Tag Archives: Gene Wilder

Cary Grant to Gene Wilder: “You Take an Ordinary Chap Like You Or Me …”

Here’s a great anecdote from Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search for Love and Art, Gene Wilder’s autobiography – which I am REALLY enjoying. Silver Streak was a big hit and was chosen as the Royal Performance for the … Continue reading

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Faces I Love

I’m copying. But go look here. WONDERFUL, right? And I’m not just saying that because Archie is on the list. So here are my choices. I think it’s fun to show the faces without listing the name that goes with … Continue reading

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Book Thoughts

Okay, so I haven’t finished a book in … 4 weeks?? 5 weeks?? The last book I finished was, I think, At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O’Brien. After that, I started a couple of different books (I have different needs … … Continue reading

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R.I.P., Richard Pryor

A wonderful and observant obituary by Roger Ebert. A lot of great stuff in there – but I loved the part about the blackface scene in Silver Streak – which honestly? It’s rare that a movie brings THAT kind of … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Mel Brooks

Gene Wilder told this story when he came to my school. Gene Wilder, a young actor, was in some show on Broadway, kind of a big break. Forgive me, can’t remember what it was. One night, after the show, a … Continue reading

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