WordWolf

On 3/25/2024 at 4:56 AM, WordWolf said:

cast includes-    Paul Reubens      Chaka Khan     Kathleen Freeman     Henry Gibson

Paul Reubens (PeeWee Herman) was a waiter in Mister Fabulous' restaurant.  Chaka Khan was in the choir.  Kathleen Freeman played "The Penguin."  Henry Gibson ran the Illinois Nazis.

 

This famous movie had some great music- but it was NOT marketed as a musical, it's an action-comedy.

This movie included some under-utilized, under-appreciated performers who were available for work.  It was very smart of them to accept their offered roles, as their careers, as a whole, were jump-started when this movie hit the theaters, introducing them to a new generation of fans.

A lot of talented blues performers were not really in demand until this movie aired, gaining them more fans.

 

 

Not many films have credits that leave out who played principal cast, but this was one of them.  It was done on purpose,  but didn't really change anything, since the audience knew who the 2 cast members were.   Even stranger, another principal role didn't seem to have a name (although the role's actress is easy to recognize.)   A number of the cast seemed to play themselves, while others definitely did not. 

The credits include "Jake" and "Elwood", but not Dan or John.    Carrie Fisher's character seems to have had no name, or at least none mentioned.    The names of the band members match the names of the musicians playing them.     Among the people who didn't play themselves was Ray, who was VERY accurate with a pistol.  (And hung up the Blues Brothers flyer upside down in a different scene.)

 

 

I hope you get this soon. If not, I'll "See You Next Wednesday".

"See You Next Wednesday" is John Landis' imaginary movie. It seems to be every genre of movie. In the Blues Brothers movie, it's advertised on the sign that the patrol car hides behind. (That's the patrol car that tries to chase Jake and Elwood and crashes into the Good Old Boys' RV.)

 

This movie had a sequel, but most people prefer to ignore that, as it wasn't as good as the first movie despite having an obviously larger budget. (The bluegrass scene alone had a lot of special effects.)  The first movie inspired a group- and they were in the sequel playing fans who were now performers. I wonder how John Popper felt about his movie debut being in a flop.

"Blues Brothers 2000" just seemed unnecessary to me. It had a larger budget and lots of special effects, like Cab's son floating and transforming, and the "Ghost Riders in the Sky" scene with the storm and the ghost riders at the country music festival where the "bluegrass brothers" played.   The first movie inspired John Popper and his brother, who eventually formed the band "Blues Traveler", (mixing the names of the Blues Brothers and Gozer the Traveler.)  Popper, in essence, played himself, meeting Elwood and offering to play for him (while Elwood took off after accepting.)

 

I read a book for RPGs that was set in Chicago.  It included a list of books and movies for inspiration and setting the background.  It included this movie, with a note that there can be no better view of Mayor Daley Plaza.

Anyone watching the end of the movie got a fantastic view of the plaza.

 

18 hours ago, GeorgeStGeorge said:

The Blues Brothers (?)

George

YES!

I think we need another clue.

cast includes-    Paul Reubens      Chaka Khan     Kathleen Freeman     Henry Gibson

This famous movie had some great music- but it was NOT marketed as a musical, it's an action-comedy.

This movie included some under-utilized, under-appreciated performers who were available for work.  It was very smart of them to accept their offered roles, as their careers, as a whole, were jump-started when this movie hit the theaters, introducing them to a new generation of fans.

Not many films have credits that leave out who played principal cast, but this was one of them.  It was done on purpose,  but didn't really change anything, since the audience knew who the 2 cast members were.   Even stranger, another principal role didn't seem to have a name (although the role's actress is easy to recognize.)   A number of the cast seemed to play themselves, while others definitely did not. 

I hope you get this soon. If not, I'll "See You Next Wednesday".

This movie had a sequel, but most people prefer to ignore that, as it wasn't as good as the first movie despite having an obviously larger budget. (The bluegrass scene alone had a lot of special effects.)  The first movie inspired a group- and they were in the sequel playing fans who were now performers. I wonder how John Popper felt about his movie debut being in a flop.

I read a book for RPGs that was set in Chicago.  It included a list of books and movies for inspiration and setting the background.  It included this movie, with a note that there can be no better view of Mayor Daley Plaza.

"My name is a killing word."

"The spice must flow."

"The Elephant Man."

In twi,  things like that went on because vpw wanted it (as long as he was in charge), since he'd set up twi to have the Head Cheese wield autocratic power without checks or balances.  (The same, obviously, applies to his successors, who also enjoy power limited only by the now-pitiful reach of twi.)

So, vpw wanted it.  The question then becomes....why did vpw want it?  vpw was all about power- the wielding of power, and the appearance of prestige and influence.  (It's why he got his doctorate at a degree mill and then INSISTED on being called "Doctor."  I'm three times the fake doctor he was, and you don't see me insisting on "doctor.")    

So, some of it was to try to make twi seem influential, which made vpw seem influential.  Another part of it was something different.  Other than vpw's abilities to con people, he was actually pretty stupid.   He always cut corners on his education, and never learned if he could plagiarize instead, and tried not to bother with anything else.  When it came to other types of con, vpw fell for them.  If you had a fake supernatural con, vpw would swallow it and teach the Advanced Class it was real and NOT a sleight-of-hand trick.  (I believe there's real stuff, but it's a lot rarer than the cons, and conflating the two is wrong no matter what.)   

One of vpw's sources for conning was the John Birch Society, a bunch of tinfoil hat conspiracy theorists.  He had a hotline to all their pet weird ideas. He would listen to them, then announce all of their stuff and pretend he was getting Divine Revelation about all of it.  Rock and roll being of the devil? Yeah, the JBS and all their cronies.   So, if the JBS endorsed candidates, vpw went along and endorsed them also.  Stupid of him?  Yes.  It makes about as much sense as a news-anchor reading ANYTHING off the teleprompter, even if it made no sense or was inappropriate.  But the same thing in the sense that it was mindless parroting of something from someone else.   twi was actually pretty effective at teaching all sorts of people to do mindless parroting of all sorts of things.   Society has LOTS of people who do that, but twi made a policy of it, and we're here discussing them, of course.

So it's George's turn.

Is it in Psalm 119?

Ok, between the 2 posts was all the correct info.  

Waysider's turn!

"I'm not aware of too many things. I know what I know, if you know what I mean. Do ya?"

I'll probably never remember the correct name.      It's funny, but non-consecutive lines were what I remembered- the line about gray reminded me of the stereo line, then I remembered more about the line naming the colors.    Well, the mind's a fascinating thing, at least it is for me. 

Moving on, let's see....

Ok, now I can hear a tune.... so that's....

Got it!   Counting Crows with "Mister Jones and Me."

A two-hit wonder's first of 2 hits.

Ok.

License to Kill       Robert Davi        Talisa Soto           Mortal Kombat (1995)

Is it Bad Company's "I'm Ready for Love?????"

cast includes-    Paul Reubens      Chaka Khan     Kathleen Freeman     Henry Gibson

This movie had a great soundtrack- but it was NOT marketed as a musical, it's an action-comedy.

This movie included some under-utilized, under-appreciated performers who were available for work.  It was very smart of them to accept their offered roles, as their careers, as a whole, were jump-started when this movie hit the theaters, introducing them to new potential fans.

Not many films have credits that leave out who played principal cast, but this was one of them.  It was done on purpose,  but didn't really change anything, since the audience knew who the 2 cast members were.   Even stranger, another principal role didn't seem to have a name (although the role's actress is easy to recognize.)   A number of the cast seemed to play themselves, while others definitely did not. 

I hope you get this soon. If not, I'll see you next Wednesday.

21 hours ago, GeorgeStGeorge said:

Iconic props from this movie were stolen and missing for many years.  A man was arrested last year (2023) after giving himself up.  He had thought that the items were jewel-encrusted and was dismayed that they were only coated with glass.  He was not about to admit to the crime then, however.  Now he will receive a light sentence due to his advanced age.  An accomplice has recently turned up, as well.

George

Did I miss something?  I can't find you identifying the current round.  Isn't it still my turn?

As for Priscilla Barnes, I thought I'd heard the name somewhere.  If you've watched "Three's Company," you may recall that the "3" in the title changed.  We kept Jack and Janet, but the blond went from Chrissy (Suzanne Somers)  to Cindy (Jenilee Harrison)  to Teri (Priscilla Barnes.)  

She's been in some other things, but that's how she's best remembered- as Teri.   Not every actor can be remembered as having done Shakespeare.   On the other hand, at least she's remembered.   On the other hand. Richard Kline was in around twice the number of episodes, and I could not remember he played Larry Dallas  (Jack's wingman) without help.  

7 hours ago, Human without the bean said:

So just for the record George, who was that guy?  The guy behind the counter at the AM/PM?  I have no idea who Priscilla Barnes is by the way?

In "Die Hard", according to imdb,  Robert Davi was the taller/older of the FBI agents named Johnson.

"I'm Agent Johnson, this is Special Agent Johnson."

" Figure we take out the terrorists. Lose twenty, twenty-five percent of the hostages, tops."

That line naming the colors sounds vaguely familiar, but I'm not coming up with anything right now.

Real Genius        William Atherton         Die Hard     

....making this George's turn.

So it's George's turn.