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Well, it was a pretty good run. I discovered it when I was a senior in college back in 1980 (having received a few of those free sampler issues they sent to prospective subscribers). I subscribed regularly for about 7-8 years. After a lapse, I decided to call them to renew (this was after the Muscat...

Glad to see we're all alive and well!

That's a nice observation about Tom Kennedy. My dad always had the same reaction whenever we watched IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD.

I'm in! I know the conventional wisdom is that Snub became too "cartoony" for the Roach studios, but I've been a fan since I was a bashful and beamish boy (thank you, Robert Youngson!) 26 snippets of Snub? The mind boggles. This is the biggest collection since Richard M. Roberts' WEISS-O-R...

If you didn't like enjoy that performance, you're sure not to like his beloved tune "Silent E" from THE ELECTRIC COMPANY.

As for me, I'd rather be a duck-billed platypus than Oedipus Rex.

That was weird, to say the least. The lip-synching is about as close as can be expected, but everyone sounds as if they're inhaling helium.

That was really enjoyable. I had a feeling that was Barney Hellum; it was nice to see him in a starring role.

Billy Franey gets short shrift from a lot of comedy fans, but I've enjoyed the few films of his that I've seen. Gale Henry is always a delight.

I have heard some criticism of plot and script elements of THE BAND WAGON from other sources. I don't really take issue with the film, it isn't trying to be overtly realistic or the last word in anything. Countless musicals have one show being rehearsed, only to be replaced by a completely different...

I'm just sitting back, having a good laugh at this thread, enjoying my box of Cracker Jacks (and wondering why there's no little magnifying glass prize inside. When I was a kid, sixty years ago, that prize seemed to be in every fourth box. Not complaining, mind you, just making an observation). On a...