tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post3829492008251162659..comments2024-03-19T02:55:10.169-04:00Comments on D R E W • F R I E D M A N: Dick Van Dyke Movie postersDrew Friedmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486841995725378000noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-78288045725020688282013-01-18T20:55:25.507-05:002013-01-18T20:55:25.507-05:00I completely agree with you about The Comic, Drew....I completely agree with you about The Comic, Drew. Flawed but wonderful.Michael Townsend Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11034040229184484566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-81715281811549618532012-02-12T18:31:30.505-05:002012-02-12T18:31:30.505-05:00Great post on a great blog! I'm going to be a ...Great post on a great blog! I'm going to be a 'regular' here! Do you happen to know who did the portraits of Julie & Dick for the <i>Mary Poppins</i> poster?Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-47931830365800327692012-01-08T00:39:54.028-05:002012-01-08T00:39:54.028-05:00...if you don't nod, you'll also see Denni...<i>...if you don't nod, you'll also see Dennis King in a small bit as the bank's senile, misogynistic president...</i><br /><br />According to IMDB, that's the same Dennis King from <i>Fra Diavolo</i>! I'll bet Laurel & Hardy buff Dick Van Dyke had something to do with his casting.mike fontanellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685917448327606335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-31225782971152359502012-01-06T09:16:32.116-05:002012-01-06T09:16:32.116-05:00Brian, here's the NY Times review by Vincent C...Brian, here's the NY Times review by Vincent Canby of "Some kind of Nut" which basically sums it up...<br /><br /><br />GARSON KANIN's "Some Kind of Nut" is about a Manhattan bank teller, played by Dick Van Dyke, who grows a beard, an act that would be difficult to accept as eccentric even for the purposes of a television comedy. Old friends don't recognize him. His fiancé threatens to break off their engagement. His former wife appreciates him as a man for the first time, and his employer fires him. Like Kanin's own Billie Dawn, and some heroes from some old and much better Capra films, the bank teller fights for his independence, proclaiming the kind of populist sentiments that were so dear to the hearts of members of the Writers Guild of America during World War II:<br /><br />"I'd rather be nothing than nobody!" "I'd rather be beaten to death than beaten into submission!" "We're not a bunch of computer cards. We're human beings!"<br /><br />The problem with this sort of comedy now—as it was then—is that the characters who say such things really are computer cards—items to be manipulated for programed effects.<br /><br />"Some Kind of Nut," which opened yesterday at the Victoria and at neighborhood theaters, is Kanin's second film this year. His first, "Where It's At," was released in May and, although it wasn't wildly funny, its style was a very appealing recollection of the frantically paced wisecrack comedy Kanin perfected in the nineteen-forties and nineteen-fifties. "Some Kind of Nut," which has little style, not only sounds like something out of Kanin's trunk, it even looks it, in spite of some split-screen stuff and a visit to a Zen den.<br /><br />There is one particular sequence that dates the film like a carbon-14 test: Van Dyke, wearing nothing but his shoes, black ankle socks and big, bloomer-like boxer shorts, runs almost naked through the streets. He is supposed to be high on some sort of drug but, even so, the scene is equivalent to one of those obligatory, post-prohibition era, comedy drunk scenes.<br /><br />Angie Dickinson, Rosemary Forsyth and Zohra Lampert play the ladies in Van Dyke's life, and, if you don't nod, you'll also see Dennis King in a small bit as the bank's senile, misogynistic president. He looks older than Sam Jaffe in "Lost Horizon" but is much funnier as he says of women in business: "If I had my way, I'd fire every mother's son of them."Drew Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486841995725378000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-80518109510962005472012-01-06T09:11:12.635-05:002012-01-06T09:11:12.635-05:00I _think_ I saw _Cold Turkey on a double-bill with...I _think_ I saw _Cold Turkey on a double-bill with a rerelease of _Some Kind of a Nut_. Thankfully, they ran _Cold Turkey_ first, which is a really underappreciated classic. I loved it then, I still love it now. <br /><br />But even at the age of eight, I could see that _Some Kind of a Nut_ was just _dreadful_. The plot has Van Dyke growing a beard because of a bee sting, and apparently everyone else in the world goes apeshit over this. Only things I remember are a beach scene where Van Dyke's hand is up a girl's skirt trying to catch the bee, and him walking down a corridor in his underwear with half a beard.Brian Sianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756946585673391111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-55930445693247045562012-01-05T01:57:26.680-05:002012-01-05T01:57:26.680-05:00"What's a Dick Van Dyke?" asked Rose..."What's a Dick Van Dyke?" asked Rose Marie, allegedly (88 and still breathing, allegedly) when told the title of her new sitcom. Dick (or Dyke, whichever he prefers) cut his teeth on TV hosting Farmer Al Falfa and Heckle & Jeckle cartoons. How cool is that?<br /><br />I've always loved <i>Cold Turkey, What a Way to Go</i> and <i>The Comic</i>, but my favorite Dick Van Dyke project has always been the experimental <i>Van Dyke and Company</i> which, in a perfect world, would never have been canceled after only half a season in 1976. I blame Jimmy Carter.mike fontanellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685917448327606335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-90374859297900154832012-01-03T23:13:31.414-05:002012-01-03T23:13:31.414-05:00Great topic for a post! I love all these films, de...Great topic for a post! I love all these films, despite their flaws because Van Dyke is so appealing a performer. And these posters are terrific! Thanks, Drew!Jerry Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14448694508424661314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-54584762153931992902012-01-03T19:32:20.461-05:002012-01-03T19:32:20.461-05:00My guess is it's Frank Frazetta channeling Jac...My guess is it's Frank Frazetta channeling Jack Davis.Drew Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486841995725378000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-24338448048953558892012-01-03T17:53:11.482-05:002012-01-03T17:53:11.482-05:00The clip reminds me what a great dancer Dick was, ...The clip reminds me what a great dancer Dick was, despite doing the worst British accent ever. <br /><br />Did Frazetta get help from Jack Davis on the Fitzwilly poster? It looks like a Davis layout.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474063659930978111.post-35952306703927021702012-01-03T17:01:32.353-05:002012-01-03T17:01:32.353-05:00Wow - delightful post! Beautiful images, great LK ...Wow - delightful post! Beautiful images, great LK commentary. ..F Frazeta reminds me of someo.. -Rob Sussmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327130949007210362noreply@blogger.com