Coincidentally, I recently read the sleeve notes on a
vinyl "Hello Mudder" and was puzzled to find the album
again retitled...or something. Wasn't it "My Son the
Nut," as opposed to a later titling of "My Son the
Folksinger"?
It also made me fondly recall "The First Family,"
which appeared around the same time and sunk like a
stone thereafter. Ruined its (very) talented
composer's career, I suppose.
Candice
--- Anny Ballardini <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> There are a couple of moments in which Alan Sherman
> plays the big guy, but
> on the whole, yes, he was quite respectful. I also
> enjoyed the audience of
> the '50s, and their laughing was not ironical,
> almost a projection the same
> Cage had previously seized and portrayed. A refined
> game.
>
> On 5/17/07, Douglas Barbour
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > All your comments are interesting & hit home with
> me, Ken, but this
> > seems valid, as we watch, which is certainly
> refreshing....
> >
> > Doug
> > On 16-May-07, at 9:39 AM, Kenneth Wolman wrote:
> >
> > > What I find refreshing is that the show itself
> (one of the producers
> > > was Alan Sherman, "Hello Mudder"!) seemed to
> treat Cage with dignity
> > > and respect, and that there was no sense of a
> trying to put him on.
> > > How far we have traveled since the 1950s. Most
> of it has been
> > > regression to the bear pit via so-called Reality
> TV.
> > Douglas Barbour
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> > as poetry.
> >
> > W. H. Ferry
> >
>
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