IJBFC Chat - June 9, 2019
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michael_amowitz
[4:03 PM]
Here
early, just to see if I could get in :slightly_smiling_face: Back at other stuff
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:00 PM]
howdy,
Buck and y'all, is anybody here tonight? We have a tornado warning on the north
side of Austin, just to make things interesting
R.
Hookie [5:00 PM]
Jell-o
again folks!
Tom
V. [5:00 PM]
Good
evening!
Viktoria
Irving [5:01 PM]
Hullo
and a good evenin' to everyone!
R.
Hookie [5:02 PM]
Welcome
back!
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:02 PM]
I
hope everyone's June is fine and busting out all over
Viktoria
Irving [5:02 PM]
Very
very warm over here in Germany : DD
R.
Hookie [5:03 PM]
We're
getting a spring rerun this week with temps in the 70s
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:03 PM]
gosh
it must be late in the evening for you, Viktoria!
Viktoria
Irving [5:03 PM]
Kathy,
rather more like night actually
michael_amowitz
[5:04 PM]
Jello
folks! Good luck with the weather, Kathy! Quiet and light rain tonight in DC,
only about 70 out.
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:04 PM]
wow,
or very early morning! Thank you for joining us!!!
R.
Hookie [5:04 PM]
I'm
guessing about 1am?
Viktoria
Irving [5:04 PM]
Aw,
thank you for having me! It's 2 am, Hookie : )
R.
Hookie [5:05 PM]
Well,
I tried
Viktoria
Irving [5:05 PM]
Good
guess!
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:05 PM]
well,
we better make this gathering worth it! cue the band!
R.
Hookie [5:05 PM]
Yes...
wake up Phil...
Laura
Leibowitz [5:06 PM]
Hi
folks!
R.
Hookie [5:06 PM]
Hi
Laura!
Laura
Leibowitz [5:06 PM]
Sorry,
was sitting watching the page spin and it wasn't letting me into the room!
Viktoria
Irving [5:06 PM]
Yaay.
I need some fun now after seeing a hilariously bad movie with old Pete O'Toole.
Hey Laura!!
R.
Hookie [5:06 PM]
As
the Website Turns....
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:07 PM]
isn't
life like that (sounds like a Harry Conn poem, you can tell I have been in 1932
scripts)
Neil
Ottenstein [5:07 PM]
Hello,
just finished dinner. Found the
invite in Spam earlier today. :slightly_smiling_face:
Laura
Leibowitz [5:07 PM]
Kathy
- Ha!
Viktoria
Irving [5:07 PM]
Hello
Neil!
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:07 PM]
Spam
should be invited to all dinners, encased in jello hahaha
Laura
Leibowitz [5:07 PM]
Welcome
back Viktoria!
Hi
Neil! And Kathy and Hookie!
michael_amowitz
[5:07 PM]
Hi
LL, I'm spinning over here but just busy :stuck_out_tongue:
Viktoria
Irving [5:07 PM]
*waves*
Laura
Leibowitz [5:08 PM]
And
Mike and Tom!
Tom
V. [5:08 PM]
Howdy
Laura!
Laura
Leibowitz [5:08 PM]
How's
everyone doing tonight? Someone
probably already said that!
Kathy
- Any announcements about the book?
R.
Hookie [5:09 PM]
Well,
I got a little rash above my elbow...
you didn't mean that way...
Laura
Leibowitz [5:09 PM]
Hookie
- OK, I'm psoriasis said that.
R.
Hookie [5:10 PM]
Waa
waa waaaaaaaa.....
michael_amowitz
[5:10 PM]
Sleep
clock on spin too. Otherwise, perky :slightly_smiling_face:
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:10 PM]
Hey
folks, the first volume of Jack Benny scripts (May -July 1932) is going into
typesetting! YAY I hope the start of the SERIES will be published soon!
Laura
Leibowitz [5:10 PM]
Yee
hah!
R.
Hookie [5:11 PM]
Nice!\
Neil
Ottenstein [5:11 PM]
Cool
R.
Hookie [5:11 PM]
(Unintended
slash)
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:11 PM]
Laura
I will have to email you tomorrow, the librarians (secretly I say MORONS) at
UCLA may need another letter for my upcoming visit.,,,
Tom
V. [5:11 PM]
Good
work, Kathy!
Laura
Leibowitz [5:11 PM]
Oh
brother...
Viktoria
Irving [5:12 PM]
Sounds
like am amazing project, Kathy!
Best
of luck!
Laura
Leibowitz [5:12 PM]
Kathy
- I feel your pain.
michael_amowitz
[5:12 PM]
Yay!
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:12 PM]
You
all will love the scripts! They are all that Laura reported in 39 Forever Vol 1,
and more!
michael_amowitz
[5:12 PM]
:smiley:
Laura
Leibowitz [5:12 PM]
Especially
the one with Jack and Mary pitching woo in a cab.
That
one is just darling. I can't believe
Harry Conn wrote it.
Neil
Ottenstein [5:13 PM]
are
there annotations in the scripts?
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:13 PM]
yes!!!!!
can't wait to tell the world (which sounds like a Kenny Baker song)
Well
Neil, only some, even the ones in Benny's collection are the "as
aired" but there are some timing and emphasis things, and volume 2 has more
crossed out and re-edited bits
Laura
Leibowitz [5:14 PM]
I'm
looking forward to it as well. Been
a while since I handled those scripts.
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:15 PM]
yay!
they are SO WORTH IT, filled with fun and you feel like you are in the tiny
studio with Benny and small gang that he had
Neil
Ottenstein [5:15 PM]
I
was wondering about references to events or circumstances in the 30s/
Laura
Leibowitz [5:15 PM]
Kathy
- As you know, it was the librarian staff that ended up making it impossible for
me to publish those years ago. But
hey, you get to do it now!
They
do mention prohibition being lifted...
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:16 PM]
Yep,
Neil, you will love these -- Benny with Harry Conn start making political humor
(slight) and comment on current movies
Neil
Ottenstein [5:16 PM]
cool
Laura
Leibowitz [5:16 PM]
And
Garbo's big feet
And
George Bernard Shaw's beard.
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:16 PM]
and
Gable's big ears! and Ganhdi's big diapers
ghandi
Laura
Leibowitz [5:16 PM]
Yep.
Conn never tired of those.
Gandhi
The
audience might have, but Harry didn't.
R.
Hookie [5:17 PM]
So,
what is the correct spelling?
Laura
Leibowitz [5:17 PM]
Gandhi
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:17 PM]
haha
I will never get it right, but WILL in the published version. Its misspelled a
dozen ways in the scripts
Laura
Leibowitz [5:17 PM]
OK...we
ready for the show?
Viktoria
Irving [5:18 PM]
What
do we have tonight?? : )
Laura
Leibowitz [5:18 PM]
Another
comparison of radio and television...
R.
Hookie [5:18 PM]
Prime
rib, choice of potato... oh, You mean the show...
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:18 PM]
UCLA
librarians! grrrrrrr we must cast a spell to thwart them, one on friday talked
about the "secret piece of paper" in their files to make my life
difficult
Laura
Leibowitz [5:18 PM]
from
a request from last month...
Tom
V. [5:18 PM]
Oh,
Goody!!
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:18 PM]
YAY
for comparisons
Laura
Leibowitz [5:18 PM]
Kathy
- (Insert a rash of expletives here)
Jack
and Mary go to the race track.
R.
Hookie [5:19 PM]
Another
double feature?
kathy_fuller_seeley
[5:19 PM]
Laura-
you go girl! : )
Viktoria
Irving [5:19 PM]
Ooooh
Laura
Leibowitz [5:19 PM]
Yep!
Let's
do it...
https://www.watch2gether.com/rooms/ijbfc-mbrm7osc3l5p85x3t9?lang=en
watch2gether.com
Let's
meet on Watch2Gether
Watch2Gether
lets you watch videos with your friends, synchronized at the same time.
Anyone
joining while the show is in progress please go to the link above!
We'll come back to the room afterwards to discuss.
Hi
JFM
JFM
[5:20 PM]
Good
evening folks
Laura
Leibowitz [5:21 PM]
We
just started the show...go to the link above to join us.
michael_amowitz
[6:16 PM]
Whee!
Laura
Leibowitz [6:16 PM]
Enjoy
that?
R.
Hookie [6:16 PM]
Well....
Viktoria
Irving [6:17 PM]
A
very enjoyable double feature : ))
R.
Hookie [6:17 PM]
That
was fun!
Tom
V. [6:17 PM]
Great
episodes!
Laura
Leibowitz [6:17 PM]
Was
one better than the other?
JFM
[6:17 PM]
Puts
me in the mood to gamble
Neil
Ottenstein [6:17 PM]
that
was fun. similar jokes in audio and
visually
R.
Hookie [6:17 PM]
The
radio version with the vault gag was good
Laura
Leibowitz [6:17 PM]
Yeah,
I was trying to remember how they handled Mary hitting him visually
michael_amowitz
[6:17 PM]
I
vote for radio, but I first saw his TV shows
Laura
Leibowitz [6:17 PM]
Vault
doesn't work on TV
R.
Hookie [6:18 PM]
Well,
Lucy tried
Neil
Ottenstein [6:18 PM]
the
guy with the tip on the table worked better on TV
Laura
Leibowitz [6:18 PM]
Yes,
I was just thinking other than that Lucy episode
michael_amowitz
[6:18 PM]
I
liked the TV vault :slightly_smiling_face:
Laura
Leibowitz [6:18 PM]
Hopefully
one day I can get the Paul Lynde guest appearance out.
That's a vault show
michael_amowitz
[6:19 PM]
Sheldon
Leonard was a visual comic
R.
Hookie [6:19 PM]
The
vault was usually off camera in most shows
Laura
Leibowitz [6:19 PM]
What
year did Dick Van Dyke start the series?
Viktoria
Irving [6:19 PM]
The
radio show is again more fast-paced, but they're both lovely in their own way.
Personally, I lov the sight gags for TV.
Tom
V. [6:19 PM]
The
vault gag worked visually well in the Warner Bros. cartoon of Jack & the
gang.
michael_amowitz
[6:19 PM]
1960?
Laura
Leibowitz [6:20 PM]
Tom
- Easier to draw sets than to build them!
1958
aired, recorded in 1957
Neil
Ottenstein [6:20 PM]
DVD
- CBS from October 3, 1961, to June
1, 1966
Tom
V. [6:20 PM]
How
true, Laura!
Laura
Leibowitz [6:20 PM]
Neil
- Thanks. Was wondering if he was
producing that show when he was appearing on this one.
Mike
- Sorry, thought you were asking about the year of this show.
Hi
Ted - Just noticed you sneaked in there...
What
other thoughts about the two shows?
Tom
V. [6:22 PM]
I'm
guessing Frank Nelson was unavailable for the TV version?
Laura
Leibowitz [6:23 PM]
Tom
- That's all I can figure.
R.
Hookie [6:23 PM]
I
think I liked the radio version better.
Neil
Ottenstein [6:23 PM]
besides
the 3/6/49 radio show, did Jack use that "at the races" set of jokes
in other episodes?
michael_amowitz
[6:23 PM]
I'm
trying to remember if one of the networks ran reruns of Jack's older TV shows
late on Saturday mornings in the mid-to-late 1960s. I may have seen most of the
older ones then.
Laura
Leibowitz [6:23 PM]
While
a lot of people say they find Joe Besser annoying, I think he does a yeoman's
job in subbing for Frank in this one.
Viktoria
Irving [6:24 PM]
Laura,
that was the waiter, wasn't it?
Laura
Leibowitz [6:24 PM]
Neil
- Not that I can think of at the moment. At
least not this specific scenario.
Viktoria
- Yes. Joe Besser was the nervous
waiter.
R.
Hookie [6:24 PM]
Nervous
vs sarcastic ...
Viktoria
Irving [6:25 PM]
Laura,
yes, personally I agree, he does a great job of bringing some variation to the
confusing costumer service routine
His
mannierism haahahh
JFM
[6:26 PM]
Laura
- Have you thought of offering digital copies of the programs/films/specials,
aside from just DVDs?
Laura
Leibowitz [6:26 PM]
JFM
- Meaning...video discs?
R.
Hookie [6:26 PM]
video
discs.... ha
Laura
Leibowitz [6:27 PM]
I
didn't mean that to be sarcastic...not sure what format you're thinking.
R.
Hookie [6:27 PM]
Wait...
I'm thinking laserdisc...
sorry
Laura
Leibowitz [6:27 PM]
Hookie
- Actually...so was I.
R.
Hookie [6:28 PM]
They
don't still make those... do they?
Laura
Leibowitz [6:28 PM]
I
don't think so. I'm just not sure
what digital medium is available besides DVDs and streaming.
Viktoria
Irving [6:29 PM]
What
JFM means are probably digital downloads to buy, I guess?
R.
Hookie [6:29 PM]
I
don't know either
JFM
[6:29 PM]
Laura
- No I mean't digital as in, video files. Rather than physical copies
R.
Hookie [6:29 PM]
Like
MP4?
JFM
[6:29 PM]
Yeah
Viktoria
Irving [6:29 PM]
(JFM,
is that Alastair Simm in your icon?)
JFM
[6:30 PM]
Yes
Yeah,
I mean't more along the lines of what Viktoria suggested
Viktoria
Irving [6:30 PM]
(**thumbs
up**)
Neil
Ottenstein [6:30 PM]
some
people shared video resources in the FB group
R.
Hookie [6:30 PM]
So,
an official release instead of the low quality bootlegs?
Laura
Leibowitz [6:30 PM]
A
lot of material is already available on YouTube.
I don't own the rights to the programs or movies, so that limits me to
the specials.
Ah
I see.
NBC
already gets a piece of the action on YouTube television episodes they own.
I'll
think on it a bit.
Tip:
Someone showed me that a YouTube user named Balsamwoods has pretty clean
copies of the TV eps online.
Viktoria
Irving [6:32 PM]
**whispers**
thankfully
He's
why I watched so much Jack Benny in the first place.
Laura
Leibowitz [6:33 PM]
It's
just so doggone hard to get NBC or CBS or UCLA to do anything without a large
pricetag.
Viktoria
- Hallelujah, then!
Viktoria
Irving [6:33 PM]
The
channel is recommended : )
Laura
Leibowitz [6:33 PM]
I
probably know Balsamwoods, but I don't honestly know who it is in real life.
kathy_fuller_seeley
[6:33 PM]
UCLA!
slowly I turned...... haha
Laura
Leibowitz [6:33 PM]
Kathy
- Yep, I figured you'd appreciate that.
JFM
[6:34 PM]
I'm
surprised they don't copyright strike that stuff very much.
Neil
Ottenstein [6:34 PM]
balsamwoods
had 10,048 subscribers
JFM
[6:34 PM]
I
guess they must not really mind it. There is much Benny content you can get
elsewhere
*isn't
Laura
Leibowitz [6:34 PM]
And
that's a big reason why the Time-Life set didn't sell well.
R.
Hookie [6:35 PM]
Well,
I bit...
Neil
Ottenstein [6:35 PM]
I
put a show in "save later" so I will remember
R.
Hookie [6:35 PM]
So,
I have spares....
michael_amowitz
[6:36 PM]
I
hope it'll be out there for awhile, LL. I had to hold back on buying it ... too
many bills lately
Laura
Leibowitz [6:36 PM]
Hookie
- Appreciate that. Was hoping we'd
get to critical mass so we could get season sets of the TV episodes out.
Tom
V. [6:36 PM]
I'm
a firm believer n having a DVD copy of shows I like, even if they are available
on line. I have frequent internet
outages where I live!
Laura
Leibowitz [6:36 PM]
Mike
- I have a feeling it will be.
Tom
- Good for you! Have a fallback
plan!
kathy_fuller_seeley
[6:37 PM]
hooray
for DVDs! You can't count on streaming to stay there...
Laura
Leibowitz [6:37 PM]
OK...someone
reminded me of their long-standing request from last month, so I know what to do
for next month.
Anything
else, or shall we call it good?
Tom
V. [6:37 PM]
Exactly
Laura and Kathy!
michael_amowitz
[6:38 PM]
I
have the page bookmarked too.
R.
Hookie [6:38 PM]
What's
our next double feature?
kathy_fuller_seeley
[6:38 PM]
thanks
for this fun event, and you will get an email from me about the sad sack UCLA
folks, probably on Monday
Laura
Leibowitz [6:38 PM]
Not
a double feature next month...but we can do it again soon!
R.
Hookie [6:38 PM]
Ok
Laura
Leibowitz [6:38 PM]
Kathy
- Speaking of UCLA, there was a turkey in my backyard during the radio
episode...
JFM
[6:39 PM]
Perhaps
some american pride, a fourth of July Episode
R.
Hookie [6:39 PM]
UCLA...
when the smog lifts
kathy_fuller_seeley
[6:39 PM]
gobble
gobble! Its fun how they can find the way up to your place
haha
Hookie!
Laura
Leibowitz [6:39 PM]
Kathy
- I think I have four and a half stars on Turkey Yelp.
R.
Hookie [6:39 PM]
(I
stole that from Carnac...)
Viktoria
Irving [6:40 PM]
Outta
curiosity, any ideas in which episodes Dennis sings something else than sappy
love songs? Or was he doomed to soap because of tenor?
kathy_fuller_seeley
[6:40 PM]
I
hope to see Barbara Thunell on June 21 or 22! we will be talking about her
scrapbook
Viktoria,
ummmm that was his specialty, I LOVE Kenny Baker's non-sappy songs, when he was
able to sing them
Laura
Leibowitz [6:41 PM]
Viktoria
- He sings some great songs like "An Irishman Will Steal Your Heart
Away," "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts," and the legendary
"Clancy Lowered the Boom."
Kathy
- Wonderful! Tell her I said hi.
michael_amowitz
[6:42 PM]
Excellent,
say hi from us, Kathy!
R.
Hookie [6:42 PM]
I
think Dennis sings a perky song in the supermarket episode....
kathy_fuller_seeley
[6:42 PM]
Bippity-bobbity-boo,
very odd
Laura
Leibowitz [6:42 PM]
He
sings Vesti la Giubba from Pagliaci in the Rod Serling episode...
Viktoria
Irving [6:43 PM]
Awww,
will check your suggestions out. Thank you guys.
JFM
[6:43 PM]
I
always enjoyed that skit where Jack calls out Phil Harris about plot holes in
"That's What I like About the South"
Laura
Leibowitz [6:43 PM]
Or
"Sinner Man" on a Don Weis episode...VERY cool
Doo
Wah Ditty
R.
Hookie [6:44 PM]
Ain't
no town, ain't no city
Laura
Leibowitz [6:44 PM]
Awful
small but awful pretty
R.
Hookie [6:44 PM]
duet
time
Laura
Leibowitz [6:44 PM]
OK...thanks
for spending some time tonight!
Glad
you could make it again, Viktoria!
kathy_fuller_seeley
[6:45 PM]
thanks
so much, Laura, and thank you all! good night
R.
Hookie [6:45 PM]
I'm
so glad we had this time together... (ear tug)
Neil
Ottenstein [6:45 PM]
thanks
for the fun
Viktoria
Irving [6:45 PM]
Thank
Y O U for hosting it! It was again a pleasure.
JFM
[6:45 PM]
Thanks
for a wonder-filled evening everyone! Take care, hope to see you in the next
one!
Tom
V. [6:45 PM]
Don
Weis directed a handful of early, early Andy Griffith episodes.
They were so good! Couldn't
understand why he didn't do more?
michael_amowitz
[6:45 PM]
Thanks,
y'all!
Laura
Leibowitz [6:45 PM]
Tom
- I have wondered that myself.
R.
Hookie [6:46 PM]
Good
night folks! I be seeing you soon!
*I'll
Tom
V. [6:46 PM]
Thanks
Laura. Had a fun time this evening!
Good night,folks!
Neil
Ottenstein [6:49 PM]
Good
night. Thanks again.
garth_johnson
[7:46 PM]
Drat
- I was so busy searching newspapers I forgot about the chat! Newspapers.com had
a free weekend so I was cleaning up bookmarked articles.