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Steve Klare
Film Guy
Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted December 19, 2010 06:24 AM
Hiya Graham,
I love "The Long, Long Trailer"!
I always remember his comment the first time he got behind the wheel and drove the monster off the lot:
"I wasn't sure if I was pulling it or it was pushing me!"
Every time my wife starts edging me towards a bigger camper I remember this movie and start pushing her back!
Lucille Ball was a genius right up there with Laurel and Hardy. She was funny without offending anybody, and in a way that was so good that when you see that I Love Lucy episode to 40th time over and even know what's going to happen as if you wrote it yourself, it's still funny.
I've been on flights back and forth to California and following the feature film they need some filler to keep the cattle (us!) calm between then and when the wheels come down. "I Love Lucy" is one of the programs they use the most for this. It's simple, familiar, comforting: much more that the paper thin blanket, the microscopic pillow or the envelope of peanuts they also give you.
-------------------- All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...
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Shorty Caruso
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Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted December 19, 2010 07:54 AM
Odd thing though, the 'Lucy' reruns never left the air for over fifty years, till just recently I noticed there are no more either with TV Land or Nick - She learned alot from Keaton, there's your answer too for artistry and decent laughter - Those people laid all the groundwork, nowadays it's all torn up - Shorty
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