Post by vic on Oct 23, 2018 0:49:24 GMT -5
Hey everyone!
Just some background:
My mom used to watch this when I was like 5 or 6 and I never gave it much thought. To me, it featured some middle aged guy and some boring blonde in an office. The only significant memory I have of it was and episode that seemed to focus on "Booger" from Revenge of the Nerds and the secretary.
And out of all the classic 80s action films I grew up on, I never actually watched Die Hard. I think I first saw Bruce Willis in a movie.
I think my first real exposure to Bruce Willis as an actor was with Pulp Fiction, and 12 Monkeys, but by this time I was already in my mid-late teens.
Cybill Shepherd...I was more aware of her as the lead in her show "Cybill." I never watched it because for some reason we didn't get CBS.
Anyway, so since then I've seen Die Hard. A very fun action film, but it still took me a while to see it as the classic that Jake Peralta praises it as.
I've also seen Kevin Smith's story about getting Bruce Willis to channel David Addison for a scene in "Cop Out." The way he tells it, Moonlighting, and the character of David Maddison is perfection. Was that show really that good? It seemed campy and boring to me as a kid.
Well, just recently I've been watching old episodes of it. I started with the pilot.
Okay, but not great. Maybe even a little cheesy. Dated a bit. Eh, it's okay.
I watched some more, especially of Season 3.
Wow, this show is great. The humor is not dated at all. This dialogue and delivery rivals stuff that's being put out today.
David Addison is the definition of cool. Maddie is stuffy at times, but when she meets David for their date of "fine" and "fun"...when she comes to the door and that smile when she sniffs the single rose...I see why she was a big deal.
I was thinking that it was going to be campy non-stop, cheesy dated throwback saxophone music, but no. Some of the episodes have that 80s moody synth like something from Giorgio Moroder. Sometimes a scene can be really terrifying, but later on in the episode we get slapstick.
Anyway, I love this show. I love Miss Dipesto and her rhymes. I thought I was going to dislike the addition of "Booger" but Herbert Viola was a great addition. Curtis Armstrong is a great comedic actor who I've previously enjoyed watching in films like "Risky Business" and "Better Off Dead."
I only regret I didn't buy it on DVD when it first came out.
And I am SHOCKED it wasn't a bigger seller when it was first released.
Just some background:
My mom used to watch this when I was like 5 or 6 and I never gave it much thought. To me, it featured some middle aged guy and some boring blonde in an office. The only significant memory I have of it was and episode that seemed to focus on "Booger" from Revenge of the Nerds and the secretary.
And out of all the classic 80s action films I grew up on, I never actually watched Die Hard. I think I first saw Bruce Willis in a movie.
I think my first real exposure to Bruce Willis as an actor was with Pulp Fiction, and 12 Monkeys, but by this time I was already in my mid-late teens.
Cybill Shepherd...I was more aware of her as the lead in her show "Cybill." I never watched it because for some reason we didn't get CBS.
Anyway, so since then I've seen Die Hard. A very fun action film, but it still took me a while to see it as the classic that Jake Peralta praises it as.
I've also seen Kevin Smith's story about getting Bruce Willis to channel David Addison for a scene in "Cop Out." The way he tells it, Moonlighting, and the character of David Maddison is perfection. Was that show really that good? It seemed campy and boring to me as a kid.
Well, just recently I've been watching old episodes of it. I started with the pilot.
Okay, but not great. Maybe even a little cheesy. Dated a bit. Eh, it's okay.
I watched some more, especially of Season 3.
Wow, this show is great. The humor is not dated at all. This dialogue and delivery rivals stuff that's being put out today.
David Addison is the definition of cool. Maddie is stuffy at times, but when she meets David for their date of "fine" and "fun"...when she comes to the door and that smile when she sniffs the single rose...I see why she was a big deal.
I was thinking that it was going to be campy non-stop, cheesy dated throwback saxophone music, but no. Some of the episodes have that 80s moody synth like something from Giorgio Moroder. Sometimes a scene can be really terrifying, but later on in the episode we get slapstick.
Anyway, I love this show. I love Miss Dipesto and her rhymes. I thought I was going to dislike the addition of "Booger" but Herbert Viola was a great addition. Curtis Armstrong is a great comedic actor who I've previously enjoyed watching in films like "Risky Business" and "Better Off Dead."
I only regret I didn't buy it on DVD when it first came out.
And I am SHOCKED it wasn't a bigger seller when it was first released.