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Ugh! These things are horrendous - and I'm not...

2009-06-03T21:40:46.788+01:00

Ugh! These things are horrendous - and I'm not just jealous because I can't afford them. I can't, but I wouldn't want them even if I could. Did you see Ginger Rogers?? She looks like Kim Woodburn from How Clean is Your House! (I actually like Kim a lot, but this figure is supposed to look like Ginger, not Kim.) Fred Astaire looks like a sickly Frank Sinatra. How dare they try to sell these awful things for such prices!

Sorry for the fire, but it's very hard to see my idols defaced (literally!) this way.

Oh dear...Cesar Romero is suddenly not looking so ...

2009-06-03T17:35:31.501+01:00

Oh dear...Cesar Romero is suddenly not looking so good anymore.
The Kate Winslet/Bette Midler image is hysterical..I can almost picture it...almost!
Sandra

Haha, Cecar Romero's and Edward G. Robinson...

2009-06-03T09:15:47.980+01:00

Haha, Cecar Romero's and Edward G. Robinson's physical likeness is well-known...

I'll think I might be able to afford Groucho's nose or something like it... But sure! ;)

Oh, but to a Marxist like me an un-seen Brothers film is a treasure in any way!

Ehhrrmm... Oh no, not those two. Some other overacting, film-ruining actors. Haha. Too bad they didn't cast other actors in those roles, I bet the film would have been among Duck Soup and Night at the Opera in popularity.
I bet the bad reviews were due to the shock of seeing a different kind of Marx film - you know hoow people are with changes! "Marx Brothers in a screwball? It must be bad! What was the thing we always write again...? 'They were better before, when they were underground!'".

Mykal - Yeah, but think of the fun! Miss Sandra -...

2009-06-03T07:33:42.802+01:00

Mykal - Yeah, but think of the fun!

Miss Sandra - I'm sure they'd oblige - the actual faces are often at best vaguely reminiscent of the subjects, and apparently it is true that they often recycle by simply changing the hair and clothes and saying it's someone else. You should see their Kate Winslet! She looks like Bette Midler.
Phone them up and say you'd like Cesar and doubtless he'll magically appear where Edward G. Robinson once stood...

Lolita - Shall we go halves on one?
You're welcome to Love Happy, but please remember it's really not very good!
I agree about Room Service. Terrific film. The original reviewers must have all been constipated or something, and everyone's just taken their word for it ever since.
Who overacts? Surely not Frank "Heehaw!" Albertson or Douglas "Jumping butterballs!" MacBride???

Wow! Now if they had one of Cesar Romero (pre Joke...

2009-06-03T03:20:19.535+01:00

Wow! Now if they had one of Cesar Romero (pre Joker days), I might consider re-mortgaging my home. :)
Sandra

Oh, they're aweful... (And I only say that because...

2009-06-02T22:14:56.146+01:00

Oh, they're aweful... (And I only say that because I can't afford them neither!)
That header is just perfect for your blog!

By the way - I got Love Happy on the mail today! Thank you SO much for that trouble, you made a Swedish girl very happy! I will see it as soon as possible.

And, by the other way - I saw Room Service the previous week, and I must say that I'm confused with it not having had a DVD release in Sweden. It was great. (Okay, two overacting people in it, but outside of that...) The Brothers got to really act, show some depth (if one can call in that in a screwball), I was quite shocked. I got to see them in a, for me, totally different light.

Matthew: Somehow a wax effigy that size and that c...

2009-06-02T21:28:07.992+01:00

Matthew: Somehow a wax effigy that size and that close to realistic might create some serious unease. I would forever be waiting for Rod Serling's voice in narration, saying: "There is a fifth deminsion, beyond that which is known by man . . ." -- Mykal