Comments on Dan Leo: “A Town Called Disdain”, Episode 83: welcome to th...

Yes, Anon, this is indeed the Tony Anthony who onc...

2008-07-21T18:15:00.000-04:00

Yes, Anon, this is indeed the Tony Anthony who once worked the Pantages vaudeville circuit in a musical comedy act with the young David Byrne (who later became famous with the Talking Heads)-- then known as "Big Dave Byrne" on ukelele.

Is that Tony Anthony of "Big Dave Byrne" fame?

2008-07-21T18:01:00.001-04:00

Is that Tony Anthony of "Big Dave Byrne" fame?

Manny - a dream of Lefty's? Wow, I hadn't even tho...

2008-07-20T05:30:00.000-04:00

Manny - a dream of Lefty's? Wow, I hadn't even thought of that. However, Larry assures me that he's just "tellin' it the way it went down", so we'll see.

And, yes, Ondine, Frank was indeed a sailor in this.

This might sound weird but after reading back seve...

2008-07-20T03:31:00.000-04:00

This might sound weird but after reading back several episodes, I think this could prove that Frank Sinatra was from outer space. Like from Mars, maybe. Didn't he sometimes look kinda green? Didn't he wear a sailor suit in a movie or two?

Is this all a dream of Lefty Schiessen's? It's bri...

2008-07-19T23:57:00.000-04:00

Is this all a dream of Lefty Schiessen's?
It's brilliant, whatever it is. An exquisite combination of hyper-realism with theater of the absurd. All spinning into outer space...A metaphor for life, non?

Kathleen, Larry assures me that all your questions...

2008-07-19T03:04:00.000-04:00

Kathleen, Larry assures me that all your questions will be answered in future episodes.

And I will stand by just in case Larry's answers raise further questions.

Commenting from a time and place as strange as the...

2008-07-19T01:54:00.000-04:00

Commenting from a time and place as strange as the Samba Room, albeit not glamorous or fun, I wonder--did I misinterpret this? Or did the Samba Room reconstruct itself into the spaceship, which a few episodes back crashed into the Ratpack's cushy 43rd floor digs? The universe is reassuringly familiar, but those portholes! I never get what's going on inside portholes vs outside.
And then, so often what was outside becomes inside. And vice versa--even in RL!
Further, I suspect Larry's using some tracking technique that escapes me, whether as literature or movie direction. (My education is riddled with holes.) In short, I need the next installment before I can sleep. Though no doubt Proust can remedy any real insomnia, at least temporarily.

Not to mention Brad's turn as the good-natured gre...

2008-07-18T22:58:00.000-04:00

Not to mention Brad's turn as the good-natured greedy sumbitch in The Magnificent Seven...

I suspected you were a Brad Dexter fan, Tedster!

You can hear Walter Wanderly's Orchestra playing S...

2008-07-18T09:26:00.000-04:00

You can hear Walter Wanderly's Orchestra playing Summer Samba in the background. Brad Dexter was in some great movies, but he really made his fame by being a guest star in many TV Westerns. I always liked the characters he played.