The chain gang "moving in unison" at the little old lady's house had me giggling more than I would've expected the other night...
A quick stop on Saturday morning TV in 1970 - "Hot Dog" - "The program about stuff" Here are the opening and closing credits for you all credits fans out there:
An actual "Hot Dog" segment. Woody gives smart ass answers amidst the most pedantic (to use one of Woody's favorite words) narration you'll ever experience.
Good find, threadmaster Ray! I've never heard of this program, and am somewhat shocked to see Woody having a small hand in Saturday morning kids' programming.
Thank our good friends at imdb, Google and YouTube. I had never seen the "Hot Dog" clips before today. So we have this kiddie show and the Hanna Barbera pilot. Yes, they seem odd fits for Woody.
An interesting tidbit: Woody's made-for-TV 1969 short silent film parody "Cupid's Shaft". Filmed before TTMAR. (Very low quality.)
One more thing, Marvin Hamlisch's music score to TTMAR is absolutely terrific! I wish there was a CD release with it. (The same with Bananas, which he also did the music score.)
Thanks for that - I had never seen it ... in fact, had never heard of it, although I'm certainly not surprised to see Woody paying tribute to silent film comedy.
Here's a great bit, apparently from a 1969 WA TV special, too. Never seen this before just now.... Edit: both this and the silent film spoof appear to be from The Woody Allen TV Special (1969).
I didn't see this until today also. Woody's got the moves of a silent film star down pat. I saw this one also for the first time today. I wonder if the TV special elements still exist somewhere. Great stuff.
^ That's awesome. Candice Bergen was really quite stunning in her youth. I just found the thread, so I'll chime in on the earlier films. Despite being a huge WA fan, I've only ever seen Pussycat once, long ago, and don't remember much. I will definitely have to give it another look. Tiger Lily is a classic. My friends and I watched it over and over in the mid to late '80s when it was on cable TV a lot. So many quotable lines that I still use today ("Saracen pig!"). Take the Money is a fantastic debut directorial effort, the first "real" WA film. I can't count how many times I've watched it over the years. A bit rough around the edges, but great fun. The movie holds a special place in my memory, as I remember watching it one day with my dad in the room. My dad and I didn't have much in common when it came to humor. He had no time for the irreverent humor that I enjoyed, he was much more old school and mainstream. It was a rare thing to find him laughing at something I was watching or listening to. But I remember a time where I was watching Take the Money and my dad sat down in the room with me. We watched for a while, with nothing but silence from him, but then for one moment he burst out laughing. It was where Woody opens the freezer to reveal that he was storing his shoes there (using the fridge as a closet, which admittedly was a very innocent and vaudevillian gag). That special little moment of bonding where my dad was laughing at something that I liked was burned into my memory forever.
'Bananas' was released on the Kritzerland label in an edition of 1000 copies. It also contained the score to 'Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex..." and the title track to 'Sleeper' (the only song that still exists from that film) It is OOP.
When my oldest daughter was about ten we sat down to watch this together. She has a dry sense of humor and usually giggles or snickers at something funny. She about fell on the floor laughing at this scene:
Another brief pit stop. From "The Woody Allen Special", which aired September 21, 1969. Here's a segment with Billy Graham, who comes off as a pretty good sport, IMO.
A "Dick Cavett" appearance from between the release of "Take The Money and Run" and the airing of the TV Special.
Loved that show! Saw them all. On topic, I could have appeared in Stardust Memories if they'd let me go up to Sandy Bates to say, "I love your movies, especially the early funny ones." Rubbing the hot parts in dirty braille books? A bowl of steam? Abandoning the idea of stealing her purse 15 minutes after wanting to marry her? Priceless.
