From One Funny Guy to Another

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airplaneLast week, film critic Eric D. Snider, a funny fellow himself, wrote a column for a film website about the Marx Brothers. The article referenced the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker team that made a number of spoof comedies, including “Airplane!” (altogether now, “I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley”).

To Eric’s great delight, David Zucker read the column and sent him an e-mail, which Eric kindly passes along to us with Mr. Zucker’s permission. Very informative for those who study comedy, which, as it turns out, isn’t strictly about jokes (who knew?). Read Eric’s post here.

Fun with Sting and Mike on Bikes

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StingOur first revisit to a blog goes to the first blog we featured on our site, that of Director of Photography Rod Santiano. His latest post on “Notes from the Set” describes not one, but two interviewees in the Billy Joel doc who showed up for their interviews on bikes.

Rod got to work with some of the biggest names in the business. He was pleasantly surprised to find out that most were nice to work with. He also describes the challenge of acting normal around them, when inside he was “FREAKING OUT.”

Read Rod’s blog here.

Notes from the Production of ‘Last Play at Shea’

Billy Joel and Rod

First post honors go to Rod Santiano, a director of photography who has worked on a number of projects, including the Liken the Scriptures series of children’s movies as well  “New York Doll,” a brilliant documentary.

Continuing the documentary theme, Rod has just posted on his blog about his work on “Last Play at Shea,” where he got to hang out with pretty much everybody who’s anybody in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (you won’t believe the list) and quite a few in that other Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Don’t miss Rod’s nifty summary of his three-year journey here.