tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post2624946790860153067..comments2024-03-28T11:30:13.457-04:00Comments on Poseidon's Underworld: Disastrous DaisPoseidon3http://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-68833885927013022452017-06-11T06:34:29.905-04:002017-06-11T06:34:29.905-04:00Oh, I love the Dean Martin Roasts! There's a f...Oh, I love the Dean Martin Roasts! There's a few on YouTube that I watch from time to time when I'm in an old stars kinda mood (which is always!). They're in the same vein as old episodes of chat shows like Mike Douglas and Merv Griffin - a little cheesy but still a whole lot of fun. You know its scripted but it all still seems spontaneous. I especially love Foster Brooks' drunk skits which never fail to crack me up.<br /><br />The older I get, the more prudish I seemingly become, so I can't fully get on board with the new roasts Comedy Central airs. Dean Martin's roasts were always good natured in their ribbing and never veered into vulgarities. Not so with the "new" ones. I can't be too disappointed as the Dean Martin era of comedy doesn't play well these days. Oh well!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05423089468858744849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-71668051735949357082017-06-10T17:05:37.809-04:002017-06-10T17:05:37.809-04:00@poseidon, oh, i know what i meant to say about vi...@poseidon, oh, i know what i meant to say about victoria principal. back in the 80s a playboy writer accused her of being the apotheosis of whore hair. i'm often ambivalent about victoria principal, but the truth is that dallas went into rapid decline without her. after she was gone, bobby turned into a whore and slept with a new blonde every week. she was the perfect foil for j.r. and i didn't watch them all, but her television movies were usually a hot commodity.petercox97https://www.blogger.com/profile/05818754297522029991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-17470554551821816662017-06-10T17:00:58.622-04:002017-06-10T17:00:58.622-04:00@poseidon, his public disclosure of his breast can...@poseidon, his public disclosure of his breast cancer is just one of the myriad reasons i love mr. roundtree. on heroes, he told peter petrelli that he loved him. it's not often that men of color on american television tell other men that they love them in any context. just that bit of character business made me fall hopelessly in love with roundtree's character charles deveaux who never really got to strut his hero powers, but was a looming presence during the first season. and truly, besides his brother nathan, there was never another male character that peter loved as much as charles deveaux not even his own father who was resurrected and betrayed peter.petercox97https://www.blogger.com/profile/05818754297522029991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-53174399021059025262017-06-09T16:11:24.577-04:002017-06-09T16:11:24.577-04:00Hello, Gingerguy & petercox, thank you for sha...Hello, Gingerguy & petercox, thank you for sharing your thoughts and reflections on this somewhat atypical post. I was going to note it in the text, but neglected to, that Richard Roundtree clearly looked like he was in far better shape than anyone else present and his tuxedo was perfectly tailored to his fit physique. (I also think his stands the test of time better than most of the others, though I can't deny I get a kick out of the colored shirts, ruffles and so on.) I'm not as fond of Ms. Principal's "Earthquake" wig as you are and find it a bit pipe for the "picking!" LOL I loved her real hair on the abbreviated first season of "Dallas" but not long into the run she began cutting and coloring it in ways I tended to loathe (though she did at one point go to a full, thick, chin length bob that I thought was really attractive.) Peter, I either forgot or didn't know about Roundtree's bout of cancer. How awful. I agree with your take on his dealing with it! Thanks.Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-54410345350155827832017-06-08T08:49:01.326-04:002017-06-08T08:49:01.326-04:00@petercox, agree the wig is fabulous and Ms. Princ...@petercox, agree the wig is fabulous and Ms. Principal was always a class act. I need to see "Mistress" again.Gingerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989371210392669145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-26002705569210267132017-06-07T16:32:23.993-04:002017-06-07T16:32:23.993-04:00@gingerguy, i saw an episode of the carson show wh...@gingerguy, i saw an episode of the carson show where victoria was promoting earthquake and carson, robert blake, and fernando lamas ribbed her unmercifully about that wig which i rather like on her. to top that off, blake and lamas leered and made inappropriate comments about her physique all through her segment. yes, i know it was the 70s and sexual harassment was de riguer, but i must give ms. principal props for mostly ignoring the boorish behavior directed at her every other second. blake was drooling at the mouth like some reject from a tex avery cartoon and lamas felt compelled to once again indulge his latin lover status. even before she came out on stage, lamas and blake were spewing a homophobic rant about how newman and redford had instigated an unsavory trend in their opinion of men riding off into the sunset with other men instead of the compulsory female attached to their hips.petercox97https://www.blogger.com/profile/05818754297522029991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-41965462496341320642017-06-07T16:22:33.491-04:002017-06-07T16:22:33.491-04:00and to think, richard roundtree was ready to be th...and to think, richard roundtree was ready to be the superhero black lightning before black lighting officially existed. i have always loved richard roundtree and i always will. my admiration of him hit its zenith when he bravely revealed his struggle with breast cancer. up util then and i may be missing some other notables, but hardly any men especially men of color were discussing breast cancer. i am still over the moon regarding the casting of richard roundtree on heroes a decade ago. i still watch the episodes featuring him every few months or so when i get a moment. lastly, back in the early 90s richard did the unthinkable and proved just what a renaissance man he truly is. he played part of a interracial gay couple on the charles dutton series, roc. even now it's rare for male actors of color to play gay in anything but a derogatory way so richard roundtree's matter of fact performance as a gay husband is both laudatory and remarkable. his shaft is iconic, but to me, mr. roundtree will always be more than the black dick who's the sex machine to all the chicks.petercox97https://www.blogger.com/profile/05818754297522029991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-22241656231428742672017-06-07T14:29:50.667-04:002017-06-07T14:29:50.667-04:00This show looks really fun. A far, far cry from t...This show looks really fun. A far, far cry from the roast format that is shown on Comedy Central now. The most recent one toasted Rob Lowe and featured that barrel of laughs Ann Coulter. But this was a different time, and if I remember correctly seeing movie stars on tv for free was still a thrill.<br />I love all these folks from some of my favorite movies and shows. I loved Friday nights because Kolchak was on.<br />Richard Roundtree was super handsome. I have seen "Shaft" but didn't know there were sequals. I also live for that wig on Victoria Principal in the "Earthquake" shot. <br />I always learn something new here-Lainie Kazan was in a Chuck Norris movie, might have to check that out!Gingerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989371210392669145noreply@blogger.com