For those out there like us two who occasionaly tred the boards as stand-up comedians, the acknowledged master of stand up is Richard Pryor. His illness has curtailed Pryor's performance career, but his website is allowing him not only a platform for his ideas but also to provide advice to fellow comics - both working and aspiring.
Apparently he actually reads the posts and several such posters have been lucky enough to interact with him. There is also now a DVD release of The Richard Pryor Show
Thursday 13 May 2004
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That sounds ace!Wouldnt it be great if they re-released Petrocelli on DVD.I would buy it straight away!What about you,Tem?Are you a fan?
What on earth is Petrocelli?Are you gay?
Apart from "Out Of This World",Petrocelli was the best show ever.It first Aired September 1974 and was unfairly cancelled in March 1976.
Tony Petrocelli was a Harvard-educated attorney of Italian descent who left the big-city rat race and headed west. He and his wife, Maggie, are roughing it in a trailer while their new home is still under construction. They face hardships in this new environment - getting along financially because so many of his clients can't afford to pay him, and earning the acceptance of his fellow San Remo, Arizona, citizens.
Most of his cases involve murder, and he defends his clients mightily. Serving as his able investigator is Pete Ritter, an ex-cop cowboy. Lt. John Ponce is the local law enforcer.
What makes this show unique was that we see the crime from the different witnesses' perspectives. Five people see it five different ways. Which ones are telling it accurately, and which ones aren't? If it's the real killer (who most likely isn't the one charged) talking, his version is likely to be a boldfaced lie. But which one is that?
Petrocelli is unique in another way, as well. It was first a 1970 movie, entitled "The Lawyer". In this film, Barry Newman played an attorney who was defending a doctor accused of murdering his wife, a case loosely based on the Sam Sheppard trial. In 1974, Newman was called back to do a similar made-for-TV movie called "Night Games". Albert Salmi was now playing his investigator. This TV movie became the successful pilot for the Petrocelli series, which enabled Newman and Salmi to work together for two more years, bringing us a new intriguing case to solve every week.
You should check it out
What was "Out Of This World" again?Was Joe Alaskey in that?
He was!He played Beano Froelich!
For people that dont know this show revolved around a teenager, who was a little different from most: she was half alien! She had the ability to stop time. Unfortunately, her father (the alien) wasn't around to guide her, though she could communicate with him. She had a surfer boyfriend -with whom she could not share her secret, though she was often tempted...
Was "Out of This World" the one with theme song:
Would you like to swing on a star, carry moonbeams home in a jar, be better off than you are, or would you rather go to earth?
I loved that programme.
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