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To: DallasBiff
Bill Murray’s work was almost all ad lib. Brilliant stuff!

Dangerfield’s pro shop scene ( Hey, Looks good on you though!) was also an ad lib scene.

Little known fact: Ted Knight detested Dangerfield and Murray’s “unprofessionalism’.

10 posted on 11/19/2022 10:52:13 PM PST by Michael.SF. ( The problem today: people are more concerned about feelings than responsibility)
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14 posted on 11/19/2022 11:09:08 PM PST by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: Michael.SF.

I saw it on the menu on TV and was with my 20-something daughter and suggested we watch it. She thought it was funny. I had forgotten about some of the scenes with boobs - embarrassing.

I told her that IIRC Bill Murray was supposed to be in just one scene, but he was so good they put him in others, and he ad libbed most/all of it.


23 posted on 11/19/2022 11:55:58 PM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: Michael.SF.

Perhaps his Army years as a young man contributed to Ted Knight’s focused professionalism.

People don’t know that he was in the original ‘Psycho’ movie.


29 posted on 11/20/2022 4:22:48 AM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: Michael.SF.

I use the “hey, looks good on you” about once a month at work. So many good one liners in that movie.

I read where Ted Knight was so exasperated at times from the ad-libbing that many of the facial reactions didn’t have to be acted.


32 posted on 11/20/2022 4:38:34 AM PST by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch)
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