Has CAMELOT and OLIVER! been mentioned?

I don't like the dismissive way Tommy treats Marty. Yes, Tommy is under pressure but that's no excuse for being so rude. It's very adolescent. I had only seen Karen Steele in some Randolph Scott western and wasn't impressed; that is, until I saw her in MARTY. Very kitchen-sink natural, as opposed to...

ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE (this one goes good with a bag of Sour Patch Kids) Nutso "European" doll-maker and part-time mad scientist John Hoyt relieves his unbearable loneliness by shrinking a variety of people (including a poster worker, of which is said "He left this morning with ...

I don't like Tommy. Surly and self-absorbed. Virginia could have done better.

MARTY tonight. "A college girl -- one step from the street!" One of my top ten films, Aunt Catherine had many of the funniest lines. When she talked about her daughter in law- "She's a witch, that one! You know what she did to me yesterday, she gimme the evil eye!" "I'm 56 ...

And her husband is that skinny little fellow?

So it don't make a difference if you look like a gorilla

The Stardust Ballroom, it's loaded with tomatoes

That Mickey Spillane, he sure could write

I could see Ben as Fozzie.

Also Rizzo the Rat.

How about The Count for Eddie?

I went to college at NYU. I'm sure Marty's mother and aunt would have been horrified, lol.

Ben introducing MARTY: "Marty is a non-traditional character, gap-toothed..."

Yes, wasn't it convenient to have Ernest Borgnine in the role since he was born with that particular dental feature.

Geez, get that Muppet replacement in for this smug, out-of-control nepo baby STAT!

Pick 'em!

MARTY tonight.

"A college girl -- one step from the street!"

"You know how to whistle, don't you, my lord? Just put your lips together and blow!"

At this juncture I say remove all five hosts and replace them with Muppets.

Agree, LostHorizons. "Hit your lights!" Ugh.

They seem so besotted by it all. "Look how much fun we're having as the guardians of classic film!" It comes across in equal amounts adolescent, crass, pretentious, embarrassing, gauche, hyper-corporate, and just plain stupid.