Will McKinley

the cast of SCTV from left: Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Rick Moranis, Joe Flaherty, Dave Thomas, Andrea Martin, John Candy

CBC Radio’s Day 6 asked me to come on the show to talk about the long awaited arrival of SCTV to streaming (in Canada only, on Prime). What took it so long? And why do I say it’s the greatest TV show of all time?

Here’s the interview and it’s on the radio Saturday am

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Goodbye everybody I guess. 👋

Edward G. Robinson's death scene in SOYLENT GREEN

Just called my new dentist and his hold music is Edvard Grieg's “Morning Mood”. #FilmSky

Dwight Cleveland on What Lobby Cards Tell Us About Film History An interview with an author about the use of lobby cards through film history.

Dwight Cleveland, author of CINEMA ON PAPER: THE GRAPHIC GENIUS OF MOVIE POSTERS, spoke with @nellminow.bsky.social about his collection of lobby cards and the women who made the movies of the silent era.

🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, FIDDLING AROUND (1930)! 🐭🎶🎻

🎬 The star looks a little odd because this is the first Mickey cartoon not animated by Ub Iwerks. It's also the first Mickey released by Columbia Pictures.

Full short ⤵️
archive.org/details/fidd...

#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain

Oh, hope you're bootless (in the good sense) soon.

Her first film, and she gives one of the most memorable (and quotable) performances. What a legend.

She’s the entire Village People

Friday's Reliable Sources lead:

The reality of reporting under Israel's military censor during wartime

cnn.it/4rUYM9W

"I'm trying to keep my mind free of things that don't matter." Words to live by.

Indeed. What an absolute tragedy.

Prime Rib w/ new potatoes, vegetable soup, salad, and ice cream for $1. Where's my time machine?

She was a true natural.

😢

Terence Stamp as a young man who abducts a beautiful art student (Eggar) in THE COLLECTOR (1965).

Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar #BOTD in William Wyler's THE COLLECTOR (1965)

Both were awarded acting honors at the Cannes Film Festival. #FilmSky

My first response to this is "WTF are those chairs doing there?"

I love movies and I love dinner, but I don't love them at the same time, in the same place.

Lucille Ball and Dinah Shore in TV: THE FABULOUS FIFTIES which debuted on NBC #OTD in 1978.

This retrospective of early television featured a history of each genre, hosted by its icons.

A treasure trove of rare clips! On YouTube:

youtu.be/z56WxFJx83c #TVSky #ClassicTV

Luxury movie theater chain files for bankruptcy and blames dwindling attendance iPic has been unable to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, which devastated the entire movie theater industry

iPic will close theaters in New Jersey, Redmond, Washington., and Atlanta.

The luxury dine-in cinema chain is pursuing a sale through Chapter 11 reorganization and will close its other locations if a buyer isn’t found.

www.independent.co.uk/us/money/ipi... #FilmSky

Happy #WorldBookDay from Edna May Wonacott in Hitchcock's SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943).

#FilmSky #BookSky

And he's excellent in it.

Well done.

According to Leslie Nielsen, the ABC president said it was canceled because viewers had to pay close attention to the show in order to get much of the humor. Really.

Terence Stamp as a young man who abducts a beautiful art student (Eggar) in THE COLLECTOR (1965).

Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar #BOTD in William Wyler's THE COLLECTOR (1965)

Both were awarded acting honors at the Cannes Film Festival. #FilmSky

Lucille Ball and Dinah Shore in TV: THE FABULOUS FIFTIES which debuted on NBC #OTD in 1978.

This retrospective of early television featured a history of each genre, hosted by its icons.

A treasure trove of rare clips! On YouTube:

youtu.be/z56WxFJx83c #TVSky #ClassicTV

“Pioneer” is the word: lesbian heroine Sylvia Townsend Warner wrote 7 utterly distinct novels which you probably don’t know since they are all so different to each other, 150 short stories, a history of Tudor church music and much else. Her (umpteen) letters are fascinating.
Please repost to help.

Were they selling the dining experience?

If the movie is an afterthought in a movie theater, that's a recipe for failure for me.

Luxury movie theater chain files for bankruptcy and blames dwindling attendance iPic has been unable to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, which devastated the entire movie theater industry

iPic will close theaters in New Jersey, Redmond, Washington., and Atlanta.

The luxury dine-in cinema chain is pursuing a sale through Chapter 11 reorganization and will close its other locations if a buyer isn’t found.

www.independent.co.uk/us/money/ipi... #FilmSky

David Ellison’s HBO Headache Integrating Paramount’s new “crown jewel” into his company could prove difficult.

David Ellison says he wants to give HBO and Casey Bloys the independence and resources to do what they do best. Question is, what does he think that is, and can it mesh with what Cindy Holland is doing at Paramount+. My latest, up now at @vulture.com:

www.vulture.com/article/davi...