Comments on: Hung up.

By: MarkH

MarkH — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:02:38 +0000

Jason T., click the link in my previous post for the unusual source of Jeff’s line. And, yes, it could gain legs in the horndog/popcult lexicon.

By: LAMary

LAMary — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:11:55 +0000

I lived in NYC and with the exception of having my pocket picked once, nothing bad ever happened to me. I’ve had my car radio stolen a half dozen times in LA, and once in a very posh suburban area of Denver a guy tried to jump me. Crap happens everywhere.

By: judybusy

judybusy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:50:13 +0000

Huh. I was a nanny in NYC in 1985, basically a fresh off-the-farm 20-year-old. Mostly, I had a blast living there, and don’t remember being too concerned about crime. I’d been an exchange student in Brazil and my family spent part of the time in Rio. They did a really good job of teaching me common sense about being in cities. That, and luck, kept me safe.

By: Jason T.

Jason T. — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:49:59 +0000

JeffTMMO @ 21: Varnishing the eel? So that’s what Gov. Sanford calls it!

Zing! I wonder if Jimmy Fallon needs any writers?

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:48:05 +0000

My theory is that you can go almost anywhere in the world that you want between the hours of 8AM and 1PM. All the bad guys are sleeping it off from a full night of murder and mayhem.

By: moe99

moe99 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:01:16 +0000

Bassett, I was in NYC in 1981, on a subway Sun am when a guy carrying a gun walked through the car as bold as brass. The 80′s were scary times there. But when we took the kids on a cruise to Bermuda in ’98 and stayed in the upper W. side both before and after our cruise, I could not believe how much things had changed for the better. There I was with my kids and instead of freaking out, I was actually relaxing and enjoying myself. You really should visit, it is so different and so much fun.

By: CrazyCatLady

CrazyCatLady — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:08:30 +0000

I’d go to New York in a New York minute! I’m from Detroit, where the weak are killed and eaten. Last summer I remember a friend warning me against going to Memphis because it was ‘very dangerous’. I went anyway. It was very similar to Detroit, in that if you know where you can go and where you can’t, you will be ok. In my town I go where I want and need to go. I am just more careful in certain areas.

By: basset

basset — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:07:33 +0000

last week, with my own ears and in person, I heard a Columbia University professor say during a lecture in Nashville that crime “is no longer an issue” in New York. Make of that what you will, I still ain’t goin’ there.

By: Jeff (the mild-mannered one)

Jeff (the mild-mannered one) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:50:05 +0000

A varnished eel? As opposed to a stained and polyurethaned eel, i suppose.

By: MarkH

MarkH — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:34:23 +0000

The site is a little quiet this evening, so OT back to the altMJ/Sherlock Holmes film thread for a sec. Jeff, I was miffed at myself for not remembering that Rondo Hatton was the Creeper in “Pearl of Death”, and not “Woman in Green”, me being such a fan of all those Rathbone/Holmes films. Maybe it’s because I always had the hots for Hilary Brooke, the femme fatale in “Green”. But, I am sure she was the one with the dwarf in the siutcase in that one!

Brush with Greatness, Three Degrees of Seperation Dept.: The father of a woman I worked with in Columbus grew up with and knew Rondo Hatton very well. They remained close friends, and when Rondo died, Tom accompanied his friend’s body home on a train for burial in 1949. His facial disfigurement was commonly attributed to the effects of mustard gas in WWI, but later medical information showed that he (may have) had a genetic pituitary disorder that allowed out-of-control bone and tissue growth. At least, that’s in wiki’s bio. Nice homage to Rondo in 1990′s “The Rocketeer”, btw.

Lastly, in the memorable quotes section of IMDB’s “Pearl of Death” page, there’s this gem: see the last one attributed to Holmes, after all the usual fun at Watson and Lestrade’s expense:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037168/quotes

Yes, spoken by RathBONE, of course.

EDIT: Brian, I posted this before I saw your Sanford post, but, well, somehow the inclusion of that Holmes quote is, ah, well… a bit too obvious.