Lisa Hurwitz Traveling Back to The Automat by Jay S. Jacobs The automat. It is a world lost in time, but for much of the 20th century, it was a little haven for the people of New York and Philadelphia. Horn & Hardart restaurants, which were just in those two big cities, nonetheless became legendary … Continue reading
THE AUTOMAT (2021) Featuring Mel Brooks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Colin Powell, Carl Reiner, Elliott Gould, Howard Schultz, Ron Barrett, Paul Hardart, Marianne Hardart, Norris Horn, Alex Shuldiner, Lorraine Diehl, Wilson Goode, Lisa Keller, John W. Romas and Apache Ramos. Directed by Lisa Hurwitz. Distributed by A Slice of the Pie Productions. 79 minutes. Not Rated. … Continue reading
TOY STORY 4 (2019) Featuring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Madeleine McGraw, Christina Hendricks, Jordan Peele, Keanu Reeves, Ally Maki, Jay Hernandez, Lori Alan, Joan Cusack, Bonnie Hunt, Kristen Schaal, Emily Davis, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Blake Clark, June Squibb, Carl Weathers, Lila Sage Bromley, Don Rickles, … Continue reading
THE GREAT BUSTER: A CELEBRATION (2018) Featuring Dick Van Dyke, Johnny Knoxville, Werner Herzog, Quentin Tarantino, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Bill Hader, Richard Lewis, Jon Watts, Nick Kroll, French Stewart, Cybill Shepherd, Paul Dooley, Patty Tobias, Bob Borgen, James Curtis, James Karen, Leonard Maltin, Norman Lloyd, Bill Irwin and Ben Mankiewicz. Narrated by Peter Bogdanovich. … Continue reading
When Comedy Went to School (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review) Like most people under a certain age, I missed the hey-day of the Catskill Mountain Resorts, which mostly was from the 1930s to the early 1960s. However, I do remember in the early 1980s, while on a road trip to Canada, stopping in New York state … Continue reading
The Dick Van Dyke Show The Complete Series (Image Entertainment-2012) To any self-respecting fan of pop culture/entertainment, just the sheer utterance of the show’s title, The Dick Van Dyke Show, conjures up a baby boomer television classic. Airing only five seasons (1961-1966), The Dick Van Dyke Show, created by Carl Reiner, chronicles the home/work life of the … Continue reading
Rose Marie Icon: An Interview About The Dick Van Dyke Show. by Ken Sharp http://www.popentertainment.com/rosemarie.htm A show business veteran since the tender age of three, Rose Marie is best known for her role as the brash and fast talkin’ comedy writer Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show. In this exclusive conversation, Rose Marie … Continue reading
Hot in Cleveland Season One (Paramount Home Video-2010) TV Land as a cable network was created as a home for classic television series from the past. Spawned from the surprising success of Nick at Nite, TV Land became a full-time haven for shows like All in the Family, I Love Lucy, The Ed Sullivan Show, M*A*S*H, … Continue reading
THE JERK (1979) Starring Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Jackie Mason, Mabel King, Richard Ward, Dick Anthony Williams, Bill Macy, M. Emmett Walsh, Dick O’Neill, Maurice Evans, Helena Carroll, Ren Woods, Pepe Serna, David Landsberg, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Rob Reiner, William Schallert and Carl Reiner. Screenplay by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb and Michael … Continue reading
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