet, and boring, and even I lose interest!<br /><br />Ha. But your blog is so good, and so bright and welcoming (I'm really thinking of changing my main blog color from black to white) that it's a welcome treat to find so many new entries! I do enjoy your longer ones, but the short ones make for varied reading. Like eating a few small meals after a heavy one. <br /><br />-- I'm not sure where I'm going with this comment, Jamison. But something made me think...<br /><br />Oh, yes! I remember...the essays. <br /><br />See, today, I was tempted to come to the office and finish reading your series on the Marx Bros. -- I think I've read two or three parts of it so far -- and to read your first two entries preceding the Max Linder/Silent oscars piece. <br /><br />So if the short daily posting gets more people in the door, it's your great essays that'll keep 'em indoors.<br /><br />Unless, they go outdoors, but they had no right to go outdoors, and can't come back in! ;)<br /><br />Ha. If I ever kill my blog, I'm gonna claim it wasn't killed, but eaten -- Moths eat it! Left-handed moths!! <br /><br />I've been watching ANIMAL CRACKERS every night before going to sleep, and I think it's starting to permanently adhere itself to my brain. ;)Ginger Ingenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06904339551806493214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-3132246800447488492011-02-17T00:47:24.267-05:002011-02-17T00:47:24.267-05:00Ha. What movie did Anna Paquin win for?? :)
I cou...Ha. What movie did Anna Paquin win for?? :)<br /><br />I could go google it, of course, but that's what I've hired you for, Jamison: to educate me, and to handle my Marx Brothers affairs -- on second thought, if this were the 1930s (as I pretend it is) I'd want to handle my own Marx Bros. affairs! ;)Ginger Ingenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06904339551806493214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-12012956643065185682011-02-16T18:37:30.889-05:002011-02-16T18:37:30.889-05:00I don't remember saying that, but I agree with...I don't remember saying that, but I agree with the Monkey. Case in point: Anna Paquin. Really? Really?Katienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-84129062005042149742011-02-16T09:03:15.277-05:002011-02-16T09:03:15.277-05:00he should of won for arabia and lion for sure!
Ka...<i>he should of won for arabia and lion for sure!</i><br /><br />Katie-Bar-The-Door thinks the Academy should be able to revisit the Oscars from time to time, and say, "Oh, sorry, your performance hasn't held up. Give us back the award, we're giving it to the other guy."<br /><br />Indeed, that's what the Katies are all about.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-90599811619321409352011-02-16T09:01:00.439-05:002011-02-16T09:01:00.439-05:00my own choice is Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Ti...<i>my own choice is Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's</i><br /><br />She's my choice, too. As is Peter O'Toole in <i>Lawrence of Arabia</i>, Gregory Peck notwithstanding. I think O'Toole as Lawrence is one of the greatest performances in history, and also the key to that movie's success -- re-cast the role with just about anybody else, and the movie implodes, I suspect.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-48679698973770170652011-02-16T06:57:59.650-05:002011-02-16T06:57:59.650-05:00The first was Sophia Loren for Two Women, who, lik...The first was Sophia Loren for Two Women, who, like Cliff Robertson, absolutely should not have won (my own choice is Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's).<br /><br />I agree with you, Monkey. His Lawrence performance is one of the greatest in film history and should have won, but his Lion in Winter loss is the more egregious.Erik Beckhttp://nighthawknews.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-38809266689071612022011-02-16T06:33:32.791-05:002011-02-16T06:33:32.791-05:00hmm the first one i couldn't even guess.
secon...hmm the first one i couldn't even guess.<br />second, why David Lean of course. interesting to see who peter o'toole has lost out to, he should of won for arabia and lion for sure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com