[78-L] Top Banana on TCM Mon afternoon

Ken "Silver Showcase" kenreg at tds.net
Sun Jan 3 22:35:35 PST 2010


Michael Biel wrote:
> Turner Classic Movies is airing Phil Silvers' "Top Banana" at 2:30-4:15
> PM Eastern, Mon Jan 4.  

IIRC, "Top Banana" was filmed in 3-D, but that version does not 
survive.  I've never seen it but I'm a Neanderthal and don't have cable 
or satellite so I'll have to miss it.  Anybody know if its on DVD?

-- Ken
> I have Broadway cast album on all three speeds
> on Capitol, but this is an even rarer chance to see the movie.  It's
> about a Milton Berle/Sid Caesar-type TV star at the start of modern TV,
> and following it TCM is airing my favorite movie about this era, My
> Favorite Year at 4:15-6:00.  That's the movie where Peter O'Toole's
> character proclaims "I'm not an actor, I'm a Movie Star!"  
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  
>   




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