Posted on 08/25/2013 2:12:31 PM PDT by Vision
Friends, it's Sunday night again and time to relax. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio Americana.
*tonight's show will be available at the "Info" link starting tomorrow.
That was definately Mayer’s goal, and you can see it in his studio’s product. Even though I don’t think much of him personally, after hearing a certain anecdote directly from silent actress Esther Ralston. And yes, I think all the studio heads (other than Jack Warner at WB, who was a big Dem and FDR supporter) were Republicans, from what I’ve read.
My occasional annoyance with MGM product involves not its worldview, but its stylistics in its attempts at verisimilitude. The most ritzy of studios, they would be apt to build an entire ‘neighborhood’ on a soundstage. A lot of directors loved that complete control, for lighting, audio, and such. And MGM had the money to build such things. Yet, other studios, less flush with cash, would be more apt to go “on-location” and film outdoors in a real setting. Or at least, some place like the Columbia Ranch, as in the case of the “Blondie” movies. MGM’s peculiar house-style of artiface is something I often find a bit stifling or suffocating, compared to the product of other studios.
Are you on my TCM ping list?
I like the Sherlock Holmes stories, the ones written by Conan-Doyle, and the radio ones are the next best thing.
I love the Lone Ranger.
He’s after those war crazed savages.
Sounds like inner city Baltimore!
Hi Keith. How did the pork loin turn out?
Another bad family program. Why were these so bad? Too hard to write?
Everything turns out pretty good.
Still trying to figure out the big green egg for slow smoking.
I don’t like these family shows, either. It’s like the deconstruction efforts of the communists was already under way back then—with the stupid dad, and fake stereotypes.
I LOVE the “political incorrectness” of the Lone Ranger!
Darned SAVAGES! Which is exactly what they were!
Next pork loin I'm gonna try a buttermilk marinade.
I don’t know about the War of 1812 on the Lone Ranger, not familiar enough with the show.
The Merrymen’s version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS6Q2FPAFLE
Not to make the same point again, but Gunsmoke doesn't hold punches...including Indian atrocities.
The “Otter” db says Aldrich ran 1939-53, 597 epis, with 118 available (known to exist).
Yep!
Love the Sherlock Holmes picture! :-)
The BGE is direct grilling. You can buy a plate that sits over the fire that directs the heat around the outside walls. Kind of convection cooking with smoke. I like the grill ( it was a present) but if I spent that much on a grill it would would have a trailer hitch. :)
Agreed, but it is a serious smoker too. I’m not a ceramic guy. Maybe if I lived up north...
Thanks. Not too bad. I think the survival rate on the “live” early-50s tv-version of “Aldrich Family” is pretty grim, from what someone once told me. Or, maybe I’m thinking of the tv-version of “A Date With Judy.”
Anyway, I think the Henry Aldrich “film” product beats the other media incarnations. Especially the entries “Henry Aldrich, Editor,” “Henry and Dizzy” and “Henry Aldrich Haunts a House.” Top-notch b-movie hokum.
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