jack and stern mention in national catholic reporter

[Mike]

There is mention of Jack and Stern playing violin in a very good recent article here: http://www.natcath.com
Scroll down there to the "television" category article entitled: "Deanna Durbin, Where Are You Now?" Mike

[Mike]

I emailed the writer of the article RaymondSchroth@aol.com and received a reply from him. He seemed pleased with the positive feedback. If you like the article I think he would like to hear your comments. Ray's last name is S-C-H-R-O-T-H.
Mike

[Mike]

Here is a better link:

http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archi ... 32406v.php

[Brendan]

I don't post often (in fact never on this new verion of the board), but after reading the linked article, I feel compelled to respond. I t make no real point. It just strikes me as sour grapes from someone who laments the fading popularity of something they enjoy. I like OTR and wish we had something similiar today, but I am not going to dismiss whole generations because they are more interested in other forms of entertainment.
I must argue against his support for critism of the guitar. I will admit that not every tune to come out of a guitar is a classic, but we are also contemporary to its development as a medium. I am sure that there were some pretty cruddy classical and opera pieces back in the prior centuries that never made it to the present. Time has a way of weeding out the garbage.

Brendan

[LLeff]

I don't post often (in fact never on this new verion of the board), but after reading the linked article, I feel compelled to respond. I t make no real point. It just strikes me as sour grapes from someone who laments the fading popularity of something they enjoy. I like OTR and wish we had something similiar today, but I am not going to dismiss whole generations because they are more interested in other forms of entertainment.

I hear what you're saying. Even though I haven't hit the 39 mark yet, I try to monitor myself for signs of "old fogeyism"...the tendency to say, "Everything was better in the old days." I think one thing that's really great about these days is that we have the technology to enjoy the fruits of both today and yesteryear.

[Mike]

I'm an old fogey and proud of it! Yes, everything WAS better in the old days, BEFORE THE BEATLES RUINED EVERYTHING!!!! Mike

[Mel Blanc]

I'm an old fogey and proud of it! Yes, everything WAS better in the old days, BEFORE THE BEATLES RUINED EVERYTHING!!!! Mike

I'm not an old fogey, the Beatles were before my time, but I never understood why they were considered so great either. I mean they never even appeared on JB's show!

[Brendan]

I have hit the 39 mark many times. The one genre that brings me closest to voicing a similar opinion is the poularity of rap and hiphop. I just don't get it. To each his own, though.

BTW Mike - LONG LIVE THE FAB FOUR!!!!

Brendan

[LLeff]

I'm an old fogey and proud of it! Yes, everything WAS better in the old days, BEFORE THE BEATLES RUINED EVERYTHING!!!! Mike

I guess I'd better not tell anyone that "Yellow Submarine" is one of my favorite movies...

[Maxwell]

I guess I'd better not tell anyone that "Yellow Submarine" is one of my favorite movies...

You can tell me. I LOVE the Beatles.

[shimp scrampi]

People aren't going to believe I am serious about this - but I truly am - I think Yoko Ono would have made a fantastic addition to the Jack Benny Show cast. If you've ever had a look at Yoko's "Grapefruit" and her performance art pieces, it is even cooler to imagine Jack reacting to them.

[LLeff]

People aren't going to believe I am serious about this - but I truly am - I think Yoko Ono would have made a fantastic addition to the Jack Benny Show cast. If you've ever had a look at Yoko's "Grapefruit" and her performance art pieces, it is even cooler to imagine Jack reacting to them.

Wow. I'll file that in the same place as our fantasy of recasting Pulp Fiction with the Benny characters.

[shimp scrampi]

Aw, can't you just see it? "Gee Mary, it's that crazy Japanese avant-garde artist again. I bet she wants me to paint a hole in the wind or something...hmmm."

And I can't help but note that Yoko's infamous "cut piece" where she would sit on stage and have audience members come up and trim bits of her clothing off one by one owes more than a little to Jack's "Hong Kong Suit" sketch with Gisele MacKenzie....