[78-L] Pete Kelly's Booze, was Re: 78-L THE REAL GLENN MILLER STORY WAS glenn Miller conspiracy

[Don Chichester]

Say what you will about Jack Webb's comedic ability, his pairing with Johnny Carson doing the "Claude Cooper Copper Clapper Caper" is hilarious!  And they did it staightfaced throughout! Don
 > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:32:43 -0700
> From: rew1014 at yahoo.com
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] Pete Kelly's Booze,	was Re: 78-L THE REAL GLENN MILLER STORY WAS glenn Miller conspiracy
> 
> 
> Well, I'll admit he's no Franklyn MacCormack.
> 
> Randy
> 
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> 
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> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 1:41 PM CDT David Lennick wrote:
> 
> >And don't forget his comedy album, with charts by Billy May and great trombone 
> >solos by Murray McEachern. Except it's not supposed to be a comedy album.
> >
> >http://www.amazon.com/Youre-Girl-Romantic-Reflections-Jack/dp/B001JKTT1G
> >
> >dl
> >
> >On 3/24/2013 2:10 PM, Randy Watts wrote:
> >> Have you ever heard the radio comedy show Webb did around 1946? There are a couple of episodes circulating. Not at all the kind of thing you associate with him.
> >>
> >> Randy
> >>
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: Jeff Sultanof<jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
> >> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> >> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 11:25 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] Pete Kelly's Booze, was Re: 78-L THE REAL GLENN MILLER STORY WAS glenn Miller conspiracy
> >>
> >> When I think of Webb, I think of someone who played the same emotion almost
> >> his entire career. And yet he is totally different in Sunset Boulevard. I
> >> am certainly not the only one who has commented on this.
> >>
> >> Agreed on Devine and Milner.
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >>
> >> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 12:14 PM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
> >>
> >>> And confusing as hell. Andy Devine's character is never fully explained,
> >>> and he
> >>> looks like one of the three hoods in the final ballroom scene. Marty
> >>> Milner is
> >>> one of the worst actors anywhere. Webb goes from hating Janet Leigh to
> >>> loving
> >>> her with no change in emotion. Jayne Mansfield is good..
> >>>
> >>> dl
> >>>
> >>> On 3/24/2013 12:07 PM, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> >>> I've always liked Pete Kelly's Blues for the parts rather than the whole.
> >>> The credits in Cinemascope and the music in stereophonic sound are really
> >>> beautiful, and having Fitzgerald and Lee in the same movie is a treat
> >>> (Lee
> >>> is very good). The rest is Dragnet during the jazz era, sometimes
> >>> unintentionally funny.
> >>>
> >>> Jeff Sultanof
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Julian Vein<julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 24/03/13 13:07, David Lennick wrote:
> >>>> If we watch the Gene Krupa Story tonight, will the drum solos contain
> >>>> hidden
> >>>> messages?
> >>>>
> >>>> dl
> 
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