#Tammy Grimes

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“She's the last unicorn in the world.” “It would be the last unicorn in the world that came to Molly Grue.”

The Last Unicorn (1982) dir. Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.

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Tammy Grimes in the original Broadway production of High Spirits. New York, 1964.

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Now showing on DuranDuranTulsa's Horror Show...The Stuff (1985) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #horror #thestuff #MichaelMoriarty #scottbloom #brianbloom #PaulSorvino #RIPPaulSorvino #garrettmorris #andreamarcovicci #BrookeAdams #AbeVigoda #patrickoneal #tammygrimes #rutanyaalda #patrickdempsey #MiraSorvino #DannyAiello #clarapeller #ripclarapeller #vintage #vhs #80s #durandurantulsa #durandurantulsashorrorshow

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PLAY IT AS IT LAYS Frank Perry USA, 1972

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The Stuff

Killer ice cream? You’d think that would be one of the worst ideas in horror film history, but in the hands of Larry Cohen, THE STUFF (1985, YouTube, Plex) comes off as an almost inspired satire of consumerism and the drive to convince people that “Enough is never enough.” It’s sheer pulp, but with such a loopy energy it’s easy to forgive its few weak scenes (Cohen was a great idea man who often couldn’t film a simple scene of two people talking) and the continuity lapses created when New World removed 30 minutes from the director’s cut. Cohen’s satirical aim can get a little broad at times. It may be hard to stomach the thought that humanity’s hope lies in the hands of a paranoid militia leader (Paul Sorvino) in Georgia, a state that here earns my nickname for it, “Stupidvania.”

In their second of five projects together (four features and one TV episode), Cohen’s muse, Michael Moriarty, is an industrial spy hired by a conglomerate of ice cream manufacturers to investigate The Stuff, an addictive, low-calorie desert that’s pushing them out of the market. At the same time, suburban kid Jason Bloom notices the product can move on its own and realizes his parents and brother (Bloom’s real-life brother Brian) are so addicted to it they can no longer think for themselves. He and Moriarty join forces with the ad exec (Andrea Marcovicci) who sold it to America and set out to uncover the secrets behind The Stuff and warn the world before what everybody’s been eating eats them.

Cohen’s film is delightfully off-the-wall, starting with Moriarty’s largely improvised performance as a man who plays dumb (and Southern) to get info that might be withheld from a smarter man. As in their first film together, Q: THE WINGED SERPENT (1982), Moriarty makes something charming out of a potentially irritating character. It’s a treat watching him con the foolish and connect with the wise. Marcovicci doesn’t get as many opportunities to shine (a scene developing their relationship was among the cuts), but she has moments of wit in dealing with the crazies they encounter and makes running from The Stuff in heels a comic comment on horror-film improbabilities. There’s also a nice turn by Garrett Morris as “Chocolate Chip” Charlie, a cookie magnate whose business has been taken over by The Stuff’s distributors. Eric Bogosian cameos as a supermarket employee, and Patrick Dempsey figures in the final scene. Even Cohen couldn’t tell you where a very young Mira Sorvino turns up (she did a bit while visiting her father on set). A big highlight are the commercials for the product, featuring the likes of Tammy Grimes, Brooke Adams, Abe Vigoda and, best of all, Clara Peller, demanding “Where’s the Stuff?”

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A fantastic video from The Julie Andrews Archive <3

The 7th Edition of the Broadway Show League Softball Championship in 1961. The umpire was Joe E. Brown.

The casts represented include:

Camelot (Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet)

Wildcat (Lucille Ball)

The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Tammy Grimes)

My Fair Lady (Margot Moser)

The Happiest Girl in the World (Janice Rule)

Irma La Douce (Elizabeth Seal)

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Twas the 22nd Day of Holiday Viewing...

I revisited another Rankin/Bass classic that used to air a lot and only in recent years has been seen on AMC, the Cartoon Network and now BBC America. Twas The Night Before Christmas (1974) “Twas The Night Before Christmas” is based on the poem written by Clement Moore in the 19th century. Most people know it or parts of it or phrases from it, such as “visions of sugarplums dance in their…

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Tammy Lee Grimes was an American film and stage actress.

Link: Tammy Grimes

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Podcast Actress Tammy Grimes Golden Age of Radio Tribute

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The Dirt on Tammy Grimes

Oh, there’s no “dirt” on Tammy Grimes, per se, only information. it’s just wordplay and a shameless headline. Grimes (1934-2016) was an actress/performer whose legend was primarily in the theatre, with the last of her most major credits having occurred in the 1980s. I lead with this truth by way of excuse for the fact that when I first encountered her name, as a guest of honor at one of Theater…

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Tammy Grimes - High Spirits

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Now showing on DuranDuranTulsa's Horror Show...The Stuff (1984) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #horror #thestuff #MichaelMoriarty #scottbloom #brianbloom #PaulSorvino #RIPPaulSorvino #garrettmorris #andreamarcovicci #BrookeAdams #AbeVigoda #patrickoneal #tammygrimes #rutanyaalda #patrickdempsey #MiraSorvino #DannyAiello #RipDannyAiello #clarapeller #ripclarapeller #vintage #vhs #80s #durandurantulsa #durandurantulsashorrorshow

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‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, but animated

"'Twas the Night Before Christmas” (1974) is a Rankin/Bass classic based on Clement Clarke Moore's poem. It's the story of two families, one human, one mice, living in Junctionville, where Santa has stopped visiting due to an offensive story.

Unlike other Rankin/Bass classics, “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” (1974) is based on a 1923 poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas, written by Clement Clarke Moore, rather than a song. Don’t get too excited, it’s still considered to be a musical and sports original songs written by Jules Bass and Maury Laws – a staple in most of these Rankin/Bass movies. The movie starts off with the classic poem…

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Bex's recs are perfect if you're less into super intense scares.

Horror at 37,000 Feet is a 70s made-for-TV movie. As an English Abbey is shipped overseas on a commercial plane, the ghosts terrorize its passengers. Shatner plays a disillusioned ex-priest and Tammy Grimes, of The Last Unicorn fame, plays the character that warns everyone of the danger they're in.