Italian Ice wrote:
This is what my husband tells me is what good actors do. Contrary to some of the opinions of Larry Manetti's acting, it's all about stepping out of your "comfort zone" and doing stuff you as a person wouldn't ordinarily do, for your craft, if you will. (I could cite Mr. Selleck's kissing Kevin Kline on the lips in In And Out as a good example of this.) Stuff like that is believable because it is in line with the character you are playing. When a person attends acting school, this is one of the things that is taught right off the bat. I have read this quote that is attributed to TS, many times: "As an actor, if you don't take risks, you probably won't be a very good one." So I don't think Larry had to have a lot of courage to wear the costumes, he was doing it for his craft. JMHO!

Actually, that's what I meant. Larry's character in the show didn't want to do that, Larry himself, of course, would. This would include TS being your knight in shining armor no doubt!

I can't believe I don't remember seeing this one......

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Italian Ice wrote:

Absolutely!!!

One of my favourite episodes. Being a fan of english crime/mystery shows, I thought it was fun to see the MPI crew in a setting somewhat like that.Great all around; though it annoyed me that TM didn't take the money he was offered in the end, and instead smashed something irreplacable. I mean, if he didn't want the money he could just have given them to charity, better than that selfish idiot having them.

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Was vaccinated with a phonograph needle one summer break
Same summer that I kissed her on her daddy's boat
And shot across the lake
Singing all the way...
Oh I say mama
Living Ain't a luxury
Oh I say mama
And a lil' ain't enough for me

Or he could have kept some to pay Rick's bar tab and TC's gas bills for awhile. Or to pay people for information, lol (Higgens: "No wonder he's always broke!")

He could have always thrown a rock in the window later on, lol But TM has always been ethical and can't be bribed.

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I'll call this one The Strange Case of the Teleporting Butler. In the pictures below you'll notice Carlton is standing and looking at Higgins speak to Magnum (who is out of frame to the right). Then in the very next frame he somehow managed to get behind Higgins (at right). He moved maybe 8 or 10 feet in a split second! And he did it without Higgins even noticing. He must be a really good butler.



Just guessing, but maybe in the shooting of the scene, Higgins had Carlton excuse himself while Higgins got somewhat personal in complementing Magnum's character (to trap Magnum into making a charitable donation). Then in editing, for some reason they decided not to show Carlton being excused and moving away. In the second picture it seems as if they zoomed in on Higgins to try to make Carlton less obvious over his shoulder. The picture quality has noticeably more grain to it. They seemed to have then also zoomed in on Magnum for that part of the scene.

Saunders, Soap.

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James, at first that comment went right over my head, producing a faint but undeniable *whooshing* sound. I didn't know, or had forgotten that he played the butler in that show. I must have devoted my alloted butler watching time to Benson.

Maybe sometime I should get the Soap DVDs from the library though. Is it odd that instead of current TV shows, I'd rather watch what was playing 20 to 30 years ago?

In fact, here's an idea that I would love. All the major networks from 30 years ago should devote channels to exactly what was playing all day long in the late 70s and 80s. So say right now I could turn to a channel and it would be a a whole day re-run of what was shown on December 30, 1978, thirty years ago. For the next eleven years we could relive our 1979 through 1989 TV experiences in real time. This would of course include late night talk shows, and Saturday morning cartoons.

Sound good? Or should I stop posting at 5:00am?

Yeah, Saunders replaced Benson on Soap when Benson left to get his own show.

Roscoe Lee Brown was an amazing man. He taught literature, French and English at Lincoln University in his 20's and then went into acting in his 30's where he soon made is mark in stage, film and voice work (with that unmistakable baritone voice), and later in television. He was a real leader in breaking new ground for African-American actors. He's won numerous awards. In addition to all that, he even broke the world record in the 800-yard dash in 1951! He sadly passed away last year at age 82.

I love your TV channel idea! That would be really cool, especially if they included the original commercials!

I guess it's no surprise that I also tend to prefer the older TV shows, the good ones anyway. There are just not that many modern shows that I like. I think technically shows of today are better (particularly in the editing department), but the "magic" is just there for a lot of them. Of course, there are also a lot of really bad "old" shows as well. I just think there are a higher percentage of bad shows today vs. then.

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Roscoe Lee Brown is one of those actors I could just watch sit on a stage and read a book. What a joy it must have been to have had him as a Literature Professor in College. By the way, I am watching this episode on our local retro station today, the station has become so popular with it's libray of shows from the 50's and on, that there is now three stations. And they do throw in the old commercials occasionally just for fun.....Me-TV