http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:20:27 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/13/151912.php#comment-103091 You've started a trend! 79 is the new 80! What I've just realized is how much of my ideation of what cities and suburbs are come from the Dick Van Dyke Show. And watching the first season DVD set, how great the supporting cast were except for the kid. The most special part of the DVD set is the pilot with Carl Reiner playing Rob Petrie. 103091@blogcritics.org Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:20:27 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/13/151912.php#comment-103084 You're right. I'm already done with this year, and thinking it's '05. I'll revise and extend my remarks. 103084@blogcritics.org Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:37:44 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/13/151912.php#comment-103083 What I've really appreciated most about the original Dick Van Dyke Show was the recursiveness. It was a comedy about a writer on teevee comedy show. Favourite ep is the one where aliens steal everybody's thumbs. My favourite of his movie roles is his lead in "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066927/combined" target="_blank">Cold Turkey</a>", about a town which tries to win a contest for everyone to give up smoking. And a title song by Randy Newman. 103083@blogcritics.org Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:37:30 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/13/151912.php#comment-103072 damn math majors 103072@blogcritics.org Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:41:58 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/13/151912.php#comment-103070 Al, it's 79 years since 1925. 103070@blogcritics.org Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:38:55 EST