tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post7852292796493337254..comments2024-03-27T08:31:10.126-07:00Comments on SHADOW OF A DOUBT: In Memoriam: Leonard Stern 1923--2011Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-62607653597557214222011-06-10T12:40:26.670-07:002011-06-10T12:40:26.670-07:00parsnip--I think I read somewhere that the apartme...parsnip--I think I read somewhere that the apartment was based on one that Jackie Gleason himself had grown up in. Ed Norton (Art Carney) lived in a bigger apartment with more furniture, which I guess means that working in a sewer pays better than driving a bus. Ralph Kramden spent all his extra cash on get-rich-quick schemes that never panned out, so he had nothing left over to paint the walls.<br /><br />Thanks for commenting, parsnip.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-75515481785517236412011-06-09T17:50:56.407-07:002011-06-09T17:50:56.407-07:00All I remember from the few times we watched The H...All I remember from the few times we watched The Honeymooners when I was a child was they lived in the most dreary apartment and he yelled all the time. <br />Many years later I found out the writers based the apartment on a cold water walk-up in New York. All I could think of as a child that why didn't he go out buy some paint and hang a picture and stop yelling. <br />The writing went completely over my head.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-72795834719003910792011-06-09T15:26:13.029-07:002011-06-09T15:26:13.029-07:00I look forward to reading it.I look forward to reading it.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-58193178780038481802011-06-09T15:24:57.408-07:002011-06-09T15:24:57.408-07:00Nope. I believe Linda was all in a twist by the ti...Nope. I believe Linda was all in a twist by the time I was lobbying. <br /><br />Yeah, I'd say he's likely got grill marks by now. I'm writing something his scandal has made me think about.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-6963664476936194112011-06-09T15:19:38.696-07:002011-06-09T15:19:38.696-07:00Ever lobby before Linda Blair?
Weiner is getting ...Ever lobby before Linda Blair?<br /><br />Weiner is getting quite a roasting.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-63260051816324383082011-06-09T15:14:56.938-07:002011-06-09T15:14:56.938-07:00My Gramps called Nixon "9-Face Nixon". I...My Gramps called Nixon "9-Face Nixon". I've met and lobbied before a few of the spinning heads men and women. I'm leaving soon (5 minutes), but - yes - Weiner might make a good BBQ dish about now.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-43546189758694944942011-06-09T15:12:29.908-07:002011-06-09T15:12:29.908-07:00Politicans have as many minds as faces and sides o...Politicans have as many minds as faces and sides of the mouth that they speak out of.<br /><br />If you'd like, we can have a discussion about Rep. Weiner.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-67497171244948142452011-06-09T15:06:13.206-07:002011-06-09T15:06:13.206-07:00What, meaning the hole in the head is so large onl...What, meaning the hole in the head is so large only half a mind is available at any given time?<br /><br />WV-bephori. Weiner should have thought about it bephori . . well, you know how I feel.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-21529260472838923092011-06-09T14:59:20.200-07:002011-06-09T14:59:20.200-07:00"Convertible filthy mind." HA!
I think..."Convertible filthy mind." HA!<br /><br />I think most politicians minds are convertible whether they're dirty or not.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-12764699106964312522011-06-09T14:22:26.469-07:002011-06-09T14:22:26.469-07:00In the voice of Anthony Weiner, just to keep it al...In the voice of Anthony Weiner, just to keep it all contemporary:<br /><br />"Hot damn!" he said heatedly as he jumped into his convertible filthy mind and drove off with his imaginary future wife."<br /><br />May not be grammatically perfect, but you get the idea of what's ailing me today.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.com