tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post536269907459672338..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: The Hitchcock Project: Henry Slesar Part Six-"The Right Price" [4.22]John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-69356152637690099172018-03-04T05:28:59.674-08:002018-03-04T05:28:59.674-08:00I haven't seen it since I wrote this post almo...I haven't seen it since I wrote this post almost five years ago, but in my memory it was a disappointment. I'm glad you enjoyed it.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-4004310693021053982018-03-03T22:51:59.351-08:002018-03-03T22:51:59.351-08:00Watched it again the other night. It wasn't al...Watched it again the other night. It wasn't all that funny but for some reason,--the acting, the journeyman witty dialogue, the "reassuring" suburban ambiance bringing back childhood memories--it worked. As to the episode's brand of humor, I'd call it droll. It was quietly funny, not the laugh out loud kind, like a well drawn and nicely conceived cartoon (newspaper kind, not movie). Gardner Rea maybe. Or Chon Day. I find this an easy episode to smile at. It's cozy, even with the "shock" ending. Foy the Young really sells it. Damon Runyon in the'burbs vibe? Maybe.john kenrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00710666533854296630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-63155360538804966342017-08-31T07:30:58.309-07:002017-08-31T07:30:58.309-07:00Thanks, John. I thought this episode was just not ...Thanks, John. I thought this episode was just not funny! I'm sure I'd like the actors in other roles, though.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-71214223179486050932017-08-30T23:28:04.257-07:002017-08-30T23:28:04.257-07:00I just finished watching the episode tonight, Jack...I just finished watching the episode tonight, Jack, enjoyed it the first couple of times I saw it, not so much this time around. For one thing, it felt edited. Allyn Joslyn is an actor I've always liked but he's made up to look younger than his actual age, and I find it difficult to believe that his hair is natural, and that includes the color. His performance was nothing special. On the other hand, Eddie Foy, Jr. for some reason charmed me. Yeah, I know: go figure. His brand of what I can best describe as soft shoe vaudeville playing made the episode work for me in the past, didn't charm me nearly so much this time. As to Joslyn, he's at his best in his first movie, They Won't Forget, an anti-lynching drama loosely based on the Leo Frank case. His co-star is future Hitchcock presents player Claude Rains. It an excellent movie, but I digress...john kenrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00710666533854296630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-30113113342255951192013-07-01T14:45:37.585-07:002013-07-01T14:45:37.585-07:00Thanks, Harvey. I have not seen Titanic but I was ...Thanks, Harvey. I have not seen Titanic but I was excited to be able to sneak in a reference to Jack Benny--he is one of my favorite old radio stars.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-31226966503680294922013-07-01T08:41:58.230-07:002013-07-01T08:41:58.230-07:00Excellent review of a so-so episode. Rather than T...Excellent review of a so-so episode. Rather than THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT, I prefer to remember Allyn Joslyn for his role as the social climber aboard the TITANIC (1953). There's a moment when Joslyn indulges in a little transvestism – seven years before Tony Perkins donned the dress and wig in PSYCHO. I saw THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT recently on TCM and was appalled. Allyn Joslyn was cast as a fallen angel who played the trumpet! Jack Benny didn't have much of a film career after that bomb!Harvey Chartrandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-59544276279990181252013-06-30T05:52:46.929-07:002013-06-30T05:52:46.929-07:00Dulo was five years older than Klugman. She not on...Dulo was five years older than Klugman. She not only played Oscar's mother in one episode, she played Murray the cop's wife in another!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-70104704317925563412013-06-28T21:59:03.956-07:002013-06-28T21:59:03.956-07:00More than anything else, I associate Jane Dulo wit...More than anything else, I associate Jane Dulo with THE ODD COUPLE. She played a lot of one-time characters, usually those comical matronly characters. I think she even played Oscar's mother, though heaven knows whether she was the slightest bit older than Jack Klugman. Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-89787030877168722102013-06-27T14:02:40.799-07:002013-06-27T14:02:40.799-07:00Isn't it the truth?Isn't it the truth?Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-42238440434908102402013-06-27T06:43:35.360-07:002013-06-27T06:43:35.360-07:00Henry Slesar should have taken the story even furt...Henry Slesar should have taken the story even further because the problem is that the police might figure out the wife did it and offer her a plea bargain deal if she would name the burglar, etc.<br /><br />The burglar should have killed both of them. That way no one would be left to convict him, etc. Plus nowadays, it seem everyone is an undercover cop. It's hard to find an honest killer...Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.com