[78-L] "Boardwalk Empire" WOW!

[David Lennick]

Eventually I'll get a PVR..academic in any case, since I'll also buy the Mad 
Men DVD set the second it's out, but we like to tape it and edit the spots so 
next time we have it clean. I'll also probably buy Boardwalk Empire as soon as 
IT'S out.

Not a bad Cantor imitation, I thought.

Oh wow..an entire evening's television and Betty White didn't turn up anywhere. 
But I'm sure she will, especially now that there's a
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new geriatric position open at Sterling Cooper Crane Poole and Schmidt.

dl

On 9/20/2010 12:26 AM, Sammy Jones wrote:
> Ah, Lennick if you had a DVR you could have watched the end of Boardwalk
> Empire and delayed the start of Mad Men until it was over, with the added
> benefit of being able to fast forward through the commercials!
>
> I noticed the flutter on the Sophie Tucker cylinder and remarked on it to my
> brother.  I initially thought they doctored the recording to make it sound
> worse, but then thought it was probably from a cylinder...
>
> Did anybody notice the jokes "Eddie Cantor" was telling were from his 1922
> Columbia recording of "Oh, is She Dumb!"?  Hearing "I Never Knew I Had a
> Wonderful Wife" at the end was a surprise.  I wonder if the Cantor
> impersonator will make recurring appearances.  A nice touch.
>
> The music was great all around, especially the modern performances of jazz
> numbers.
>
> Sammy Jones
>
> dl wrote:
> And you heard Sophie from a CYLINDER, don't forget. But it was the old
> fluttery
> transfer I remember playing in the sixties.
>
> Fabulous stuff. I'll catch the last 15 minutes of it tomorrow. Curses and a
> plague on HBO for running it into Mad Men's time.
>
> Our buddy Vince Giordano is part of the live music..no doubt he's lending
> some
> authenticity to the record selections as well.
>
> dl (who also signed on to get HBO this week)
>
> On 9/19/2010 10:33 PM, Bill Knowlton wrote:
>>
>> Hey, this new HBO series got the music RIGHT!! Acoustic 78s from the early
> 20s where "Boardwalk Empire".
>>
>> I heard Whiteman's "Whispering," Sophie Tucker's "Some Of These Days,"
> Caruso, "Japanese Sandman" and other great stuff.
>>
>> I spotted the first Victor Talking Machine with an inside horn and I think
> the morning glory horn machine was NOT a crap-o-phone.
>>
>> I specifically signed back on to HBO for this and I'm glad I did!
>>