[78-L] Me and "Me and Orson Welles"

[Cary Ginell]

I saw Welles live once - it was a taping of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1975 at the NBC studios, the only time I ever saw the show in person. Welles was superb, on top of his game. He recited Shakespeare from memory and then dared Johnny to do it as well. Carson knew the same lines from the same play, but even though he recited them straight, he got laughs after every line. He lamented to Welles that this was the curse of being a comedian. Even serious work is taken as being funny. It was really a fascinating interview. Then that doofus Sally Kellerman came on and acted like an idiot, spoiling the whole show. 

Cary Ginell

> From: MLK402 at verizon.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:44:58 -0500
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Me and "Me and Orson Welles"
> 
>  That's John Candy, yep !  Funny as John could be, truth is usually stranger (and funnier) than fiction:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFevH5vP32s
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> muahh-haa-aaa, the French!  Nothing like a hugely fat man who's barely able to breathe, pushing crummy alcohol. I remember 
> feeling terribly sorry for Welles, every time he appeared on a show (with Merv, mostly) in his last years.  Still find him 
> fascinating.
> Now I'm hungry for frozen peas.
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> From: "David Breneman" <david_breneman at yahoo.com>
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> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 11:13 AM
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> --- On Thu, 12/30/10, martha <MLK402 at verizon.net> wrote:
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> >  Now click this: http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2010/03/orson-welles-final-recordings-form-basis-childrens-film.html
> >
> >  ..and look at that "Welles" photo. John would be
> > proud, I think.
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> That's John Candy in the picture, right?
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