Tom Smothers, who with his younger brother Dick changed the face of comedy with their musical humor and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, died Tuesday in Santa Rosa, California, following a cancer battle. The news was announced by the National Comedy Center, on behalf of Smothers’ family. He was 86.
Tom and Dick Smothers started out as folk musicians in the early ’60s, and soon discovered that, while they were not good enough to be professional musicians, the act worked if they mixed in comedy.
Dick Smothers said in a statement, “Tom was not only the loving older brother that everyone would want in their life, he was a one-of-a-kind creative partner. I am forever grateful to have spent a lifetime together with him, on and off stage, for over 60 years. Our relationship was like a good marriage – the longer we were together, the more we loved and respected one another.
Tom and Dick Smothers started out as folk musicians in the early ’60s, and soon discovered that, while they were not good enough to be professional musicians, the act worked if they mixed in comedy.
Dick Smothers said in a statement, “Tom was not only the loving older brother that everyone would want in their life, he was a one-of-a-kind creative partner. I am forever grateful to have spent a lifetime together with him, on and off stage, for over 60 years. Our relationship was like a good marriage – the longer we were together, the more we loved and respected one another.
- 12/27/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Tom Smothers, the countercultural comedy icon admired for the 1960s variety program he created and hosted with his younger brother, Dick, and for the tenacity he displayed in frequent clashes with CBS censors, has died. He was 86.
Smothers died Tuesday at his home in Santa Rosa, California, after a battle with cancer, his brother announced in a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter by the National Comedy Center.
“Tom was not only the loving older brother that everyone would want in their life, he was a one-of-a-kind creative partner,” Dick, 84, said. “I am forever grateful to have spent a lifetime together with him, on and off stage, for over 60 years. Our relationship was like a good marriage — the longer we were together, the more we loved and respected one another. We were truly blessed.”
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ran from February 1967 until April 1969, when the pair were fired after...
Smothers died Tuesday at his home in Santa Rosa, California, after a battle with cancer, his brother announced in a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter by the National Comedy Center.
“Tom was not only the loving older brother that everyone would want in their life, he was a one-of-a-kind creative partner,” Dick, 84, said. “I am forever grateful to have spent a lifetime together with him, on and off stage, for over 60 years. Our relationship was like a good marriage — the longer we were together, the more we loved and respected one another. We were truly blessed.”
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ran from February 1967 until April 1969, when the pair were fired after...
- 12/27/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The trailer for The Garfield Movie has now made its online debut. Sony Pictures Animation is bringing to life one of the most famous lazy felines in the world. The last time Garfield had graced the silver screen was in 2006’s Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties, the sequel to 2004’s Garfield, which featured Bill Murray as the titular voice that originated with Lorenzo Music, who poetically also voiced the Bill Murray role in The Real Ghostbusters. Famously, Murray had admitted to taking the role under the mistaken assumption that he was working with one of the Coen brothers (the movie was written by Joel Cohen – unrelated to the beloved duo).
This new incarnation brings us an origin story of sorts courtesy of the new trailer. We get a look at how Garfield had ended up with his owner, Jon Arbuckle. In the intro to the trailer, kitten Garfield works...
This new incarnation brings us an origin story of sorts courtesy of the new trailer. We get a look at how Garfield had ended up with his owner, Jon Arbuckle. In the intro to the trailer, kitten Garfield works...
- 11/13/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Mortal Kombat is a prolific fighting franchise. Despite the upcoming game’s Mortal Kombat 1 title, it is actually the twelfth mainline game in the series, and that number doesn’t account for the various spinoffs and countless upgrades. Then you have all the comics, movies, TV shows, web shows, techno albums, and other stuff that grew out of the series. From Liu Kang fighting a stop-motion Goro in a dingy dungeon to seeing him reinvent the entire universe, Mortal Kombat has seen some stellar highs and embarrassing lows.
What I’m saying is, Mortal Kombat is…a lot. So, as we prepare for Liu Kang and Shang Tsung’s war over the rebooted Earthrealm, let’s talk about some lesser-known parts of the franchise that you might not know about.
15. The Johnny Cage/Guile Connection
Do you know how Bill Murray and Lorenzo Music have both portrayed Peter Venkman and Garfield?...
What I’m saying is, Mortal Kombat is…a lot. So, as we prepare for Liu Kang and Shang Tsung’s war over the rebooted Earthrealm, let’s talk about some lesser-known parts of the franchise that you might not know about.
15. The Johnny Cage/Guile Connection
Do you know how Bill Murray and Lorenzo Music have both portrayed Peter Venkman and Garfield?...
- 9/9/2023
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
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David Davis, the Emmy-winning writer and producer whose heyday in the 1970s included invaluable work on the enduring network sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, The Bob Newhart Show and Taxi, has died. He was 86.
Davis died Friday in Los Angeles, his daughter Samantha Davis-Friedman told The Hollywood Reporter.
Survivors include his wife, actress Julie Kavner, best known as the voice of Marge Simpson on The Simpsons. Davis recommended her for the part of Brenda Morgenstern, Valerie Harper‘s insecure sister on Rhoda — it was her first paying job as an actress — and they were together since 1976.
Rhoda “gave me my life, it gave me my career, it gave me the love of my life, David Davis,” Kavner said in a 2009 interview.
A member of the Mtm Enterprises production company founded by Grant Tinker and Mary Tyler Moore, Davis started out on Mtm’s inaugural series,...
David Davis, the Emmy-winning writer and producer whose heyday in the 1970s included invaluable work on the enduring network sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, The Bob Newhart Show and Taxi, has died. He was 86.
Davis died Friday in Los Angeles, his daughter Samantha Davis-Friedman told The Hollywood Reporter.
Survivors include his wife, actress Julie Kavner, best known as the voice of Marge Simpson on The Simpsons. Davis recommended her for the part of Brenda Morgenstern, Valerie Harper‘s insecure sister on Rhoda — it was her first paying job as an actress — and they were together since 1976.
Rhoda “gave me my life, it gave me my career, it gave me the love of my life, David Davis,” Kavner said in a 2009 interview.
A member of the Mtm Enterprises production company founded by Grant Tinker and Mary Tyler Moore, Davis started out on Mtm’s inaugural series,...
- 11/5/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sam Bobrick, the creator of Saved by the Bell, has died.
He was 87.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Bobrick passed away on Friday at Northridge Hospital Medical Center, after suffering a stroke.
His friend, Adam Carl, was the one who broke the news to the outlet.
While best known for creating Saved by the Bell, Bobrick also worked on a string of other hit TV series during his time in the industry.
He worked on shows including The Flintstones, Gomer Pyle: Usmc, Get Smart, Hey, Landlord, Good Morning, World, and Bewitched.
Bobrick also wrote four comedies that played on Broadway.
He was nominated for an Emmy award in 1968 with the likes of Lorenzo Music, Mason Williams, and others for their work The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
His expansive career also extended to playwrighting, in which he wrote or co-wrote over 40 during his career.
He left writing for the TV behind in...
He was 87.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, Bobrick passed away on Friday at Northridge Hospital Medical Center, after suffering a stroke.
His friend, Adam Carl, was the one who broke the news to the outlet.
While best known for creating Saved by the Bell, Bobrick also worked on a string of other hit TV series during his time in the industry.
He worked on shows including The Flintstones, Gomer Pyle: Usmc, Get Smart, Hey, Landlord, Good Morning, World, and Bewitched.
Bobrick also wrote four comedies that played on Broadway.
He was nominated for an Emmy award in 1968 with the likes of Lorenzo Music, Mason Williams, and others for their work The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
His expansive career also extended to playwrighting, in which he wrote or co-wrote over 40 during his career.
He left writing for the TV behind in...
- 10/14/2019
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
One of the most frustrating things about spending 20 years covering film as a critic and a reporter is watching the slide of even the most basic standards into total ruin, and it is safe to say that at this point, the entire wall of white noise that is “film journalism” is essentially useless as anything other than farce. Maybe it’s because there are some stories you don’t want to believe and some stories you do. Maybe that’s why certain false things get reported as fact so readily. I still see people run the “fact” that Bill Murray only appeared in Garfield because he got confused by Joel Cohen’s name on the script, thinking he was going to work with the Coen Brothers. People really want to believe that’s true, but it’s ridiculous. Just take a step back and really consider what you’re saying.
- 9/6/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Stephen Harber Jul 14, 2016
Low on nightmare fuel? Fill up your tank by reliving your scariest memories from The Real Ghostbusters, a truly twisted 80s cartoon...
The Real Ghostbusters was a pretty messed-up cartoon sometimes. I think that’s one of life’s universal truths. I’m not quite sure why the world needed an unholy amalgam of anime, cheesy 80s synth music, and mind-bending eldritch horror with a chiselled version of Bill Murray on top. But it did, and it still feels so right to this day.
Video of The Real Ghostbusters: Intro and Closing (without credits) [HD]
Ah, Dic Enterprises. What would my childhood have been without you? Well, for starters, I suppose I wouldn't have been terrified of the cartoon demons you dreamt up in your Real Ghostbusters cartoon, you sadistic monsters!
Ahem. Sorry, I didn’t mean to snap. It’s just… Rgb (as the hardcore fans...
Low on nightmare fuel? Fill up your tank by reliving your scariest memories from The Real Ghostbusters, a truly twisted 80s cartoon...
The Real Ghostbusters was a pretty messed-up cartoon sometimes. I think that’s one of life’s universal truths. I’m not quite sure why the world needed an unholy amalgam of anime, cheesy 80s synth music, and mind-bending eldritch horror with a chiselled version of Bill Murray on top. But it did, and it still feels so right to this day.
Video of The Real Ghostbusters: Intro and Closing (without credits) [HD]
Ah, Dic Enterprises. What would my childhood have been without you? Well, for starters, I suppose I wouldn't have been terrified of the cartoon demons you dreamt up in your Real Ghostbusters cartoon, you sadistic monsters!
Ahem. Sorry, I didn’t mean to snap. It’s just… Rgb (as the hardcore fans...
- 7/13/2016
- Den of Geek
People of a certain age (i.e. “Old”) will remember when in the early days of HBO, a weird ,wild animated film called Twice Upon a Time made the rounds. Many paid it heed because it was executive produced by George Lucas, currently in the process of imprinting our childhoods with a new mythology. But except for a laserdisc and VHS release, the film rather fell off the table, save for dedicated maniacs who remembered it fondly.
Warner Archives, print-on-demand masters of unearthing lost bits of cinema and making them available to the masses, have achieved the impossible and presented the world with a brand new release of the film, unearthing both audio tracks, and getting many of the animators together for a commentary track, including Henry Selick, who has gone on to great things like Neil Gaiman’s Coraline and Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas, and in that order.
Warner Archives, print-on-demand masters of unearthing lost bits of cinema and making them available to the masses, have achieved the impossible and presented the world with a brand new release of the film, unearthing both audio tracks, and getting many of the animators together for a commentary track, including Henry Selick, who has gone on to great things like Neil Gaiman’s Coraline and Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas, and in that order.
- 9/30/2015
- by Vinnie Bartilucci
- Comicmix.com
"The Silence of the Lambs" This is definitely my favorite Best Picture-winning horror movie featuring Chris Isaak in a supporting role. Let's just think about the glamor of 1991 for a minute: "Point Break" occurred. Kate Nelligan was in whatever movie she wanted. CeCe Peniston was a reigning pop star, which is important because her last name has "penis" in it. And "Silence of the Lambs" was an ominous and unconventional movie that everyone agreed was fantastic. Anthony Hopkins is in "Silence of the Lambs" for less than 20 minutes but his performance lingers far after the credits roll. Jodie Foster is charismatic and august as Clarice Starling, who is no mood for fava beans by the time the movie is over. "Rain Man" I keep pretending I'm incapable of enjoying Tom Cruise in movies anymore, yet "Rain Man" is about as timeless and likable as a 1988 drama is allowed to be.
- 5/27/2015
- by Louis Virtel
- Hitfix
Title: Garfield Holiday Collection Anderson Digital Directors: Phil Roman, George Singer, Gerard Baldwin, Bob Nesler, John Sparey Writers: Jim Davis, Lorenzo Music, Kim Campbell Cast: Lorenzo Music, Lou Rawls, Thom Huge, Gregg Berger, Pat Carroll, Julie Payne, David L. Lander, Pat Harrington Jr., Wolfman Jack, Desirée Goyette, Frank Nelson, C. Lindsay Workman, George Wendt Running Time: 144 minutes, Rated Tvg Special Features: The House That Garfield Built: A Visit with Jim Davis [22:12]; Garfield Living Large app trailer; Image Gallery Available on DVD on November 4th, VOD and iTunes on November 11th Anderson Digital has compiled a collection of the Garfield holiday Specials. A Garfield Christmas (1987) [30 min] Jon [ Read More ]
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- 11/4/2014
- by juliana
- ShockYa
Ghostbusters, the comedy classic that spawned a hit single, a sequel, a cartoon series and inspiration for countless fancy dress parties, celebrates its 30th anniversary today (June 8).
While we patiently wait for the long-in-development Ghostbusters 3, here are 30 things you may or may not now about the 1984 movie.
1. In the early '80s, Dan Aykroyd read an article on quantum physics and parapsychology in The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research. That, coupled with his family's long-standing interest in the paranormal, served as the catalyst for Ghostbusters.
2. Speaking of Aykroyd's family, his great grandfather was a psychic investigator, his grandfather an engineer who created a high-vibration crystal radio to contact the spirit world and his father kept a substantial library of books on the paranormal.
3. The first script drafts of Ghostbusters focused on three characters who battled ghouls with wands instead of proton packs, while the action took...
While we patiently wait for the long-in-development Ghostbusters 3, here are 30 things you may or may not now about the 1984 movie.
1. In the early '80s, Dan Aykroyd read an article on quantum physics and parapsychology in The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research. That, coupled with his family's long-standing interest in the paranormal, served as the catalyst for Ghostbusters.
2. Speaking of Aykroyd's family, his great grandfather was a psychic investigator, his grandfather an engineer who created a high-vibration crystal radio to contact the spirit world and his father kept a substantial library of books on the paranormal.
3. The first script drafts of Ghostbusters focused on three characters who battled ghouls with wands instead of proton packs, while the action took...
- 6/8/2014
- Digital Spy
The Sopranos was named the best-written show in television history by the Writers Guild of America, edging out an eclectic collection of some of the most beloved and admired series. Members of the Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) voted online for the 101 Best Written TV Series, with David Chase’s iconic “family” drama topping Seinfeld, The Twilight Zone, All in the Family, and M*A*S*H*.
“At their core, all of these wonderful series began with the words of the writers who created them and were sustained by the writers...
“At their core, all of these wonderful series began with the words of the writers who created them and were sustained by the writers...
- 6/3/2013
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside TV
"There's no point in being grown-up if you can't be childish sometimes," Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor once said - and it would appear that the vast majority of you lot agree.
Online media outlet LoveFilm has just reported a massive surge in popularity for classic animated series - we're talking '80s and '90s vintage here - on its online streaming service - the likes of The Real Ghostbusters (1986-1991), X-Men (1992-1997) and He-Man: Masters of the Universe (1983-1988) have all leapt up the charts.
> Super Mario, X-Men lead '80s, '90s animated revival on LoveFilm
This week's Week in Geek is all about paying tribute to those classic kids' cartoons of yesteryear - the kind of animated gems you just don't get on telly anymore. So pop on your rose-tinted spectacles and prepare to take a warm dip in a bath full of nostalgia juice...
> Week in Geek - Hulk,...
Online media outlet LoveFilm has just reported a massive surge in popularity for classic animated series - we're talking '80s and '90s vintage here - on its online streaming service - the likes of The Real Ghostbusters (1986-1991), X-Men (1992-1997) and He-Man: Masters of the Universe (1983-1988) have all leapt up the charts.
> Super Mario, X-Men lead '80s, '90s animated revival on LoveFilm
This week's Week in Geek is all about paying tribute to those classic kids' cartoons of yesteryear - the kind of animated gems you just don't get on telly anymore. So pop on your rose-tinted spectacles and prepare to take a warm dip in a bath full of nostalgia juice...
> Week in Geek - Hulk,...
- 4/30/2013
- Digital Spy
Christmas time is here again and, once again, we’re flooded with a ton of schmaltzy Christmas episodes and specials. Now, I would never consider myself a real Grinch (furry green Grinch hat aside), but just because it’s Christmas that doesn’t mean that it’s time to make cruddy episodes of a show because you can stick your characters in some kind of holiday appropriate situation.
There are some shows that keep true to the tone of their show while celebrating Christmas in their own unique ways. The “A Very Supernatural Christmas” epsidode of “Supernatural” was, in my opinion, a brilliant example of that. The word fudging has never been so funny and the monster of the week the Winchesters found themselves battling was both horrifying and probably more fun than I should admit. It was typical dark humor mingled with heartbreak and the kind of wistfulness for...
There are some shows that keep true to the tone of their show while celebrating Christmas in their own unique ways. The “A Very Supernatural Christmas” epsidode of “Supernatural” was, in my opinion, a brilliant example of that. The word fudging has never been so funny and the monster of the week the Winchesters found themselves battling was both horrifying and probably more fun than I should admit. It was typical dark humor mingled with heartbreak and the kind of wistfulness for...
- 12/17/2012
- by dragonwomant
- Boomtron
Seitz Asks is a weekly feature in which our critic proposes a question about the medium, gives his own answer, then engages with readers about their responses. The theme to The Bob Newhart Show is my favorite piece of opening music for any TV series. Composed by the series' co-creator Lorenzo Music with his wife Henrietta, it's got a commercial big band jazz feel that's fairly typical for the era. Not for series, though. For all its considerable sweetness, this is a surprisingly conceptual piece for network TV, easing in and out of different modes.It starts with Bob answering a phone (a reference to his early stand-up routines featuring one-way phone conversations). This is followed by a false start, then by an extended bit of cheerful but hard-charging music accompanying Bob's walk from his office to the elevated train that'll take him home to his wife Emily (Suzanne Pleshette...
- 5/30/2012
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- Vulture
Mary Tyler Moore couldn't be prouder to have two iconic characters who never are away from television very long.
They're now back-to-back each weeknight on the nostalgic channel Me-tv, where her Mary Richards on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" is followed by her Laura Petrie on "The Dick Van Dyke Show." Each of the classic sitcoms also has another outlet: "Dick Van Dyke" marked its 50th anniversary by rejoining TV Land last fall; and "Mary Tyler Moore" becomes part of the Hallmark Channel lineup with a marathon of first-season episodes Sunday (April 1).
Seven-time Emmy winner Moore tells Zap2it she believes her 1970-77 CBS show's enduring popularity owes to something "The Dick Van Dyke Show" also maintained, "the tradition of good writing and character relationships. We took it another step forward with our show, and that was something to be very proud of.
"For what you see and feel and laugh at now,...
They're now back-to-back each weeknight on the nostalgic channel Me-tv, where her Mary Richards on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" is followed by her Laura Petrie on "The Dick Van Dyke Show." Each of the classic sitcoms also has another outlet: "Dick Van Dyke" marked its 50th anniversary by rejoining TV Land last fall; and "Mary Tyler Moore" becomes part of the Hallmark Channel lineup with a marathon of first-season episodes Sunday (April 1).
Seven-time Emmy winner Moore tells Zap2it she believes her 1970-77 CBS show's enduring popularity owes to something "The Dick Van Dyke Show" also maintained, "the tradition of good writing and character relationships. We took it another step forward with our show, and that was something to be very proud of.
"For what you see and feel and laugh at now,...
- 3/31/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Here’s ShockYa’s top ten Sunday morning cartoons based on popular films. Our list includes “Ghostbusters”, “Beetlejuice”, “The Lion King”, “The Planet of the Apes” and others. #1 “The Real Ghostbusters”: The 1986 cartoon version of the popular 1984 film “Ghostbusters” was just as much a success as the film., running until 1991. The only difference was that there was that the target audience was a bit younger. Arsenio Hall and Dave Coulier were part of the voice cast, as well as well-known voice actors Frank Welker, Lorenzo Music, Kath Soucie, Buster Jones, Laura Summer and Maurice Lamarche. Also, the reason the show’s called “The Real Ghostbusters” is to distinguish itself...
- 12/4/2011
- by monique
- ShockYa
Our favourite comic Hollywood curmudgeon turns 60 in September. And he's every bit as idiosyncratic offscreen as he is in Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Lost In Translation. Fact!
Funny and sad, reclusive and ubiquitous, the star of Lost In Translation and the star of Garfield: A Tail Of Two Kitties. Bill Murray has spent most of his adult life being several things at once. But soon Bill Murray will turn 60 and, to mark this important milestone, the Guardian has uncovered 60 fascinating Bill Murray facts. So hHappy birthday, Bill Murray: just don't expect another of these when you're 70 …
1 Bill Murray was born William James Murray on 21 September 1950, which isn't really that interesting. These get better, promise.
2 Bill Murray had originally planned a career as a doctor, although he left university after being arrested for possession of marijuana. Truly, medicine's loss was ruefully existential arthouse cinema's gain.
3 Bill Murray is notoriously hard to pin down.
Funny and sad, reclusive and ubiquitous, the star of Lost In Translation and the star of Garfield: A Tail Of Two Kitties. Bill Murray has spent most of his adult life being several things at once. But soon Bill Murray will turn 60 and, to mark this important milestone, the Guardian has uncovered 60 fascinating Bill Murray facts. So hHappy birthday, Bill Murray: just don't expect another of these when you're 70 …
1 Bill Murray was born William James Murray on 21 September 1950, which isn't really that interesting. These get better, promise.
2 Bill Murray had originally planned a career as a doctor, although he left university after being arrested for possession of marijuana. Truly, medicine's loss was ruefully existential arthouse cinema's gain.
3 Bill Murray is notoriously hard to pin down.
- 9/11/2010
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
Did it ever seem a little strange to you that Bill Murray ended up as the voice of Garfield in the 2004 big-screen adaptation? Voiced by the late Lorenzo Music, the lazy and loveable kitty has been very popular in TV specials and TV series, most notably Garfield and Friends. Garfield: The Movie was savaged by many critics but did earn nearly $200 million.
In an interview with GQ, Murray reveals that his role came about in part because he confused co-writer Joel Cohen with Coen brother Joel Coen. Here's an excerpt...
Well, how about Garfield? Can you explain that to me? Did you just do it for the dough?
No! I didn't make that for the dough! Well, not completely. I thought it would be kind of fun, because doing a voice is challenging, and I'd never done that. Plus, I looked...
In an interview with GQ, Murray reveals that his role came about in part because he confused co-writer Joel Cohen with Coen brother Joel Coen. Here's an excerpt...
Well, how about Garfield? Can you explain that to me? Did you just do it for the dough?
No! I didn't make that for the dough! Well, not completely. I thought it would be kind of fun, because doing a voice is challenging, and I'd never done that. Plus, I looked...
- 7/25/2010
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Usually we see animated cartoons as a separate entity from live-action movies, or else they spawn a major movie event or franchise. This would be the case with G.I. Joe, which opens this Friday, August 7 in theaters nationwide. However, there are a select number of memorable animated television series that were based on a live-action movie. Having broke the mold in that sense, we decided to come up with our list of the Top Ten Animated Series Based on a Movie. Each of these animated series garnered various levels of success and popularity from various eras on TV nostalgia.
10. Tales From the Cryptkeeper (1993)
This early 90’s cartoon of course was based on the HBO Series and two Movies (Demon Night and Bordello of Blood). Of course the content was completely watered down, taking out the violence and other questionable material.Instead the episodes were about machines that turned people into wax,...
10. Tales From the Cryptkeeper (1993)
This early 90’s cartoon of course was based on the HBO Series and two Movies (Demon Night and Bordello of Blood). Of course the content was completely watered down, taking out the violence and other questionable material.Instead the episodes were about machines that turned people into wax,...
- 8/4/2009
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Animated Series That’s Bigger Than The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man Finally Comes To DVD, With All 147 Episodes of The Real Ghostbusters And Slimer! In Remastered Clarity, Packaged In A Collectible 25-dvd Set.
*Check Back Next Week For An Exclusive Hands-on Review, Right Here At Fangoria!
Charge up your Proton Packs and get the P.K.E. Meter running! One of the most popular animated series in television history to spin off from a major motion picture, The Real Ghostbusters, will soon be available for the first time on home video from Time Life. The 25-dvd set includes all 147 astonishing episodes of the seven-season series for over 55 hours of ghost-busting goodness — in their complete original form, but re-mastered for picture and audio perfection. Produced by some of the team members behind the legendary Ghostbusters motion pictures, The Real Ghostbusters features scripts by some of the top names in animation, science fiction,...
*Check Back Next Week For An Exclusive Hands-on Review, Right Here At Fangoria!
Charge up your Proton Packs and get the P.K.E. Meter running! One of the most popular animated series in television history to spin off from a major motion picture, The Real Ghostbusters, will soon be available for the first time on home video from Time Life. The 25-dvd set includes all 147 astonishing episodes of the seven-season series for over 55 hours of ghost-busting goodness — in their complete original form, but re-mastered for picture and audio perfection. Produced by some of the team members behind the legendary Ghostbusters motion pictures, The Real Ghostbusters features scripts by some of the top names in animation, science fiction,...
- 11/13/2008
- Fangoria
Opens
Friday, June 11
The Chinese calendar may state otherwise, but it's sure looking like the Year of the Cat.
First there was Antonio Banderas upstaging Eddie Murphy's Donkey as the irresistible Puss in Boots in Shrek 2, and next month sees the arrival of kitten-with-a-whip Halle Berry in Catwoman.
This week, meanwhile, Bill Murray lends his world-weary tones to Jim Davis' enduring comic strip purr-mudgeon Garfield in a live-action movie.
While Murray remains an inspired casting choice, the movie's one big, lazy furball that substitutes tired chases and pratfalls for clever comedy and thoughtful invention and still breaks a sweat trying to fill its 80-minute running time (about 74 minutes not counting the end credits).
There should be sufficient numbers of youngsters making a beeline for the feline to generate some substantial kibble for Fox, but unlike that widely appealing picture with the giant green ogre, this one's strictly for the kiddies.
Before making his big-screen debut, the tubby tabby whose comic strip debuted in 1978 was featured in several primetime animated specials before joining the CBS Saturday morning lineup in 1988, featuring the voice of Lorenzo Music, who was also heard but not seen as Carlton the Doorman on Rhoda.
As scripted by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, Garfield: The Movie isn't all that much more ambitious than those TV episodes. Here Garfield's well-orchestrated daily routine is given a jolt with the arrival of the sweet but rather dim Odie, a dog brought home by Garfield's sweet but rather dim facilitator Jon (Breckin Meyer) in an effort to woo comely veterinarian Liz (Jennifer Love Hewitt).
Naturally, Garfield isn't keen on sharing and locks Odie out of the house, whereupon he's promptly snatched up by the dastardly Happy Chapman (Stephen Tobolowsky), the host of a low-rent cable kids show who sees the dancing mutt as his ticket to the network big leagues.
Begrudgingly, and quite out of character, the fat cat pushes aside his beloved lasagna and vacates his easy chair to embark on a doggie rescue mission.
Murray does what he can to make Garfield his own, and even throws in a few of his patented lounge renderings (with apologies to Billy Joel on New Dog State of Mind), but he just hasn't been given much to chew on in terms of story and wise-cracking dialogue.
Also problematic is that while Garfield has been efficiently computer generated by Rhythm & Hues Studios, the other animals on the block (voiced by Nick Cannon, Alan Cumming, Brad Garrett and Debra Messing, among others) are the real deal -- a decision that helped keep costs down but also has the undesired effect of preventing Garfield from convincingly blending in with the rest of his environment.
In the end, Garfield literally goes to the dogs as dancing Odie -- played by Tyler, a particularly soulful, half-dachshund/half-cairn terrier mix (along with his identical twin sister Chloe) -- ends up stealing the show.
Garfield: The Movie
20th Century Fox
Davis Entertainment Co.
Credits:
Director: Pete Hewitt
Producer: John Davis
Screenwriters: Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow
Based on the comic strip Garfield created by: Jim Davis
Executive producer: Neil Machlis
Director of photography: Dean Cundey
Production designer: Alexander Hammond
Editors: Peter Berger, Michael A. Stevenson
Costume designer: Marie France
Music: Christophe Beck
Cast:
Jon: Breckin Meyer
Liz: Jennifer Love Hewitt
Happy Chapman/Walter J. Chapman: Stephen Tobolowsky
Voice of Garfield: Bill Murray
MPAA rating: PG
Running time -- 80 minutes...
Friday, June 11
The Chinese calendar may state otherwise, but it's sure looking like the Year of the Cat.
First there was Antonio Banderas upstaging Eddie Murphy's Donkey as the irresistible Puss in Boots in Shrek 2, and next month sees the arrival of kitten-with-a-whip Halle Berry in Catwoman.
This week, meanwhile, Bill Murray lends his world-weary tones to Jim Davis' enduring comic strip purr-mudgeon Garfield in a live-action movie.
While Murray remains an inspired casting choice, the movie's one big, lazy furball that substitutes tired chases and pratfalls for clever comedy and thoughtful invention and still breaks a sweat trying to fill its 80-minute running time (about 74 minutes not counting the end credits).
There should be sufficient numbers of youngsters making a beeline for the feline to generate some substantial kibble for Fox, but unlike that widely appealing picture with the giant green ogre, this one's strictly for the kiddies.
Before making his big-screen debut, the tubby tabby whose comic strip debuted in 1978 was featured in several primetime animated specials before joining the CBS Saturday morning lineup in 1988, featuring the voice of Lorenzo Music, who was also heard but not seen as Carlton the Doorman on Rhoda.
As scripted by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, Garfield: The Movie isn't all that much more ambitious than those TV episodes. Here Garfield's well-orchestrated daily routine is given a jolt with the arrival of the sweet but rather dim Odie, a dog brought home by Garfield's sweet but rather dim facilitator Jon (Breckin Meyer) in an effort to woo comely veterinarian Liz (Jennifer Love Hewitt).
Naturally, Garfield isn't keen on sharing and locks Odie out of the house, whereupon he's promptly snatched up by the dastardly Happy Chapman (Stephen Tobolowsky), the host of a low-rent cable kids show who sees the dancing mutt as his ticket to the network big leagues.
Begrudgingly, and quite out of character, the fat cat pushes aside his beloved lasagna and vacates his easy chair to embark on a doggie rescue mission.
Murray does what he can to make Garfield his own, and even throws in a few of his patented lounge renderings (with apologies to Billy Joel on New Dog State of Mind), but he just hasn't been given much to chew on in terms of story and wise-cracking dialogue.
Also problematic is that while Garfield has been efficiently computer generated by Rhythm & Hues Studios, the other animals on the block (voiced by Nick Cannon, Alan Cumming, Brad Garrett and Debra Messing, among others) are the real deal -- a decision that helped keep costs down but also has the undesired effect of preventing Garfield from convincingly blending in with the rest of his environment.
In the end, Garfield literally goes to the dogs as dancing Odie -- played by Tyler, a particularly soulful, half-dachshund/half-cairn terrier mix (along with his identical twin sister Chloe) -- ends up stealing the show.
Garfield: The Movie
20th Century Fox
Davis Entertainment Co.
Credits:
Director: Pete Hewitt
Producer: John Davis
Screenwriters: Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow
Based on the comic strip Garfield created by: Jim Davis
Executive producer: Neil Machlis
Director of photography: Dean Cundey
Production designer: Alexander Hammond
Editors: Peter Berger, Michael A. Stevenson
Costume designer: Marie France
Music: Christophe Beck
Cast:
Jon: Breckin Meyer
Liz: Jennifer Love Hewitt
Happy Chapman/Walter J. Chapman: Stephen Tobolowsky
Voice of Garfield: Bill Murray
MPAA rating: PG
Running time -- 80 minutes...
Voiceover actor Lorenzo Music, the man behind sarcastic cartoon cat Garfield, has died aged 64. Well known to classic TV fans as Carlton, the doorman, on '70s series Rhoda, Music succumbed to lung cancer on Saturday and is survived by his wife Henrietta and their four children. Henrietta says, "The most compelling thing about him was the sort of relentless, easy, everyday humour. He had a dry, sharp wit and it was quick. He was cracking jokes on Thursday (2Aug01); we were all sitting around in his room."...
- 8/9/2001
- WENN
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