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Comments on MetaFilter post "We're here tonight to honor Tom Hanks..."Wed, 08 Jan 2014 20:42:10 -0800Wed, 08 Jan 2014 20:42:10 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60"We're here tonight to honor Tom Hanks..."
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<a href="http://youtu.be/X3KiSJqK2VA">Steve Martin pays tribute to Tom Hanks</a> at the 2002 AFI Awards [3:47]. <a href="http://i.imgur.com/BM54GLH.jpg">Here's a taste.</a>post:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.135460Wed, 08 Jan 2014 20:28:11 -0800paleyellowwithorangetomhanksstevemartinaficomedyamericanfilminstituteBy: Sys Rq
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<em>Big</em>'s not really a comedy.
I wonder if maybe they had <em>Bosom Buddies</em> in there and it got the chop because one simply does not mention <em>Bosom Buddies</em>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.135460-5364008Wed, 08 Jan 2014 20:42:10 -0800Sys RqBy: Chrysostom
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Hanks is pretty laid back about Bosom Buddies, Turner & Hooch, and the like. He talks about that kind of stuff on his Nerdist interview.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.135460-5364039Wed, 08 Jan 2014 21:17:56 -0800ChrysostomBy: New Frontier
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrjdgOHlemI">Martin's speech for Paul Simon's Kennedy Center Honor</a> in 2002 is even funnier.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.135460-5364047Wed, 08 Jan 2014 21:27:00 -0800New FrontierBy: vapidave
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"You know, a lot of people come to me and they say, "Steve, how can you be so fucking funny?" There's a secret to it, it's no big deal. Before I go out, I put a slice of bologna in each of my shoes. So when I'm on stage, I feel funny."
Steve Martin is a genius - busy and uneven. Half of his work I wish he hadn't done, the other half I wish he'd do more of.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.135460-5364067Wed, 08 Jan 2014 21:58:53 -0800vapidaveBy: Colonel Panic
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got a condo made of stone-uh
<em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgTPH5y1-ZI">this</a></em> must have been really funny but i wasn't allowed to stay up late enough to see it.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.135460-5364071Wed, 08 Jan 2014 22:12:51 -0800Colonel PanicBy: Windopaene
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He's always been a funny dude, and has sailed into his golden years with a lot of class and grace. OK who here loved LA Story, despite it being what it was?comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.135460-5364075Wed, 08 Jan 2014 22:14:33 -0800WindopaeneBy: JHarris
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Steve Martin's turn on The Muppet Show is one of the strangest they've done, and that includes the terrific ones they did with John Cleese (which he co-wrote and where he plays straightman to the whole horde of them), Spike Milligan (where he upstages the whole lot of them -- !) and Dudley Moore (where he directly participates in the B-plot of the episode).
The premise is, the show for the evening has been <i>cancelled</i>. Kermit's taking the opportunity to audition new acts, he invites the audience to stick around and watch if they want. As a result, it's the only episode of the Muppet Show <i>with no laugh track</i>. The laughing you hear <i>is the Muppet Show staff reacting to what they see</i>. And it's got several bits of classic Steve Martin, one of the most brilliant comedians ever seen.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ge6yi2nnkA">Part 1</a> - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54DOL1vuMn0">Part 2</a> - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bABHlDB5AnM">Part 3</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.135460-5364106Wed, 08 Jan 2014 23:41:01 -0800JHarrisBy: AlonzoMosleyFBI
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<em>Steve Martin's turn on The Muppet Show is one of the strangest they've done</em>
<a href="http://www.avclub.com/article/ithe-muppet-showi-steve-martin-47180">AV Club agrees</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.135460-5364192Thu, 09 Jan 2014 04:25:45 -0800AlonzoMosleyFBIBy: Rangeboy
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A few weeks ago I found <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wild_and_Crazy_Guy">A Wild and Crazy Guy</a></em> and <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Get_Small">Let's Get Small</a></em> on vinyl at my local record store for 3 bucks each. Best thing that's happened to me in months.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.135460-5364306Thu, 09 Jan 2014 06:50:14 -0800RangeboyBy: aureliobuendia
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<i>OK who here loved LA Story, despite it being what it was?</i>
Loved LA Story. Own two copies on DVD. What is this "despite" you speak of?
The only criticism I could come up with is that it's sort of a vanity project because it's a love letter to his then-wife Victoria Tennant. But it's such a great love letter! And it's really quite a serious examination of the foibles we all convince ourselves of. That first line shines down through the movie: "Let us just say I was deeply unhappy, but I didn't know it because I was so happy all the time."comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.135460-5364516Thu, 09 Jan 2014 08:47:02 -0800aureliobuendiaBy: Naberius
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The problem with Steve Martin is that he allowed all this crap about comedy and standup and acting and being in plays and writing novels to deny the world - for decades, mind you - a damn fine bluegrass banjo picker.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.135460-5364542Thu, 09 Jan 2014 08:55:33 -0800NaberiusBy: Chrysostom
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Watching L.A. Story feels very different to me now, because it is a love letter...to the woman he later divorced. I wonder how Martin feels when he watches it now?comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.135460-5364551Thu, 09 Jan 2014 08:57:13 -0800ChrysostomBy: KingEdRa
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<em>OK who here loved LA Story, despite it being what it was?</em>
I'm a Bowfinger man, myself.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.135460-5364671Thu, 09 Jan 2014 09:35:39 -0800KingEdRaBy: stenseng
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The Jerk is all that need be known to cement Steve Martin's genius status.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.135460-5364834Thu, 09 Jan 2014 10:38:58 -0800stensengBy: lumpenprole
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I genuinely love Shopgirl. And his standup albums should be encased in gold and shot into space.comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.135460-5365463Thu, 09 Jan 2014 15:45:28 -0800lumpenproleBy: zooropa
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<em>L.A. Story</em> is pure genius: funny, romantic, and downright poignant.
My two favorite scenes:
<ul>
<li>The First Scene with the Signpost: "<a href="http://vimeo.com/20401910">L.A. Wants to Help You</a>"</li>
<li>Making a Reservation at L'Idiot with a pre-TNG Patrick Stewart: "<a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/mv-3YU58/l_a_story_finally_a_funny_grave_digger/"><a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/mv-3YU58/l_a_story_finally_a_funny_grave_digger/">You can't haf ze duck.</a></a>"</li>
</ul>comment:www.metafilter.com,2014:site.135460-5365498Thu, 09 Jan 2014 16:08:10 -0800zooropa
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