tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post1226119078112563290..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: Laurel and Hardy and The Oscar-Winning Comedy Short, The Music BoxMythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-4739481213182870472010-02-24T08:13:04.395-05:002010-02-24T08:13:04.395-05:00Saturday would be good. I have to work so the Monk...<i>Saturday would be good. I have to work so the Monkey would love some company.</i><br /><br />Saturday it is then. Pizza okay for you guys?<br /><br />By the way, for those of you who'd like to see a Rube Goldberg contraption in action -- or would like to read its literary equivalent -- follow <a href="http://thingy-thingy-ponderinglife.blogspot.com/2010/02/nuts-to-ducks-to-soup-to-from.html" rel="nofollow"> this link</a> over to Thingy's blog, Pondering Life. Amusing stuff and it actually works.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-37316816923866173412010-02-23T21:05:06.182-05:002010-02-23T21:05:06.182-05:00Ok. Just to set the record straight. It is not the...Ok. Just to set the record straight. It is not the maid's day off (no maid), our house is not dirty (for once), you are all welcome to come watch "The Music Box". Saturday would be good. I have to work so the Monkey would love some company.Katienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-32876582048540686932010-02-23T14:38:45.972-05:002010-02-23T14:38:45.972-05:00A course of action that seems easy and appropriate...<i>A course of action that seems easy and appropriate but can actually end in calamity.</i><br /><br />Calamity? You? Heaven forfend!Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-18314628648314567882010-02-23T14:35:10.634-05:002010-02-23T14:35:10.634-05:00You know I had the same conversation in my head as...<i>You know I had the same conversation in my head as I was typing "forte." </i><br /><br />Great. A two-person admiration society, whilst the rest o' the world rolls its eyes and despises me.<br /><br />You get a pass, since they'll assume that I had a corrupting influence.<br /><br />Little do they know how you've led <b><i>me</i></b> down the Primrose Path.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Primrose Path</b> <i>n</i>.<br /><br />2. A course of action that seems easy and appropriate but can actually end in calamity.mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-69561713177505575912010-02-23T14:30:41.636-05:002010-02-23T14:30:41.636-05:00I cannot explain why I detest the Stooges, but Lov...<i>I cannot explain why I detest the Stooges, but Love Laurel and Hardy.</i><br /><br />I like them both, Thingy, but while they're both slapstick, I think there is a difference between the two acts. Maybe it's the level of aggression behind their actions, maybe it's because the Stooges were more amped up than any other sound era slapstick act. Most acts dialed down the violence as they moved from the silent era to sound. The Stooges pretty much did the opposite, and used over-the-top sound effects to emphasize it.<br /><br />Or maybe Laurel just had a sort of Zen quality while Larry Fine always looked like he was in agony.<br /><br />Love watching Curly trying to fix a shower, however ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-2776230733655215802010-02-23T14:25:13.769-05:002010-02-23T14:25:13.769-05:00This caused me to Pull a Muleboy, where I immediat...<i>This caused me to Pull a Muleboy, where I immediately pronounced the final word in my head as "fort" and not "for-tay,"</i><br /><br />You know I had the same conversation in my head as I was typing "forte." In fact, I even thought of using a different word, just to avoid confusion, but then I thought, nobody knows how I pronounce the word in my head, what do I care?Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-14140336088043771752010-02-23T14:20:31.713-05:002010-02-23T14:20:31.713-05:00I haven't gotten to Laurel and Hardy yet, have...I haven't gotten to Laurel and Hardy yet, have I?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Word Verification: Handub.<br /><br />One consonant shy of a good timemister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-80093964259679147842010-02-23T14:19:45.448-05:002010-02-23T14:19:45.448-05:00letting the team concentrate instead on the comedy...<i> letting the team concentrate instead on the comedy of anticipation and frustration, Laurel's forte.<br /></i><br /><br />This caused me to Pull a Muleboy, where I immediately pronounced the final word in my head as "fort" and not "for-tay," being a well-read fellow who distinguishes French-derived English from Italian musical instructions.<br /><br />I'm nothing if not pompously smug and teeny-minded.<br /><br />Well, those fuckers at the fucking new fucking dictionaries are caving in. Fuckers.<br /><br />And I know you don't like me to go blue, but gosh-darn it, I'm steamed.<br /><br /><br /> <b>for·te</b> 1 (fôrt, fôrt&#257, frt)<br /><i>n</i>.<br />1. Something in which a person excels.<br />2. The strong part of a sword blade, between the middle and the hilt.<br />[French fort, from Old French, strong, from Latin fortis; see fort.]<br /><i>Synonyms</i>: forte1, métier, specialty, thing<br />These nouns denote something at which a person is particularly skilled: Writing fiction is her forte. The theater is his métier. The professor's specialty was the study of ancient languages. Mountain climbing is really my thing.<br /><br /><b>Usage Note</b>: The word <i>forte</i>, coming from French fort, should properly be pronounced with one syllable, like the English word fort. Common usage, however, prefers the two-syllable pronunciation, (fôrt), which has been influenced possibly by the music term forte borrowed from Italian. In a recent survey a strong majority of the Usage Panel, 74 percent, preferred the two-syllable pronunciation. The result is a delicate situation; speakers who are aware of the origin of the word may wish to continue to pronounce it as one syllable but at an increasing risk of puzzling their listeners.<br /><br /><br /><br />All I can say about their final thought is, fu. . . . hang my listeners.<br /><br />Persnickety presumptuousness about words is my forte.mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-75185703841345784222010-02-23T14:15:06.841-05:002010-02-23T14:15:06.841-05:00$3.80 to go into business!
I cannot explain why I...$3.80 to go into business!<br /><br />I cannot explain why I detest the Stooges, but Love Laurel and Hardy.<br /><br />Thanks for providing the video.<br /><br />My WV:antoozoo. LOL. I like it.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00903678715925613725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-2177782577244694982010-02-23T14:10:29.327-05:002010-02-23T14:10:29.327-05:00director Leo McCarey (later of Duck Soup, The Awfu...<i>director Leo McCarey (later of Duck Soup, The Awful Truth and Going My Way)</i> <br /><br />Let's not forget his little-seen flick <i>Make Way for Tomorrow</i>, which Criterion Collection <a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/2350?utm_medium=email&utm_source=CampaignMonitor&utm_content=218013968&utm_campaign=tomorrow_has_arrived+_+uudilh&utm_term=BUYtheDVD" rel="nofollow">released on DVD today.</a><br /><br />I hear that it's quite good.<br /><br />In-joke much appreciated. He will riposte with <i><b>Otter!</b></i> . . . .<br /><br /><br />PS Word Verification is rumcicul.<br /><br />I can't Be<b>lieve</b> they'd say "Rumsicle" in front of an alcoholic. . . .mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.com