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Post by residudex on Jan 12, 2014 14:56:38 GMT -5
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Post by Hard-boiled Harry on Jan 13, 2014 8:44:43 GMT -5
Good, but I prefer the original...
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Post by Buppster on Nov 11, 2018 6:52:36 GMT -5
That's a pretty strange poem. High up grew a daffodil, so high that he had to climb out on thin tree limb in order to reach it? Daffodils are bulbous plants, which grow to maybe a foot or two, for the tallest varieties, while the miniature varieties grown to only a matter of a couple of inches. Maybe Sherwood was mistaken and it was a Triffid. Some great comic timing and expressions by Sherwood though. Brisbane seems out of place, like he was looking for the Dead End Kids and walked into the wrong studio by mistake.  |
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Post by eternalstudent on Nov 11, 2018 20:48:31 GMT -5
Yeah, I think that they kept cutting to Breezy's reaction too many times. But overall, the part where he makes that noise and Sherwood makes that pouting face gets me every time! XD
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Post by Buppster on Nov 12, 2018 5:29:46 GMT -5
I think one of the biggest problems with Brisbane is that they hadn't settled on how to use the character to the best advantage. Kendall was an underused performer but then so was Sherwood. Perhaps that's one of the disadvantages of an ensemble comedy team, in that each only get a little nibble of the cherry. Of course the alternative is to have a situation in which one or two of the characters dominate and everybody else is reduced to a virtual extra.
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Post by myhomeo on Nov 13, 2018 14:15:31 GMT -5
This was probably the most elaborate use of Sherwood as a 'sissy' character. More often, he was one of the Gang, though he did show a tendency for transvestism. (Note: I'm talking about the character, not in real life.) And when he played Wheezer's cruel older brother, the emphasis was on his bullying.
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Post by Buppster on Nov 13, 2018 15:05:20 GMT -5
In his work outside of the Gang Sherwood tended to play the role of tough street kids. I think that Hal Roach enjoyed the contrast of casting tough guy kids as sissy characters or having them put on dresses. He did it with other 'tough' boys in the Gang but what made Sherwood stand out was that he really gave his best shot at portraying a sissy, which made it especially amusing. The nuance of his little pout really put the finishing touch to that scene. I'm not sure that his character had transvestite tendencies either, the clothes swap wasn't his idea. He also made it clear, when he told the Gang about it, that he'd done it for the dollar. He was also ready to fight Brisbane, when Breezy made fun of him, proving his 'all boy' credentials.  |
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Post by malaria on Feb 27, 2019 21:19:58 GMT -5
Brisbane was so well liked Down Under that Australia named a huge city after him. (Canberra)  |
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Post by tboneator64 on Feb 28, 2019 12:57:55 GMT -5
Brisbane was so well liked Down Under that Australia named a huge city after him. (Canberra) I'm thinking it was the other way around. I believe Hal Roach's decidedly pronounced angliophile leanings extended to the Land Down Under, with the numerous Aussies in his employ.
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Post by malaria on Feb 28, 2019 18:06:42 GMT -5
I had no idea. Coincidence? Brisbane was born the same year as the late Ozzie PM Gough Whitlam. *theremin sounds* And just to correct the record, the Oz city named after Brisbane was not Canberra. It was in fact Melbourne. |
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Post by myhomeo on Mar 1, 2019 13:29:19 GMT -5
Oh, after the famous jazz singer, Mel Bourne...
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Post by malaria on Mar 1, 2019 13:36:05 GMT -5
LOL. Alice Springs was named after HIM, though.  |
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