GREAT vide SB...i particularly love the opening where there is a brilliant and dramatic pause between 'when you hear this iconic theme song" followed by a Shakespearian pause while the audience on the edge of their seats wondering "which one will it be'. (at least im on the edge of my kitchen stool).....followed by an all too brief rendition, truncated and begging for more ;)_....YOU are iconic and i love these videos...btw, that damn Frankenstein playing little league sure as well sounds A LOT like the plot of The Bad News Bear movies of the 70s, only the huge, awkward player who know one liked just happened to be the lonely loner who could knock the ball out of the Astrodome hahahahah...and the Moby Dick as avenging Mother, a kind of reverse Medea, is a near rip off of Orca (with richard harris) hahahahah...and THAT is what i love about these stories...i had the same experience....and when i was lucky enough to sell a story to 'Hood and earn a little bit of $$, enough to never have to worry about how much i wanted to drink at the brown derby, or eat at In-N-Out burger or treat my ex-girfriend to trips to Ojai for wine and horserides, for a year, i had the damn same expeerience...every every meeting i had invariably was with young kids or kids my age (i was 29-33 when i lived in LA), all of whome felt out of Less Than Zero, talking about 'what do you think of this idea" or 'could you write a script based on this'....and as a kid who watched tons of movies, i couldnt think whether or not these ideas were coked-up brilliant (the frankenstein as little league glory player) or memories their addled minds didnt understand were actual movies they'd forgotten....anyway, i STILL BELIEVE that your novel would be A GREAT Paul Thomas Anderson film and i wish i was still in LA and had the connections i once did, cause i would put your novel in someone's hand....so brilliant a book, so clearly NEEDS to be a hollywood/california/valley story.....anyway, THANKS AGAIN for the brilliant video.....how would i fill the poitless 15 minutes while i prepare dinner for my wife, if not for watching these...and PEOPLE PLEASE PLEASE READ BRADFIELD'S NOVEL The history of luminous motion...it is beautiful, strange, sad, heartbreaking and shows me that in the bathtub there is a better much better writer than salinger who has been overlooked....seriously...ok, happy bathing, off to finish the salmon....hucks to lucky ...p.s. i act the same btw when i fall off the bed reading, attack mode.....safe bathing, bb
@@Scottmbradfield I was just about to say, I saw Born to Be Blue (with hawke): did you write that script?...i love baker, and coltraine and davis and monk...btw, since you lke jazz, plz watch the documentary Straight Up, No chaser about Monk...h was divinity on earth....bb
@@bluewordsme2 There was definitely a line of influence from my script through Scorcese to Linklater to that film, but the WGA didn't think they could make a case. I haven't seen it, but the "concept" has similarities to my original script, which was pretty good. I love fifties jazz and most jazz especially West Coast Cool! s
@@Scottmbradfield i do too Scott (love west coast jazz)...everyweek, my ex and friends and I would go listen to extraordinary jazz in Burbank...i think Blue Room is where we went most often and the Potato....i have a great story (another time) where we chatted with Robert Blake...and saw a bunch of celebrities with pretty young things on their arms...but wow, the music....and that is a shame the WGA couldnt help...i used to also be a member of course, after selling a story...but, well hollywood is a weird out-of-patricia-highsmith place...a shame....anyway....look forward to the next video....have a great weekend scott.....bb
Hey Scott, apropos of nothing…I know you’re a fan of westerns -cinema. Just finished Elmore Leonard’s Valdez IS Coming, really good. Quite different from his crime fiction. Now I’ve got an itch to see Burt Landcaster in the movie …
Great recollections, Scott. Best pitch scene ever was Alan Partridge desperately trying to save his career by pitching ideas to the BBC with titles such as 'monkey tennis' and 'arm wrestling with Chas and Dave'. Hope Lucky is okay. Have you installed any smart devices recently (smart lights/smart doorbells, etc.). These can drive dogs sick, distressed, aggressive or just plain crazy (which I'm not, it happened to my boss [well, technically his dog]).
@@user-ml8jq4dh5x I should go back and rewatch some Partridge too (and also watch some of the stuff I haven’t seen). For me, the first season of I’m Alan Partridge is peak comedy. So dark and pathetic (the episode with his super-fan/stalker is one of the funniest things I’ve seen).
@@absurdistoxymoron Yes, love that episode! I live in rural Norfolk, England where that was filmed so can totally relate to it! The writing is brilliant. If you haven't seen it already look out for 'The Thick of It' - also by Armando Iannucci. The guy has such a great ear for the darkly absurd nature of human existence. At the risk of a bad pitch, it's like Samuel Beckett meets Fawlty Towers.
GREAT vide SB...i particularly love the opening where there is a brilliant and dramatic pause between 'when you hear this iconic theme song" followed by a Shakespearian pause while the audience on the edge of their seats wondering "which one will it be'. (at least im on the edge of my kitchen stool).....followed by an all too brief rendition, truncated and begging for more ;)_....YOU are iconic and i love these videos...btw, that damn Frankenstein playing little league sure as well sounds A LOT like the plot of The Bad News Bear movies of the 70s, only the huge, awkward player who know one liked just happened to be the lonely loner who could knock the ball out of the Astrodome hahahahah...and the Moby Dick as avenging Mother, a kind of reverse Medea, is a near rip off of Orca (with richard harris) hahahahah...and THAT is what i love about these stories...i had the same experience....and when i was lucky enough to sell a story to 'Hood and earn a little bit of $$, enough to never have to worry about how much i wanted to drink at the brown derby, or eat at In-N-Out burger or treat my ex-girfriend to trips to Ojai for wine and horserides, for a year, i had the damn same expeerience...every every meeting i had invariably was with young kids or kids my age (i was 29-33 when i lived in LA), all of whome felt out of Less Than Zero, talking about 'what do you think of this idea" or 'could you write a script based on this'....and as a kid who watched tons of movies, i couldnt think whether or not these ideas were coked-up brilliant (the frankenstein as little league glory player) or memories their addled minds didnt understand were actual movies they'd forgotten....anyway, i STILL BELIEVE that your novel would be A GREAT Paul Thomas Anderson film and i wish i was still in LA and had the connections i once did, cause i would put your novel in someone's hand....so brilliant a book, so clearly NEEDS to be a hollywood/california/valley story.....anyway, THANKS AGAIN for the brilliant video.....how would i fill the poitless 15 minutes while i prepare dinner for my wife, if not for watching these...and PEOPLE PLEASE PLEASE READ BRADFIELD'S NOVEL The history of luminous motion...it is beautiful, strange, sad, heartbreaking and shows me that in the bathtub there is a better much better writer than salinger who has been overlooked....seriously...ok, happy bathing, off to finish the salmon....hucks to lucky ...p.s. i act the same btw when i fall off the bed reading, attack mode.....safe bathing, bb
Your description of the Hollywood pitchmen… reminded me of John Fante’s utter disgust for the industry… and yet so many great films.
The baseball-Frankenstein monster sounds like The Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop.
Bishop should sue! (I don't know that story.) s
You've got to admit it is feeble to kiss the sky, but only to get a career going.
Great great stories, Scott. Thanks. Too bad the Baker movie didn’t happen as you had worked on it.
Yeah it went through various directors. Eventually there was something with Ethan Hawke a few years ago that reminded me a bit of my script... s
@@Scottmbradfield I was just about to say, I saw Born to Be Blue (with hawke): did you write that script?...i love baker, and coltraine and davis and monk...btw, since you lke jazz, plz watch the documentary Straight Up, No chaser about Monk...h was divinity on earth....bb
@@bluewordsme2 There was definitely a line of influence from my script through Scorcese to Linklater to that film, but the WGA didn't think they could make a case. I haven't seen it, but the "concept" has similarities to my original script, which was pretty good.
I love fifties jazz and most jazz especially West Coast Cool! s
@@Scottmbradfield i do too Scott (love west coast jazz)...everyweek, my ex and friends and I would go listen to extraordinary jazz in Burbank...i think Blue Room is where we went most often and the Potato....i have a great story (another time) where we chatted with Robert Blake...and saw a bunch of celebrities with pretty young things on their arms...but wow, the music....and that is a shame the WGA couldnt help...i used to also be a member of course, after selling a story...but, well hollywood is a weird out-of-patricia-highsmith place...a shame....anyway....look forward to the next video....have a great weekend scott.....bb
@@Scottmbradfield Interesting to hear of the similarities, Scott haha. Been meaning to see that movie for quite awhile.
Hey Scott, apropos of nothing…I know you’re a fan of westerns -cinema. Just finished Elmore Leonard’s Valdez IS Coming, really good. Quite different from his crime fiction. Now I’ve got an itch to see Burt Landcaster in the movie …
I don't think I read that one but I did read and enjoy a couple of his westerns. s
It’s a good one, Valdez moral decisions inspired by St Francis of Assisi…
Great recollections, Scott. Best pitch scene ever was Alan Partridge desperately trying to save his career by pitching ideas to the BBC with titles such as 'monkey tennis' and 'arm wrestling with Chas and Dave'.
Hope Lucky is okay. Have you installed any smart devices recently (smart lights/smart doorbells, etc.). These can drive dogs sick, distressed, aggressive or just plain crazy (which I'm not, it happened to my boss [well, technically his dog]).
I loved Alan Partridge!
“Youth Hostelling with Chris Eubank” is another brilliant idea by Partridge.
@@absurdistoxymoron Thanks - I'd forgotten that one! Must go back and watch some Alan.
@@user-ml8jq4dh5x I should go back and rewatch some Partridge too (and also watch some of the stuff I haven’t seen). For me, the first season of I’m Alan Partridge is peak comedy. So dark and pathetic (the episode with his super-fan/stalker is one of the funniest things I’ve seen).
@@absurdistoxymoron Yes, love that episode! I live in rural Norfolk, England where that was filmed so can totally relate to it! The writing is brilliant. If you haven't seen it already look out for 'The Thick of It' - also by Armando Iannucci. The guy has such a great ear for the darkly absurd nature of human existence. At the risk of a bad pitch, it's like Samuel Beckett meets Fawlty Towers.