Excerpt from Peter Bogdanovich’s Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors
Peter Bogdonavich writes:
What I saw them do onstage at the Paramount was much like what they are seen doing at the end of The Caddy, and for the last ten minutes of each of their Colgate Comedy Hours: the boys in tuxedos (even during Paramount’s morning and afternoon shows), their bow ties untied, fooling around in front of Dick Stabile’s orchestra, their caricatures displayed thorughout the band. Dean sings — Jerry disrupts. They sing together. They throw things into the audience or Jerry runs into the auditorium. They do jokes putting each other down. Dean sings as if he’s sending up crooners and doesn’t mean a word, Jerry screeches hysterically for attention and his outrageousness becomes contageious. For a privileged minority, Dean was as funny in his own dry way as Jerry was so obviously. In fact, even Frank Sinatra had originally missed the self-deprecating wit behind Dean’s comedy. When Frank saw the act the first time at New York’s Copacabana, he reportedly said, “The wop’s not much, but the Jew’s funny.”
Gawd, look at the way they *dressed*. Awesome. Just awesome. Especially compared to a lot of male fashion today.
I know. They look fabulous.
And the hats. The HATS!
Please get a load of Frank’s shoes.
They took care of every detail, right down to the socks and handkerchiefs. I love it. They were men that knew they were going to be watched and made sure they looked PERFECT.
Some modern male stars still know how to dress.
Uhm ……
red, that’s just a cruel link to post at lunchtime, doncha think?
HA! I had only remembered him as being smokin’ hot in Reservoir Dogs – so when that photo randomly appeared I was like: what the fuck happened??
//I love this photo so much that I have been unable to stop staring at it for about 5 minutes. //
You and me both! Two of my heroes.
From one huge Dino fan to another, thank you for all these incredible entries. That face melts my heart.
Savoy Truffle – love your screen name. :) And you are most welcome. It was fun to put it all together.
Auuugh! What on earth is up with that Madsen pic? Did he forget to stop acting at the end of Kill Bill? Was he possessed by Mickey Rourke? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot…
It’s truly horrible. He has since gotten his act together – I’ve seen him recently – and he’s lost weight and it appears that he has had some work done (but not in a horrible Mickey Rourke way – It’s more in a “let me maintain what I have” way which is your job as an actor) – and he looks much better. Not as hot as his Reservoir Dogs persona – but that was, what, 15 years ago? He’s gotta be pushing 50 now. So it’s cool. I just hope he BURNED that shirt.