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Name your Fave Songs of the 2000s....
How about some 1970s Disco/Funk today??? Post some faves if you please......
Reintroduction to 90s Hip Hop.....Anyone care to join in???
Have you seen this one? If so, what do you think????
I'm hearing this is awful - true?????
What are your 3 favorite British bands????
Name your Favorite Born and Bred American band....
Opinions on this track please..........
Questions for everyone - Who was the voice of your generation? Were the stars of your generation pushed on you??
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HEY, TO ANYONE THAT READS THIS - IF YOU HAPPEN TO READ SOMETHING I WROTE, AND YOU AGREE WITH IT - AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE IT IN YOUR OWN ANSWER....
Please do - I'll take it as a compliment.
As for you Maul, BTW Maul? What do you maul, ant holes?
I'm done with this and I'm done with you. Best of luck and have a great life.
Take care.
Hhhmm - interesting.
Relatives were a celebration throughout my entire life. In fact, one may be from the last generation that had the huge SUnday get togethers. I don't know if parents do it nowadays. Anyway, it was a celebration, pretty much every Sunday with all the relatives.
Parents were a lot of fun growing up - but they had their moments, as do all parents. They weren't at all religious. Even discipline wasn't a big deal. Of course you were expected to stay out of trouble and get good grades. Very few tense moments because neither myself nor my sisters were the troublesome type.
Nowadays, as a full fledged adult, I enjoy my parents more than ever. NO tension at all - more so laughing hysterically.
Wow - outstanding.
Outstanding in the sense that AMeriGirl's answers made total sense - to me! LOL
Seriously - I see it exactly the same way.
Ok, yeah, well first of all, I couldn't possibly care less if we are copacetic.
Your thoughts are as significant to me as the thoughts of a woodpecker.
I agreed with what Dancinginthedark said - thus I made it part of my answer. Notice I indicated I respected Dancing's viewpoint. However, if I post it, and I post it into my answer - then it is my opinion - which happens to be an opinion I share with dancing. It's still my opinion. Ok? Got it?
Plagiarism? WHat I presented are facts on Kaufman, infused with my opinion. If you don't agree with my opinion, that's fine. And BTW, I didn't look anything up. I use my own brain, which is why I post on Moviechat, to exercise my brain. You can make the argument I share the same opinion with Dancing that Kaufman's fellow comedians aren't genius's either. Everything else I wrote came from my own brain. ANd if you don't believe me, you can GFY on that, too.
"ludicrous notion you presented that we should judge someone's genius by their general popularity."
I think the only comedian there may be empirical data that indicates he actually is a genius is Woody Allen.
I don't know that there is any empirical basis that Kaufman was a genius. As far as his popularity, I was stating facts. I know because I was in my early teens when he passed. Stuff like comedians, music, movies - one was entirely hip on everyone at that time (not like now). He was a non-entity. Any early success he had was completely worn off when he passed.
Does this indicate he was or was not a genius, no it doesn't. But in fact, I never said it did, one was simply stating the truth.
You have? That's news to me.
Hey and GFY on the rest of it. Why don't you enlighten me on what exactly is your opinion of Andy Kaufman? I'll state mine again. Genius, no. Funny? His original material , when he first came out was funny. He himself wasn't all that funny, notice when he got the role on "Taxi" - it was his character, not he himself. Long term staying power, no - completely irrelevant on the comedy scene at his death.
Oh and lastly, did he fake his own death? No, he died of a virulent form of Cancer. By the time he decided to take the opinion of Doctors (prior to this he was trying to solve the problem on his own) - it was too late, although, unfortunately for him, he wouldn't have lasted long even if he did follow Doctors orders to a T. However, he may have lasted another year or two.
He ended up , as a last resort, buying into some absurd therapy in a foreign country. They happily ripped him off.
What a genius! Now, how about you, genius that you are - why don't you tell us all your opinion on ANdy Kaufman?
I'm going to be offline for a couple of hours here - so you have plenty of time to exhaust your own brilliance presenting a thorough take on Andy Kaufman. I'm waiting with bated breath!
Coming from someone that apparently can't spell correctly.
Hey man if you want to add to it and express your opinion, great, I'm all ears.
If you're going to sit there and be a judgemental jerk - then you can FO.
Got it? Clear enough?
Yep, agreed.
Didn't work for me either (his movies).
One thinks he was comedically much better suited for SNL.
However, Farley was hugely successful in both venues.
Well, I respect what you are saying - however, the reality is...
He wasn't funny enough to maintain an audience.
SNL voted him off the show. Yeah he did what he wanted, good for him. But, in retrospect, he was more like a flash in the pan. The other comedians you mentioned above had long term staying power.
Hey, you're very welcome. I'm glad I could clue you in to the reality of Kaufman's career.
And he isn't a genius, but in fact, none of the rest of them (fellow comedians) are either.
Some of them very bright, yes. Genius is an entirely different level.
When he first came out, his material was completely original.
I should add too, one was a bit insensitive. Even though Kaufman died completely insignificant in terms of comedic importance, it is very sad for someone to pass so young.
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