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re: MICHAEL RIEDEL TODAY: ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ on target to kill at Tonys

Posted by: AlanScott 08:19 am EDT 03/14/14
In reply to: re: MICHAEL RIEDEL TODAY: ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ on target to kill at Tonys - houselightsout 08:12 am EDT 03/14/14

It's very memorable to some of us because Desi flexes his pecs in time to the music. It's for comic effect, but it's still memorable. Surprising for TV in the '50s.

I agree it's not one of the best known episodes, and I did say that it wasn't a famous song, but for me obscure means a good deal more obscure than this song.


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OBSCURE and LITTLE KNOWN. Not synonyms. nm

Posted by: frankm 10:11 am EDT 03/14/14
In reply to: re: MICHAEL RIEDEL TODAY: ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ on target to kill at Tonys - AlanScott 08:19 am EDT 03/14/14

nm


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re: OBSCURE and LITTLE KNOWN. Not synonyms. nm

Posted by: AlanScott 04:56 pm EDT 03/14/14
In reply to: OBSCURE and LITTLE KNOWN. Not synonyms. nm - frankm 10:11 am EDT 03/14/14

Well, the first definition at the Merriam-Webster site is "not well-known : not known to most people." I think that's close enough to little-known to count.

Link obscure according to merriam-webster

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And yet Dictionary.com doesn't seem to agree....

Posted by: frankm 08:33 am EDT 03/15/14
In reply to: re: OBSCURE and LITTLE KNOWN. Not synonyms. nm - AlanScott 04:56 pm EDT 03/14/14

5 Meanings for OBSCURE, none of which is a synonym for LITTLE KNOWN

ob·scure
[uhb-skyoor] Show IPA
adjective, ob·scur·er, ob·scur·est.
1.
(of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
2.
not clear to the understanding; hard to perceive: obscure motivations.
3.
(of language, style, a speaker, etc.) not expressing the meaning clearly or plainly.
4.
indistinct to the sight or any other sense; not readily seen, heard, etc.; faint.
5.
inconspicuous or unnoticeable: the obscure beginnings of a great movement.


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re: And yet Dictionary.com doesn't seem to agree....

Posted by: AlanScott 05:54 pm EDT 03/16/14
In reply to: And yet Dictionary.com doesn't seem to agree.... - frankm 08:33 am EDT 03/15/14

We've got what I think even both Merriam-Webster and dictionary.com might describe as a disagreement. ;)

I mean, between them. Not us.


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re: MICHAEL RIEDEL TODAY: ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ on target to kill at Tonys

Posted by: houselightsout 09:48 am EDT 03/14/14
In reply to: re: MICHAEL RIEDEL TODAY: ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ on target to kill at Tonys - AlanScott 08:19 am EDT 03/14/14

Huh. I don't remember Desi flexing his pecs. Now I'll have to go back and watch again. ;-)


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re: MICHAEL RIEDEL TODAY: ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ on target to kill at Tonys

Posted by: LegitOnce 08:37 am EDT 03/14/14
In reply to: re: MICHAEL RIEDEL TODAY: ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ on target to kill at Tonys - AlanScott 08:19 am EDT 03/14/14

I remember that episode best for the line flub in which Vivian Vance calls Lucille Ball "Lucy" instead of "Bessie," the name she's adopted when posing as the Mertzes' maid. (That's the sorrowful précis.)


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re: MICHAEL RIEDEL TODAY: ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ on target to kill at Tonys

Posted by: AlanScott 08:38 am EDT 03/14/14
In reply to: re: MICHAEL RIEDEL TODAY: ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ on target to kill at Tonys - LegitOnce 08:37 am EDT 03/14/14

Oh, I completely forgot about that moment.


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George S. Irving sang it in IRENE

Posted by: seeseveryshow 10:00 am EDT 03/14/14
In reply to: re: MICHAEL RIEDEL TODAY: ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ on target to kill at Tonys - AlanScott 08:38 am EDT 03/14/14

Irving played Madame Lucy and led the ensemble "Debutantes" in this fun number in IRENE.

Glad to hear the song is being revived in BULLETS.


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re: George S. Irving sang it in IRENE

Posted by: mamaleh 11:29 am EDT 03/14/14
In reply to: George S. Irving sang it in IRENE - seeseveryshow 10:00 am EDT 03/14/14

Too bad they can't interpolate Mr. Irving's unforgettable "The Butler's Song."


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re: George S. Irving sang it in IRENE

Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 10:07 am EDT 03/14/14
In reply to: George S. Irving sang it in IRENE - seeseveryshow 10:00 am EDT 03/14/14

I played Mme. Lucy in a high school production of IRENE. One day I had the cast album playing at home while my grandfather was visiting, and when "They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Me" came on, he really brightened up and began singing the original lyrics. I'll never forget that.


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