It’s amazing the power that the star of a film has to just eliminate any other cast member. I had a friend who was cast in a (ridiculous TV) movie starring Tori Spelling. She was on the set her first day, and Tori came in. Then she saw Tori go the director and point back at her. Next thing my friend knew, she was fired. She wasn’t given any explanation other than it was Tori’s call.
I know! Rumor has it that Lucille Ball made Vivian Vance pack on the pounds and wear frumpy dresses so she (Lucy) could look "hot" by comparison! The actor's insecurity knows no bounds!!
It always bothered me that a young man's best friend, a tall, good-looking young musician's best friend, was old enough to be his grandpa. Creepy. Fucking creepy.
I like the way Fred Mertz was portrayed in the latest Lucy movie by J.K. Simmons. Seemed realistic - bitter old guy disgusted with how he has to make a living...
The worst part about this story is that Biel's ass isn't even too large, it's a great size! And I say this as someone whose fire alarm is not in need of a new battery.
"Also, she slimmed down considerably as she got older."
It's the same way with Helen Hunt, she had quite the large, plump, ass when I worked with her in a movie in Thailand ("Shooter" 1988) before she hit the big time.
Those conniving and unscrupulous Hollywood agents/managers! To be fair to Mrs Timberlake, as she's known these days, she probably has no idea any of this ever happened. She was a bit on the wooden side as an actress, if you ask me, though it was the wood she was giving that was her appeal back in the 2000s, of course.
Another fascinating anecdote, David. I really love to read these. Again: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
This is pretty funny, from Henry Winkler's memoir Being Henry:
The summer after [Happy Days'] first season—-we'd already been renewed for a second—-the network sent the four of us [(Winkler, Ron Howard, Donny Most and Anson Williams)] on another [promotional] tour. This time we paired off, Ron and Anson hitting some cities, Donny and I going to others. That July, all four of us met in Dallas, this time at the Neiman Marcus flagship store downtown. We did a nice Q&A inside, in front of hundreds of people, but when we left the store, a crowd of more than twenty thousand people, most of them screaming girls, was standing between us and our limo. The store's security team—-this time there were no cops present—-was helpless to get us to the car.
The girls were screaming FONZ-EEE! FONZ-EEE!
At each and every one of our events, I had talked to fans and reporters as Henry. Calm, reasonable, soft-spoken.
This, however, was an emergency. I summoned my character and raised my hands.
The screaming quieted a bit.
"Awright!" I said in my Fonzie voice. "Listen up!"
Suddenly you could've heard a pin drop.
"Dig it," I said. "There are twenty thousand of you and four of us."
"Fonz-eee!" one girl screamed. Somebody shushed her.
"There are twenty thousand of you and four of us," I repeated as the Fonz. "And we gotta get to that CAR." I pointed to the limo. "You are going to PART like the Red SEA." I gave a SPREAD OUT motion with my hands to show them how—-and lo and behold, the girls started to back up, right and left. Miracle of miracles, an open lane began to form between us and our limo. The sea has parted.
"Awright," I Fonzed. "We are now going to walk to our car. And I say, thank you for coming here today. But do NOT touch the LEATHER."
This got a giggle, but the lane got wider. I nodded to the guys and we began to walk to the car. All of a sudden, a kid yells out, "He's so short!"
I whipped around and shot him a look. "Fuck you, I'm not short," America's best-loved character told this kid.
The unstated key to Fonzie was that he had magical powers--- Garry Marshall's child son picked up on that, and suggested that it would be cool to have an ep where an alien would come to earth and meet The Fonz. Thus the Mork from Ork character was born.
Like Snoopy, Fonzie didn't start out magical. It developed as the character grew in popularity. In early Peanuts, Snoopy's just a beagle. No "WWI Flying Ace," no talking to birds, no wacky adventures. And Fonz started out as just a feared neighborhood tough with a heart of gold.
Reading Winkler's very enjoyable memoir, I'm thinking the power of the Fonzie character derives in part from the tension between that character and Winkler himself, both of them complete opposites.
When a character is too much like the player, it makes for a boring performance. Natalie Portman played Jackie O. in the film Jackie (2016), and she looked exactly like her and sounded exactly like her, and it was so boring. Actresses Roma Downey and Joanne Whalley (a Brit) played Jackie O. in miniseries to much greater effect. If the actor looks exactly the same and sounds exactly the same, why not just go to YouTube and watch newsreel footage?
Maybe this is why Jews have played Italians so wonderfully, and vice versa (Pacino as Shylock!)--- it's not some boring carbon copy, it's something transformative and magical.
Really good point, Nooch. It's that way with impressionists. Rich Little does spot-on impressions, but they aren't FUNNY. Dana Carvey's George Bush wasn't "spot on," but it was funny, and everyone started doing it themselves (in other words, it went "viral"). The comedy comes from what a comedian ADDS to an impression.
Dave, please don't get insulted by my suggesting something you've thought of a million times already, but why not set up as an acting coach? You could do it right out of your home, you've got the space; and just as 80% of life is showing up, 80% of being an acting coach is having a space. And you definitely have something to contribute, wisdom and experience marinated in decades of show business culture. Do it, England!
Did the brothers ever share with you why they liked fat ass girls?
I personally don't see the attraction to fat asses, and the only black gals I ever dated were skinny little bitches. Same with the white, Asian, and brown chicks.
Amen! If I had to hazard a guess about the bruthas, it might have something to do with the theory that a lot of men prefer the same type of woman as their mother. And I'll surely say that at my school, there were certainly some exceptionally fat mammas. There's a reason the Japanese never invented "yo mamma so fat" jokes.
Thank you for this wonderful Christmas gift! I just turned my Roku TV and take a wild guess which film is being pushed as a top pick? I shit you not, it's I'll Be Home For Christmas.
You could say Sarah became a pain in the ass!
LOL!!!!
I believe he resides at :
875 Nimes Road
Bel Air, California
You're not supposed to engage with the oh-so-obviously mentally ill. Although that did make me laugh, thank you.
Fame, Fortune & Females!!
Are you the guy convicted by the black lady DA K. Harris?
It appears you pleaded insanity at your trial:
https://jweekly.com/2024/07/31/when-elie-wiesel-was-assaulted-in-san-francisco-in-2007-it-was-da-kamala-harris-who-charged-his-attacker-with-a-hate-crime/
sans the au jus too.
LOL!!!!!! Although at the time, I was an "awwww Jew."
I laughed, snorted, and farted all at once. This thread is getting awfully athletic for a man like me on the back side of 50. LOL!
LOL!!!!!
That Biel story is a real Bumm-er
LOL!!!!
A peculiar ChristmAss story.
It’s amazing the power that the star of a film has to just eliminate any other cast member. I had a friend who was cast in a (ridiculous TV) movie starring Tori Spelling. She was on the set her first day, and Tori came in. Then she saw Tori go the director and point back at her. Next thing my friend knew, she was fired. She wasn’t given any explanation other than it was Tori’s call.
Yep, they can do that anytime they want. I have several similar stories other than the one I told. But with Sarah that one affected ME too!
I know! Rumor has it that Lucille Ball made Vivian Vance pack on the pounds and wear frumpy dresses so she (Lucy) could look "hot" by comparison! The actor's insecurity knows no bounds!!
From everything I've read, that story about Lucy is true. Cursed Vance into playing a frump for life.
Similar to Desi insisting that his best friend in the show be played by a man born in 1887
It always bothered me that a young man's best friend, a tall, good-looking young musician's best friend, was old enough to be his grandpa. Creepy. Fucking creepy.
I wonder if he was contractually obligated to wear his pants a nipple level
LOL!!!!
I like the way Fred Mertz was portrayed in the latest Lucy movie by J.K. Simmons. Seemed realistic - bitter old guy disgusted with how he has to make a living...
Tori certainly put in the work and paid her dues to achieve her Hollywood success
Was Tori Spelling’s father Aaron Spelling, or was that just a typo?
The worst part about this story is that Biel's ass isn't even too large, it's a great size! And I say this as someone whose fire alarm is not in need of a new battery.
LOL! Also, she slimmed down considerably as she got older.
"Also, she slimmed down considerably as she got older."
It's the same way with Helen Hunt, she had quite the large, plump, ass when I worked with her in a movie in Thailand ("Shooter" 1988) before she hit the big time.
She also got older as she got older, unfortunately
Keeping with the Biblical theme of the season, Dave offers up a moving story involving an ass.
LOL!
Indeed. LOL!
Hi Dave! Nothing like a proper rump roast for Christmas dinner.
"Rump roast" - I love it!
Those conniving and unscrupulous Hollywood agents/managers! To be fair to Mrs Timberlake, as she's known these days, she probably has no idea any of this ever happened. She was a bit on the wooden side as an actress, if you ask me, though it was the wood she was giving that was her appeal back in the 2000s, of course.
Another fascinating anecdote, David. I really love to read these. Again: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Indeed, I hope you're having a wonderful Christmas Day!
David,
Sorry to be difficult and demanding, butt…. If we are gonna talk about booty, I need some pics!
I’m an ass man!
Well I did include three pics at the end. Anything more woulda been gratuitous!
It’s Christmas Day David! “Gratuitous” is a blessing from Jesus!
LOL!!!!
Dave's humour brought me to tears
Therefore, we bought him a few "beers"
Merry Christmas to all y'all !!!
As my other schizophrenic half said, Merry Christmas !!!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qJkiYNeDsw4
Greatly appreciated, "both" of you! Merry Christmas!
This is pretty funny, from Henry Winkler's memoir Being Henry:
The summer after [Happy Days'] first season—-we'd already been renewed for a second—-the network sent the four of us [(Winkler, Ron Howard, Donny Most and Anson Williams)] on another [promotional] tour. This time we paired off, Ron and Anson hitting some cities, Donny and I going to others. That July, all four of us met in Dallas, this time at the Neiman Marcus flagship store downtown. We did a nice Q&A inside, in front of hundreds of people, but when we left the store, a crowd of more than twenty thousand people, most of them screaming girls, was standing between us and our limo. The store's security team—-this time there were no cops present—-was helpless to get us to the car.
The girls were screaming FONZ-EEE! FONZ-EEE!
At each and every one of our events, I had talked to fans and reporters as Henry. Calm, reasonable, soft-spoken.
This, however, was an emergency. I summoned my character and raised my hands.
The screaming quieted a bit.
"Awright!" I said in my Fonzie voice. "Listen up!"
Suddenly you could've heard a pin drop.
"Dig it," I said. "There are twenty thousand of you and four of us."
"Fonz-eee!" one girl screamed. Somebody shushed her.
"There are twenty thousand of you and four of us," I repeated as the Fonz. "And we gotta get to that CAR." I pointed to the limo. "You are going to PART like the Red SEA." I gave a SPREAD OUT motion with my hands to show them how—-and lo and behold, the girls started to back up, right and left. Miracle of miracles, an open lane began to form between us and our limo. The sea has parted.
"Awright," I Fonzed. "We are now going to walk to our car. And I say, thank you for coming here today. But do NOT touch the LEATHER."
This got a giggle, but the lane got wider. I nodded to the guys and we began to walk to the car. All of a sudden, a kid yells out, "He's so short!"
I whipped around and shot him a look. "Fuck you, I'm not short," America's best-loved character told this kid.
The kid grinned. "He's so cool!" he said.
Henry was short, but Fonzie was as tall as Dave
The unstated key to Fonzie was that he had magical powers--- Garry Marshall's child son picked up on that, and suggested that it would be cool to have an ep where an alien would come to earth and meet The Fonz. Thus the Mork from Ork character was born.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRE5Y6IUvkY
Like Snoopy, Fonzie didn't start out magical. It developed as the character grew in popularity. In early Peanuts, Snoopy's just a beagle. No "WWI Flying Ace," no talking to birds, no wacky adventures. And Fonz started out as just a feared neighborhood tough with a heart of gold.
Reading Winkler's very enjoyable memoir, I'm thinking the power of the Fonzie character derives in part from the tension between that character and Winkler himself, both of them complete opposites.
When a character is too much like the player, it makes for a boring performance. Natalie Portman played Jackie O. in the film Jackie (2016), and she looked exactly like her and sounded exactly like her, and it was so boring. Actresses Roma Downey and Joanne Whalley (a Brit) played Jackie O. in miniseries to much greater effect. If the actor looks exactly the same and sounds exactly the same, why not just go to YouTube and watch newsreel footage?
Maybe this is why Jews have played Italians so wonderfully, and vice versa (Pacino as Shylock!)--- it's not some boring carbon copy, it's something transformative and magical.
Really good point, Nooch. It's that way with impressionists. Rich Little does spot-on impressions, but they aren't FUNNY. Dana Carvey's George Bush wasn't "spot on," but it was funny, and everyone started doing it themselves (in other words, it went "viral"). The comedy comes from what a comedian ADDS to an impression.
"Add to the character, don't become the character"--- maybe I should move to L.A. and set up as an acting coach!
Dave, please don't get insulted by my suggesting something you've thought of a million times already, but why not set up as an acting coach? You could do it right out of your home, you've got the space; and just as 80% of life is showing up, 80% of being an acting coach is having a space. And you definitely have something to contribute, wisdom and experience marinated in decades of show business culture. Do it, England!
You should team up with R. Crumb for illustrations.
LOL!!!!
I got the same treatment from Ryan Gosling's agent on the set of The Notebook
Did the brothers ever share with you why they liked fat ass girls?
I personally don't see the attraction to fat asses, and the only black gals I ever dated were skinny little bitches. Same with the white, Asian, and brown chicks.
Give me skinny chicks or give me death!
Amen! If I had to hazard a guess about the bruthas, it might have something to do with the theory that a lot of men prefer the same type of woman as their mother. And I'll surely say that at my school, there were certainly some exceptionally fat mammas. There's a reason the Japanese never invented "yo mamma so fat" jokes.
Just bought you a beer. With the current exchange rate you would now be the 8th richest person in Canada!
LOL!!! Thank you my friend, and Merry Christmas.
Thank you for this wonderful Christmas gift! I just turned my Roku TV and take a wild guess which film is being pushed as a top pick? I shit you not, it's I'll Be Home For Christmas.
That's where I got the screenshots! YouTube has it too, but you gotta pay. But there was Roku to the rescue. A Christmas miracle!
"Every Jew down in Jewville....." ha ha.. spot on...