(My sister took me to see this movie at the drive-in shortly after it came out. Although it is not my very favorite film, it will always be in the Top Ten!)
I was a rabid James Bond fan at the time and when this piece of fluff came out I was just horrified — I wanted my money back!
Alexikakos
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2 years ago
From yesterday.
As I said, I’m reading “Those Who Wish Me Dead” by Michael Koryta.
People, this guy can write!
I’m now just about halfway through the book, and there hasn’t been one disappointing page.
He writes the characters as he sees them. The villains are written so well, I shudder at the dialogue and descriptions of their actions Koryta has written for them.
And as many books as I read, I’m pretty good at determining if the author has done the research necessary for actions at the various plot points the characters go through. Koryta passes with flying colours.
There is some usage of George Carlin’s “seven words,” but unlike Stephen King they actually fit the plot (I still don’t like them, but as I say, they fit).
He hasn’t yet blended the three main groups of characters together, but I’m looking forward to that.
A good read, and I recommend it.
Again, the universe continues to look after me. I was at the library again today, and what should jump out at me but the latest Alex Delaware novel, “Serpentine” by Jonathon Kellerman; so I’ll now have four books on the go.
…and just couldn’t take any more. As always, close out the clutter and go full screen.
DennisinSeattle
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2 years ago
Another new poster from Stel! Somehow, the leg extension and the bottom outline in the human poster can’t match Cleo. No tail, for example. Can’t blame the humans for trying. Quite the cast of characters! Cursula Undress, woo hoo!
I’ve always enjoyed the theme song for this movie. The singer does very well with the material, conveying that particular brand of English satire.
Whoever is playing the squeals in the trumpet section break, I can assure you it was not Herb Alpert. HA was a terrific businessman and marketer, but as a trumpeter he was, at best, mediocre. I could have played rings around him, and look where it got me.
And, thanks for clueing us in on the trumpet sections. I always welcome your knowledge of the musical performances.
SusanSunshine
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2 years ago
Canine Royale!
Oooh, Stel… An armed Ursula Undress… quite undressed!… in full-body fur paint!
Swirling psychedelic designs…. plenty of stars from the Cleo and Company stable… some of whom were apparently not all that stable.
Nice job!
…
The James Hound movie that wasn’t a James Hound movie…. that was nonetheless based (albeit exceedingly loosely) on a real James Hound novel…
and also had more James Hounds in it than SIX “real” James Hound movies… even if some were female.
…
A glorious mess of a movie, with a plot so convoluted you need a program, a scorecard, a notebook (the actual paper kind) and a pen .. preferably an erasable one… just to keep track.
That is, if you feel that you MUST keep track.
You don’t HAVE to you know.
….
You can just do what I did… let it wash over you, enjoy the characters, have fun sorting out the huge assortment of basset stars and character bassets, and their little vignettes, and trust that it will all work out in the end…
Though you may not know exactly WHAT worked out… or how we got from A to B, or sometimes P back to L … or was that G?
Oh, never mind… we got SOMEwhere… I think… And SMERSH is smashed…. oops… SPOILER!…. um, sorry, too late… Pretend you didn’t see that… and all is well.
….
Davey Nivhound is perfect as the original James Hound… wee mustache and all…
Woody Arfen is funny as his instinct-deficient grown-up pup… who will never be half the basset hound his sire was… having no nose for it.
Cursula Undress was perfectly cast as… well… Cursula Undress, as usual… But if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
…
There are many many more. Imagine trying to direct them all…
Dogs romping everywhere….
Puppies underfoot, actors literally chewing the scenery.
A dozen canine stars, bringing their massive egos and petty feuds, all crammed onto various sets, in random order, nobody knowing the full plot …
Dogs who bit each other or wouldn’t work on the same set..
One hound even hired his own writer to give him better lines than the ones in the script … so he’d outdo two other male dogs.
…
And as always, there were other dogs who liked each other a little too much…
especially considering the number of sexy female bassets, and the assortment of swaggering males all competing to be alpha on set..
Where do I begin? What a thorough and complete write-up you’ve given us! Very entertaining and informative, and you’ve painted a delightful picture of what it must have been like to work on this movie!
I told Cleo that it was the absolute right move for the studio to hire you! (and, at such a high salary!!)
Keep up the good work! We’ll all be looking forward to your next offering!!
oh neat! a new poster by our favorite poster maker, StelBel. and, it’s a movie i can watch with everybody else, too. hooray! I enlarged it, so I can enjoy alll the detales. loved all the music. ear worms all day today.
[human version]
(My sister took me to see this movie at the drive-in shortly after it came out. Although it is not my very favorite film, it will always be in the Top Ten!)
this is also one of MMM’s all time favorites!
I was a rabid James Bond fan at the time and when this piece of fluff came out I was just horrified — I wanted my money back!
As I said, I’m reading “Those Who Wish Me Dead” by Michael Koryta.
People, this guy can write!
I’m now just about halfway through the book, and there hasn’t been one disappointing page.
He writes the characters as he sees them. The villains are written so well, I shudder at the dialogue and descriptions of their actions Koryta has written for them.
And as many books as I read, I’m pretty good at determining if the author has done the research necessary for actions at the various plot points the characters go through. Koryta passes with flying colours.
There is some usage of George Carlin’s “seven words,” but unlike Stephen King they actually fit the plot (I still don’t like them, but as I say, they fit).
He hasn’t yet blended the three main groups of characters together, but I’m looking forward to that.
A good read, and I recommend it.
Again, the universe continues to look after me. I was at the library again today, and what should jump out at me but the latest Alex Delaware novel, “Serpentine” by Jonathon Kellerman; so I’ll now have four books on the go.
I got 42 minutes into the human…
…Casino Royale…
…and just couldn’t take any more. As always, close out the clutter and go full screen.
Another new poster from Stel! Somehow, the leg extension and the bottom outline in the human poster can’t match Cleo. No tail, for example. Can’t blame the humans for trying. Quite the cast of characters! Cursula Undress, woo hoo!
I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
There were, by the way, many, many uncredited cast members, chief among them, a few well-known actors:
Geraldine Chaplin (a Keystone Kop)
Anjelica Huston (Agent Mimi’s hands-?)
Peter O’Toole (Scottish Piper)
I think a lot of the fun of the movie is finding all the famous people who were convinced to appear in it!
This is a fabulous poster! The level of detail is off the charts. Kudos, Stel Bel.
Thanks so much, Liverlips ! Kind of you to say!
Did someone say “politically incorrect?”
Did you hear something?
I’ve always enjoyed the theme song for this movie. The singer does very well with the material, conveying that particular brand of English satire.
Whoever is playing the squeals in the trumpet section break, I can assure you it was not Herb Alpert. HA was a terrific businessman and marketer, but as a trumpeter he was, at best, mediocre. I could have played rings around him, and look where it got me.
Me, too!
And, thanks for clueing us in on the trumpet sections. I always welcome your knowledge of the musical performances.
Canine Royale!
Oooh, Stel… An armed Ursula Undress… quite undressed!… in full-body fur paint!
Swirling psychedelic designs…. plenty of stars from the Cleo and Company stable… some of whom were apparently not all that stable.
Nice job!
…
The James Hound movie that wasn’t a James Hound movie…. that was nonetheless based (albeit exceedingly loosely) on a real James Hound novel…
and also had more James Hounds in it than SIX “real” James Hound movies… even if some were female.
…
A glorious mess of a movie, with a plot so convoluted you need a program, a scorecard, a notebook (the actual paper kind) and a pen .. preferably an erasable one… just to keep track.
That is, if you feel that you MUST keep track.
You don’t HAVE to you know.
….
You can just do what I did… let it wash over you, enjoy the characters, have fun sorting out the huge assortment of basset stars and character bassets, and their little vignettes, and trust that it will all work out in the end…
Though you may not know exactly WHAT worked out… or how we got from A to B, or sometimes P back to L … or was that G?
Oh, never mind… we got SOMEwhere… I think… And SMERSH is smashed…. oops… SPOILER!…. um, sorry, too late… Pretend you didn’t see that… and all is well.
….
Davey Nivhound is perfect as the original James Hound… wee mustache and all…
Woody Arfen is funny as his instinct-deficient grown-up pup… who will never be half the basset hound his sire was… having no nose for it.
Cursula Undress was perfectly cast as… well… Cursula Undress, as usual… But if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
…
There are many many more.
Imagine trying to direct them all…
Dogs romping everywhere….
Puppies underfoot, actors literally chewing the scenery.
A dozen canine stars, bringing their massive egos and petty feuds, all crammed onto various sets, in random order, nobody knowing the full plot …
Dogs who bit each other or wouldn’t work on the same set..
One hound even hired his own writer to give him better lines than the ones in the script … so he’d outdo two other male dogs.
…
And as always, there were other dogs who liked each other a little too much…
especially considering the number of sexy female bassets, and the assortment of swaggering males all competing to be alpha on set..
….
No wonder there were FIVE directors!
..
memo to SusanSunshine:
Where do I begin? What a thorough and complete write-up you’ve given us! Very entertaining and informative, and you’ve painted a delightful picture of what it must have been like to work on this movie!
I told Cleo that it was the absolute right move for the studio to hire you! (and, at such a high salary!!)
Keep up the good work! We’ll all be looking forward to your next offering!!
human bowlers are obsolete
As a croupier at a Las Vegas crap table advised me one time, …
“A little lower and a little slower.”
Kewl. Saves having to condition the lanes every week.
All the guys on here are going to be disappointed.
—
You’ll not see me now until at least Sunday, and more probably Monday, it could go to Tuesday, but I doubt it..
Come back safe!
I wonder if it can throw a curve.
With that power, it can probably throw it across 2 lanes.
To you both…
It’s apparently a computer generated animation, not a real machine or robot… so it can’t actually do anything.
Alexi linked to the explanation but gave no description, so you may not have looked.
…
Here, however, is a link to a real one, which can learn and copy the styles of actual bowlers.
This was shot over 10 years ago… it’s probably even better now:
Oh yeah. Just take the fun out of it. ;-( You just have nooooo sense of the little boy in us. We can dream, can’t we.
LOL…
Hey, I gave you a real one, that can bowl whole games….
Isn’t that better?
You can dream about that one, instead..
Its name is Earl.
Gotta love the psychedelic 60s! Woohoo! nicely done!
Good morning Cleo philm phans!
Y’all have a kewl day. (((((HuGz!)))))
.
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Thanks, Plods !!
oh neat! a new poster by our favorite poster maker, StelBel. and, it’s a movie i can watch with everybody else, too. hooray! I enlarged it, so I can enjoy alll the detales. loved all the music. ear worms all day today.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, ML !! Thanks so much!!!
Good morning Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.
Super poster! Absolutely love all the names!! And the colorful pooch.
The names are getting harder and harder to come up with, but I’ll keep trying!
Thanks! I appreciate it!
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Great+Parterre/@48.1579214,11.5000434,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x479e77b161ad5649:0x80e80f44007fa916!8m2!3d48.1581852!4d11.5009827
A few hours ago; do you see the bird?
Yes, he’s right up front. Why?
Would you have noticed it if you hadn’t known it was there? – Most passers-by didn’t.
Bird? What bird? Do you see a bird?
(old TV commercial…)
The human version was pretty good; I can’t wait to see the original.